Piatt's Landing, Kentucky
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Piatt's Landing was an early nineteenth century riverboat and ferry landing on the Ohio River in Boone County, Kentucky
. It is located near Route 338 almost due west of downtown Union. The landing and Winnfield Cottage, which no longer exists, were built by Robert Piatt, the grandfather of Civil War General Edward Canby
. Ferries owned by the Piatts crossed the Ohio River to Indiana at several points; Touseytown to Lawrenceburg, Rabbit Hash to Rising Sun, and East Bend to North Landing. (Shaffer, p. 42) A number of the Piatts associated with this family also lived in Norwood, Ohio.
The name Piatt is of Italian origin, according to N. L. Lodge (p. 1), and the original spelling was Piatti. (Note: N.L. Lodge's work is not deemed reliable by many researchers. The name Piatt was FRENCH, and was originally spelled Piat. The family came from the Province of Dauphine, near Grenoble, France. Rene Piat LeFleur was a Huguenot refugee who emigrated in the 1670s. He first went to London, where he was "denizated" a British citizen. He later migrated to Long Island, where he married Elizabeth Sheffield, an Englishwoman. They settled in New Jersey. Virtually all Piatts in America are descended from them.)
p>For more information on the Piatt family and East Bend, KY, see http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/stevebottorff/Piatt/Piatt.htm&date=2009-10-26+02:57:33
Bibliographical References:
James F. Shaffer, Piatt's Landing, East Bend, Boone County, Kentucky (Cincinnati: Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co., 1978) 103 pages, plus index.
On Judge John Jacob Piatt' descendants see:
N. L. Lodge, The Tribe of Jacob Piatt, ed. 3 (Springfield, Mo.: Privately Published, 1934) 170 pages, plus index.
Boone County, Kentucky
Boone County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1798. The population was 118,811 in the 2010 Census. Its county seat is Burlington. The county is named for frontiersman Daniel Boone...
. It is located near Route 338 almost due west of downtown Union. The landing and Winnfield Cottage, which no longer exists, were built by Robert Piatt, the grandfather of Civil War General Edward Canby
Edward Canby
Edward Richard Sprigg Canby was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War, Reconstruction era, and the Indian Wars...
. Ferries owned by the Piatts crossed the Ohio River to Indiana at several points; Touseytown to Lawrenceburg, Rabbit Hash to Rising Sun, and East Bend to North Landing. (Shaffer, p. 42) A number of the Piatts associated with this family also lived in Norwood, Ohio.
The name Piatt is of Italian origin, according to N. L. Lodge (p. 1), and the original spelling was Piatti. (Note: N.L. Lodge's work is not deemed reliable by many researchers. The name Piatt was FRENCH, and was originally spelled Piat. The family came from the Province of Dauphine, near Grenoble, France. Rene Piat LeFleur was a Huguenot refugee who emigrated in the 1670s. He first went to London, where he was "denizated" a British citizen. He later migrated to Long Island, where he married Elizabeth Sheffield, an Englishwoman. They settled in New Jersey. Virtually all Piatts in America are descended from them.)
p>For more information on the Piatt family and East Bend, KY, see http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/stevebottorff/Piatt/Piatt.htm&date=2009-10-26+02:57:33
Bibliographical References:
James F. Shaffer, Piatt's Landing, East Bend, Boone County, Kentucky (Cincinnati: Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co., 1978) 103 pages, plus index.
On Judge John Jacob Piatt' descendants see:
N. L. Lodge, The Tribe of Jacob Piatt, ed. 3 (Springfield, Mo.: Privately Published, 1934) 170 pages, plus index.