From Colonial Virginia in 1774 John Floyd, deputy surveyor for Fincastle County, led a party to locate Kentucky lands as compensation for soldiers of the French and Indian War. On July 7 Floyd and William Nash discovered a spring that became known as "Mr. Floyd's Spring." Floyd received the spring and 1,000 acres for his work.In spring of 1775, a Westmoreland County, Pa., party including John McClelland, surveyed the land. McClelland built a cabin here in October. Floyd assigned McClelland the spring. McClelland, killed by Indians, was buried on the bluff and the fort was abandoned in early 1777.Elijah Craig settled the tracts in 1786, receiving title in 1789. Called Lebanon, it became George Town in 1790 to honor the first U.S. President.Erected by the Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
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