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- John and brother Samuel were stationed at Fort Pitt during Rev. War, in 1761 they took off for the headwaters of the Youghiogheny River and stayed there hunting until 1764, then went up Tygaret Valley to Buchannon River and near the present city of Buchannon found a large hollow Sycamore tree they made home in. 1767 John left for the South Branch settlement, when he returned to Channon in 1768 some folks followed him there and made a permanent settlement. In 1780 he moved to Chaplins Fork KY
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