John Ware (1774)

John Floyd and Hancock Taylor appeared to be the leaders of the group….
Hancock Taylor was the brother of Zachary Taylor, uncle of the 12th President…….
Two surveys made in what is now Louisville…..One for Thomas Boyer and one for “Mr. Ware”….The survey of John Ware is shown by the records to be in the east part of the county, near Hikes Point
[Jefferson County, Kentucky]

Reference Data:

Filson Club History Quarterly Volume XLVII 1973, The Fincastle Surveyors at the Falls of Ohio, 1774


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