William Arbuckle, the brother of Matthew Arbuckle, settled in Union District in 1797. He had attempted to do so as early as 1792, but was compelled to take refuge in Fort Randolph at Point Pleasant due to the continuing threat posed by the Indians. Like Jesse Van Bibber, Arbuckle was a veteran of the Battle of Point Pleasant. He went on to serve under Andrew Lewis during the War of Independence, then joined George Rogers Clark on his expedition to the northwest. Soon after settling along Thirteenmile Creek, Arbuckle saw an Indian shoot a recluse named Samuel Lewis near the latter's cabin at the mouth of Big Sixteenmile Creek, on the west bank of the Kanawha. Lewis was the last settler shot by an Indian in the Kanawha Valley. Arbuckle and his wife nursed Lewis back to health, and he settled near the falls of Thirteenmile Creek, afterward known as "Lewis Falls".