The record., 1911-09-21

Judge luclus p. Little, Of Ovens
boro, the highest authority on the
history Of the Green river country,
quote:
when Henry Rhoads came to
this part Of the Green river country
he stopped at Blrnett's Fort on
Rough river, above Hartford. lie
first located his claim for land at
the site of the pres,n. town ot Ca!
noun, and laid out toNn ia I75I
and called It Rhoadsyillc When
Rhoads was defeated by Capt. John
HandleY, agent for the Dorscys, Of
Maryland, the name of the town
was changed to Vienna. Rhoads
then went back to Blrnctt's Fort
/ for a short time and soon after To-
Gated IN the bounds of the present
county ot Muhlcnberg, five miles
from Paradise, on Green river, and
mile from the present town Of
Browder, ON the J.. * y. railroad.
simultaneously with the depar-
lure Of the Germans TO The south
side of the river ;hey erected fort
iicaiion about five miles south from
Rumscy for refuge in case of Indian
attack. This was called Pond
Station, now only the Station.
This was in Muhlcaberg until the
territory embracing it was made a
part of Mclean county. About the
same time such of the residents OF
Fort Vienna as owned slaves quit
the Fort and settled farms north OF
the river where some Of their de-
scendenls are suil to be found.
"As la;e as 1870 the settlement
south Of Cypress creek aud cxtcud-
ing far enough south 90 embrace
Sacramento and Bremcn, was
commonly called The Da,ch Set
tlement. While these people were
thrifty, yet few OF them owned
slaves"
In 1898, few years after set
ding IN Logan county Henry
Rhoads became 4 member of the
state legislature, and on Dec. II,
lI79S, an act was passed creating a
new county out of parts of Chris
Iian and Logan counties. Ii was
Henry Rhoads who proposed and
secured the name of Muhlenberg
for the new county. All local ira
ditions on the subject, without cx-
cepiion, credit him with suggesting
and procuring this name. The
Proceedings of the Legislature prob
ably show a record to that effect.
Ed Porter Thompson, in his School
History Of Kentucky page I62,
says:
vGen. Muhlenberg was at no
time a resident of Kentucky. His
name and his deeds, however, are
of interest TO us because some OF
the gallant members of his church
who followed him when he left bis
pulpit to fight for independence had
grants of land for military service,
which they located on and below
Green river soon after the close OF the
Revolution, and made their home:
in what are now Muhlenberg, Nc
Lean and Ohio counties. One OF
them, the Hon. Henry Rhoads, Wa.
a member OF the legislature in 1898
when Muhlcnberg county was es
tablished, and procured II to b(
named in honor of his pastor anC
general
t On the same page Thompson con
t tinues the subject by giving a brie
, biography of Gen. Muhlenberg:
WWhen the war began the Rev
= Peter Muhlenberg, then youns
e man, was pastor of German Luth
a eran church at Woodstock, Virgin
T ia, though he was native of Penn
sylvania. In 1910 he was author
= lied to raise a regiment among tn
n Germans of the Shenandoah valley
and was commissioned colonel
= Having enlisted his command 9Th
l. 9Th Virginia, called also the Ger
y man Regiment) he entered the pul
j. pit with his sword and cockade an,
d preached his farewell sermon. O.
If the day following he set out vii
his men to join the army. Ia III
i he was commissioned brigadier gen
J. eral. After the war he was for sey
n eral years state treasurer of Penn
" sylyania, and served several term
II in Congress. Through the ln0uenc
n of one to whom he had been a pas
ie tor in peace and a valiant captal