 John English and his wife, Fanny Boatman, settled on the largest island in the area as early as 1784.They left hurriedly after a warning from a friendly Indian, Shawnee John, returning about a year later.Claudius Boatman and his son-in-law, Comfort Wanzer, married to Mary "Polly" Boatman, settled in the area in 1785.