Christopher Riffe accompanied Col. Wm. Casey, the great-grandfather of Mark Twain, to Kentucky in 1784. He lived at Bryan's Station, Boonesborough, Logan's Station, and Carpenter's Station. He bought 800 acres of land from the grandfather of Abraham Lincoln. In 1793, Riffe became the first white settler of Casey County. He was the first State Representative from Casey County and served seven terms. He fought in the Battle of the Thames, in which Tecumseh was killed, in the Kentucky Sixth Regiment. He was Lieutenant-General of the Kentucky State Militia.