Chief (Blackhoof) Catahecassa, the last principle chief of the Shawnees prior to their removal to Kansas in 1832, lived and died here in Sept. 1831 at the age of 109. He fought with the French against Braddock at Ft. Pitt in 1755, opposed Col. Lewis at the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774, and served under British Capt. Bird in 1780. He led his people against the campaigns of Harmer in 1790, Saint Clair in 1791, and Wayne in 1794, signed the Greenville Treaty in 1795, and opposed the Indian Confederation of Tecumpseh in the War of 1812. He was regarded as a just and honorable man respected by both friends and enemies.