John Boggs Memorial

Captain John Boggs, born in western Pennsylvania in 1738, married Jane Irwin and raised a large family on the frontier. Near Wheeling, West Virginia, one son, William, was taken prisoner by Indians within view of his father's cabin, and another, James, was killed by them near Cambridge, Ohio. Boggs emigrated to Ohio, built his cabin on this spot in 1798, and died in 1826. Near here, under the branches of a magnificent elm tree, Logan, the Mingo chief, made his celebrated speech, and Lord Dunmore concluded his treaty with the Indians in 1774, opening this country for the settlement of their forefathers. Major John Boggs, born near Wheeling, West Virginia, in 1775, moved to Ohio with his father in 1798, married Sarah McMechen in 1800, and raised eight children, all born in a cabin that stood on this spot. Sarah died in 1851, and he died in 1862. John Boggs Jr. honored the memory of his grandfather and father as soldier, scout, and pioneer.

Ohio · United States