Col. George Crogan (Circa 1718 - 1782)

Col. George Crogan (Circa 1718 - 1782). . , (Marker Illegible), . . ., Croghan organized and led the Ohio Confederation at Logstown that Pennsylvania recognized as independent of the six nations and appointed Croghan its colonial agent a few days bitore Celeron's 1749 expedition reached Logstown. Croghan purchased his 200,000 acres from the Iroquois, later learning that the deeds would be void if in Pennsylvania., He and Andrew Montour guided Virginia's Ohio company scout Christopher Gist in 1750 and arranged his 1752 Logstown treaty. Pennsylvania plans for a fort at the forks of the Ohio has been abandoned in 1751 when Montour testified that the Indians did not want it. Virginia's 1754 stockade was commanded by Croghan's business partner William Trent and surrendered by his brother Edward Ward., A captain in charged of the Indians under Col. Washington, then under Gen. Braddock, Croghan could do little to capture Fort Duquesne, but William Johnson's deputy Indian agent in 1758 hurried from facilitating the Easton Treaty to his Indian scouts. At the head of Gen. Forbes column for its fall ... worked with Col. Bouquet and built the first Lawrenceville Croghan Hall. Burnt during Pontiacs Rebellion, Croghan brought Pontiac to Detroit in 1765 and, except for the Shawnees during Dunmore's War, kept the Ohio Tribes pacified thereafter., (Marker Illegible), (Ground Level Marker):, Corrections , Paragraph 1: 2nd word in 3rd sentence, "purchasers." omitted, and Delawares" is misspelled in last sentence. , Paragraph 3: "has" should be "had" in the second sentence. , Paragraph 4: "charge" for "charged" as the 4th word. , Paragraph 5: "governor" for "govenor" as the last word. , Paragraph 6: "prefer" for "perfer" in the first sentence.