Piatt's Landing was an early nineteenth century riverboat and ferry landing on the

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. It is located near Route 338 almost due west of downtown Union. The landing and Winnfield Cottage, which no longer exists, were built by Robert Piatt, the grandfather of Civil War General

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. Ferries owned by the Piatts crossed the Ohio River to Indiana at several points; Touseytown to Lawrenceburg, Rabbit Hash to Rising Sun, and East Bend to North Landing. (Shaffer, p. 42) A number of the Piatts associated with this family also lived in

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. The name Piatt is of Italian origin, according to N. L. Lodge (p. 1), and the original spelling was Piatti. (Note: N.L. Lodge's work is not deemed reliable by many researchers. The name Piatt was FRENCH, and was originally spelled Piat. The family came from the Province of Dauphine, near Grenoble, France. Rene Piat LeFleur was a

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refugee who emigrated in the 1670s. He first went to London, where he was "denizated" a British citizen. He later migrated to

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, where he married Elizabeth Sheffield, an Englishwoman. They settled in New Jersey. Virtually all Piatts in America are descended from them.)

References

* James F. Shaffer, ''Piatt's Landing, East Bend, Boone County, Kentucky'' (Cincinnati: Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co., 1978) 103 pages, plus index. * N. L. Lodge, ''The Tribe of Jacob Piatt'', ed. 3 (Springfield, Mo.: Privately Published, 1934) 170 pages, plus index.

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"Piatt's Landing,"
''Chronicles of Boone County'', Boone County Public Library (KY)

National Register of Historic Places in Boone County, Kentucky Geography of Boone County, Kentucky Transportation in Boone County, Kentucky Ferries of Kentucky Former buildings and structures in Kentucky Demolished but still listed on the National Register of Historic Places 1800 establishments in Kentucky Crossings of the Ohio River Water transportation buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places Transportation in Ohio County, Indiana Transportation in Dearborn County, Indiana Water transportation in Indiana {{BooneCountyKY-NRHP-stub

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