"Col. Thomas Gaddis...removed to what is now Fayette county, Pennsylvania, then thought to be a part of the Virginia territory, in the year 1758. He had heen in this country several times prior to the date given, having been with Washington and Braddock in their campaigns in 1754 and 1755."
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| Soldiers Surrounding A Dying General Braddock |
"He [Thomas Gaddis] was one of the very first pioneers to become permanent residents of the Redstone country."
"Before tile building of the other Indian forts in this section he had erected old Fort Gaddis, on his clearing, about two miles southwest of what afterwards became Beesontown, now Uniontown."
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| Battle Of Point Pleasant - Part Of Dunsmore's War |
"Several of these old settlers' forts were built at a very early period, but were first needed by the settlers at the outbreak of Dunmore's war in 1774."
"...on one occasion, the Indians drove the settlers to Fort Gaddis. He further related that he had seen Colonel Daniel Boone, and his party, in camp in the grove near Fort Gaddis, when Boone was passing through here." [Source]
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