Piatt's Landing, Kentucky
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Piatt's Landing was an early nineteenth century riverboat and ferry landing on the Ohio River in Boone County, Kentucky. 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 Edward Canby. 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 Norwood, Ohio.
The name Piatt is of Italian origin, according to N. L. Lodge (p. 1), and the original spelling was Piatti.
For more information on the Piatt family and East Bend, KY, see http://www.geocities.com/stevebottorff/Piatt/Piatt.htm
Bibliographical References:
James F. Shaffer, Piatt's Landing, East Bend, Boone County, Kentucky (Cincinati: Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co., 1978) 103 pages, plus index.
On Judge John Jacob Piatt' descendants see:
N. L. Lodge, The Tribe of Jacob Piatt, ed. 3 (Springfield, Mo.: Privately Published, 1934) 170 pages, plus index.
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