William McDaniels

William McDaniels was one of the original pioneers of Breckinridge County, and where the town of McDaniels got its name. McDaniels was with Captain William Hardin, John Jolly, Christopher Bush and Sinclair when they came to Breckinridge County in 1779.

When John Bruner and William McDaniels first came to Hardin's Fort, they brought their wives, an African-American slave, and a baby, and their possessions down the Ohio River by flatboat to settle in Breckinridge County. The Bruner and McDaniels flatboat was tied up just below the Falls of Sinking Creek. John and William went to Hardin's Fort to get some assistance, and as soon as they were out of sight, a small band of Shawnee warriors attacked the Bruner and McDaniels flatboat at the Falls of Sinking Creek.