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Posted to Ohio Biographies Project by:
Linda Isenbarg
17 April 2001

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File contributed to Ohio Biographies Project by
Tina Hursh

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"Historical Collections of Ohio,Vol 2,"
Page 502
By Henry Howe, 1908

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COLONEL JOHN McDONALD

The pioneer author of the Scioto valley, Col. John McDonald, should be gratefully remembered. He was of Scotch (Highland) stock; was born in Northumberland county, Pa., january 28, 1775. In the spring of 1792 he joined Gen. Massie's settlement at Manchester. He was a boatman, hunter, surveyor, Indian fighter, and under Massie, took a prominent part in all the expeditions leading to the settlement ot the Scioto valley. He was a colonel in the war of 1812, and held various civil offices. He died on his farm at poplar Ridge, Ross county, September 11, 1853, he was a modest, valuable man. His little book, now out of print, "McDonald's Sketches," details the woful experiences of the early explorers of the valley with lifelike truthfulness and simplicity. The sketches of Worthington, massie, and McArthur, herein given, are abridged mainly from his "sketches."

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