William H. Roose, Indiana's Birthplace: A History of Harrison County,
Indiana (New Albany IN: Tribune Company Printers) 1911, p. 14.
Other stalwart pioneers who assisted in opening up this unexplored
wilderness to civilization were R. M. Heth who bought the claim and cabin of
Squire Boone; William Applegate who came from Pennsylvania; Henry Watson
came from Kentucky; Frederick Mauck came from Virginia and bought the cabin
of some earlier settler where the Town of Mauckport now stands. It was he
who established the first regular ferry between Kentucky and Harrison County
operating for a number of years between Mauckport and Brandenburg. Others
were Isom Stroud, Teeson Byrn, Daniel Stout, Samuel Pfrimmer, David Floyd,
Thomas Wilson, Mr. Westfall and James Samuel. It is said that James Samuels
plants the first orchard in Harrison County.