Note 45 — Chapter III
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Evansville, the seat of Vanderburgh County, Indiana, was named for General Robert M. Evans, of Gibson County, Indiana. It was founded (1814) on ground donated by Hugh McGary, famous as a Kentucky pioneer, who had for several years possessed lands in this region. McGary was one of the leaders in the disastrous Battle of the Blue Licks. See Cuming’s Tour in our volume iv, note 120.-Ed.