George Croghan was an Irish-born fur trader in the Ohio Country of North America who became a key early figure in the region. In 1746 he was appointed to the Onondaga Council, the governing body of the Iroquois, and remained so until he was banished from the frontier in 1777 during the American Revolutionary War. Emigrating from Ireland to Pennsylvania in 1741, he had become an important trader by going to the villages of Indigenous Peoples, learning their languages and customs, and working on the frontier where previously mostly French had been trading. During and after King George's War of the 1740s, he helped negotiate new treaties and alliances for the British with Native Americans.
Historical marker honoring Croghan in Cooperstown, New York.
Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet
Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, was a British Army officer and colonial administrator from Ireland known for his military and governance work in British colonial America.
Admiral Sir Peter Warren, c. 1751
William Johnson negotiating with a Mohawk chief. History of the City of New York, 1896.
General Johnson Saving a Wounded French Officer from the Tomahawk of a North American Indian by Benjamin West
Johnson, in green, is depicted in Benjamin West's iconic painting The Death of General Wolfe, although he was not present at the event.
