Historical Sketches of Kentucky by Lewis Collins, Maysville, KY. and J. A. & U. P. James, Cincinnati, 1847. Reprinted 1968. Estill County.

The REV. JOSEPH PROCTOR, of this county, was one of the intrepid band of Captain Estill, in the bloody battle noticed under the Montgomery head. His coolness and bravery throughout the battle, were unsurpassed. A savage warrior having buried his knife in Captain Estill's breast, Proctor
instantly sent a ball from his rifle through the Wyandott's heart. His conduct after the battle, elicited the warmest appreciation. He brought off the field of battle his wounded friend, the late Colonel William Irvine, of Madison, who is noticed under the head of that county. In an engagement with the Indians at Pickaway towns, on the Great Miami, Proctor killed an Indian chief. He was a brave soldier, a stranger to fear, and an ardent friend to the institutions of the country. He made three campaigns into Ohio, with the view of suppressing Indian
hostilities; and fought side by side with Boone, Calloway and Logan. He joined the Methodist Episcopal church in a fort in Madison county, and under the preaching of the Rev. James Hawkes; and was ordained in 1809, by Bishop Asbury. He was an exemplary member of the church for sixty-five
years, and a local preacher upwards of half a century. He died at his residence on the 2d of December, 1844, and was buried with military honors.