John Small (1759 – 1821) was an American gunsmith, frontiersman, soldier, and public official.
[3] During the American Revolutionary War, he served as a private in the Washington County, Pennsylvania militia.
[5] Small also corresponded with George Rogers Clark that same year, and petitioned for military aid from Kentucky.
[8] He held this office for over a decade, including the Battle of Tippecanoe, but stepped down with Governor Harrison during the War of 1812.
[9] John Small's tavern temporarily housed the Indiana Territorial Legislature in 1813.