Adairville in Logan County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Jackson-Dickinson Duel

2 Miles West

Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 14, 2018

1. Jackson-Dickinson Duel Marker

Inscription. On the Jeff Burr farm in Second “Poplar Bottom” is site of the duel fought May 30, 1806. Andrew Jackson was wounded. Half mile west of site is Will Tyler farm where Charles Dickinson died. Miller's “Buttermilk Spring" is south on Highway 75 two miles, on old Burr farm.

Erected by Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 100.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #07 Andrew Jackson, and the Kentucky Historical Society series lists. A significant historical date for this entry is May 30, 1806.

Location. 36° 40.034′ N, 86° 51.148′ W. Marker is in Adairville, Kentucky, in Logan County. It is at the intersection of South Main Street (U.S. 431) and Park Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: South Main Street, Adairville KY 42202, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s Pennyroyal Region.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the South,

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Dromgoole's Station (approx. 0.3 miles away); Boyhood Home, 1793-1802 (approx. 0.6 miles away); Tennessee / Kentucky (approx. 1.9 miles away in Tennessee); Red River Meeting House

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(approx. 2½ miles away); Site of The Red River Meeting House (approx. 4.3 miles away); Brodnax-Conn House (approx. 4.8 miles away); Virgil Munday Chapman (approx. 8.8 miles away); Jo Walker-Meador (approx. 8.8 miles away in Tennessee). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Adairville.

Also see . . . Wikipedia article on the dispute and the duel. (Submitted on September 16, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Additional keywords. Famous Duels

Jackson-Dickinson Duel Marker located at the town square. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 14, 2018

2. Jackson-Dickinson Duel Marker located at the town square.

Jackson-Dickinson Duel Marker looking south on U.S. Highway 431. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 14, 2018

3. Jackson-Dickinson Duel Marker looking south on U.S. Highway 431.

Jackson-Dickinson Duel print from woodcut. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by LOC (loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b08589)

4. Jackson-Dickinson Duel print from woodcut.

Andrew Jackson killing Charles Dickinson. (The date of creation is unknown, but the original call number states a year of 1834). Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 24, 2020. It was originally submitted on September 16, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 3,777 times since then and 217 times this year. It was the Marker of the Week May 24, 2020. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 16, 2018, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.