Hammonsville in Hart County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

On Washington's Guard

Photographed by Brian Anderson, September 18, 2021

1. On Washington's Guard Marker

Inscription. Sergeant Joseph Timberlake, born in Va., 1752: buried here, 1841. Revolutionary soldier. One of the members of General Washington's body guard. All were chosen as being "sober, young, active and well built, men of good character that possess pride of appearing soldier like, those having family connections in this country, and men of some property."

Erected 1968 by Kentucky Historical Society - Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 1190.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary.

Location. 37° 24.972′ N, 85° 47.891′ W. Marker is in Hammonsville, Kentucky, in Hart County. It is at the intersection of Hammonsville Road (State Highway 357) and Hammonsville-Jonesville Road (State Highway 2785), on the right when traveling north on Hammonsville Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 11708 Hammonsville Road, Magnolia KY 42757, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave Country

and in the Pennyroyal Region.

It is also in the American

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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: Site, Aetna Furnace (approx. 2.7 miles away); Early Gunpowder Mill (approx. 5.4 miles away); An Indian Ambush (approx. 6.3 miles away); Bacon Creek Trestle (approx. 6.4 miles away); Bacon Creek Bridge (approx. 6.4 miles away); a different marker also named Bacon Creek Bridge (approx. 6.4 miles away); Grave of Frontiersman / South Fork Baptist Church (approx. 6.9 miles away); Boundary Oak (approx. 8.6 miles away).

Photographed by Brian Anderson, September 18, 2021

2. On Washington's Guard Marker

Joseph Timberlake Gravesite image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Brian Anderson, September 18, 2021

3. Joseph Timberlake Gravesite

Credits. This page was last revised on October 2, 2021. It was originally submitted on October 2, 2021, by Brian Anderson of New Albany, Ohio. This page has been viewed 557 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 2, 2021, by Brian Anderson of New Albany, Ohio.