Ohio Township in Wickliffe in Ballard County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
Ft. Jefferson/Town of Clarksville Memorial
Photographed by Mark Parker, July 5, 2025
1. Ft. Jefferson/ Town of Clarksville Memorial Marker
Monument dedicated to the civilians/soldiers who gave their lives settling/defending George R. Clark's Fort Jefferson & Town of Clarksville, 1780-1781 during the American Revolution in the West and the British-led Native Americans who gave their lives attacking this strategic location on land they claimed.
Deceased Fort Jefferson/Clarksville Military and Civilians
Aldar, John • Allen, John • Blair, John • Brown, James • Carr/Kerr, William • Certain Page • Cooper, Joseph • Crawley, John • Davies, James • Deckar/Decker, Jacob • Ditterin, Jacob • Fair, Edmund • Fever, William • Gilmore, George • Hardin, Francis • Harrison, Richard • Harron/Hatton, Christopher • Haul, Henry • Horn, Jeremiah • Hughes, William • Hutsil, John • Ilor, Conrad • Ilor, Henry • llor, Mark • Laney, Thomas • March/Mark, John • Marr, Patrick • McCarty, Richard • McMeans, Andrew • McMeans, Ann (daughter) • McMeans, Francis • McMeans, Isaac • Meredith, Daniel • Morris, James • Murray, Edward • Oakley, John • Oiler, John • Papin, John • Piggott, Mrs. Eleanor • Piner, Jesse • Robeson, William • Rubedo, Francis
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Native American Allies to the British: Unknown Chickasaw, Unknown Lenape (Delaware), and Unknown Nishnawbe (Potawatomi) Deceased Warriors.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary.
Location. 36° 57.326′ N, 89° 5.506′ W. Memorial is in Wickliffe, Kentucky, in Ballard County. It is in Ohio Township. It is on Fort Jefferson Hill Road (U.S. 51/62) 0.2 miles south of Patterson Road, on the right when traveling south. The memorial is near the entrance to Fort Jefferson Memorial Park. Touch for map.
Photographed by Mark Parker, July 5, 2025
2. Patriot marker placed at the memorial by Sons of the American Revolution
Regionally, this memorial is in the Jackson Purchase. It is also in the American Midwest, in the South, in the Upper South, in the Ohio River Valley, and in the Great River Road Region. 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 walking distance of this marker: Brief Overview of Fort Jefferson, 1780-1781 (here, next to this marker); Flags! Flags! Flags! (here, next to this marker); Purpose of Fort Jefferson & Town of Clarksville (here, next to this marker); Union Supply Base (within shouting distance of this marker); Lewis and Clark in Kentucky Fort Jefferson (within shouting distance of this marker); Fort Jefferson Site / Indian Massacre (within shouting distance of this marker); Fort Jefferson (within shouting distance of this marker); Fort Jefferson Memorial Cross at the Confluence
Photographed by Mark Parker, July 5, 2025
3. Ft. Jefferson/ Town of Clarksville Memorial Mississippi River overlook, Ft. Jefferson Memorial Park
Memorial is second from the left
Photographed by Mark Parker, July 5, 2025
4. Ft. Jefferson/ Town of Clarksville Memorial at the entrance to the left of park sign
Credits. This page was last revised on July 10, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 9, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 138 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 9, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.
