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

Inscription.
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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• Slaughter, Laurence • Smith, George • Smitters/Smothers, John • Springer, Enoch • Snowden, John • Thompson, James • Trent, Mr. Beverly • Turpin, Richard • Unnamed Kaskaskia Warrior (ally) • Unnamed Female Slave/Capt. Smith • Unnamed Musick Family Members • Unnamed Soldier Bailey's Company • Unnamed Soldier McCarty's Company • Villier, Francis • Waggoner, Peter • Whiteacre, Daniel • William, Daniel • Wilson, Edward • Young, James • Young, Margery • Young, Unknown Son of James

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.

Patriot marker placed at the memorial by Sons of the American Revolution image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, July 5, 2025

2. Patriot marker placed at the memorial by Sons of the American Revolution

Memorial is at or near this postal address: 601 Fort Jefferson Hill Rd, Wickliffe KY 42087, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Kentucky’s 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);

Ft. Jefferson/ Town of Clarksville Memorial Mississippi River overlook, Ft. Jefferson Memorial Park image. Click for full size.

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

Fort Jefferson Memorial Cross at the Confluence (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wickliffe.

Ft. Jefferson/ Town of Clarksville Memorial at the entrance to the left of park sign image. Click for full size.

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 129 times since then and 30 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.