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Blue Licks in Robertson County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
 

Unknown Heros of the Battle of the Blue Licks

 
 
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Photographed by Craig Doda, January 6, 2021
1. Unknown Heros of the Battle of the Blue Licks Marker
side 1
Inscription.
Side 1
"No historian, who will give a faithful account of the settlement and transactions of this country, will omit to speak of the battle and the place at which it was fought."
Court of Appeals of Kentucky

To the unknown heroes who took part in the Battle of the Blue Licks

This last battle of the Revolution was fought between 182 Kentuckians, commanded by Colonel John Todd, on the American side, and about 240 Indians and Canadians. commanded by Captain William Caldwell on the British side.

Shawnees and Delawares

Side 2
"So valiantly did our small party fight that, to the memory of those who unfortunately fell in the battle, enough of honour cannot be paid
...Daniel Boone

Colonel-Commandant
John Todd (Killed)

Lieutenant-Colonels
Daniel Boone - Stephen Trigg (Killed)

Majors
Edward Bulger (Died of Wounds) - Silas Harlan (Killed) - William Francis McBride Jr. (Killed) Hugh McGary - Levi Todd

Captains
John Allison - John Bulger (Killed) - Samuel Johnson - Gabriel Madison - Clough Overton (Killed) - John Gordon (Killed) - Joseph Kincaid (Killed) - William McBride (Killed) - Robert Patterson

Lieutenants
William Givins (Killed) - John Kennedy (Killed) - Thomas Hinson (Killed) - James McGuire (Killed) - Barnett Rogers (Killed)

Ensign
John McMurtry (Captured)

Commissary
Joseph Lindsay (Killed)

Dedicated August 19, 1928

This monument, the gift of a grateful commonwealth. Commemorates the heroic pioneers, who, in defense of Kentucky, here fought and fell in the Battle of the Blue Licks, August 19, 1782

Side 3
They advanced in three divisions, in good order, and gave us a volley and stood to it very well for some time".
William Caldwell

Privates Who Escaped

Thomas Acres - William Aldridge - Elijah Allen - James Allen
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- Abraham Bowman - Robert Bowmar - Thomas Brooks - James Coburn (Wounded) - Jacob Coffman - Joseph Collins - Edward Corn - William Custer - Richard Davis - Theodorus Davis - Peter Dierly - Thomas Ficklin - Henry French - Henry Grider - Jeremiah Gullion - William Barbee - Squire Boone, Jr. (Wounded) - George Corn - Whitfield Craig - Thomas Gist - James Graham - Peter Harget - James M. January - Wainright Lea- James McCullough - Andrew Morgan - John Morgan - John Pitman- Aaron Reynolds - Lewis Rose (Captured) - Joseph Scholl - Samuel Scott - Andrew Steele - Thomas Stevenson - James Swart - James Twyman - James Elijah Woods (Captured) - Bartlett Searcy - John Searcy - William Shott - Anthony Sowdusky - John Summers - Samuel Boone - Benjamin A. Cooper - Jerry Craig - William Feld - Edward Graham - Squire Grant - benjamin hayden - James Kincaid - James McBride - William May - James Morgan (Captured but Escaped) - Benjamin Netherland - James Ray - James Rose - Abraham Scholl - Peter Scholl - John Smith - Jacob Stevens - Jacob Stucker - Henry Wilson - Jesse Yocum (Captured)
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2. Unknown Heros of the Battle of the Blue Licks Marker
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- Robert Scott - George Smith - Samuel Shortridge - Edmund Singleton - Josian Wr. Son - Samuel Woods - John Hambleton - John Hart - James Hays - James Harrod - Henry Higgins - John Hinch - Charles Hunter - Jacob Hunter - Ephraim January - William Lam John Little - James McConnell - Mordecal Morgan - Henry Nixon - James Norton - Matthew Patterson - John Peake - Alexander Penlin - Robert Poague - Elisha Pruett - Andrew Rule

Wyandots and Mingoes

Side 4
"The men who fought the Battle of the Blue Licks were as well qualified from experience to face the Indians as any body of men that were ever collected".
...Robert Patterson

Privates Who Were Killed

Charles Black - Israel Boone - Esau Corn - John Douglass - Charles Ferguson - John Folley - John Fry - Jervis Green - Francis Harper - William Harris - Francis McBride - Isaac McCracken - Henry Miller - John Nutt - Drury Polley - William Robertson - James Smith - John Stapleton - Val. Stern - William Stewart - John Willson - John Wilson - Thomas Farrier - John Jolly - Joseph Oldfield - Samuel Brannon - James Brown (Surveyor)
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3. Unknown Heros of the Battle of the Blue Licks Marker
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- Hugh Cunningham - William Eads - Ezekiel Field - Daniel Foster - "Little" James Graham - Daniel Greggs - Matthew Harper - James Ledgerwood (Captured & Killed) - Andrew McConnell - Gilbert Marshall - John Nelson - John Oneal - John Price - Matthias Rose - William Smith - William Stephens - John Stevenson - Richard Tomlinson - Israel Wilson - Matthew Wylie - William Shannon - Archibald Woods

Ottawas and Chippewas
 
Erected 1928.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary.
 
Location. 38° 26.033′ N, 83° 59.5′ W. Memorial is in Blue Licks, Kentucky, in Robertson County. It is on Maysville Road (U.S. 68), on the right when traveling south. On the grounds of the Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 62 Main Park Rd, Carlisle KY 40311, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Kentucky’s Outer Bluegrass. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere,
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4. Unknown Heros of the Battle of the Blue Licks Marker
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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: Blue Licks Battlefield (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Martyrs of the Last Battle of The Revolution (about 300 feet away); a different marker also named Blue Licks Battlefield (about 500 feet away); Patriot-Pioneer (about 600 feet away); William Jobe "Bill" Curtis (about 700 feet away); Great Indian Warrior Trading Path (about 800 feet away); Buffalo Trace (approx. 0.2 miles away); Pioneer Pursuit (approx. 0.3 miles away).
 
Unknown Heros of the Battle of the Blue Licks Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, January 6, 2021
5. Unknown Heros of the Battle of the Blue Licks Marker
Unknown Heros of the Battle of the Blue Licks Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, January 6, 2021
6. Unknown Heros of the Battle of the Blue Licks Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 3, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 9, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 3,070 times since then and 226 times this year. Last updated on October 3, 2025. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on January 9, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.

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