>Source: KYNICHOL-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [KYNICHOL] Blue Licks Memorial > >Just came from Blue Licks and here goes: > >Front of Memorial Monument: > >"This monument, the gift of a grateful commonwealth, commemorates the >heroic pioneers who, in defence of Kentucky, here fought and fell in the, >in the Battle of Blue Licks, August 19, 1782." > >Colonel-Commandment >John Todd, killed > >Lieutenant-Colonels >Daniel Boone >Stephen Trigg, killed > >Captains >John Allison >John Beasley, captured >John Bulger, killed >John Gordon, killed >Samuel Johnson >Joseph Kincaid, killed >Gabriel Madison, killed >William McBride, killed >Clough Overton, killed >Robert Patterson > >Lieutenants >William Gilvins, killed >Thomas Hinson, killed >John Kennedy, killed >James McGuire, killed >Barnett Rogers, killed > >Ensign >John Murtry, captured >Joseph Lindsey, killed > >"So valiantly did our small party fight, to the memory of those who >unfortunately fell in the Battle, enough of Honour cannot be paid." > Daniel Boone > >Monument dedicated August 19, 1928 > > Right side of Monument > >"The men who fought in the Battle of the Blue Licks were as wel qualified >from experience to face the Indians as any body of men that were ever >collected. > Robert Patterson > >Privates who were killed: >Charles Black >Samuel Brannon >Israel Boone >James Brown, surveyor >Esau Corn >Hugh Cunningham >John Douglass >William Eades >Charles Ferguson >Ezekiel Field >John Folley >Daniel Foster >John Fry >Little James Grahm >Jervis Green >Daniel Greggs >Francis Harper >Matther Harper >William Harris >James Ledgewood, captured and killed >Francis McBride >Isaac McCracken >Andrew McConnell >Henry Miller >Gilbert Marshall >John Nelson >John Nutt >John O'Neal >Drury Polley >John Price >William Robertson >Matthais Rose >James Smith >William Smith >John Stapleton >William Stephens >Val. Stern >John Stevenson >William Stewart >Richard Tomlison >John Wilson >Israel Wilson >John Wilson >Matthew Wylie >William Shannon >Archibald Woods >Thomas Farrier >John Jolly >Joseph Oldfield > Ottawas and Chippawas > > > Back Side of Monument > > No names > >Shawnees and Delawares > >"To the unknownheroes who took part in the Battle of Blue Licks." > > Bottom of Monument > >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." > > Left Side of Monument > >Wyandots and Mingoes > >"They advanced in the divisions in good order and gave us a volley and >stood to is very well for some time." > Captain William Caldwell > >Privates who escaped: >William Barbee >Samuel Boone >Squire Boone, Jr. Wounded >Jerry Craig >George Corn >William Field >Whitfield Craig >Edward Graham >Thomas Gist >James Graham >Squire Grant >Benjamin Hayden >Peter Harget >James M. January >James Kincaid >Wainright Lea >James McBride >William May >James McCullough >Andrew Morgan >James Morgan, captured, but escaped >John Morgan >Benjamin Netherland >John Pitman >James Ray >Aaron Reynolds >James Rose >Lewis Rose, captured >Abraham Scholl >Joseph Sholl >Peter Sholl >Samuel Scott >John Smith >Andrew Steele >Jacob Stevens >Thomas Stevenson >Jacob Stucker >James Swart >Henry Wilson >James Twyman >Jesse Yokum, captured >James Elijah Woods, captured >Robert Scott >George Smith >Bartlett Searcy >John Searcy >Samuel Shortridge >William Shott >Edmond SIngleton >Anthony Sowdusky >Josiah Wilson >John Sunmer >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 >Mordecai Morgan >Henry Nixon >James Norton >Matthew Patterson >John Peake >Alexander Penlin >Robert Poague >Elisha Pruett >Andrew Rule >Thomas Akers >William Aldridge >Elijam Allen >James Allen >Abraham Bowman >Thomas Brooker >James Colburn, wounded >Jacob Coffean >Joseph Collins >Edward Corn >William Custer >Richard Davis >Theodorus Davis >Peter Dierly >Thomas Ficklin >Henry French >Henry Grider >Jeremiah Gullian > >Small Monument to the left of large one: > >This memorial was erected to honor those individuals whose names were >omitted from the original monument. New research has provided these >additional names and correced previous information regarding those >individuals who so gloriously served Kentucky at the Battle of Blue Licks. > >Thomas Boone killed >James Childress captured but escaped >James Ward escaped > >This monument erected in April, 1999 by the Childeres Childress family >association and the Kentucky Department of Parks. > > >Chuck, took me about 25 minutes of typing, but was also helping Bob with >some pictures. > >Bert > >Subject: [KYNICHOL] Blue Licks Memorial > > > > It is my understanding that there is a memorial at Blue Licks State > Park that lists all the participants in the Battle of Blue Licks in 1782. > I'm wondering if anyone has a transcription of those names. Thanks, > > R. L. McIlvain, (Mac) > > McIlvain, McCullough, Myers, Morgan, McCarty > > > > > > > > ==== KYNICHOL Mailing List ==== > > "Forbidden fruit creates many jams" > > > >