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Ballard County
Historical Marker
Location
of sign - 134 N. 4th Street, Wickliffe, Kentucky
Photo
taken- June 2003
Photo
courtesy of Jimmy Wayne
Text
of sign:
County
Named, 1842
For
Capt. Ballard, 1759- 1853. Born in Va. Came to Ky. in
1779. Devoted life protecting frontier. Scout for George
Rogers
Clark's
Ohio expedition, 1786. In the battles of Fallen Timbers, 1973;
Tippecanoe, 1811; River Raisin, 1813. In Ky. Legis. five
terms,
Legis. directed burial in the Frankfort Cemetery. County from McCracken,
Hickman.
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