Boone County residents were mad about the usurpation of the fur trade by the British and their friendship with the Indians, especially Shawnee Chief Tecumseh.
Kentucky supplied 25,010 troops to American service and suffered more casualties than all the other states combined. Troops from the state served everywhere during the war.
Cannonballs were made in Bath County. The biggest ingredient in gunpowder, saltpeter, came from Saltpeter and Mammoth Caves in Kentucky. Troops mustered in at Newport Barracks.
Boone County militia under Uriel Sebree were at River Raisin. Petersburg resident John Norris served under Perry at the Battle of Lake Erie and Litterberry Noel was at the Battle of New Orleans.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
Showing posts with label Boone County Ky. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Boone County Ky. Show all posts
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Kentucky's Boone County Involved in War of 1812-- Part 1
From the June 24, 2013, Cincinnati.com "Column: Boone County played role in War of 1812" by Tom Schiffer.
"War of 1812 was really a 'Kentucky War,' and along with it a Boone County War."
Kentucky interests were at stake. and it wasn't from British impressment of American sailors. There were many raids on Kentucky settlements by Indians, aided and abetted by the British. Men, women and children murdered, captured and carried into slavery. Cabins were burned down, livestock killed and crops destroyed.
In 1810, Kentucky's population was 406,511, even more than Ohio which had 230.700. Boone County was the oldest county in the state, founded in 1798. In 1810, it had a population of 3,608, more than double its 1800 one.
--Brock-Perry
"War of 1812 was really a 'Kentucky War,' and along with it a Boone County War."
Kentucky interests were at stake. and it wasn't from British impressment of American sailors. There were many raids on Kentucky settlements by Indians, aided and abetted by the British. Men, women and children murdered, captured and carried into slavery. Cabins were burned down, livestock killed and crops destroyed.
In 1810, Kentucky's population was 406,511, even more than Ohio which had 230.700. Boone County was the oldest county in the state, founded in 1798. In 1810, it had a population of 3,608, more than double its 1800 one.
--Brock-Perry
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)