The Battle of Blue Licks was fought on August 19, 1782, and was the last battle of the American Revolutionary War fought in Kentucky. On a hill next to the Licking River in what is now Robertson County, a force of about 50 British rangers and 300 American Indians ambushed and routed 182 Kentucky militiamen killing some 64. It was the worst defeat for the Kentuckians during the war.
Black, Charles [Clarence], Private
Boone, Israel, Private [Son of Daniel Boone]
Boone, Thomas, Private
Brannon, Samuel, Private
Brown, James, Private, Surveyor
Bulger, John, Captain
Corn, Esau, Private
Cunningham, Hugh, Private,
Douglass [Douglas], John, Private
Eades [Eads], William, Private
Farrier, Thomas, Private
Ferguson, Charles, Private
Field [Fields], Ezekiel, Private
Folley, John, Private
Foster, Daniel, Private
Fry, John, Private
Gilvins [Givins], William, Lieutenant
Gordon, John, Captain
Graham, Little James, Private
Green, Jervis, Private
Greggs [Gregg], Daniel, Private
Harlan, Silas, Major - died leading the advance party.
Harper, Francis, Private
Harper, Matthew, Private
Harris, William, Private
Hinson, Thomas, Lieutenant
Jolly, John, Private
Kennedy, John, Lieutenant
Kincaid, Joseph, Captain
Ledgerwood, James, Captured and Killed
Lindsey, Joseph, Ensign
Marshall, Gilbert, Private
McBride, William, Captain
McBride, Francis, Private
McConnell, Andrew, Private
McCracken, Isaac, Private
McGuire, James, Lieutenant
Miller, Henry, Private
Nelson, John, Private
Nutt, John, Private
Oldfield, Joseph, Private
O'Neal, John, Private
Overton, Clough, Captain
Polley [Polly], Drury, Private
Price, John, Private
Robertson, William, Private
Rogers, Barnett, Lieutenant
Rose, Matthias [Matthew], Private
Shannon, William, Ensign
Smith, James, Private
Smith, William, Private
Stapleton, John, Private
Stephens, William, Private
Stern, Val, Private
Stevenson, John, Private
Stewart, William, Private
Todd, John, Colonel [grandfather of Mary Todd Lincoln]
Tomlinson, Richard, Private
Trigg, Stephen, Lieutenant Colonel
Wilson, Israel, Private,
Wilson [1], John, Private
Wilson [2], John, Private
Woods, Archibald, Private
Wylie, Matthew, Private