Jacob Warrick
Jacob Warrick (1773–1811) was an Indiana militia leader.
Jacob Warrick was born at Warrick's Station, in present-day Greenbrier County, West Virginia, the son of John Warrick, who fought at the Battle of Point Pleasant, in Lord Dunmore's War in 1774. Jacob Warrick later moved to Nicholas County, Kentucky.
In 1795, Warrick married Jane Montgomery, in Virginia. She was a daughter of Thomas Montgomery, who settled in Montgomery County, Kentucky in 1793.
The Montgomery family arrived in Gibson County, Indiana, in 1805, and the Warricks arrived yjr following year. Warrick, together with Thomas Montgomery, burned the last Native American village in Gibson County in 1807, and pursued the Indians into Illinois.
Capt. Jacob Warrick commanded a company of the Indiana militia during Tecumseh's War. He was killed on November 7, 1811 at the Battle of Tippecanoe. His widow died in 1846.[1]
Warrick County, Indiana is named for Captain Warrick and was created 30 days after Gibson County, Indiana.
[edit] External links
- Clan Montgomery
- 1848 Interview with David and Elizabeth Cassity Crouch
- Battle of Tippecanoe
- Gibson County, Indiana, Gil Storment, 1914
[edit] References
- ^ Buescher, John. "Tippecanoe and Walking Canes Too." Teachinghistory.org, accessed 8 October 2011.
