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 moved on to Nicholas County, Kentucky.
In 1795, Warrick married Jane Montgomery, in Virginia. She was the 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 in 1806. Warrick, together with Thomas Montgomery, burned the last Native American village in Gibson County in 1807, and pursued the Natives into Illinois.
Capt. Jacob Warrick commanded a company in the Indiana militia during Tecumseh's War. He was killed on November 7, 1811 at the Battle of Tippecanoe. His widow, Jane Montgomery, died in 1846 in Gibson County, Indiana.[1]
Jacob Warrick is the namesake for Warrick County, Indiana which was created 30 days after and in the same month as Gibson County, Indiana.
External links
- Clan Montgomery
- 1848 Interview with David and Elizabeth Cassity Crouch
- Battle of Tippecanoe
- Gibson County, Indiana, Gil Storment, 1914
References
- ^ Buescher, John. "Tippecanoe and Walking Canes Too." Teachinghistory.org, accessed 8 October 2011.