Fort Jefferson (Kentucky)
| Fort Jefferson | |
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| Kentucky County, Virginia (present-day Ballard County, Kentucky) | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Stockade |
| Controlled by | Virginia |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 36°57′11.19″N 89°05′23.25″W / 36.9531083°N 89.0897917°W |
| Site history | |
| Built | April 19–June 1780 |
| Built by | Clark's Illinois Battalion |
| In use | April 19, 1780–June 8, 1781 |
| Materials | Wood |
| Fate | Abandoned by garrison |
| Battles/wars |
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| Garrison information | |
| Past commanders | Capt. Robert George |
| Garrison | 100 state troops |
| Siege of Fort Jefferson | |||||||
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| Part of the American Revolutionary War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| United States |
Great Britain Chickasaw Nation | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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| Strength | |||||||
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100 state troops 46 militia |
2 provincial troops 150 Chickasaw | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 8 dead and 3 wounded or missing | Probably about the same as American casualties | ||||||
Fort Jefferson was a small 18th-century stockade fort built by Virginia at the mouth of the Ohio in present-day Kentucky. It was constructed in 1780 by Clark's Illinois Battalion during the American Revolutionary War. The fort was abandoned in June 1781.