Historical Marker

Scott's Blockhouse

Carrollton, Point Park, US 42 · Carrollton · Carroll

Kentucky marker

Inscription

Blockhouse built here, 1789, by General Charles Scott for protection of settlers against Indians who had massacred and driven off earlier families. Scott came from Virginia, 1785. He was in the French and Indian Wars. Organized first company south of James River in the Revolution. Indian fighter, in Battle of Fallen Timbers, 1794.

Gov. of Kentucky, 1808-12.

Location

AddressCarrollton, Point Park, US 42
CityCarrollton
CountyCarroll

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