County Named, 1808
Inscription
For Captain James Estill, gallant soldier and frontiersman. Fought one of bloodiest Indian battles, Estill's Defeat, on March 22, 1782, in what is now Montgomery County. He and 7 of his 25 pioneers were killed in violent combat with a band of marauding Wyandots. The 50th county, formed out of parts of Clark and Madison.
Parts of 5 counties were taken from Estill.
Location
Sources
More markers in Estill
Estill Seminary
Irvine, KY
This site approved for Jefferson Seminary by act of Ky.
Battle of Irvine
Irvine, KY
Only Civil War battle in this area.
Red River Iron Works
KY 52, KY
Blackstone and Chandler Furnaces, a single stone structure 60 ft. high, 40 x 60 ft. Twin stacks 50 ft. high, 121/2 ft. across inside.
Station Camp
West Irvine, KY
Indian Trading Post and camping ground.
Lookout Mountain Hero
West Irvine, KY
In that crucial battle of the Chattanooga campaign, Nov. 25, 1863, Capt. John C. Wilson and 5 others from Estill Co., of 8th Ky.