Kentucky Ancestors, Volume 46, Number 2 - Kentucky Historical ...

Marker 1909, Fisher’s Garrison
This Kentucky historical marker, Fisher’s Garrison,
is near the location where Stephen Albert
Fisher, a veteran of the Revolutionary War, returned
to Kentucky in 1779 and established a garrison near
present-day Danville (Boyle County), Kentucky.
Fisher’s Garrison 3
Marker
Number
1909
County Boyle
Location Near 391 McDowell Dr., Lexington
Rd., Danville
Description Stephen Albert Fisher, Rev.
War soldier from Va., assigned
in 1775 to active duty and
wounded while serving with
Colonel John Bowman’s militia.
Returned to Ky. in 1779
with wife Mary Magdalene
Garr. He established garrison of
military significance in vicinity
of 400-acre settlement tract.
Bros. Adam (in Rev.) & Barnett
followed to Ky. Presented by
Col. Richard Hampton Fisher,
S.A.R.
Marker 1140, Clark’s Station
Located southeast of Danville, the site of Clark’s
station memorializes an early settlement, built by
William Whitley’s brother-in-law, George Clark.
Nearby Clark’s Run was named for George and provided
a ready source of water for the early settlers.
Clark’s Station 4
Marker
Number
1140
County Boyle
Location SE of Danville, US 150 & KY
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Historical marker, Fisher’s Garrison, Danville (Boyle Co., Ky.)
Historical marker, Clark’s Station (Boyle Co., Ky.)
Description Early pioneer settlement erected
before 1779. Developed by
George Clark, brother-in-law
of William Whitley, whose
party came to Ky. about 1775.
Located on Clark’s Run Creek,
named for George Clark, it
was one of the first stations
built in the vicinity of the forts
at Harrodsburg and Stanford.
Clark raised a crop here as early
as 1775, improved the site in
1776.