Joseph Josiah Ficklin

• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: May 22 2016, 2:16:13 UTC
• Residence: District 1, Fayette, Kentucky - 1850
  • Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: May 5 2017, 4:41:05 UTC
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Joseph Ficklin and his family were at Bryan Station, an early KY settlement established in 1774, and he was one of the defenders during the famous Indian siege of 1782. 300 Indians and Canadians under Captain William Caldwell and Simon Girty attacked the stockade. The siege was lifted after Indian scouts reported that a force of Kentucky militia was on the way. The militiamen pursued Caldwell's force but were defeated three days later at the Battle of Blue Licks. Bryan Station High School in Lexington uses the name "Defenders" for it's sports teams in honor of these pioneers. Ficklin was postmaster at Russellville KY. In 1821 he became editor of the Kentucky Gazette. From 1822 to 1841 and 1843 to 1850, Mr. Ficklin was postmaster of Lexington. He was a trustee of Transylvania University.

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