Bland Ballard

Bland Ballard

Bland Ballard (October 16, 1761 – September 5, 1853) was a soldier and statesman from Kentucky.

Ballard was born in in Fredericksburg, Virginia. In 1779, at the age of 18, he moved to Kentucky, which was then the western front of the American Revolutionary War. He served as a scout in George Rogers Clark's 1780 expedition into the Ohio country. In the Northwest Indian War, he served as a scout in Clark's 1786 Wabash campaign. Ballard was involved in the battles of Fallen Timbers, 1793; Tippecanoe, 1811; and River Raisin, 1813. As a major of Kentucky volunteers he led the expedition against the British and American Indians at the River Raisin, where he was wounded and taken prisoner. He also served in the Kentucky General Assembly.

Ballard County, Kentucky, and Blandville, Kentucky are named in his honor.


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