Historical Marker

Muhlenberg Hero

Site of home of Ephraim M. Brank, 1791-1875. Born in North Carolina and came to Kentucky about 1808. Lieutenant, Kentucky militia, sent by Gov. Shelby in response to call of Gen. Andrew Jackson for troops to repel British at New Orleans. On January 8, 1815 Brank's daring coolness on breastworks at battle inspired Ky. and Tenn. riflemen to crucial defeat of the British.