Westerfield Massacre/Brooks' Spring

Westerfield Massacre - Several families, led by Low Dutchman James Westerfield, were attacked by American Indians while camped near here on April 3, 1781.a dozen travelers were killed & 2 girls were taken as captives to the British at Detroit. Survivors fled to nearby Clear’s Station. Dutch Cousins of Kentucky.

(Reverse) Brooks’ Spring - The spring here, first called Stewart’s or Phillips’ and then Brooks’ Spring, was a well-known camping place in the early 1780s on the main route from the Falls of the Ohio & Beargrass Creek to Bullitt’s Lick & Harrodsburg. Revolutionary War skirmishes with settlers & British-allied American Indians made the area dangerous. Hester Family. Dedicated September 14, 2019.