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John Kimberlin

Location: Nabb-Lexington County Road, 0.25 miles northwest of Nabb (Scott County, Indiana)

Marker No Longer Standing. Replaced by 72.2001.2 John Kimberlin Farm.

Erected by Kimberlin Descendants, 1978

ID#: 72.1978.1

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Revolutionary War soldier, first white settler of what is now Scott County, came to this 500 acre purchase in Clark’s Grant, Indiana Territory, April, 1805. The Kimberlin Blockhouse was used during the War of 1812.

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Early settlement & exploration