Jacob Warrick (1773–November 7, 1811) was an early settler ofIndiana and a militia officer.
Warrick was born on the then frontier at Warrick's Station, in the present-dayGreenbrier County, West Virginia. He was a son of John Warrick, who had served at the 1774Battle of Point Pleasant, during LordDunmore's War against the Native Americans. As a young man, Jacob Warrick moved to what is nowNicholas County, Kentucky.
In 1795 he married Jane Montgomery, a daughter of Thomas Montgomery, who had settled in today'sMontgomery County, Kentucky in 1793.
The Montgomery family moved toIndiana Territory in 1805, and Jacob Warrick joined them the following year. In 1807 Warrick andThomas Montgomery led the militiamen that burned the lastNative American village in Gibson County, pursuing the fleeing Indians into Illinois.
As a militia captain, Jacob Warrick commanded an Indiana company duringTecumseh's War. He was killed in 1811 at theBattle of Tippecanoe. His widow survived him by 35 years.[1]
Warrick County, Indiana is named for Jacob Warrick.