Isaac Ruddell
| Isaac Ruddell | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1737 Shenandoah County, Virginia Colony |
| Died | January 1812 Bourbon County, Kentucky, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Isaac Ruddle |
| Occupation | Militia officer, Revolutionary War Virginia State Line officer and landowner |
| Known for | Early Kentucky frontiersman and pioneer; founder of Ruddell's Station in Bourbon County, Kentucky. |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Bowman (m1750s-1812) |
| Children | 5 children |
| Relatives |
George Bowman, father-in-law Isaac Bowman, brother-in-law Joseph Bowman, brother-in-law John Jacob Bowman, brother-in-law John M. Ruddell, grandson |
Captain Isaac Ruddell (1737-January 1812) was an 18th-century American Virginia State Line officer during the American Revolutionary War and a Kentucky frontiersman. He was an officer commanding a company under BGEN George Rogers Clark (1777–1782). He was the founder of Ruddell's Station, one of the earliest settlements in Bourbon County, Kentucky. He founded another settlement also known as Ruddell's Station, or fort, on the site of an abandoned fort on the Licking River in present-day Harrison County, Kentucky. During the Revolutionary War, the settlement was destroyed by a joint Canadian and Shawnee party under British officer Captain Henry Bird in 1780. He and his family were held prisoner in Detroit for over two years before their release.
He was also a brother-in-law to Kentucky pioneers Isaac, Joseph and John Jacob Bowman. His grandson, John M. Ruddell, was a prominent Kentucky statesman and landowner.
Born in Nottingham, Pennsylvania his family moved to Virginia in the early 1740s. Ruddell became a captain in the Washington County militia; 6 March 1797 in Shenandoah Co, VA <Dodd, Jordan. Virginia, Marriages, 1660-1800> he married Elizabeth Bowman. In 1774 or 1775, he accompanied the Bowmans to Kentucky and while living in Boonesborough, Ruddell joined his brother-in-law John Bowman who was en route to Harrodsburg with two Virginia militia companies. Ruddell would later replace John Dunkin as one of Bowman's officers. He also served under General George Rogers Clark during the Illinois campaign, in charge of the Corn Island party and of the military stores left there. For his service, he was awarded 3,234 acres (13.09 km2) of Clark's Grant in the Indiana Territory.
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