Bryan Station

Siege of Bryan Station
	Part of the American Revolutionary War
	; Illustration of the siege
Date	August 15–17, 1782
Location	Lexington, Kentucky
Result	American victory
Belligerents
United States	Great Britain ; Wyandot ; Lenape ; Shawnee
Commanders and leaders
Elijah Craig ; John Craig	William Caldwell ; Alexander McKee
Strength
Unknown	400–500 provincials and Indians
Casualties and losses
Unknown	5 killed ; 2 wounded

Bryan Station (also Bryan's Station, and often misspelled Bryant's Station) was an early fortified settlement in Lexington, Kentucky. It was located on present-day Bryan Station Road, about three miles (5 km) northeast of New Circle Road, on the southern bank of Elkhorn Creek near Briar Hill Road. The settlement was established in the spring of 1776 by brothers Morgan, James, William (married to Mary Boone, sister of Daniel Boone), and Joseph Bryan, and brother-in-law William Grant (married to Elizabeth Boone, also a sister of Daniel Boone), all from Yadkin River Valley, Rowan County, North Carolina. After a disastrous winter and attacks by Native Americans, all the Bryan family survivors abandoned the station and returned to the Yadkin River Valley in August 1780. Falling under the command of Elijah Craig, the remaining occupants withstood several American Indian attacks.

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