If John "Captain Jack" Hinson was a well known War Between the States sniper in the area of Humphreys, Houston and Stewart counties, Tennessee, why does he have a Kentucky State Highway Historical Marker in Kentucky and not in Tennessee?

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A Tennessee Veteran—Captain John Hinson.

This daring man and his command, consisting of about one hundred and forty men, are citizens of Stewart and Humphreys counties, Tenn. Hinson’s residence, before the battle of Fort Donelson, was in two miles of that place. He was a well known citizen, who had, by industry, acquired a comfortable little fortune, of which the Yankees robbed him during the great battle at that place. They turned his sick wife and children out of doors, and appropriated the house and all its comforts to hospital uses, and took everything he had without paying one cent even in greenbacks. The old hero, who was then fifty-eight years of age, made his way into our lines in the Fort, and took part in the engagement. He was an old deer-hunter, and, although wearing spectacles, greatly distinguished himself as a sharpshooter. The officers of Hanson’s regiment gave him the credit of picking off eight or ten of the enemy’s sharpshooters that were annoying them and Capt. Porter’s battery.

Since the fall of Fort Donelson, many a Yankee has been made to “bite the dust” by this brave old man and his comrades. Though they have been in the enemy’s rear for nearly twenty months, unsupported and unpaid, they have fought many battles for the cause of liberty. Strange to say in that section of the country, Confederate money is almost as good as gold, while farther South, where the people are protected by our organized armies, it is not appreciated. Hinson and his brave band have declared eternal hostility as long as a Yankee vandal is found on the soil of Stewart and Humphreys counties, Tennessee. Oh, for a thousand Hinson’s in every county of the South.

We are indebted to a friend, who knows Capt. Hinson and what he affirms of him, for the foregoing facts.—Huntsville Confederate.

Civil War Sniper
(Marker Number: 881)

County: Trigg
Location: Jct. US 68 & KY 453

Description: In 1862 Jack Hinson swore revenge against Union Army when two sons were executed as bushwhackers. From ambush he picked off men in blue uniforms on gun boats and on land. With a price on his head, he continued his vendetta until his gun bore 36 notches at close of war. He guided General Nathan Bedford Forrest in his last campaign in area, Oct.-Nov., 1864.