Markleville is a town in Adams Township, Madison County, Indiana, United States.

A historical marker located just east of Markleville on State Road 38 tells the story of the massacre.

In 1824, four men named Hudson, Sawyer, John T. Bridge, Sr. and John Bridge, Jr. were tried and sentenced to death for the murders of eight members of a small group of Seneca Indians, including women and children.

All were publicly hanged except for 18-year-old John Bridge, Jr., who was pardoned on the gallows in person by Indiana Governor J.

This was the first time in U.S. history that white men were subjected to capital punishment for the murder of Native Americans.

Anderson, the Madison county seat, is 10 miles (16 km) north of Markleville.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Markleville has a total area of 0.56 square miles (1.45 km2), all land.

[1] The town is drained by tributaries of Lick Creek, which flows northward past the west side of town then turns southwest to join Fall Creek, a tributary of the White River, west of Ingalls.