Built on a high ridge, Fort Nesbit (Nisbet) protected settlers, travelers, and army supply trains in northern Preble and southern Darke counties during the War of 1812. It formed part of a chain of forts stretching from Fort St. Clair to Fort Wayne and Fort Meigs during the conflict. Captain James I. Nesbit built the stockade fort and was stationed there with a company of fifty-six soldiers. After the British siege in the summer of 1813, Captain Nesbit's company was sent to northwest Ohio to defend Fort Meigs. Captain Richard Sloan's and Lieutenant Silas Fleming's Ohio militia companies, made up largely of Preble County men, then garrisoned the fort. Although details of its appearance are scarce, it had at least one blockhouse and a stockade. The fort's last documented use was for a wedding in 1826.