Dr. Hugh Mercer Marker

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Near Mercersburg in Franklin County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Dr. Hugh Mercer

By Bill Coughlin, August 22, 2012

1. Dr. Hugh Mercer Marker

Inscription.
A physician and surgeon, practiced in the Conococheague settlement 1750 – 1755, and lived in this locality during that time. A personal friend of Washington, a general in the Revolutionary Army, he received his death wounds at the Battle of Princeton January 1777. A brave soldier, a skilled physician and a loyal American.

Location. 39° 48.119′ N, 77° 50.805′ W. Marker is near Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, in Franklin County. Marker is on Buchanan Trail W (Pennsylvania Route 16) east of Anderson Road, on the right when traveling east. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Mercersburg PA 17236, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. To Irwinton Mills (within shouting distance of this marker); Rev. Steel's Fort (approx. 1.2 miles away); James Buchanan (approx. 3.2 miles away); Marshall College (approx. 3.3 miles away); Reformed Theological Seminary (approx. 3.3 miles away); The 54th Mass. Infantry Regiment, US Colored Troops (approx. 3.4 miles away); Zion Union Cemetery (approx. 3.5 miles away); The Archibald Irwin House (approx. 3.5 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Mercersburg.

Also see . . . Biography of Hugh Mercer. (Submitted on August 23, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of North Arlington, New Jersey.)

By Bill Coughlin, August 22, 2012

2. Dr. Hugh Mercer Marker

By Bill Coughlin, August 22, 2012

3. Dr. Hugh Mercer Marker

Credits. This page originally submitted on August 23, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of North Arlington, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 81 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 23, 2012, by Bill Coughlin of North Arlington, New Jersey.