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Edinburg in Saratoga County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Early Settler

 
 
Samuel Downing Grave Site Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Howard C. Ohlhous, September 4, 2011
1. Samuel Downing Grave Site Marker
Inscription.
Soldier - Patriot and One of
the Last Revolutionary
War Pensioners in the U.S.
Samuel Downing 1761 - 1867
Grave Site
Stone Arabia and Saratoga SAR

 
Erected by Stone Arabia and Saratoga Sons of the American Revolution.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Settlements & SettlersWar, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1761.
 
Location. 43° 14.654′ N, 74° 7.389′ W. Marker is in Edinburg, New York, in Saratoga County. Marker is on Tennantville Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 166 Tennantville Road, Northville NY 12134, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Barker's Store (approx. 1.8 miles away); Beecher's Store (approx. 1.9 miles away); Beecher Hollow (approx. 1.9 miles away); Copeland Carriage Shop (approx. 1.9 miles away); Carriage Shop (approx. 2 miles away); Covered Bridge (approx. 2 miles away); Rural Museum (approx. 2 miles away); a different marker also named Beecher Hollow (approx. 2.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Edinburg.
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More about this marker. The marker is located roadside at the Clarkville Cemetery.
 
Regarding Early Settler. Samuel Downing was the last one of the Revolutionary Pensioners". Sylvester in "History of Saratoga County" says Samuel "fought in the Revolution. Early settler in the western part of Edinburg." In 1797 he worked on Providence roads district 22 which in 1801 became part of Edinburg. According Sylvester he lived to the age of 103 years. (Note: 105 years on the stone !). On his 100th birthday he went to the woods and felled a tree to celebrate. Also supposedly he built the first frame house in the town in 1795. It was on the south side of King Road north-west of town.

Samuel Downing, born in Newburyport, Massachusetts in 1764, was enticed to Antrim while still a boy to be an apprentice of Robert Aiken, a Scots-Irish spinning wheel maker. In 1780 Samuel ran away to Hopkinton, New Hampshire to enlist in the Continental Army; refused, he went to Charlestown, New Hampshire where he joined the 2nd New Hampshire Regiment. He served to the end of the war, returned to Antrim and became a respected citizen. In 1794 he emigrated to Edinburg, New York where he settled permanently. At his death in 1867 he was the oldest recorded pensioner of the Revolution, although two others were enrolled
Samuel Downing image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Larry Gertner
2. Samuel Downing
later.
 
Also see . . .  The last men of the revolution - Samuel Downing. American Revolution website entry (Submitted on October 5, 2011, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York.) 
 
Samuel Downing Grave Site Marker at the Clarkville Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Howard C. Ohlhous, September 4, 2011
3. Samuel Downing Grave Site Marker at the Clarkville Cemetery
Samuel Downing Grave Site Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Howard C. Ohlhous, September 4, 2011
4. Samuel Downing Grave Site Marker
Maple Hill Farm, in the background, is across Tennantville Road from the Clarkville Cemetery.
Samuel Downing Grave Site Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Howard C. Ohlhous, September 4, 2011
5. Samuel Downing Grave Site Marker
Downing's cemetery plot is just inside the fence, marked with the flag.
Samuel Downing Grave Site image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Howard C. Ohlhous, September 4, 2011
6. Samuel Downing Grave Site
Samuel Downing Grave Site image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Howard C. Ohlhous, September 4, 2011
7. Samuel Downing Grave Site
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 15, 2022. It was originally submitted on October 5, 2011, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York. This page has been viewed 871 times since then and 14 times this year. Last updated on February 1, 2019, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. Photos:   1. submitted on October 5, 2011, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York.   2. submitted on August 15, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.   3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on October 5, 2011, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.

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