Financial District in Manhattan in New York County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Majors Job Sumner and John Lucas

1756-1789

— Revolutionary War Soldiers of the Continental Army —

Majors Job Sumner and John Lucas Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Larry Gertner, 2017

1. Majors Job Sumner and John Lucas Marker

Inscription.
Revolutionary War Soldiers of the Continental Army
Major Sumner, Massachusetts Regiment, and Major Lucas, Georgia Regiment, both died at the age of 33 and are buried together. Their epitaph reads in part: Alike in Arms they ranged the Glorious Field. Alike in turn to Death the Victors Yield.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Revolutionary.

Location. 40° 42.694′ N, 74° 0.591′ W. Marker is in Manhattan, New York, in New York County. It is in the Financial District. It can be reached from Fulton Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: New York NY 10007, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in New York City.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Standing Against All Odds (here, next to this marker); St. Paul's Chapel - the Building (a few steps from this marker); Lt. Col. E.M. Bechet, Sieur de Rochefontaine (a few steps from this marker); The Building (a few steps from this marker); The Fence (a few steps from this marker); George Frederick Cooke (a few steps from this marker); A Historic Landmark (a few steps from this marker); The Churchyard (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Manhattan.

More about this marker. The marker is next to the memorial in the St. Paul's Chapel graveyard.

Majors Job Sumner and John Lucas gravesites and marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Larry Gertner, 2017

2. Majors Job Sumner and John Lucas gravesites and marker

Credits. This page was last revised on January 31, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 29, 2018, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 421 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 29, 2018, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.