Near Cleves in Hamilton County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Site of Internment Camp Lochry’s Expedition, 1781

Photographed By Grant & Mary Ann Fish, January 6, 2024

1. Site of Internment Camp Lochry’s Expedition, 1781 Marker

Inscription. side A
Border warfare characterized the American Revolution on the northwest frontier. Between August 26 and September 15, 1781, sixty-four survivors of Lochry's Expedition were held captive by "Butler's Rangers" (British-allied Indians led by George Girty) in a camp near this site. Colonel Archibald Lochry's battalion of Pennsylvania militia, part of a larger punitive expedition under General George Rogers Clark and traveling down the Ohio River behind the main force, was attacked by Girty's men ten miles downstream from the mouth of the Great Miami River near present-day Aurora, Indiana. Thirty-seven militiamen were killed in the August 24 battle, including Lochry, and the rest captured. Afterwards Rogers abandoned his objective of capturing British-held Detroit. The captives were taken to Detroit and eventually to Montreal. Tradition holds that fewer than twenty of Lochry's battalion ever returned to their homes.

side B
Solomon Aikens; John Allenton; Abraham Anderson; Isaac Anderson; Thomas Atkinson; Melchior Baker; Alexander Burns; John Catt; William Clarke; Peter Connely; Manasseh Coyle; Charles Cracraft; Samuel Craig, Jr.; James Dunseth; Joseph Erwin; Christian Fast; John Ferrell; Mathias Fisher; Richard Fleming; Henry Franks; John Guthrie; Michael Haire; George Hice; Abraham Hiley; John Hunter; Patrick Hunter;

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William Hurst; Thomas James; James Kean; Jacob Lawrence; Valentine Lawrence; Samuel Le Fever; John Lever; Ezekiel Lewis; William Marrs; William Marshal; George Mason; Dennis McCarty; Norman McCloud; Charles McGin; James McPherson; Michael Miller; Hugh Moore; Patrick Murphy; Robert Orr; Adam Owry; John Porter; Cary Quigley; Elihu Risley; William Roark; Joseph Robinson; James Scott; John Sence; Samuel Shannon; John Smith; John Stakehouse; Hugh Steers; Thomas Stokely; William Thompson; John Trimble; Richard Wallace; Robert Watson; Robert Wilson; William Worthington

Erected 2001 by Sons of the American Revolution and The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 21-31.)

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection, and the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) series lists.

Location. 39° 10.718′ N, 84° 44.793′ W. Marker is near Cleves, Ohio, in Hamilton County. Memorial is at the intersection of East Miami River Road and Jordan Road, on the right when traveling south on East Miami River Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4181 East Miami River Road, Cleves OH 45002, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker,

Photographed By Grant & Mary Ann Fish, January 6, 2024

2. Site of Internment Camp Lochry’s Expedition, 1781 Marker

measured as the crow flies. “To commemorate the services of the citizens of Cleves” (approx. 1.3 miles away); Abraham Brower (approx. 1.9 miles away); John Cleves Symmes (approx. 1.9 miles away); Congress Green Cemetery / The Miami Purchase (approx. 1.9 miles away); Mill Stone (approx. 1.9 miles away); Child Of The Revolution / Harrison's Resume (approx. 1.9 miles away); The River And The Land / Harrison Tomb and Congress Green Cemetery (approx. 1.9 miles away); From Ensign To Captain / The Frontier Politician (approx. 1.9 miles away).

Photographed By Rev. Ronald Irick, June 4, 2019

3. Site of Internment Camp Lochry’s Expedition, 1781 Marker

close up, side A

Photographed By Rev. Ronald Irick, June 4, 2019

4. Site of Internment Camp Lochry’s Expedition, 1781 Marker

close up, side B; the list of names

Photographed By Rev. Ronald Irick, full view

5. Site of Internment Camp Lochry’s Expedition, 1781 Marker

Marker as seen from corner of Jordan Road image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Rev. Ronald Irick, June 4, 2019

6. Marker as seen from corner of Jordan Road

Photographed By Rev. Ronald Irick, June 4, 2019

7. Logo on marker - the Sons of the American Revolution

Credits. This page was last revised on January 12, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 5, 2019, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 879 times since then and 104 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 6, 2024, by Grant & Mary Ann Fish of Galloway, Ohio. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on June 5, 2019, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.