Hatboro in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Crooked Billet
Battle May 1st 1778
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 8, 2025
1. Crooked Billet Monument Detail
Gen. John Lacey, commanded the American patriots who were here engaged in the conflict for Independence. Col William Dean. Capt Isaac Longstreth.
In memory of Patriotic Capt John Downey and others who were cruelly slain on this ground in the struggle for American liberty.
A grateful tribute by the Hatborough Monument Association, Chartered and erected A.D. 1861.
The Patriots of 1776 achieved our independence. Their successors established it in 1812. We are now struggling for its perpetuation in 1861. The Union must and shall be preserved.
Erected 1861 by Hatborough Monument Association.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War of 1812 • War, US Civil • War, US Revolutionary.
Location. 40° 11.044′ N, 75° 5.963′ W. Memorial is in Hatboro, Pennsylvania, in Montgomery County. It is on Meadowbrook Ave.. The marker is located at the front entrance of the Crooked Billet Elementary School. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 101 Meadowbrook Ave, Hatboro PA 19040, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: A different marker also named Crooked Billet (within shouting distance of this marker); The Battle of Crooked Billet Monument
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More about this memorial. Originally located nearby but was moved to current location when the Crooked Billet Elementary School was rebuilt.
Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker.
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 28, 2015
2. Crooked Billet Marker-Panel 1
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 28, 2015
3. Crooked Billet Marker-Panel 2
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 28, 2015
4. Crooked Billet Marker-Panel 3
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 28, 2015
5. Crooked Billet Marker-Panel 4
Photographed by Emberly McLaughlin
6. Crooked Billet Marker
Photographed by Emberly McLaughlin
7. Crooked Billet Marker
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 28, 2015
8. Crooked Billet Monument
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 8, 2025
9. Crooked Billet Monument
Credits. This page was last revised on March 9, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 2, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 2,008 times since then and 122 times this year. Last updated on March 17, 2021, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1. submitted on March 9, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on July 2, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. 6, 7. submitted on October 5, 2023. 8. submitted on July 2, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. 9. submitted on March 9, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
