Barryville in Sullivan County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Brant’s Camp

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 3, 2009

1. Brant’s Camp Marker

Inscription.
The Mohawk leader of raid
on Minisink (Port Jervis)
camped here July 21, 1779.
Pursuing Militia camped 3
miles up this same brook.

Erected 1936 by New York State Education Department.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical month for this entry is July 1862.

Location. 41° 28.623′ N, 74° 54.614′ W. Marker is in Barryville, New York, in Sullivan County. It is on New York State Route 97 0.2 miles east of Route 55, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Barryville NY 12719, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York

and in the Hudson Valley.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are

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within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Timber Rafting (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Colonel Hathorn and His Men (about 700 feet away); Civil War Prison Train Wreck (approx. half a mile away in Pennsylvania); D&H Canal (approx. 1.6 miles away); Battle of Minisink (approx. 2½ miles away); a different marker also named Battle of Minisink (approx. 2.9 miles away); Indian Rock (approx. 3.1 miles away); Minisink Battleground Park (approx. 3.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Barryville.

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Markers that follow the July 1779 raid made by Joseph Brant’s Mohawks and Tories and the subsequent Battle of Minisink.

Also see . . . The Battle of Minisink. The American Revolutionary War website. (Submitted on July 3, 2009, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.)

Marker in Barryville image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 3, 2009

2. Marker in Barryville

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 3, 2009

3. Brant’s Camp Marker

Captain Joseph Brandt image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, December 12, 2017

4. Captain Joseph Brandt

This 1786 portrait of Thayendanegea (1743-1807) by Gilbert Stuart hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 10, 2021. It was originally submitted on July 3, 2009, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 1,409 times since then and 46 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 3, 2009, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. 4. submitted on January 10, 2021, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.