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Edenton in Clermont County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
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In This Cemetery is Buried William Slone

 
 
William Slone Monument’s Bronze Tablet image. Click for full size.
Clermont County Historical Society photo. Used with permission.
1. William Slone Monument’s Bronze Tablet
Inscription. In this cemetery is buried William Slone, Revolutionary War soldier, bugler in General Wayne’s army at battle of Fallen Timbers, 1794. First settler in Wayne Township, Clermont County.
 
Erected 1927 by his descendants.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesWar, US RevolutionaryWars, US Indian. A significant historical year for this entry is 1794.
 
Location. Marker is missing. It was located near 39° 13.504′ N, 84° 3.548′ W. Marker was in Edenton, Ohio, in Clermont County. It was on Ohio Route 727 0.4 miles east of Route 133, on the right when traveling east. It is in the Jordan Cemetery, one of two cemeteries in the village. Touch for map. Marker was at or near this postal address: 6762 OH-727, Goshen OH 45122, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in Greater Cincinnati. It was also in the American Midwest, in the Ohio River Valley, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it was in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it found
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itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: Xenia State Road Old Indian Trail Monument (approx. half a mile away); Burial Site of Two Unknown Soldiers (approx. 2.8 miles away); Goshen (approx. 5.2 miles away); Goshen High School Warriors Vietnam Veterans Memorial (approx. 5.2 miles away); Goshen High School Veterans Memorial (approx. 5.2 miles away); Cook Log House - Circa 1803 (approx. 5.2 miles away); Goshen School Building (approx. 5.2 miles away); Honoring Goshen School Building (approx. 5.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Edenton.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Xenia Road (was approx. half a mile away but has been confirmed missing).
 
William Slone Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J. J. Prats, August 20, 2022
2. William Slone Monument
Roadside outside the cemetery fence facing the highway, this stone shows the bolt holes that held the bronze tablet, now missing.
William Slone Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J. J. Prats, August 20, 2022
3. William Slone Monument
This view is from the highway.
William and Elizabeth Slone Gravestones image. Click for full size.
Photographed by J. J. Prats, August 20, 2022
4. William and Elizabeth Slone Gravestones
The gravestones have been set into a cement monument. They read, right to left
William Slone died January 16th 1813. Aged 69 years & 6 months.

Memory of Elisabeth, wife of William Slone, who died Feb. 5, 1842 aged 62 years & 26 days.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 31, 2022. It was originally submitted on August 28, 2022, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 569 times since then and 114 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on August 31, 2022, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.   2, 3, 4. submitted on August 28, 2022, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
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