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Bulger in Washington County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Revolutionary War Soldiers

are buried in this Cemetery

 
 
Revolutionary War Soldiers Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, November 7, 2022
1. Revolutionary War Soldiers Marker
Inscription.
Bigger, Thomas • Chestnut, Benjamin • Crooks, Henry • Donaldson, James • Donaldson, John • Donaldson, Richard • Forsythe, John • Holmes, Samuel • McDonald, John • Meloney, Samuel • Patterson, Joseph • Patterson, William • Riddle, John • Simanton, Peter • Sturgeon, William • White, Thomas

 
Erected 2021 by The George Washington Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, Washington, PA.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesPatriots & PatriotismWar, US Revolutionary.
 
Location. 40° 23.598′ N, 80° 18.479′ W. Memorial is in Bulger, Pennsylvania, in Washington County. It is on Candor Road north of Midway Candor Road, on the right when traveling north. Marker is located in Raccoon Church Cemetery on the east side of Raccoon Presbyterian Church. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 858 Candor Road, Mc Donald PA 15057, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Pittsburgh. 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 the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.9 miles away); Santiago Honor Roll (approx. 3½ miles away); McDonald Oil Field (approx. 4 miles away); Flowing Oil Well
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(approx. 4 miles away); The McDonald Oil Field / The Old McDonald School Bell (approx. 4 miles away); Oil Well Fire (approx. 4.2 miles away); McDonald's West Bound Passenger Train Station / McDonald's East Bound Passenger Train Station (approx. 4.2 miles away); McDonald's Railroad Freight Station / A View of South McDonald Street (approx. 4.3 miles away).
 
Revolutionary War Soldiers Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, November 7, 2022
2. Revolutionary War Soldiers Marker
Grave of Revolutionary War Soldier<br>Richard Donaldson image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, November 7, 2022
3. Grave of Revolutionary War Soldier
Richard Donaldson
Major General, Pennsylvania Militia
Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, November 7, 2022
4. Cemetery Marker
Raccoon Church Cemetery
Established 1780
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 9, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 8, 2022, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 481 times since then and 71 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 9, 2022, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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