Purcellville in Loudoun County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
War of 1812 Veterans
Ketoctin Cemetery
Pvt. John Chamblin 1794-1840 Cpl. James Cochran 1774-1851 Cpl. Andrew Copeland 1791-1855 Pvt. Jesse D. Dowell 1798-1867 Pvt. Andrew Graham 1773-1862 Pvt. James Hill 1774-1860 Pvt. Marcus Humphrey 1784-1839 Cpt. Thomas Leslie 1776-1820 Lt. Mahlon Morris 1772-1859 Pvt. Nathaniel Nichols 1772-1838 Pvt. Alfred Osburn 1793-1841 Pvt. Balaam Osburn 1792-1861 Paymstr. Craven Osburn 1782-1846
Erected by Dedicated by the Society of the War of 1812 in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures • War of 1812.
Location. 39° 9.454′ N, 77° 44.944′ W. Memorial is in Purcellville, Virginia, in Loudoun County. It can be reached from Ketoctin Church Road (Virginia Route 716) 0.1 miles south of Alider School Road ( Route 711), on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 16595 Ketoctin Church Rd, Purcellville VA 20132, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in the Washington Metropolitan Area and in Northern Virginia. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Revolutionary War Patriots (here, next to this marker); Ketoctin Church Short Hill (within shouting distance of this marker); Adelaide Purcell
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