Peoria in Peoria County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Revolutionary War Veteran

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 8, 2023

1. Revolutionary War Veteran Marker (side one)

Inscription.

Revolutionary War Veteran. . Captain Zeally Moss is buried in the Bradley family circle, with his daughter Lydia Moss Bradley in the Mt. Prospect area at the southeast corner of the cemetery. He was born in Loudoun County, Virginia. on March 6, 1755, the son of Nathaniel and Nancy Cockrell Moss. He died of a fever in Peoria County, Illinois, on October 30, 1839, at 84 years of age while visiting his son, Captain William S. Moss. In 1776 he married Elizabeth (Martha, Marty) Berry and had two daughters (Elizabeth, Sarah). In the Spring of 1777 he was appointed Captain in the American Revolutionary forces under Quartermaster Claiborne, serving as Assistant Quartermaster. He was later appointed Wagon Master by Colonel William Washington, serving in that position until after the surrender of General Cornwallis at Yorktown on October 19, 1781, at which he was present. After discharge. he served one year as a Baptist minister. In 1783-84, he was engaged in building forts in Kentucky. On October 28, 1790, he married his second wife, Jennet (Jenny, Jane) Glasscock and had at least four surviving children (William, Nancy, McKaig and Lydia - the youngest born in 1816). Lydia Moss married Tobias S. Bradley on May 11, 1837, was an outstanding business woman and the benefactor of Bradley University. Lydia was an early member of the Peoria Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Around 1792 he moved his family to the newly formed State of Kentucky and in 1815 moved to the Vevay area of Switzerland County, Indiana, where he last sold land to Tobias Bradley on September 23, 1837. In 1834, at the age of 79, he received his Revolutionary War pension. Moss was honored in 1905 by the formation of the Zeally Moss Society of the Children of the American Revolution (C.A.R.), Peoria, IL. The regional chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, which is named for Captain Zeally Moss, funded this plaque along with the Illinois Society of the SAR and the NSSAR George Washington Endowment Fund.

Captain Zeally Moss is buried in the Bradley family circle, with his daughter Lydia Moss Bradley in the Mt. Prospect area at the southeast corner of the cemetery. He was born in Loudoun County, Virginia. on March 6, 1755, the son of Nathaniel and Nancy Cockrell Moss. He died of a fever in Peoria County, Illinois, on October 30, 1839, at 84 years of age while visiting his son, Captain William S. Moss. In 1776 he married Elizabeth (Martha, Marty) Berry and had two daughters (Elizabeth, Sarah). In the Spring of 1777 he was appointed Captain in the American Revolutionary forces under Quartermaster Claiborne, serving as Assistant Quartermaster. He was later appointed Wagon Master by Colonel William Washington, serving in that position until after the surrender of General Cornwallis at Yorktown on October 19, 1781, at which he was present. After discharge. he served one year as a Baptist minister. In 1783-84, he was engaged in building forts in Kentucky. On October 28, 1790, he married his second wife, Jennet (Jenny, Jane) Glasscock and had at least four surviving children (William, Nancy, McKaig and Lydia - the youngest born in 1816). Lydia Moss married Tobias S. Bradley on May 11, 1837, was an outstanding business woman and the benefactor of Bradley University. Lydia was an early member of the Peoria Chapter

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of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Around 1792 he moved his family to the newly formed State of Kentucky and in 1815 moved to the Vevay area of Switzerland County, Indiana, where he last sold land to Tobias Bradley on September 23, 1837. In 1834, at the age of 79, he received his Revolutionary War pension. Moss was honored in 1905 by the formation of the Zeally Moss Society of the Children of the American Revolution (C.A.R.), Peoria, IL. The regional chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, which is named for Captain Zeally Moss, funded this plaque along with the Illinois Society of the SAR and the NSSAR George Washington Endowment Fund.

Erected 2014 by Captain Zeally Moss chapter, Sons of the American Revolution • Illinois Society, Sons of the American Revolution • National Society, Sons of the American Revolution George Washington Endowment Fund.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Revolutionary • Women. In addition, it is included in the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) series list. A significant historical date for this entry is March 6, 1755.

Location. 40° 43.302′ N, 89° 34.293′ W. Memorial is in Peoria, Illinois, in Peoria County. It can be reached from North Prospect Road south

Revolutionary War Veteran Marker (side two) image. Click for full size.

Courtesy Illinois Society, Sons of the American Revolution

2. Revolutionary War Veteran Marker (side two)

of East Forrest Hill Avenue, on the left when traveling south. Marker is on Soldiers Hill in Springdale Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 3014 N Prospect Rd, Peoria IL 61603, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Illinois River Valley.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Peoria's First Civil War Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Springdale Cemetery (approx. 0.2 miles away); Zeally Moss (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Zeally Moss (approx. 0.4 miles away); Springdale Cemetery & Mausoleum (approx. 0.4 miles away); Camp Lyon (approx. half a mile away); Memorial Trees (approx. 0.9 miles away); Camp Peoria (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Peoria.

Also see . . .
1. Who Was Zeally Moss?. Biography of the Patriot soldier by the Sons of the American Revolution chapter named after him. (Submitted on April 12, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

2. Zeally Moss. Transcript of Moss' application for a Revolutionary War pension, from which he received $480 a year. (Will Graves, Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters, transcribed July 28, 2013) (Submitted on April 12, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Revolutionary War Veteran Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 8, 2023

3. Revolutionary War Veteran Marker

Marker is on Soldiers Hill in Springdale Cemetery.

Capt. Zeally Moss Gravesite image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 10, 2021

4. Capt. Zeally Moss Gravesite

Credits. This page was last revised on April 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 12, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 551 times since then and 65 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 12, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 4. submitted on October 11, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.