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Peters Township near McMurray 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, April 29, 2023
1. Revolutionary War Soldiers Marker
Inscription.
Denniston, Joseph about 1750-unknown
Denniston, William 1725-1813
McCarty, Jonathan unknown-unknown

 
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° 16.889′ N, 80° 6.435′ W. Memorial is near McMurray, Pennsylvania, in Washington County. It is in Peters Township. It is on Center Church Road east of Richards Drive, on the right when traveling west. Marker is located on the north side of Center Presbyterian Church in Center Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 255 Center Church Road, Canonsburg PA 15317, 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,
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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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Closing a railroad - Creating a trail (approx. 1.1 miles away); Montour Mine No. 4 (approx. 1.1 miles away); Milepost 32 - Signal Board (approx. 1.1 miles away); X1 Railroad Crane (approx. 1.1 miles away); Lotus Bridge (approx. 1.1 miles away); McMurray VFW Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); Lawrence, Pa. Honor Roll (approx. 1.7 miles away); a different marker also named Revolutionary War Soldiers (approx. 2½ miles away).
 
Revolutionary War Soldiers Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, April 29, 2023
2. Revolutionary War Soldiers Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 30, 2023, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 237 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on April 30, 2023, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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