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East Finley Township near West Finley in Washington County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

A Revolutionary War Soldier

is buried in this Cemetery

 
 
A Revolutionary War Soldier Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, May 5, 2023
1. A Revolutionary War Soldier Marker
Inscription.
Machan, John
about 1750-1832

 
Erected 2021 by The George Washington Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, Washington, PA.
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesPatriots & PatriotismWar, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) series list.
 
Location. 40° 1.431′ N, 80° 23.531′ W. Memorial is near West Finley, Pennsylvania, in Washington County. It is in East Finley Township. It is on Rocky Run Road (County Route 3035) 0.3 miles west of East Finley Drive (Pennsylvania Route 231) when traveling west. Marker is located in Trussel Old Dutch Fork Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1092 Rocky Run Road, West Finley PA 15377, 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
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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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named A Revolutionary War Soldier (approx. half a mile away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away); a different marker also named A Revolutionary War Soldier (approx. 3 miles away); In Memory of Sarah Jane Price Ackley (approx. 4.8 miles away); Stephen Sanders, Sr. (approx. 5.7 miles away); Revolutionary War Soldiers (approx. 5.7 miles away); Site of Old Lindley Fort and Stockade (approx. 5.7 miles away); Rice's Fort (approx. 6.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in West Finley.
 
A Revolutionary War Soldier Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bradley Owen, May 5, 2023
2. A Revolutionary War Soldier Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 6, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 5, 2023, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 246 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 5, 2023, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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Jul. 5, 2026