Center Township near Aurora in Dearborn County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Lochry Massacre Memorial

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 13, 2019

1. Lochry Massacre Memorial Marker

Inscription.

Lochry Massacre Memorial. . In memory of Col. Archibald Lochry and the members of the Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Militia, who were defeated near here August 24, 1781 by Chief Joseph Brant and a coalition of Ohio Indians., Killed. Col. Archibald Lochry . Captain William Campbell . Ensign Alexander Maxwell . Ensign Daniel Cahill . Ensign Ephraim Ralph . Hugh Callagher . Isaac Patton . Robert Dougan . John Gibson . John Smith . John Stratton . David Dellinger . George Butcher . John Row . Peter Barrickman . Jonas Peters . Josias Brooks . Samuel Evans . Zenas Hardin . Mathew Lamb . John Corn . John Milligan . John Pheasant . John Young . John Bailey . John Burns . William Allison . James McRight . Jonathan McKinley . John Forsyth . William Cain . Adam Erwin . Peter Mechlin . Archibald Erskine . James Black . John Stewart . Joseph Crawford . William Hudson . Ebenezer Burris, Prisoners. Major Charles Cracraft . Captain Thomas Stokely . Adjutant John Guthrie . Quartermaster Richard Wallace . Captain Samuel Shannon . Captain Robert Orr . Lieutenant Isaac Anderson . Lieutenant Joseph Robinson . Lieutenant Samuel Craig . Lieutenant James Scott . Lieutenant Melchior Baker . Ensign Patrick Hunter . John Trimble . William Marrs . John Sence . Michael Miller . Robert Watson . John Allenton . Richard Fleming . James Kean . Patrick Murphy . Abraham Anderson . Thomas James . Thomas Atkinson . John Stakehouse . William Clarke . Blihu Risley . Alexander Burns . Solomon Aikins . John Lever . Mathias Fisher, George Hice . John Porter . John Smith . John Catt . Valentine Lawrence . Jacob Lawrence . Christian Fast . Charles McGin . William Roark . Henry Franks . Abraham Hiley . George Mason . William Hurst . Robert Wilson, James Dunseth . William Worthington . Cary Quigley . Ezekiel Lewis . Adam Owry . Samuel Lefever . John Hunter . Joseph Erwin . Mannasseh Coyle . Hugh Steers . Hugh Moore . Norman McCloud . James McPherson . William Marshall . Dennis McCarty . Peter Connely . John Ferrell . William Thompson . Michael Haire

In memory of
Col. Archibald Lochry
and the members of the Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Militia, who were defeated near here August 24, 1781
by Chief Joseph Brant and a coalition of Ohio Indians.

Killed Col. Archibald Lochry • Captain William Campbell • Ensign Alexander Maxwell • Ensign Daniel Cahill • Ensign Ephraim Ralph • Hugh Callagher • Isaac Patton • Robert Dougan • John Gibson • John Smith • John Stratton • David Dellinger • George Butcher • John Row • Peter Barrickman • Jonas Peters • Josias Brooks • Samuel Evans • Zenas Hardin • Mathew Lamb • John Corn • John Milligan • John Pheasant • John Young • John Bailey • John Burns • William Allison • James McRight • Jonathan McKinley • John Forsyth • William Cain • Adam Erwin • Peter Mechlin • Archibald Erskine • James Black • John Stewart • Joseph Crawford • William Hudson • Ebenezer Burris

Prisoners Major Charles Cracraft • Captain Thomas Stokely • Adjutant John Guthrie • Quartermaster Richard Wallace • Captain Samuel Shannon • Captain Robert Orr • Lieutenant Isaac Anderson • Lieutenant Joseph Robinson • Lieutenant Samuel Craig • Lieutenant James Scott • Lieutenant Melchior Baker • Ensign Patrick Hunter • John Trimble • William Marrs • John Sence • Michael Miller • Robert Watson •

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John Allenton • Richard Fleming • James Kean • Patrick Murphy • Abraham Anderson • Thomas James • Thomas Atkinson • John Stakehouse • William Clarke • Blihu Risley • Alexander Burns • Solomon Aikins • John Lever • Mathias Fisher

George Hice • John Porter • John Smith • John Catt • Valentine Lawrence • Jacob Lawrence • Christian Fast • Charles McGin • William Roark • Henry Franks • Abraham Hiley • George Mason • William Hurst • Robert Wilson

James Dunseth • William Worthington • Cary Quigley • Ezekiel Lewis • Adam Owry • Samuel Lefever • John Hunter • Joseph Erwin • Mannasseh Coyle • Hugh Steers • Hugh Moore • Norman McCloud • James McPherson • William Marshall • Dennis McCarty • Peter Connely • John Ferrell • William Thompson • Michael Haire

Erected 1982 by Col. Archibald Lochry Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR).

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution series list.

Location. 39° 1.559′ N, 84° 53.18′ W. Memorial is near Aurora, Indiana, in Dearborn County. It is in Center Township. It can be reached from Riverview Drive south of East Laughery

Lochry Massacre Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 29, 2023

2. Lochry Massacre Memorial

Creek Road, on the right when traveling south. Memorial is within Riverview Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 3635 E Laughery Creek Rd, Aurora IN 47001, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southern Indiana.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Ohio River Valley,

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 territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Site of Lochry's Defeat (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Lochry Massacre Memorial (here, next to this marker); In Memory of Col. Archibald Lochry (within shouting distance of this marker); Lochry's Defeat (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); A Lavish Landscape (approx. 0.2 miles away); River View Cemetery (approx. 0.2 miles away); A Historic Road Less Traveled (approx. 0.4 miles away); Aurora Ferry Boat Captains (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Aurora.

Also see . . . Lochry's Defeat. Lochry's Defeat, or Lochry's Massacre, as it came to be called, was the death knell for General George Rogers Clark's expedition to Detroit. (Dan and Jax Bubis, Revolutionary War and Beyond) (Submitted on May 6, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Credits. This page was last revised on May 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 6, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 876 times since then and 53 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 6, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.