Center Township near Aurora in Dearborn County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Lochry Massacre Memorial
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
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 (DAR) 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 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 892 times since then and 69 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 6, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

