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

Lochry Massacre Memorial

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 29, 2023

1. Lochry Massacre Memorial Marker

Inscription.
In memory of
Colonel Archibald Lochry
and his command who were massacred by the Indians and
British near this site August 24, 1781
Major Creacroft • Adjt Guthrie • Quartermaster Wallace • Capt. Campbell • Capt. Thomas Stokely • Capt. Samuel Shannon • Capt. Robert Orr • Lieut. Isaac Anderson • Lieut. Joseph Robinson • Lieut. Samuel Craig • Lieut. James Scott • Lieut. Milr. Baker • Ensign Ralph • Ensign Maxwell • Ensign Cahel • Ensign Hunter • Sergt. Zeanz Harden • Sergt. James McPherson

Hugh Callagher • Isaac Patton • Douglas • Pheasant • Young • Gibson • Smith • Stratton • Bailey • John Burns • John Trimble • William Mars • John Seace • Michael Miller • Robert Watson • John Allenton • Richard Fleman • James Cain • Patrick Murphy • Abraham Anderson • Michael Haire • William Allison • James McRight

Jonathan McKinley • William Husk • Robert Wilson • James Dunseth • William Weatherington • Kerny Quigley • Ezekiel Lewis • John Forsyth • William Cain • Adam Erwin • Peter Machlin • Archibald Erskin • John Black • John Stewart • Joseph Crawford • Adam Owry • Samuel Lefaver • John Hunter

Joseph Erwin • Nans Kite • Hugh Steer • Hugh Moore • Ebenezer Burns • Solomon Aikins • John Lever • Jonas Fisher • George Hill • John Porter • John Smith • D'Allinger • George Butcher •

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John Rowe • Peter Brickman • Jonas Peters • Jonas Brooks • John Catt

Vol Lawrence • Jacob Lawrence • Christopher Tate • Charles Martlin • William Roark • Wnd. Franks • Abraham Richley • George Mason • Samuel Evans • Matthew Lamb • John Milegan • John Corn • Norman McLeod • William Marshall • Dennis McCarty • Peter Coneley • John Ferrel • Thomas James • Thomas Adkson • John Stakehouse • William Clark • Elihu Risely • Alexander Burns

Erected 1924 by Col. Archibald Lochry Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR).

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

Location. 39° 1.558′ N, 84° 53.179′ W. Marker is near Aurora, Indiana, in Dearborn County. It is in Center Township. Memorial can be reached from Riverview Drive south of East Laughery Creek Road, on the right when traveling south. Memorial is near Soldiers Circle within River View Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3635 E Laughery Creek Rd, Aurora IN 47001, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. A different marker also named Lochry Massacre Memorial (here, next to this marker); Site of Lochry's Defeat

Lochry Massacre Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Trevor L Whited, March 27, 2024

2. 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. Wikipedia entry on the ambush, which effectively ended Colonial hopes to taking British Fort Detroit. (Submitted on May 6, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 29, 2023

3. Lochry Massacre Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on April 2, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 6, 2023. This page has been viewed 179 times since then and 88 times this year. Last updated on April 1, 2024. Photos: 1. submitted on May 6, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 2. submitted on March 29, 2024, by Trevor L Whited of Kokomo, Indiana. 3. submitted on May 6, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.