Lower Providence Township near Audubon in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Timothy Matlack

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 3, 2009

1. Timothy Matlack Marker

Inscription. Revolutionary patriot, state official, and member of Continental Congress, 1780-81. Colonel of a rifle battalion, Philadelphia Associators, 1775-76; served in Battle of Princeton. A founder, Society of Free (or "Fighting") Quakers, 1781. Member, Constitutional Convention of Pennsylvania, 1776; secretary of its Supreme Executive Council, 1777-82; and Master of the Rolls, 1800-09. Died April 14, 1829; he was buried in Philadelphia and reinterred near here in 1905.

Erected 2001 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Patriots & Patriotism • Religion & Religious Structures • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC), and the Quakerism series lists. A significant historical month for this entry is April 1766.

Location. 40° 7.32′ N, 75° 26.385′ W. Marker is near Audubon, Pennsylvania, in Montgomery County. It is in Lower Providence Township. It is on Pawlings Road (Pennsylvania Route 4004) 0.1 miles west of Audubon Road ( Route 4041), on the

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right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1233 Pawlings Rd, Norristown PA 19403, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Mill Grove (approx. 0.2 miles away); Ira Allen (approx. ¼ mile away); Soldiers of Washington's Army (approx. ¼ mile away); William White (approx. 1.2 miles away); Loyal Patriots of Valley Forge (approx. 1.2 miles away); National Patriots Bell Tower (approx. 1.2 miles away); General Lafayette (approx. 1.2 miles away); 1st and 2nd Rhode Island Regiments (approx. 1.2 miles away).

Also see . . .
1. Timothy Matlack. (Submitted on October 26, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Timothy Matlack - Behind the Marker.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 3, 2009

2. Timothy Matlack Marker

Looking east along Pawlings Road.

ExplorePAHistory.com (Submitted on July 20, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)

3. Timothy Matlack at FindAGrave.com. (Submitted on July 20, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 26, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 2,228 times since then and 66 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 26, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.