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Near New Madison in Darke County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Samuel McClure

Darke County DAR Project

— Revolutionary War Veteran —

 
 
Samuel McClure Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, July 9, 2019
1. Samuel McClure Marker
Inscription. Revolutionary War Soldier Samuel McClure 1757 – 1818 Virginia Militia
 
Erected 2017 by Fort Greeneville NSDAR (National Society Daughters of the American Revolution) and VFW Post 7262.
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) series list.
 
Location. 39° 56.761′ N, 84° 46.72′ W. Memorial is near New Madison, Ohio, in Darke County. It is on Eaton Fort Nesbit Rd (County Route 138), on the right when traveling north. marker is in Old Friendship Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1005 Eaton Fort Nesbit Rd, New Madison OH 45346, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Ohio’s Till Plains. It is also in the American Midwest 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 Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian
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Culture, and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Sgt William Brodrick (within shouting distance of this marker); William Graham (approx. 1.4 miles away); Hollansburg, Ohio (approx. 3.6 miles away); Hollansburg Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.7 miles away); Memoriam (approx. 3.9 miles away in Indiana); Commemorating Passage of the Lincoln Funeral Train (approx. 3.9 miles away); Greenmound Veterans Monument #2 (approx. 4 miles away); Greenmound Veterans Monument #3 (approx. 4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Madison.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Site of Fort Nesbit (Nisbet) (was approx. 1.6 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
 
Additional keywords. Daughters of the American Revolution
 
Samuel McClure Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, July 9, 2019
2. Samuel McClure Marker
full view of marker
Samuel McClure Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, July 9, 2019
3. Samuel McClure Marker
marker as seen from a distance
Samuel McClure Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, July 9, 2019
4. Samuel McClure Marker
cemetery sign, marker can be seen in the background, with the corner of the church for reference
Samuel McClure Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, July 9, 2019
5. Samuel McClure Marker
the church adjacent to the cemetery
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 3, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 12, 2019, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 551 times since then and 31 times this year. Last updated on February 16, 2024, by Carolyn Sanders of Plano, Texas. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on July 12, 2019, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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