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

In Memory of Col. Archibald Lochry

Photographed By Trevor L Whited, March 27, 2024

1. In Memory of Col. Archibald Lochry Memorial

Inscription.

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

Prisoners
Major Charles Cracraft • Lieutenant Isaac Anderson • Captain Thomas Stokely • Lieutenant Joseph Robinson • Adjutant John Guthrie • Lieutenant Samuel Craig • Quartermaster Richard Wallace • Lieutenant James Scott • Captain Samuel Shannon • Lieutenant Melchior Baker • Captain Robert Orr • Ensign Patrick Hunter • John Trimble • George Hice • James Dunseth

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• William Marrs • John Porter • William Worthington • John Sence • John Smith • Cary Quigley • Michael Miller • John Catt • Ezekiel Lewis • Robert Watson • Valentine Lawrence • Adam Owry • John Allenton • Jacob Lawrence • Samuel Lefever • Richard Fleming • Christian Fast • John Hunter • James Kean • Charles McGin • Joseph Erwin • Patrick Murphy • William Roark • Mannasseh Coyle • Abraham Anderson • Henry Franks • Hugh Steers • Thomas James • Abraham Hiley • Hugh Moore • Thomas Atkinson • George Mason • Norman McCloud • John Stakehouse • William Hurst • James McPherson • William Clarke • Robert Wilson • William Marshall • Elihu Risley • Dennis McCarty • Alexander Burns • Peter Connely • Solomon Aikins • John Ferrell • John Lever • William Thompson • Mathias Fisher • Michael Haire

Erected 1982 by Col. Archibald Lochry Chapter NSDAR.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary.

Location. 39° 1.541′ N, 84° 53.184′ W. Marker is in Aurora, Indiana, in Dearborn County. Memorial can be reached from Riverview Drive, 0.3 miles south of East Laughery Creek Road, on the right when traveling south. The memorial stands in the River View

In Memory of Col. Archibald Lochry Memorial in Soldiers' Field image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Trevor L Whited, March 27, 2024

2. In Memory of Col. Archibald Lochry Memorial in Soldiers' Field

Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: 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. Lochry Massacre Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Lochry Massacre Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Site of Lochry's Defeat (within shouting distance of this marker); Lochry's Defeat (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); A Lavish Landscape (approx. ¼ mile away); River View Cemetery (approx. ¼ mile away); A Historic Road Less Traveled (approx. 0.3 miles away); Aurora Ferry Boat Captains (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Aurora.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 3, 2024. It was originally submitted on March 29, 2024, by Trevor L Whited of Kokomo, Indiana. This page has been viewed 59 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 29, 2024, by Trevor L Whited of Kokomo, Indiana. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.