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Near Fredonia in Caldwell County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
 

Patriot Burials

Old Fredonia Cemetery

 
 
Patriot Burials Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, March 16, 2024
1. Patriot Burials Marker
Inscription.
About 550 feet east of here.
Revolutionary war veteran
Captain Robert Leeper
is interred. Died 1823.

 
Erected 2022 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation and Kentucky Society Sons of the American Revolution. (Marker Number 7.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Patriot Burials (WGPF), and the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1823.
 
Location. 37° 13.531′ N, 88° 3.841′ W. Marker is near Fredonia, Kentucky, in Caldwell County. It is on U.S. 641 0.1 miles north of Mott City Road (State Road 70), on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Fredonia KY 42411, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Midwest, in the South, and specifically in the Upper South. 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
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of the Mississippian Culture and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Patriot Burials (within shouting distance of this marker); Centreville Livingston Presbyterian Church Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); Centerville (approx. 0.7 miles away); Fredonia (approx. 1.3 miles away); The Black Patch War in Fredonia / Rice Tobacco Factory Burned (approx. 1½ miles away); Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church / Pioneer Church (approx. 5.3 miles away); Piney Fork Cumberland Presbyterian Church (approx. 5.7 miles away); Original Site of Piney Fork Cumberland Presbyterian Church & School (approx. 5.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fredonia.
 
Patriot Burials Marker (right side of the photo) image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, March 16, 2024
2. Patriot Burials Marker (right side of the photo)
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 11, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 3, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 228 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on April 4, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.
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Nov. 13, 2026