Near Harpersfield in Delaware County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Sugar Bush Raid

Photographed by Steve Stoessel, July 6, 2024

1. Sugar Bush Raid Marker

Inscription. Site of the Samuel Claxton's "Tory House.” The prisoners were held here before their arduous 300-mile trek to Niagara.

Erected by Harpersfield Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • War, US Revolutionary.

Location. 42° 27.549′ N, 74° 39.785′ W. Marker is near Harpersfield, New York, in Delaware County. It is on Moxham Road 0.6 miles north of Middlebrook Hill Road, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Jefferson NY 12093, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York

and in the Southern Tier.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within

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3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Sugar Bush Raid (approx. 1.1 miles away); a different marker also named Sugar Bush Raid (approx. 1.7 miles away); Harpersfield Toll Gate (approx. 1.7 miles away); a different marker also named Sugar Bush Raid (approx. 1.7 miles away); First House (approx. 2.2 miles away); Mill Stones (approx. 2.9 miles away); Town of Jefferson War Memorial (approx. 3 miles away); Town of Jefferson (approx. 3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Harpersfield.

Also see . . . Delaware County History. (Submitted on July 6, 2024, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York.)

Photographed by Steve Stoessel, July 6, 2024

2. Sugar Bush Raid Marker

Photographed by Steve Stoessel, July 6, 2024

3. Sugar Bush Raid Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 6, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 6, 2024, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. This page has been viewed 420 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 6, 2024, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York.