Near Oneida in Oneida County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Skenandoah's Last Home Site
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 5, 2024
1. Skenandoah's Last Home Site Marker
This marks the site of the last home of Skenandoah chief of the Oneidas, the white man's friend. Here he entertained Governor D. Witt Clinton 1810, and many other distinguished guests, and here he died in 1816 aged 110. He was carried on the shoulders of his faithful Indians to his burial in the cemetery of Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y. and laid to rest beside his beloved friend and teacher Rev. Samuel Kirkland.
I am an aged hemlock, the winds of an hundred winters have whistled through my branches. I am dead at the top. The generation to which I belonged have run away and left me. Skenandoah
Erected 1912 by Skenandoah Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Indigenous Peoples and Communities. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1810.
Location. 43° 4.6′ N, 75° 37.137′ W. Marker is near Oneida, New York, in Oneida County. It is at the intersection of Seneca Avenue (State Highway 5) and High Bridge Road (County Route 25), on the right when traveling west on Seneca Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Oneida NY 13421, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York and in the Mohawk Valley. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Great North Woods, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
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1. The Skenandoah Boulder Honors Instrumental Oneida Leader. There were many Oneidas who performed valiantly during the Revolutionary War, but none gave as much as John Skenandoah (also Shenendoah). (Kandice Watson, Oneida Indian Nation) (Submitted on December 3, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
2. Skenandoah. At nearly 6'5" tall, he must've been an imposing presence. But as Skenandoah aged, he also gained a reputation for wisdom and good judgement. His prestige as a leader both in war and peace led him to becoming an Oneida representative at conferences both among the Six Nations and with the Whites. (National Park Service) (Submitted on December 3, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 5, 2024
2. Skenandoah's Last Home Site Marker
Hamilton College (Public Domain)
3. John Skenandoah (c. 1706-1816)
This life-size statue of the Oneida chief is in the Smithsonians Museum of the American Indian.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, March 18, 2025
4. Sign next to Skenandoah's Last Home Site Marker
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, March 18, 2025
5. Skenandoah's Last Home Site Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on August 10, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 3, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 308 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 3, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 4, 5. submitted on April 21, 2025, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York.
