Near Kingston in Ross County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Nelson John Dunlap

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 22, 2009

1. Nelson John Dunlap Marker

Inscription.
Here in honored glory rests the last
Union Civil War veteran of Ross County

Nelson John Dunlap

May 30, 1843 - December 9, 1942
USS Hastings, Mississippi Squadron, U.S. Navy

May their deeds and sacrifices
by kept ever green in our memory

September 8, 2007

Erected 2007 by Sergeant Richard Enderlin Camp #73 S.U.V.C.W. and Citizens of Ross County.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Heroes • Military • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is May 1810.

Location. 39° 27.776′ N, 82° 55.826′ W. Marker is near Kingston, Ohio, in Ross County. It can be reached from Blackwater Road. Marker is at Dunlap's grave site in Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Cemetery, on Blackwater Road (Township Road 279M) about 0.1 mile west of Ohio Route 159, and about one mile SW of Kingston. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Kingston OH 45644, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Scioto Valley

and in Southern Ohio Hill Country.

It is also in the American

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Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

and 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 the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian 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: Catherine Gougar (approx. 2.6 miles away); Chief Logan / Logan Elm (approx. 3½ miles away); Monument to Logan (approx. 3½ miles away); Cornstalk (approx. 3½ miles away); Grenadier Squaw (Non-hel-e-ma) (approx. 3½ miles away); Among Those Present (approx. 3½ miles away); Capt. Michael Cresap (approx. 3½ miles away); John Boggs Memorial (approx. 3½ miles away).

Nelson John Dunlap Grave and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 22, 2009

2. Nelson John Dunlap Grave and Marker

Nelson John Dunlap Grave Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 22, 2009

3. Nelson John Dunlap Grave Marker

Mount Pleasant Cemetery Entrance image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., February 22, 2009

4. Mount Pleasant Cemetery Entrance

Credits. This page was last revised on July 16, 2022. It was originally submitted on March 18, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,194 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 18, 2010, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.