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Poseyville in Posey County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Patriot Burials

Mount Pleasant Cemetery

 
 
Patriot Burials Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 30, 2025
1. Patriot Burials Marker
Inscription. Revolutionary War veteran Private Joseph McReynolds buried here ca. 1840. Served with North Carolina Regiment.
 
Erected 2025 by Indiana Society, Sons of the American Revolution • William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 107.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesWar, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR), and the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1840.
 
Location. 38° 9.035′ N, 87° 44.641′ W. Marker is in Poseyville, Indiana, in Posey County. It is on County Road 900 E south of Wiggins Road (County Road 800 N). Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 7801 Mt Pleasant Rd, Poseyville IN 47633, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Tri-State Region and in Southern Indiana. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Ohio River Valley, and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it
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finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Griffin Oil Discovery (approx. 10 miles away); Tri-State Tornado (approx. 10 miles away); Maclure Park Bandstand (approx. 10.2 miles away); New Harmony Area Veterans Memorial (approx. 10.4 miles away); New Harmony (approx. 10.4 miles away); Rappite Community House No. 2 (approx. 10½ miles away); a different marker also named New Harmony (approx. 10½ miles away); New Harmony, Indiana (1814-1827) (approx. 10½ miles away).
 
Patriot Burials Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 30, 2025
2. Patriot Burials Marker
Joseph McReynolds Gravesite image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 30, 2025
3. Joseph McReynolds Gravesite
Joseph McReynolds Gravesite – Original Headstone image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, November 30, 2025
4. Joseph McReynolds Gravesite – Original Headstone
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 23, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 8, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 69 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on December 8, 2025, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
 
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