Binghamton in Broome County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Patriot Burials
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, June 21, 2026
1. Patriot Burials Marker
Revolutionary War Veterans
Pvt. David Compton, Served
With Col. Malcom’s Levies,
Interred Here 1805.
Erected 2026 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 205.)
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Patriot Burials (WGPF), and the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) series lists.
Location. 42° 6.077′ N, 75° 50.537′ W. Memorial is in Binghamton, New York, in Broome County. It is on Upper Court Street (New York State Route 11), on the right when traveling west. Located between TA Travel Center and TA Truck Service. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 735 Upper Court Street, Binghamton NY 13904, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial 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.
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: New York State Inebriate Asylum (approx. 1.2 miles away); American Legion Post 1645 Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.4 miles away); Carpenter-Hunt Building (approx. 3.2 miles away); Chester B. Lord (approx. 3.2 miles away); Historic North Side-Bingham's Patent (approx. 3.2 miles away); Historic North Side-The Chenango Canal (approx. 3.2 miles away); Bud Fowler (approx. 3.2 miles away); William J. McGowan Award (approx. 3.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Binghamton.
Regarding Patriot Burials. From the Kirkwood Historical Society and The Sons of the American Revolution Binghamton Chapter
Keynote for Patriot Burial Marker Dedication
Pvt. David Compton—Layton Cemetery– June 13, 2026
The grave for “Capt. David Compton” is often mistaken as the oldest grave in Broome County, It is not; however, it is one of the oldest graves in the Town of Kirkwood, if not the oldest, dating back to 1805.
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, June 21, 2026
2. Patriot Burials Marker (looking east from marker site)
David Compton was born on May 10, 1756.
He married Abigail Prindle on March 9, 1779, in Monroe Township, Orange County, NY. Together they had two children: Elizabeth born in 1780 & James born in 1782. Unfortunately, this is all we know about his wife and children.
According to a muster roll of Capt. Thomas McKinstrey’s Company in the 1st regiment of New York Levies in the service of the United States Commanded by Colonel William Malcolm dated July/August 1780. David Compton enlisted July 24, 1780. Just a few months later, the muster roll for September/October 1780
reports him as being sick at Schenectady.
While we don’t know much about Compton’s service, we do know Colonel Malcom’s Levies were active in the Hudson, Mohawk, and Schoharie Valleys in 1780 during the Revolutionary War.
In 1788, David marries Phebe Carpenter of Hopewell, Mercer County. That same year they moved to this area and settled next to the Park farm, He operated a well-known Tavern on the Finch farm.
His brother Joseph Compton also arrived and settled across the
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, June 21, 2026
3. Patriot Burials Marker (looking west from marker site)
Phebe and David had 3 children: 2 boys and 1 girl. Ashman was born in 1792, John was born in 1794 & Sally was born in 1796.
A few years after the birth of his daughter, David Compton was listed as an ensign in Lt. Colonel Commandant David Pixley’s Tioga County regiment of militia (Major Commandant William Whitney’s Battalion) on January 18, 1800.
On March 31, 1802, he was listed as a Lieutenant in Brigadier General Stoddard’s Tioga County Brigade (Lt. Colonel Commandant William Whitney’s Regiment)
He became known as “David Compton, Captain” on March 10, 1803, in Lt. Colonel’s Commandant William Whitney’s Tioga County regiment. He resigned on April 5, 1805, due to developing dropsy and died on August 24.
His tombstone reads: “Here lays the body of Captain David Compton who was born on May 10 in the year of our Lord 1756. By a long and lingering disorder called dropsy, departed this life August 24, 1805 being 49 years of age.”
I mentioned that David had a son named Ashman. It should be noted that Ashman and his wife Polly had 5 children: David (1815), Henry (1817), Harriet (1820), John (1823) and Mary (1828). Their youngest
Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, June 21, 2026
4. Patriot Burials Marker - 84 Lumber and Frito Lay Plant are across the highway.
family moved to Madison County and they are all buried in the Madison Street Cemetery in Hamilton.
*Note: Due to only having primary sources listing David Compton's enlistment as a Private, that is the rank recorded on the Patriot Burial Marker. #williamgpomeroyfoundation #patriotburialmarker
Credits. This page was last revised on June 23, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 21, 2026, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 10 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 21, 2026, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
