Easton in Talbot County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Fausley

Birthplace of Lieutenant Colonel Tench Tilghman

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, October 22, 2007

1. Fausley Marker

Inscription. Birthplace of Lieutenant Colonel Tench Tilghman, Christmas day 1744. Aide-de-Camp to General George Washington, 1776–1783, and a participant in every major campaign of the main army in the American Revolution. He was entrusted to carry the official terms of the surrender at Yorktown to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Died, Baltimore, April 18, 1786. Buried, Oxford Cemetery.

Erected 1962 by Talbot County Council Society of the Cincinnatti of Maryland, Historical Society of Talbot County, Inc. & Maryland Historical Society.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Maryland Historical Trust series list. A significant historical date for this entry is December 25, 1744.

Location. 38° 47.838′ N, 76° 5.115′ W. Marker is in Easton, Maryland, in Talbot County. It is at the intersection of Villa Road and Goldsborough Neck Road, on the left on Villa Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Easton MD 21601, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on the Eastern Shore.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic,

on the Delmarva Peninsula,

in the Tidewater,

and in the Chesapeake Bay Region.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The “Mannour of Ratcliffe” (approx. 1.3 miles away); William Penn (approx. 1½ miles away); Frederick Douglass (approx. 1½ miles away); Talbot County Courthouse

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(approx. 1.6 miles away); Birthplace of Tench Francis, Jr. (approx. 1.6 miles away); The Talbot Resolves (approx. 1.6 miles away); Vietnam War (approx. 1.6 miles away); The Bullitt House (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Easton.

Another marker is no longer nearby. To the Talbot Boys (was approx. 1.6 miles away but has been permanently removed).

Also see . . . Tench Tilghman. Wikpedia link. (Submitted on October 29, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.)

Stone below the marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, October 22, 2007

2. Stone below the marker

Fausley, the birthplace of Lt. Col. Tench Tilghman Aide-de-Camp to General Washington, Born Dec. 25, 1744, died Apr. 18, 1786

Gravestone of Col. Tench Tilghman image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, October 22, 2007

3. Gravestone of Col. Tench Tilghman

Grave is in the Oxford Cemetery. His remains brought from Old St. Paul's Baltimore, were reinterred here November 30, 1971.

Credits. This page was last revised on December 30, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 26, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 2,570 times since then and 83 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 26, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.

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