Near Amsterdam in Montgomery County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Pettingill Home

Photographed by Howard C. Ohlhous, September 1, 2011

1. Pettingill Home Marker

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Inscription. Site of
Pettingill Home
Samuel Pettingill, Capt.
5th Co. Third Tryon County
Militia, Killed in Battle
of Oriskany Aug. 6, 1777.
House Burned in Raid, 1780.

Erected 1935 by New York State Education Department.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical date for this entry is August 6, 1890.

Location. 42° 54.046′ N, 74° 15.029′ W. Marker is near Amsterdam, New York, in Montgomery County. It is on Denice Road near Simcer Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 329 Denice Road, Amsterdam NY 12010, 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 North America,

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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other

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markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: 1964 Bell UH-1D Iroquoi “Huey” (approx. 1.4 miles away); North American T-2 Buckeye United States Naval Test Pilot School (approx. 1.4 miles away); Town of Florida Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.4 miles away); Minaville World War Memorial (approx. 2.1 miles away); Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site (approx. 2.9 miles away); The National Martyrs' Shrine of America (approx. 3 miles away); The Aqueduct/History of Lock 28 and 29/The Visitors Center (approx. 3.1 miles away); A Mohawk House Unearthed (approx. 3.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Amsterdam.

Pettingill Home Marker - Denice Road image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Howard C. Ohlhous, September 1, 2011

2. Pettingill Home Marker - Denice Road

Credits. This page was last revised on June 15, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 20, 2011, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York. This page has been viewed 929 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 20, 2011, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.