Garards Fort in Greene County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Garard's Fort
By Mike Wintermantel, June 30, 2012
1. Garard's Fort Marker
Site of frontier refuge in Revolutionary War. Station of a small detachment of Virginia militia in 1977, when this area was claimed as part of Monongalia County, Virginia. Near here, on May 12, 1782, the wife and three children of the noted Baptist minister, Rev. John Corbly, were killed while on their way to church; two of Corbly's other children were wounded in the same Indian attack but survived.Erected 1958 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Marker series. This marker is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission marker series.
Location. 39° 48.747′ N, 80° 0.804′ W. Marker is in Garards Fort, Pennsylvania, in Greene County. Marker is at the intersection of Garards Fort Road (Pennsylvania Route 21) and Greene Lakes Road, on the right when traveling west on Garards Fort Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Garards Fort PA 15334, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Rev. John Corbley (approx. half a mile away); a different marker also named Garard's Fort
By Mike Wintermantel, June 30, 2012
2. Garard's Fort Marker
Categories. • Forts, Castles • Native Americans • War, US Revolutionary •
By Mike Wintermantel, June 30, 2012
3. Fort Garard Stone Marker
Built about 1774, East of this
marker, 180 rods.
The Corbly Massacre took place
49 rods north, May 10, 1782.
Erected by
John Corbly Chapter, D.A.R.
1923
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Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on June 30, 2012, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 764 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 30, 2012, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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