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Greene Township near Carmichaels in Greene County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Garard's Fort

 
 
Garard's Fort Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Mike Wintermantel, June 30, 2012
1. Garard's Fort Marker
Inscription. Site of frontier refuge in Revolutionary War. Station of a small detachment of Virginia militia in 1777, 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.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and CastlesNative AmericansWar, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission series list. A significant historical month for this entry is May 1797.
 
Location. 39° 48.747′ N, 80° 0.804′ W. Marker is near Carmichaels, Pennsylvania, in Greene County. It is in Greene Township. 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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Greene Township Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); In Remembrance of John Corbly and Family
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(approx. 0.4 miles away); Corbly Massacre Monument (approx. 0.4 miles away); Goshen Baptist Church (approx. half a mile away); Fort Garard (approx. half a mile away); Rev. John Corbley (approx. half a mile away); a different marker also named Garard's Fort (approx. 0.9 miles away); White Covered Bridge (approx. 2˝ miles away).
 
Garard's Fort Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Mike Wintermantel, June 30, 2012
2. Garard's Fort Marker
Fort Garard Stone Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Mike Wintermantel, June 30, 2012
3. Fort Garard Stone Marker
Fort Garard
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
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 30, 2012, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 3,072 times since then and 180 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on June 30, 2012, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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