Pleasant Mount in Wayne County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Sarah Mary Benjamin

Photographed by Don Morfe, September 28, 2015

1. Sarah Mary Benjamin Marker

Inscription. Revolutionary War heroine. At least 101 years old at her death in 1858, she lived here after 1822 and was known for her vivid recollections of the war. Sarah traveled with her husband's New York unit, 1780-1783, doing its sewing and washing and baking bread. She stood guard in his place as a sentinel at Kingsbridge. At Yorktown, she carried food to the soldiers in the heat of the battle.

Erected 1992 by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, US Revolutionary • Women. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list.

Location. 41° 44.399′ N, 75° 26.355′ W. Memorial is in Pleasant Mount, Pennsylvania, in Wayne County. It is at the intersection of Great Bend Turnpike (PA 371/670) and Brannigan Road on Great Bend Turnpike (PA 371/670). Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Pleasant Mount PA 18453, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains.

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.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Samuel Meredith (approx. ¼ mile away); a different marker also named Samuel Meredith (approx. 0.9 miles away); Jirah Mumford (approx. 0.9 miles away); Stillwater Lake

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(approx. 3.6 miles away); Forest City (approx. 5.6 miles away); Samuel "Roxy" Rothafel (approx. 6.3 miles away); Township Pioneers and Founders and Ministers of the Clinton Baptist Church (approx. 6½ miles away); War Memorial (approx. 6.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pleasant Mount.

Photographed by Don Morfe, September 28, 2015

2. Sarah Mary Benjamin Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on January 2, 2020. It was originally submitted on October 6, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,087 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 6, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.