Liberty Township near Saxton in Bedford County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Phillips' Rangers

Photographed by Don Morfe, November 10, 2015

1. Phillips' Rangers Marker-Down for maintenance

Inscription. Capt. William Phillips and 11 men of his militia company were captured near this point by Indians, July 16, 1780. Ten men were killed here and were buried later by a search party. Capt. Phillips and son Elijah, taken prisoner, were freed by British at end of Revolution.

Erected 1966 by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.

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

Location. 40° 15.401′ N, 78° 15.531′ W. Memorial is near Saxton, Pennsylvania, in Bedford County. It is in Liberty Township. It is at the intersection of Raystown Road (Pennsylvania Route 26) and Capt. Phillips Memorial Road on Raystown Road. This state historical marker is down for maintenance. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 11451 Raystown Rd, Saxton PA 16678, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in South-Central Pennsylvania and in the Laurel

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Highlands.

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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Capt. Phillips' Rangers Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Capt. Phillips' Rangers Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Saxton (approx. 2.7 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 3 miles away); Morrisons Cove Gettysburg Memorial (approx. 4.9 miles away); Morrisons Cove Memorial Park (approx. 4.9 miles away); Walton Gene Henry (approx. 4.9 miles away); The Yellow Corner (approx. 5.1 miles away).

Phillips' Rangers Marker Pole-facing Capt Phillips Memorial Drive image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, November 10, 2015

2. Phillips' Rangers Marker Pole-facing Capt Phillips Memorial Drive

Phillips' Rangers Marker-Street sign image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, November 10, 2015

3. Phillips' Rangers Marker-Street sign

Capt. Phillips' Rangers Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, November 10, 2015

4. Capt. Phillips' Rangers Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 29, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,406 times since then and 45 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 29, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.