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

Capt. Phillips' Rangers Memorial

Photographed by Don Morfe, November 10, 2015

1. Capt. Phillips' Rangers Memorial Marker

Inscription.
Upright Bronze Plaque
The following scouts under Capt. Phillips were massacred here by the Indians July 16, 1780.

M. Davis, T. Gaitrell, D. Kelley, G. Morris, P. Sanders, T. Sanders, A. Shelly, R. Shirley, H. Skelly, P. Skelly.

Erected 1926 by the Fisher Summit Memorial Association, S. B. Stoler, Pres. Refurbished by VFW Post 4129 and American Legion Post 169 October 1999.

Flat Bronze Plaque
We rest having died in line of duty on July 16, 1780. Reburied by American Legion Saxton Post No. 169 May 28, 1933. Kryptaloy Vault and bronze tablet presented by R.E. Huff-Saxton, PA.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • War, US Revolutionary.

Location. 40° 15.593′ N, 78° 15.973′ W. Memorial is near Stonerstown, Pennsylvania, in Bedford County. It is in Liberty Township. It is on Capt. Phillips Memorial Road. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Saxton PA 16678, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in South-Central Pennsylvania and in the Laurel Highlands. It is also

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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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Capt. Phillips' Rangers Memorial (here, next to this marker); Phillips' Rangers (approx. 0.4 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 3 miles away); Saxton (approx. 3.1 miles away); Morrisons Cove Gettysburg Memorial (approx. 4½ miles away); Morrisons Cove Memorial Park (approx. 4½ miles away); Walton Gene Henry (approx. 4½ miles away); The Yellow Corner (approx. 4.7 miles away).

Photographed by Don Morfe, November 10, 2015

2. Capt. Phillips' Rangers Memorial Marker

Photographed by Don Morfe, November 10, 2015

3. Capt. Phillips' Rangers Memorial Marker

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

Photographed by Don Morfe, November 10, 2015

4. Capt. Phillips' Rangers Memorial

Photographed by Don Morfe, November 10, 2015

5. Capt. Phillips' Rangers Memorial

Date inscribed in the wall 1-25-33

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 837 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 29, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.