Goshen in Clermont County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Burial Site of Two Unknown Soldiers

Slabs Camp — On the Bullskin Trail

— Clermont County Bicentennial Marker —

Burial Site of Two Unknown Soldiers Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, November 5, 2016

1. Burial Site of Two Unknown Soldiers Marker

Inscription. Near here are buried two unknown soldiers of General Anthony Wayne's Army who died while at Slabs Camp, at the junction of Highway 131 and 133 in 1793. A memorial service was held by Edenton Willing Workers and Blanchester Daughter's of the American Revolution in 1930 and they placed these rocks.

Erected by Clermont County Bicentennial Commission.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Wars, US Indian.

Location. 39° 11.093′ N, 84° 3.65′ W. Memorial is in Goshen, Ohio, in Clermont County. It is on Park Rd, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 3126 Park Rd, Goshen OH 45122, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Cincinnati.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Ohio River Valley,

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,

the territory

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of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Xenia State Road Old Indian Trail Monument (approx. 3.2 miles away); Hartman Log Cabin (approx. 3.4 miles away); Grassy Run Battlefield (approx. 4.8 miles away); Vera Cruz WW II Memorial (approx. 5.1 miles away); Goshen (approx. 5.9 miles away); Cook Log House - Circa 1803 (approx. 5.9 miles away); Goshen High School Warriors Vietnam Veterans Memorial (approx. 5.9 miles away); Goshen School Building (approx. 5.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Goshen.

Other markers no longer nearby. In This Cemetery is Buried William Slone (was approx. 2.8 miles away but has been confirmed missing); Xenia Road (was approx. 3.1 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Also see . . . Clermont County Genealogical Society Slabs Camp Burial. This site includes photos that clearly show DAR and 1793 engraved into the boulder. (Submitted on May 13, 2023, by Carolyn Sanders of Plano, Texas.)

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, November 5, 2016

2. Burial Site of Two Unknown Soldiers Marker

The original DAR boulder

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, November 5, 2016

3. Burial Site of Two Unknown Soldiers Marker

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, November 5, 2016

4. Burial Site of Two Unknown Soldiers Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 13, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 26, 2016, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,157 times since then and 58 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 26, 2016, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.