Niagara Falls in Niagara Region, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Charles Green

1740 - 1827

— United Empire Loyalist —

Charles Green Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Jamie Abel, August 31, 2012

1. Charles Green Marker

Inscription. “If the captain wants me, he may come himself and if he does I will shoot him.”

With these words, Charles Green refused induction into the N. Jersey rebel militia. Imprisoned, he escaped and joined the “King’s Rangers” a loyalist unit. He “suffered very considerably both in person and property”. At war’s end he walked from N. Jersey leading his wife and two children on horseback. His wife Rebekah, buried next to him, gave birth eight days later to a daughter. The first white child born on the frontier. He donated these lands, part of a grant from George III, to the Methodist Church.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Churches & Religion • Colonial Era • War, US Revolutionary.

Location. 43° 5.35′ N, 79° 7.328′ W. Marker is in Niagara Falls, Ontario, in Niagara Region. Marker is on Lundy’s Lane, 0.1 kilometers east of Montrose Road, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Niagara Falls ON L2H 1G8, Canada. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies. To the Memory of the Pioneers (within shouting distance of this marker); William Lundy Homestead (about 120 meters away, measured in a direct line); Bicentennial of the Battle of Lundy’s Lane

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(approx. 2.1 kilometers away); British Retreat (approx. 2.1 kilometers away); Battlefield Tourism (approx. 2.1 kilometers away); The British Defense (approx. 2.1 kilometers away); Battle Ground Hotel (approx. 2.1 kilometers away); Ruth Redmond (approx. 2.1 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Niagara Falls.

More about this marker. The marker sits along the street within an inset of the wrought-iron fence surrounding Lundy Lane Cemetery.

Photographed By Jamie Abel, August 31, 2012

2. Charles Green Marker

Marker with Lundy's Lane Cemetery in the background.

Photographed By Jamie Abel, August 31, 2012

3. Charles Green Marker

Marker visible on the left, looking east down Lundy's Lane.

Credits. This page was last revised on September 27, 2019. It was originally submitted on September 9, 2012, by Jamie Abel of Westerville, Ohio. This page has been viewed 752 times since then and 13 times this year. Last updated on August 2, 2014, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 9, 2012, by Jamie Abel of Westerville, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.