side A Border warfare characterized the American Revolution on the northwest frontier. Between August 26 and September 15, 1781, sixty-four survivors of Lochry's Expedition were held captive by "Butler's Rangers" (British-allied Indians led by . . . — — Map (db m134916) WM
(Side One)
Pulaski and Pulaski Township in Williams County are named for Casimir Pulaski, a Polish cavalry officer who died to win America's independence from Great Britain during the Revolutionary War. Charged with attempting to kidnap . . . — — Map (db m69028) HM
This tablet marks the site of the First Court House and Prison Built in 1774 in the prison yard around which was a high stone wall were The Pillory and Whipping Post used in those days for the punishment of criminals.
Prior to the . . . — — Map (db m14000) HM
To the Patriots of Berks County who served the cause of Liberty in the War for American Independence
1775 - 1783
Erected in the 233rd year of American Independence — — Map (db m160600) WM
This bell reminds us that the Liberty Bell rested here briefly on September 23, 1777 during its trip to Allentown. A joint project of the Valley Forge Chapter, Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the American Revolution and the Quakertown Historical . . . — — Map (db m95096) HM
The Hut nearby built according to Washingtons Orders for the Construction of Huts for the Winter Camp of 1777-1778 stands on the Site of a similar Hut which sheltered Soldiers of the Pennsylvania Line and it commemorates their Fortitude in the . . . — — Map (db m5670) HM
Late afternoon, in this vicinity, infantry and artillery of American General Stephen's division used the naturally high topography (still visible today) to their advantage, staving off a series of Crown Force attacks by Hessian and British soldiers. . . . — — Map (db m239339) HM
Up to this time the colonies have been acting as entirely separate and independent states. From message of Governor James Glenn to the South Carolina Assembly, March 5, 1754.
The Great Meadows Campaign . . . — — Map (db m201457) HM
This tablet marks a well preserved scar of the Old Braddock Trail, one of the most historic pioneer highways in all America.
Here, Nemacolin and his associates blazed the trail that became a National Highway.
Here, passed the laden pack . . . — — Map (db m33439) HM
This marker pays tribute to the soldiers who fought for our liberty and the women who supported them. The plaque also marks the site of the county's first courthouse where, on September 27, 1777, the Continental Congress met for a day. Lancaster . . . — — Map (db m136456) HM
In memory
of the Soldiers of the
Continental Army
who suffered and died in Zion Church
used as a military hospital
from
September 1777 to April 1779.
This tablet is erected
by the
Pennsylvania Society of
Sons of the Revolution . . . — — Map (db m124246) HM WM
Born in Grabs, Switzerland. Chaplain of the first battalion Northampton County Militia, 1781, is buried in this cemetery. He ministered to the Reformed congregations of Jordan, Union Egypt and Allentown from 1771 to 1801. Lorentz Guth in 1752 . . . — — Map (db m133881) HM
This monument was erected by the Wyoming Valley Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution assisted by the Sons of the Revolution to mark the spot where Fort Wilkes-Barre stood in 1778 at the time of the Wyoming Massacre.
The fort was . . . — — Map (db m68786) HM
The main Continental Army commanded by Gen. George Washington encamped on this and adjacent ground from Aug. 1 to Aug. 8, and from Sep. 12 to Sep. 14, 1777, before and immediately after the Battle of Brandywine. — — Map (db m194954) HM
Anthony Wayne
A memorial of his valour
A tribute to his achievements in the War of Independence the Pennsylvania Society Sons of the Revolution here inscribe his name in honour — — Map (db m212718) WM
In grateful appreciation to the officers and crew of the
U.S.S. John F. Kennedy (CU-67)
under the command of
Capt. J.R. Hutchison, U.S.N.
Capt. Gerald Hoewing, U.S.N.
Every morning and evening from Nov. 1993 to Sept. 1995 an . . . — — Map (db m210867) HM
This tablet is erected by the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution as a memorial to the soldiers and patriots of the Revolution who suffered in this building as prisoners of war during the occupation of Philadelphia by the British Army, . . . — — Map (db m9265) HM
Caughey, Nathaniel
Hay, John
Henderson, Matthew
Johnston, Matthew
Lee, James
Linn, James
May, Alexander
McAlroy, James
McCall, John T
McConnell, Alexander
McNary, Thomas
Pollock, Samuel
Rankin, James
Reed, . . . — — Map (db m209732) HM WM
Amspoker, Jonas
Andover, Margaret
Baxter, William
Bebout, Benjamin
Boggs, James
Brokaw, Abraham
Buxton, Jacob
Campbell, Charles
Campbell, John
Campbell, William
Cooke, James
Curry, Robert
DeFrance, John . . . — — Map (db m210524) HM WM
Cleland, James about 1753-1830
Malone, John about 1761-1841
Wilson, John about 1754-1830
Wolfe, Jacob 1738-1835
Wolfe, William Sr 1757-1839 — — Map (db m204141) HM WM
Adams, David
Adams, John
Anderson, James
Anderson, John
Caldwell, Samuel
Chambers, Joseph
Cowan, William
Dinsmore, James
Donaghy, Joseph
Flack, John
Forbes Sr, Hugh
Gilcrest, John
Martin, Isaac
McClane, . . . — — Map (db m210640) HM WM
Junkins, Benjamin about 1752-1818
Meneely, William about 1761-1837
Ramsey, David 1754-1848
Ramsey, George 1755-1849
Ridgeway, James about 1750-1835
Urie, Samuel . . . — — Map (db m222282) HM WM
Gill, William 1747-1802
Jamison, John about 1743-1811
Lawrence, John about 1741-1827
Mitchell, Matthew 1733-1829
Smith, Nathaniel about 1758-1846
Templeton, Joseph . . . — — Map (db m222368) WM
The first English fort west of the Alleghany Mountains was built five hundred feet south-east of this spot, in 1758 by order of General John Forbes, and named in honor of Lord John Ligonier.
Here General Forbes with the aid of Colonels George . . . — — Map (db m48076) HM
This tablet commemorates
the meeting of
Continental Congress
in York, Pennsylvania,
September 30, 1777-Jvne 27, 1778.
Dvring the occvpation of Philadelphia
by the British Army
sessions were held in the covrt hovse
and here were . . . — — Map (db m205761) HM
On June 12, 1775
The General Assembly for the state of Rhode Island met on this site and enacted a resolution to charter and arm two sloops for the protection of trade and appointed Abraham Whipple to be commander with the rank and power of . . . — — Map (db m58263) HM
Near this spot the men and women of Providence showed their resistance to the unfair taxation by burning British Taxed tea in the night March 2nd 1775 — — Map (db m56349) HM
Dedicated to all Patriots, particularly those who pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor so that we may enjoy the freedoms of this great land. — — Map (db m152522) WM
Near this spot once stood the Liberty Tree where Colonial Independence was first advocated by Christopher Gadsden A.D. 1766 and where ten years later the Declaration of Independence was first heard and applauded by South Carolinians — — Map (db m31852) HM
The British capture of Charleston in May 1780 was one of the worst American defeats of the Revolution. On March 30-31 Gen. Henry Clintons British, Hessian, and Loyalist force crossed the Ashley River north of Charleston. On April 1 Clinton advanced . . . — — Map (db m39458) HM
(Front text) Major General Charles Cornwallis established a brigade headquarters not far from this site on or around June 19, 1776. His brigade was part of a British army under the command of Sir Henry Clinton, which had occupied this island . . . — — Map (db m39959) HM
23 April 1781
American Forces
led by
Brig. Gen. Francis Marion
"The Swamp Fox"
South Carolina Malitia -
Commander [Marion picture included]
LTC Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee
Lee's Legion
British Forces
led by . . . — — Map (db m24418) HM
Sacred to the memory of Brig. Gen.Francis Marion who departed this life, on the 27th of February, 1795, in the sixty-third year of his age; deeply regretted by all his fellow citizens History will record his worth, and rising generations . . . — — Map (db m150320) HM
This memorial is dedicated to American Revolutionary War heroes who were patriots of the Old Camden District Markers are for Patriots buried in graves known and unknown Patriots in marked graves in Quaker Cemetery are: Surgeon Isaac Alexander, . . . — — Map (db m51707) HM
[Front]:
Capt. Samuel Earle (1760-1833), an officer during the American Revolution, state representative, and U.S. representative, lived at nearby Beaverdam Plantation. He also furnished land for the town of Andersonville, once 12 mi. . . . — — Map (db m34563) HM
This marker honors Colonel Thomas Taylor, Patriot of the American Revolution. It is erected during this bicentennial year of 1976 to commemorate his contribution to the educational, cultural, civic, and religious life of the people of Richland . . . — — Map (db m51187) HM
On November 3, 1775, Loyalists ambushed a supply wagon nearby, in a prelude to the first land battle of the Revolution in S.C. The Council of Safety sent gunpowder and lead to the Cherokees in an effort to prevent their siding with the Crown. Capt. . . . — — Map (db m195993) HM
This battle of the Revolution took
place on William Blackstocks
plantation, 3 miles N. on the south
side of the Tyger River, November 20,
1780. Gen. Thomas Sumter
commanded the American patriots who
repulsed Lt. Col. Banastre
Tarletons . . . — — Map (db m11111) HM
The Chattanooga area was firmly controlled by the Chickamauga Indians at the time of The American Revolution. The Cherokee Indian chiefs had signed peace and land treaties with the Colonial settlers. However, a small group of rebellious Cherokees . . . — — Map (db m4496) HM
William Lytle was born in Hillsboro, Orange County N.C. He was the son of Robert Lytle (1729-1774) and Sarah Mebane Lytle. At the age 21, he entered the military as Lieutenant, 5th Regiment of North Carolina Continental Line on April 16, 1776. He . . . — — Map (db m146765) HM WM
In 1811 the Tennessee state legislature appointed town commissioners to select the site for a new Rutherford County seat to replace Jefferson, the county's first county seat. The site was selected in 1812 by the commissioners. The proposed new town . . . — — Map (db m146780) HM
Rutherford County was established on October 25, 1803 from portions of Davidson, Williamson and Wilson counties. The county originally extended to Alabama on its southern boundary. The county was named for Revolutionary War
General Griffith . . . — — Map (db m146773) HM WM
Revolutionary War Patriot Roger Mallory and his wife, Lucy, are buried in this cemetery. Roger was born 12 May 1755 in King William Co., VA, died 22 Dec. 1834 in Williamson Co., TN. Lucy died 16 Feb. 1831 in Williamson Co., TN. Roger's 1832 . . . — — Map (db m149793) HM
In 1889, during the Centennial of the inauguration of George Washington as first President of the United States, a group of Revolutionary War soldiers' descendants gathered in New York to form a society to promote awareness of the Revolutionary War . . . — — Map (db m60471) HM
Fortification was begun in June of 1776, and the name Mount Independence was bestowed following the Declaration of Independence. Lieut. Col. Jeduthan Baldwin was the chief construction engineer. Here the exhausted American Army, Northern Department, . . . — — Map (db m9275) HM
A few feet east of this marker stood the house, removed about 1870, in which Lieutenant Colonel Friedrich Baum died. Commander of the enemy forces, he was mortally wounded in the battle of Bennington and died two days later, August 18, 1777.
He was . . . — — Map (db m58451) HM
Lieut. Col U.S.A., Revolutionary War
1st Battalion, Lancaster County
Pennsylvania Associators, 1777
Assistant Deputy Quartermaster General
Member of
The Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, July, 1776
Original stone removed . . . — — Map (db m195645) HM WM
Fauquier County, Virginia
Officers of the Culpeper Minute Battalion
At the Battle of Great Bridge
Major Thomas Marshall (1730-1802)
Member, 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Virginia Conventions
Colonel, 3rd Virginia Regiment
Colonel, Virginia . . . — — Map (db m54953) HM
Major Gabriel Long (b. 1751) served as Lieutenant in Captain John Jameson's Company, Culpeper Minutemen Battalion which mustered here in the Fall, 1775 and fought victoriously at Great Bridge in December 1775 to rid Virginia of British . . . — — Map (db m170194) HM WM
Honoring those patriots who served and died advancing the cause of American Independence
1775 - 1783
Alexander, George
Ashford, George
Athey, Benjamin
Benter, William
Bryant, William
Carlyle, George W.
Chapin, . . . — — Map (db m218414) WM
This marker honors the service of the Revolutionary War Patriots and War of 1812 Veterans buried or memorialized on the grounds of historic Pohick Church
Revolutionary War Patriots
Patriot Charles Alexander, Sr
Patriot Susanna Pearson . . . — — Map (db m168133) HM WM
Revolutionary War Patriots and War of 1812 Veterans Memorialized in this Historic Masonic Cemetery
Revolutionary War
Captain (Navy) Eliezer Callender
Leiutenant John Chew, Jr.
Lieutenant Robert B. Chew, Sr.
Major . . . — — Map (db m216712) HM WM
[side 1]List of persons who hath sworn allegiance to the State in 1777We whose names are hereunto subscribed to swear or affirm that we renounce and refuse all allegiance to George III, King of Great Britain, his heirs and successors, . . . — — Map (db m174491) HM WM
Virginia Founders
Wilson, William, born VA 1646, died 1713
Wilson, Willis, born VA 1670, died 1701
Wilson, Miles, born VA 1673, died 1701
Revolutionary War Patriots
Brown, Benjamin 1766-1806
Jennings, Charles 1749-1816 . . . — — Map (db m166542) HM WM
Hear the crack of flintlock muskets and smell the smoke from cannon fire! On this site, on July 6, 1781, 5,000 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis and Colonel Banastre Tarleton clashed with 900 American soldiers led by the Marquis de . . . — — Map (db m30651) HM
Dedicated to the Memory of General Joseph Martin
Martin Station
and the more
Than 200,000
Settlers
Whose Courage
and Fortitude
helped to carve
our great nation
out of a vast
wilderness
and gave
birth to
the American
Frontier Spirit — — Map (db m233526) HM WM
Lt. John Chew 1749-1838
Pvt. James Copeland 1759-1838
Ens. John Copeland 1752-1807
Surg. James Heaton 1759-1824
Cpt. Thomas Humphrey 1742-1822
Pvt. Abel Marks 1754-1785
Cpt. Isaiah Marks 1754-1785
Ens. John Marks . . . — — Map (db m214367) WM
Nearby is interred the remains of a
Revolutionary War Soldier
Henry Holdcroft
Norvell
Born Jan. 1759 - Died Feb. 20, 1847
Sergeant, 1st. Virginia Infantry Regt. — — Map (db m179668) HM WM
Private Richard Burke
First Lieutenant William Daniel, Sr
Private Edward Duffell
Corporate James Duffell
Private Reuben George
Lieutenant Francis Gray
Private Daniel Mann
Sergeant James Moseley
Sergeant Henry H . . . — — Map (db m179667) HM WM
John Parke Custis
Born at White House, New Kent County in 1755. Died at Eltham, New Kent County, November 1781, where his body remains.
This marker placed by the Sons of the Revolution in Virginia 1960
While acting as aide to . . . — — Map (db m17746) HM
Courageous leader of the Baptist Doctrine Ardent advocate of the principles of democracy Vindicator of separation of church and state. Near this spot in 1788, elder John Leland and James Madison, the father of the American Constitution, held a . . . — — Map (db m4697) HM
Owner of the famed Hunter Iron Works in Stafford County, which manufactured most of the camp utensils and weapons for the Virginia forces during the Revolutionary War.
A true patriot, he received little, if any, compensation. — — Map (db m32392) HM
The Norfolk Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution dedicates this monument on behalf of our ancestors that fought for this countrys independence, 1775 to 1783. These ancestors answered the call of a fledgling country to fight the tyranny . . . — — Map (db m161705) WM
CAPT Adam Thorowgood (1604-1640) Founder
COL Thomas Walke I (1642-1694) Colonial War
COL Edward Moseley (1661-1736) Colonial War
COL Anthony Walke I (1692-1768) Colonial War
COL Edward Hack Moseley (1717-1783) Colonial War
Lt COL . . . — — Map (db m135219) HM WM
Major William Edmiston. William Edmiston was named by General William Campbell as the commanding officer of the Virginia Militia at the Battle of Kings Mountain SC. Known for bravery under fire Major Edmiston ordered his troops up the mountain . . . — — Map (db m46267) HM
The Sons of the American Revolution was founded in 1889. Its mission and purpose is maintaining and extending "the institutions of American freedom, an appreciation for true patriotism, a respect for our national symbols, the value of American . . . — — Map (db m210115) HM
Here in September 1780, 400 men heeded the call to muster by Colonels Arthur and William Campbell. The members of Black's Fort Chapter, NSDAR and General William Campbell Chapter NSSAR honor the sacrifices of their heroic overmountain ancestors. . . . — — Map (db m210151) HM WM
On this line at the Siege of Yorktown on October 14, 1781, at night the Battalions of Gimat, Hamilton and Laurens of the Light Infantry Division of Major-General Marquis de Lafayette, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Hamilton with . . . — — Map (db m10617) HM
In honor of Comte de Grasse Admiral of the French Fleet whose landing of troops and blockade of the Chesapeake Bay were decisive factors leading to the surrender of the British Forces of Yorktown, Virginia October 19, 1781. — — Map (db m167794) HM WM
Revolutionary War Soldier
William Broadus
Born 1755
Died October 5, 1830
Lieutenant in the First Virginia Regiment
Commanded by Colonel George Gibson
Marker placed by
General Adam Stephen Chapter, NSSAR
and
Virginia Society, NSSAR . . . — — Map (db m103454) HM WM
Within these walls lie the following Revolutionary War Soldiers and Patriots:
Henry Cookus John Hoffman Michael Cookus Nicholas Schell John Haines Peter Seever Jacob Haynes Peter Staley Lawrence Hensel John Martin Walforth . . . — — Map (db m103672) WM
[Top Inscription on Marker]
Dedicated to those militiamen who were
buried in the magazine and the surrounding battlefield
on OCTOBER 11, 1774
Col. Charles Lewis, Col. John Field, Capt. Thomas Buford,
Cpt. Robert McClenachan, . . . — — Map (db m20797) HM
