Cherry Valley
Sacred to the Memory
Of Those who Died by
Massacre
In the Destruction of this Village
At the Hands of the Indians & Tories
Under Brant & Butler,
Nov. 11. AD. 1778
— — Map (db m154638) HM
The Cherry Valley Massacre of 1778
was led by British Captain Walter Butler
and Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant
on this strategically important
frontier settlement. — — Map (db m33655) HM
Built by Joseph Phelon as a private residence
for his daughter and her husband. They in
turn added onto the home so weary travelers
could spend the night. The building was given
to the Cherry Valley Historical Association
in 1959 by Mrs. . . . — — Map (db m144234) HM
Before the American Revolution, Cherry Valley was
one of the largest and most prosperous of New York's
western frontier settlements. In July 1778 they built
a new fort and brought in the 6th Massachusetts
Regiment to protect local residents . . . — — Map (db m144267) HM
Established in memory of the 42 victims
from Cherry Valley and all who served.
This marble monument was erected
and dedicated in 1870. Once located in the
intersection, it was moved
in the early 1950's. — — Map (db m93183) HM WM
Site of Reverend Samuel Dunlop's (one of Cherry Valley's first settlers) house where his wife and children were brutally killed in the massacre of 1778.
Reverend Dunlop was taken prisoner but released after a few days. Dunlop returned to Cherry . . . — — Map (db m208308) HM
"Roselawn", formerly known as the Belcher
Mansion, was the original site of the Hotel Eagle
which burned in 1866. The land was then
purchased by Susan Belcher and a house erected
out of limestone from the Campbell Quarry, as
limestone would . . . — — Map (db m144237) HM
Site of Rev. Samuel Dunlop's House Settled in 1741 Burnt in the Massacre Nov. 11 1778
His wife Elizabeth at the door holding an infant was shot down in cold blood by Walter Butler's Tories and Indians on that day
Nearby at the left stood . . . — — Map (db m209316) HM
Original site of John Lindesay's farm. Then the Wells Homestead where the first assault of the massacre occurred. (Mr. Wells was married to Reverend Dunlop's daughter).
Judge Hudson built Willow Hill in 1794. Joseph Phelon purchased Willow . . . — — Map (db m207987) HM
