Cherry Valley in Otsego County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Cherry Valley Massacre
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
Erected 1877.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Native Americans • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical month for this entry is October 1850.
Location. 42° 47.637′ N, 74° 45.366′ W. Marker is in Cherry Valley, New York, in Otsego County. Marker is on Alden Street. Marker is within the Cherry Valley Cemetery on Alden Street in the village. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cherry Valley NY 13320, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. First Presbyterian Church (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Colonel Alden Felled (approx. 0.2 miles away); Civil War Monument (approx. Ό mile away); Limestone Mansion (approx. 0.3 miles away); Willow Hill (approx. 0.3 miles away); Cherry Valley Museum (approx. 0.3 miles away); a different marker also named Cherry Valley Museum (approx. 0.4 miles away); a different marker also named Cherry Valley Museum (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cherry Valley.
Regarding Cherry Valley Massacre. Soldiers killed the day of the Massacre;
Ichabod Alden Thomas Sheridan Beig Worsley Thomas Mires Thomas Holden David William Rob Bray Simeon Hopkins Oliver DeBall Daniel Dudley Rob Henderson Gideon Day P. Adams
Thomas Noles Enos Blakely
Soldiers captured the day of the massacre:
Lt. Col William Stacy Andrew Garret Abraham Engle Lt. col Aaron Holde Suzer DeBeaver and 10 others
182 residents escaped death and captivity that fateful day.
32 inhabitants and 16 soldiers were reported killed in the November 11th massacre. Other historical sources put the death toll at 77.
Celebration of the Unveiling of the Cherry Valley Monument,
August 15, 1877.
From the Cherry Valley Gazette:
"...the Monument is eight feet high, seven long and five wide. The base is granite. This is surmounted by the finest American marble. The weight of the Monument, apart form the foundation, is about twenty tons. It stands directly over the trench, wherein were deposited the remains of those who fell in the Massacre. On the four sides are found the words, Cherry Valley, Oriskany, Frontenac, and Durlagh.
Also see . . . Letters from British officers, Brock University Library. "The enemy killed, scalped, and most barbarously murdered thirty two inhabitants, chiefly women and children; also Colonel Alden and the following soldiers of his regiment: Robert Henderson, Gideon Day, Thomas Sheridan, Peletiah Adams, Simeon Hopkins, Benjamin Worceley, Thomas Holden, Daniel Dudley, Thomas Knowles, and Oliver Deball. The following officers were taken prisoners, viz:- Lieutenant Colonel Stacey, Lieutenant Aaron Holden, Ensign Garrett, Surgeon's Mate Francis Souza de Bierve and thirteen privates; burnt twenty four houses with all the grain, &c; took above sixty of the inhabitants prisoners, part of whom they released on going off. They committed the most inhuman barbarities on most of the dead." (Submitted on August 14, 2020, by Vicki L Link of Roanoke, Virginia.)
Additional commentary.
1. Killed at Cherry Valley
My ancestor Col. Thomas Sheridan was killed at Cherry Valley. He seems to be listed as "Thomas Sheldon" on this site.
Thomas Sheridan
1695–1778
Birth abt. 1695, Ireland
Death 11 Nov. 1778, Cherry Valley
— Submitted August 13, 2020, by Vicki L Link of Roanoke, Virginia.
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