In memory of General Hugh Mercer. Born in Scotland, Colonel on General Forbes Expedition against Fort Duquesne 1758, Commander at Fort Pitt 1759, Colonel 3rd Virginia Regiment 1776, Brigadier General Continental Army 1776, killed in the Battle . . . — — Map (db m41593) HM
Formed March 12, 1800 from Allegheny County. The United States census reported 3228 residents in 1800. Named for General Hugh Mercer, Revolutionary hero killed at Battle of Princeton, 1777. Early iron and coal center. Mercer, the county seat, was . . . — — Map (db m41598) HM
In memory of
The Mercer Soldiers Orphans School
Mercer, Pennsylvania
Opened in 1868 Closed in 1889
Maintained by the State of Pennsylvania for the purpose of providing a home and education for the children of her soldiers and sailors who . . . — — Map (db m41604) HM
Arriving in November 1854, 63 African Americans settled an agricultural community north of Indian Run. Freed through manumission by Va. plantation owner Dr. Charles Everett, many of these formerly enslaved men and women worked to purchase the . . . — — Map (db m229425) HM
