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Revolutionary War Veterans Memorial IL420
BURIED IN WHITE COUNTY
Soldiers & Patriots of the American Revolution IN236
AMERICAN REVOLUTION BURIED IN GIBSON COUNTY INDIANA
Veterans Memorial Cemetery IL395
[head stones around flag are for Revolutionary War Soldiers Rows of head stones are for all other wars.]
Morgan County MO407
Morgan County, in Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks Region, was organized in 1833 and named for Revolutionary War Gen. Daniel Morgan. The lake, impounded by Bagnell Dam built on the Osage River in adjacent Miller County 1929-1931, extends into Morgan and forms most of its south border. Southern pioneers settled the area in the 1820's. Versailles, the county seat, situated on a watershed divide crossing the county east to west, was laid out 1835. The townsite, selected by Commissioner Street Thurston, was given by Wyan and Galbraith, pioneer merchants. Millville, once near by, was settled by Josiah Walton, was the first county seat. Early schools were J.K. Gwynn's Male and Female Institute founded in 1885; and G.W. Innes' Academic and Normal Institute, 1892. The famed 1858-61 Butterfield Overland Mail had relay stations in the county at Syracuse and Florence. From 1859, when the Pacific (Mo.Pac.) R.R. reached Syracuse, until Civil War activity closed the station in March, 1861, it was the east stagecoach terminus. In the war the county suffered guerrilla raids and troop movements. Morgan County's 596 square mile area is divided between Ozark hills on the south and open plains on the north. Resort and general farming county, Morgan at various times has been mined for lead, zinc, barite, tiff, iron, coal, clay. The Chicago, Rock Is. & Pac. R.R. reach Versailles in 1903 and Stover and Barnett, settled earlier, were laid out along the railroad route. Among other county towns and communities are Gravois Mills and Florence, settled in 1830's; Syracuse, laid out 1859; and Rocky Mount, a post office by the 1870's. On a branch of the Mo. Pac., built to Versailles in 1881, Akinsville and Glensted were once active towns. The branch no longer operates. French explorer Du Tisne crossed south Morgan County on an Osage Indian Trail, 1719, and Zebulon M. Pike's 1806 southwest expedition followed the Osage River then winding in and out of the county. The area, roamed by Indians into the 1830's, lies in the 1808 Osage Indian land cession. Points of interest include the courthouse built 1889 at Versailles; Jacobs Cave near there, and Collin's Spring near Gravois Mills.
Winchester Veterans Memorial IL363
Clarkston, Constantine Curry, Nicholas Ebey, George McEvers, James Patterson, Solomon Stout, Jesse Summers, Joseph WAR OF 1812 Arnold, Major George Arnold, Michael Arnold, Johnas Beall, Alexander Buchanan, Jeremiah Bulmer, Isaac Clark, George W. Chance, William Cochran, George Crawford, Samuel Cumby, William Frame, Col. William Fowler, William Funk, Samuel Hart, Dr. Robert Hawk, Robert Hicks, Aaron B. Lowe, Aquilla Marks, David Mills, James Ray, Edwards Sappington, Benonia Thomas, Edward Watt, David BLACK HAWK WAR~1831-1832 Col. Daniel Leib Maj. James B.Young
{Memorial list the names of all lost from the county in all wars: Persian Gulf, Iraq, Granada, Vietnam, Korean, World War II, World War I, Civil War, Mexican War, Spanish American War, War of 1812, Black Hawk War & Revolutionary War.}
Joseph Hardin 4C34
1734 – 1801 Colonel Hardin was born in Virginia but moved to North Carolina in 1772. During the Revolutionary War, he fought at King’s Mountain and elsewhere in the South. He was Speaker of the House of the State of Franklin in 1785 and a member of the Territorial Assembly in 1794. After the war, he received a 3000-acre land grant located within the present boundaries of Hardin County, and family members and friends settled on it in 1816. The county, created in 1819 and was named for him.
First American Frontiersmen Weren't Cowboys MO356
Long before homesteaders in Conestoga wagons trekked to what modern people think of as the western frontier of America, herds of buffalo roamed east of the Mississippi River into Pennsylvania, and Kentucky and Tennessee were considered to be the Far West. Thousands of Native Americans hunted and traded across the continent, with whites as well as each other. In those days, England still had the upper hand. Heavy-Handed, sometimes cruel rule by British locals too often deprived American colonists of money, property, even life. For relief, some men turned to courts, to new laws, and finally, war, to gain freedom. Others, like Daniel Boone, took to the woods, hunting and trapping, and settling ever farther from government interference. Hunting was a way to get rich. A Colonial farmer often scrabbled for a living all year long, his family sometimes close to starvation. But a hunter could make enough money in a single season to buy land and to support his family in style. In the era before the Revolutionary War, such men were called long hunters, not only for the long rifles they hunted with, but for the many months spent on a typical hunt. Daniel Boone's most famous long hunt lasted two years. Despite the money to be made, fear kept most men from becoming long hunters. The Indians considered the whites to be poachers, and would rob unwary or unlucky hunters: a best-case scenario. Hunters needed the skills to anticipate and track their prey, to avoid Indians, and to find their way in the wilderness, living off the forest. Horses were used as pack animals rather than transportation. Dress was distinctive: leather breech clouts and moccasins, such as the Indians wore, plus leggings that went from ankle to thigh. Layers of linen or leather hunting shirts were worn all year long. Hair was often worn long. Daniel Boone wore his hair plaited, or braided, and "clubbed up," the braid tied close to his head. "The stark edge of life and death inured the rough individualistic frontier folk to toil, hardship, heat, cold, rain, snow, ice...Such men were skilled in hunting, trapping stalking, hiding, reading sign, building shelter, surviving. They were their own doctors, veterinarians, boat builders, coopers, militiamen, cooks, cord wainers, blacksmiths, gunsmiths, skinners, and tanners. And more. Most were plain, poor men, seeking land, relief from debt, a way to feed hungry mouths." [Ted Franklin Belue] Daniel Boone was different from some notorious long hunters, in that he respected Native Americans, relying far more on wits and diplomacy that a gun. Although he loved the wilderness, he also loved his family, giving away land to relatives, and taking his sons hunting with him. When he explored, he kept track of stands of timber, water, and fertile farmland, for future settlement. He was a rare man who thrived in the wilderness and on solitude, yet, he was a sociable, compassionate, calm man, a leader who served his fellows by holding a succession of political and military offices, some nearly to the end of his days.
Revolutionary War Vetrans WI236
In this area, part of the Statesburg settlement, are the graves of Hendrick Aupaumut and Jacob Konkapot, Stockbridge Indians of Massachusetts. Captain Aupaumut won the notice of George Washington. Able tribal counselor, he served as envoy to western tribes and fought to redress Indian grievances. Konkapot served with the army stationed around oston. A prosperous New York farmer in the 1780's, he employed white labor. At Statesburge he operated a sawmill.
Colonel George Moffett W227
George Moffett (1735-1811), a prominent regional military and civic leader, had joined the Augusta County militia by 1758. He participated in the French and Indian War (1756-1763), led a militia company at the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774, and rose to the rank of colonel by 1778. The Augusta County militia unit he commanded participated in several Revolutionary War battles including Guilford Courthouse in 1781. Moffett served as justice of the peace, sheriff, and County Lieutenant (the county's highest military officer) for Augusta County (1783-1785). He was also a trustee of Liberty Academy (presently Washington & Lee University). Moffett lived at Mount Pleasant.
Revolutionary War Memorial IL350
SOLDIERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Buried in Morgan County. [small plaque on the bottom bears four names added to the marker.] Display # 21 - 30 of 189 |