COUNTY NAMED/MERCER COUNTY WAR MEMORIAL MARKER
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: War Memorial Historical Wayside Markers
Year Dedicated: 1969
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR AND REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Photograph By: TOM BOSSE
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
MARKER READS: “GENERAL HUGH MERCER, CA. 1725-77. A NATIVE OF SCOTLAND HE CAME TO AMERICA ABOUT 1746. OFFICER IN FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR, 1755-59. SERVED WITH WASHINGTON. WAS THE COMMANDANT AT FORT PITT. HERO IN REVOLUTION. INSTRUMENTAL IN SUCCESS AT TRENTON, 1776, AND PRINCETON, 1777, WHERE HE WAS BAYONETTED TO DEATH BY HESSIANS. HE OWNED 13,000 ACRES IN KY.
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