Revolutionary Patriots of Monroe County - Waterloo, IL
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 38° 20.124 W 090° 08.994
15S E 749111 N 4246874
Plaque mounted on court house just to the left of the main entrance.
Waymark Code: WM4VNA
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 10/02/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
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County of Memorial: Monroe County
Location of Plaque: 3rd St. & S. Main St., courthouse lawn, Waterloo
Marker Erected by: The Monroe County Bicentennial Commission
Provided by contributions from Monroe County school children
Date Marker Erected: July 4, 1976

Plaque Text:

IN MEMORY OF THE
REVOLUTIONARY PATRIOTS OF
MONROE COUNTY, ILLINOIS
William Briggs    Charles McNab
Shadrach Bond,Sr.    James McRoberts
Ebenezer Bourn    Michael Miller
John Doyle    Capt. James A. Moore
James Garretson    Capt. Joseph Ogle
Pierre Giradot    Capt. James Piggott
Andrew Hilton    James Pulliam
William Howard    Rawleigh Ralls
Jacob Judy    Hosea Riggs
Robert Kidd    Peter Rogers
James Lemen    Larkin Rutherford
Lt. Henry Levens, Sr.    Jacob Stopplebean
Thomas Logue    John Whiteside
George Lunsford    Joseph Wright

And the other unknown Revolutionary Patriots of Monroe County area not hereon named.
[Added later: Zebedian Barker; Henry Carr; Robert Givens; James Curry; John McClure.]

[Notice name of James McRoberts. You can see the home he later built for his wife, posted as a Woodmen of the World waymark. These men fought with George Rogers Clark.]

Type of Memorial: Plaque

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