Phillip Fry, Fry Cemetery - Arab, AL - American Revolutionary War Veteran Graves on Waymarking.com

American Revolutionary War Veteran Phillip Fry fought in the King's Mountain Campaign in South Carolina in 1780 and in Virginia in 1781. He is buried in the Fry Cemetery located on Fry Gap Road (CR 48) southeast of Arab, AL. The cemetery is in the woods on the hill to the southeast of the Historical Marker.

Historical Marker text:
Located on the hilltop 500 feet southwest of here, Fry Cemetery typifies rural valley-and-ridge community cemeteries of the 1800s. The Fry family emigrated from Virginia to this area when it was still part of the Mississippi Territory. Revolutionary War veteran Phillip Fry was buried here in 1840. Family names found in the cemetery include Carnes, Copeland, Cox, Fry, Hinds, Mays, Wilcox and others. Numerous graves are indicated by cairns, stone slabs, and inscribed stones, while many graves no longer have visible markers.

Listed in the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register

Marker erected in 2009 by Fry cemetery Perpetual Care & Preservation, Inc.

Location type: Section of a Cemetery/Mass Grave Date of Birth: 1757/58 Date of Death: Apr. 18, 1840 Cause of death: Died Later Grave Marker Text: Overmountain men led by Col. WM Campbell in King's Mountain Campaign Oct. 7, 1780 Capt. Linchfield Sharpe's Co. commanded by Col. Elias Edmonson Gen. Stephen'sBrigade. VA Aug. 2 - Oct. 5, 1781 Ranks: Private

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PLEASE NOTE: This category is for American Revolutionary War Veterans only. Veterans of other revolutions are not part of this category.

I have allowed one entry for a grave of British solders, but it was an exception. Please only list graves for Colonial soldiers.

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