Revolutionary Partiots of Monroe County, IL
Posted by: YoSam.
N 38° 20.124 W 090° 08.994
15S E 749111 N 4246874
During the US bicentennial celebration, this memorial to the soldiers was unveiled
Waymark Code: WMKZ4A
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 06/19/2014
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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.]
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