Nathaniel Watson - Town Street Cemetery, East Windsor, CT
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The grave of Nathaniel Watson answered the Lexington Alarm. He grave is located in Town Street Cemetery on Route 5, South Main Street, East Windsor, CT.
Waymark Code: WMVEGZ
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 04/08/2017
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The American Revolution began in Lexington, Massachusetts with a skirmish on the town green. Following the confrontation with British troops at Lexington and Concord on Wednesday morning April 19, 1775, an alarm was immediately spread in every direction. Throughout New England, the news was rapidly carried by horse expresses from town to town. Those who responded to this alarm have a special marker placed on their graves. Nathaniel Watson's grave stone is an example.
The was born on Jan. 18, 1745. His white marble gravestone is inscribed:
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
NATHANIEL WATSON
LEXINGTON ALARM 1775
DIED DEC. 3, 1775
AE. 30.
Location type: Single Grave
Date of Birth: 1/18/1745
Date of Death: 12/3/1775
Grave Marker Text:
Special LEXINGTON ALARM gravestone.
Cause of death: Not listed
Ranks: Not listed
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