Burd Tombs
Posted by: Mocadeki
N 40° 12.180 W 076° 43.958
18T E 352538 N 4451728
Col. James Burd of "Tinian,"...
Waymark Code: WM71X
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 02/03/2006
Views: 28
Col. James Burd of "Tinian," able and gallant officer in the French and Indian Wars, author of Middletown Resolves for Independence, June 1774, and his wife, Sarah Shippen, lie buried near the entrance of Middletown Cemetery.
Marker Name: Burd Tombs
County: Dauphin
Date Dedicated: 09/23/1946
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: Pa. 441, N. Union St. at Park Circle Rd., Middletown
Category: Military, French & Indian War
Website: Not listed
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