British Takeover Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail - Stevensville MD
Posted by: Don.Morfe
N 38° 58.469 W 076° 19.784
18S E 384812 N 4314785
Broad Creek was an obvious landing point for the 2,000-3,000 British troops coming ashore on Kent Island August 5, 1813.
Waymark Code: WM1276B
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 03/18/2020
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British Takeover-Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail-Broad Creek was an obvious landing point for the 2,000-3,000 British troops coming ashore on Kent Island August 5, 1813. This had been a ferry landing since the 1600s. Stores of grain and pens of cattle, hogs, and sheep awaited transport to the Western Shore. Taking the animals and other provisions, the ship-weary British soldiers ate well while they occupied the island.
“The enemy have taken possession of Kent Island …a more eligible situation could not have been selected for their safety and convenience or from which to annoy us.”
American Captain Charles Gordon, August 7, 1813.
Prisoner of War
Richard Ireland Jones, a captain in the militia, owned the ferry and tavern at Broad Creek. Taken prisoner briefly on August 5, Major Jones was the only Queen Anne’s County militiaman known to have been captured by the enemy.
(Inscription beside the image on the bottom left)
Richard Ireland Jones 1770-1844-image/courtesy Ron Bryant.
Who put it there? Private/Government?: National Park Service-United States Department of the Interior.
Location/Address: Romancoke Road on the unmarked road at the Christ Church Parish-Broad Creek Cemetery sign Stevensville , MD USA 21666
County/Province: Queen Anne's County
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Date Erected/Dedicated: Not listed
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