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 Adair County Revolutionary War Memorial - Columbia, KY, USA
N 37° 06.166 W 085° 18.372
16S E 650510 N 4107615
Marker is in Columbia, Kentucky, in Adair County. Memorial is at the intersection of Public Square and Burkesville Street. Marker is a limestone boulder with bronze plaque attached. DAR insignia is in top center of plaque.
Waymark Code: WM18305
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 05/19/2023
Views: 1
The principle of "land for military service" was used to pay soldiers of the Revolutionary War. Each colony determined the acreage per rank, requisite duration of service and location of its respective military district. The Military District for Virginia was located in southwestern Kentucky and southcentral Ohio.
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List of Revolutionary War veterans who are known to have lived in Adair County:
| Abraham Aaron
| Jorden George
| John Polly
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| John Andrews |
James Gilmer |
Robert Powell, Sr. |
| Henry Antle, Sr. |
John Goode |
William H. Price |
| Henry Armstrong |
John Grider, Sr. |
William Rippetoe, Sr. |
| Joshua Atkinson |
Sherrod Griffin |
Matthew Robertson, Sr. |
| Elisha Bailey |
John Hamilton |
William Rogers, Sr. |
| William M. Bennett |
William Hancock |
John Ross |
| Charles Bettisworth |
Robert Haskins |
Solomon Royse |
| John Biggs |
James Haynes, Sr. |
John Shirley |
| Seth/Seath Bradshaw, Sr. |
Zacharias Holladay |
Archibald Skaggs |
| William Seth Bradshaw |
William Hopkins |
James Smith |
| Thomas Branon/Branan |
William Hurt, Sr. |
John Smith |
| John Bryant |
Jeremiah Ingram |
Moses Smith |
| Robert Busby |
James Irvine |
Isaac Staples |
| John Butler |
William James |
George Taylor |
| John Caldwell |
Thomas Jessee |
Robert Todd |
| William Caldwell, Sr. |
Charles Jones, Sr. |
John Townsend |
| William Caldwell |
Robert Kelso, Sr. |
Daniel Trabue |
| William Carpenter |
Augustine Lawless |
William Tucker |
| William Casey |
William Lawson |
John Tupman |
| Thomas Cochran |
Samuel McFerran |
John Waggener, Sr. |
| Garret Conover |
Matthew McGlasson |
Reuben Waggener |
| Levi Conover |
Robert/Robertson McKinney |
Joseph Walker |
| Jacob Cooper |
William McKinney |
John Watson, Sr. |
| Leighton Cooper |
John Miller |
James Weir |
| Peter Davis |
Joseph Miller, Sr. |
Stephen White, Sr. |
| William Dudley |
Francis Montgomery |
Thomas White, Sr. |
| John Duncan |
John Montgomery |
Drury Williams |
| Alexander Elliott |
Charles Moore |
Philip Winfrey |
| George Elliott |
William Morrison |
David Winneford |
| Samuel Ellis |
William Mosby |
William Womack |
| Alexander Forbes |
John Nell |
John Yates |
| John French |
William Perryman, Sr. |
William Young, 2nd |
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DAR Chapter: Jane Lampton Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution
Date Placed: 01/01/1942
Inscription:
To Commemorate
the
Courage, Bravery and Vision
of the
Revolutionary Soldiers
who settled Adair County,
Kentucky
Erected by
Jane Lampton Chapter D.A.R.
1942
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