New Hampshire's Last Soldier of the Revolution
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nomadwillie
N 43° 01.855 W 071° 56.298
19T E 260616 N 4768438
This marker is located in Antrim on US 202 right neat the intersection with NH 31
Waymark Code: WM796V
Location: New Hampshire, United States
Date Posted: 09/22/2009
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Marker reads:
Samuel Downing, born in Newburyport MA in 1764, was enticed to Antrim while still a boy to be an apprentice of Robert Aiken, a Scots-Irish spinning wheel maker. In 1780 Samuel ran away to Hopkinton NH to enlist in the Continental Army; refused, he went to Charlestown NH where he joined the 2nd NH Regiment. He served to the end of the war, returned to Antrim and became a respected citizen. In 1794 he emigrated to Edinburg NY where he settled permanently. At his death in 1867 he was the oldest recorded pensioner of the Revolution, although two others were enrolled later.
Marker Name: NEW HAMPSHIRE'S LAST SOLDIER OF THE REVOLUTION
Official Marker Number: 178
Marker Type: Official NH State
Marker Location: Atrim
Date Marker Established: 2001
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