John Adam Treutlen - Calhoun County, SC - U.S. Revolutionary War Memorials on Waymarking.com

Discovered this while cycling through the area. A bronze memorial set on a concrete slab dedicated to John Adam Treutlin. This memorial is very unique because there are disputed versions of his death, with most believing it happened in Georgia while this marker and other sources say the murdered happened near the spot of this memorial.

Text of the bronze marker

DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

JOHN ADAM TREUTLEN
GOvernor of Georgia, 1777
A stern revolutionary patriot
born at Berchtescaden, Austria in 1726
brutally murdered by tories
about 1782 near this spot

Erected by William Thomson Chapter, D. A. R
and
Emmily Geiger Chapter, D. A. R. of St. Matthews, S.C. 1914

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Type of Memorial: Plaque

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