Garard's Fort - West
N 39° 48.997 W 080° 08.758
17S E 573095 N 4407752
Brief description of Garard's Fort and events that took place on 1782.
Waymark Code: WMD3JA
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 11/14/2011
Views: 6
Garard's Fort
Site of frontier refuge in Revolutionary War; station in 1777 of small detachment of Virginia militia. Near here, on Sunday, May 12, 1782, Indians killed the wife and three children of Rev. John Corbly, a Baptist minister.
Marker Name: Garard's Fort
County: Greene
Date Dedicated: 05/23/1958
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: South side of Garard's Fort road, SR2011
Category: History
Website: Not listed
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