| Birth: | c. 1750 | | Death: | Oct. 10, 1774 | 
He was the first american killed in the Revolutionary War. He died in the first battle of the Revolution. The monument which carries the Crowley name is located at the Battleground at the place where the Great Kanawha River flows into the Ohio. That is called Point Pleasant and is now a park, site of a battle on 10 Oct 1774 between a coalition of 800 Shawnee, Mingo & Delaware against Virginia forces under Colonel Andrew Lewis. About 51 Virginians were killed that day.
Search Amazon for Samuel Croley | | | Burial:
Point Pleasant Cemetery
Point Pleasant
Mason County
West Virginia, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Apr 01, 1999
Find A Grave Memorial# 4973 |
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