Rank - Induction: Colonel
Roll Box: 114
Roll State: Continental Troops
Col VA Rev War
sao43∼Burial site for six Revolutionary War soldiers killed in the Baylor Massacre:
"Six soldiers of those killed in the Baylor Massacre were buried
here in 3 abandoned tan vats. The vats were part of a small tan yard
which existed here before the revolution. The gravesite was discovered
in 1967 and the soldiers were re-interred here in 1972."
The plaque reads:
"In memory of American soldiers killed during the Revolutionary War
in the 'Baylor Massacre' on September 28, 1778. Lt. Col. George
Baylor's 3red Regiment of Continental Dragoons took quarters for the
night on several nearby farms. Tories betrayed their presence to a
British force who surrounded the Dragoons during the night. A number of
Americans were killed or wounded after they surrendered."
A detail of Baylor's Continental Dragoons was encamped at Haring's
Tannery in River Vale. The bodies of several dead soldiers were thrown
into 3 vats.
Rank - Induction: Colonel
Roll Box: 114
Roll State: Continental Troops
Col VA Rev War
sao43∼Burial site for six Revolutionary War soldiers killed in the Baylor Massacre:
"Six soldiers of those killed in the Baylor Massacre were buried
here in 3 abandoned tan vats. The vats were part of a small tan yard
which existed here before the revolution. The gravesite was discovered
in 1967 and the soldiers were re-interred here in 1972."
The plaque reads:
"In memory of American soldiers killed during the Revolutionary War
in the 'Baylor Massacre' on September 28, 1778. Lt. Col. George
Baylor's 3red Regiment of Continental Dragoons took quarters for the
night on several nearby farms. Tories betrayed their presence to a
British force who surrounded the Dragoons during the night. A number of
Americans were killed or wounded after they surrendered."
A detail of Baylor's Continental Dragoons was encamped at Haring's
Tannery in River Vale. The bodies of several dead soldiers were thrown
into 3 vats.
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