Christopher was the son of Ware Long and (possibly) Sarah Robinson. He was the husband of Sarah Turner Long.
The cemetery has been bulldozed except for this one grave located in Liberty Township at the intersection of Highways 500E & 200S. The inscription reads "Christopher Long. A Soldier Of The Revolution. Died August 14, 1829, aged eighty-three years and three months. Sarah, his wife, died September 11, 1822, in her 66th year." On the base of the monument is another inscription containing this appeal: "Posterity Preserve These Graves."
Military Service (Extracted from "Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution Buried In Indiana"; Author - O'Byrne; Publisher - Geneaological Publishing Co. 1968) (Book was located in the Genealogy Department, Henry County Public Library, New Castle, Indiana)
"Private at Great Bridge, Norfolk, Vir., Dec., 1775, Dunsmore's War; Col. Wm. Woodford, Lt. John Marshall. Pri. in N.J., 1776. At Valley Forge 1777-1778, Guilford Court House, Color Sergeant Yorktown, 1781; Name appears in list of 6 Long Brothers of Culpepper Co., Vir., who served throughout the War."
The cemetery has been bulldozed except for this one grave located in Liberty Township at the intersection of Highways 500E & 200S. The inscription reads "Christopher Long. A Soldier Of The Revolution. Died August 14, 1829, aged eighty-three years and three months. Sarah, his wife, died September 11, 1822, in her 66th year." On the base of the monument is another inscription containing this appeal: "Posterity Preserve These Graves."
Military Service (Extracted from "Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution Buried In Indiana"; Author - O'Byrne; Publisher - Geneaological Publishing Co. 1968) (Book was located in the Genealogy Department, Henry County Public Library, New Castle, Indiana)
"Private at Great Bridge, Norfolk, Vir., Dec., 1775, Dunsmore's War; Col. Wm. Woodford, Lt. John Marshall. Pri. in N.J., 1776. At Valley Forge 1777-1778, Guilford Court House, Color Sergeant Yorktown, 1781; Name appears in list of 6 Long Brothers of Culpepper Co., Vir., who served throughout the War."
Christopher was the son of Ware Long and (possibly) Sarah Robinson. He was the husband of Sarah Turner Long.
The cemetery has been bulldozed except for this one grave located in Liberty Township at the intersection of Highways 500E & 200S. The inscription reads "Christopher Long. A Soldier Of The Revolution. Died August 14, 1829, aged eighty-three years and three months. Sarah, his wife, died September 11, 1822, in her 66th year." On the base of the monument is another inscription containing this appeal: "Posterity Preserve These Graves."
Military Service (Extracted from "Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution Buried In Indiana"; Author - O'Byrne; Publisher - Geneaological Publishing Co. 1968) (Book was located in the Genealogy Department, Henry County Public Library, New Castle, Indiana)
"Private at Great Bridge, Norfolk, Vir., Dec., 1775, Dunsmore's War; Col. Wm. Woodford, Lt. John Marshall. Pri. in N.J., 1776. At Valley Forge 1777-1778, Guilford Court House, Color Sergeant Yorktown, 1781; Name appears in list of 6 Long Brothers of Culpepper Co., Vir., who served throughout the War."
The cemetery has been bulldozed except for this one grave located in Liberty Township at the intersection of Highways 500E & 200S. The inscription reads "Christopher Long. A Soldier Of The Revolution. Died August 14, 1829, aged eighty-three years and three months. Sarah, his wife, died September 11, 1822, in her 66th year." On the base of the monument is another inscription containing this appeal: "Posterity Preserve These Graves."
Military Service (Extracted from "Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution Buried In Indiana"; Author - O'Byrne; Publisher - Geneaological Publishing Co. 1968) (Book was located in the Genealogy Department, Henry County Public Library, New Castle, Indiana)
"Private at Great Bridge, Norfolk, Vir., Dec., 1775, Dunsmore's War; Col. Wm. Woodford, Lt. John Marshall. Pri. in N.J., 1776. At Valley Forge 1777-1778, Guilford Court House, Color Sergeant Yorktown, 1781; Name appears in list of 6 Long Brothers of Culpepper Co., Vir., who served throughout the War."
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