Turk's Head School House Burial Ground
West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Get directions West Gay Street, West Chester, Pennsylvania 19380, United StatesCoordinates: 39.96047, -75.60566
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Around the year 1760, a group of inhabitants in the neighborhood of the Turk's Head obtained permission from Daniel Hoopes Jr. to erect a schoolhouse on a corner of his field at the intersection of the Strasburg and Goshen Street Roads. The schoolhouse was built of logs and filled in between with mortar, and furnished with a few tables and benches, with a yard to the northwest for the children to play in. Ralph Forrester was employed there as a teacher.
Following the Battle of the Brandywine and surrounding skirmishes at the Battle of the Clouds and at Paoli in September 1777, the schoolhouse was used as a hospital for wounded American soldiers. Several died there and were buried in the schoolyard. No trace of the burial ground remains, although it is marked with a historical plaque.
Around the year 1760, a group of inhabitants in the neighborhood of the Turk's Head obtained permission from Daniel Hoopes Jr. to erect a schoolhouse on a corner of his field at the intersection of the Strasburg and Goshen Street Roads. The schoolhouse was built of logs and filled in between with mortar, and furnished with a few tables and benches, with a yard to the northwest for the children to play in. Ralph Forrester was employed there as a teacher.
Following the Battle of the Brandywine and surrounding skirmishes at the Battle of the Clouds and at Paoli in September 1777, the schoolhouse was used as a hospital for wounded American soldiers. Several died there and were buried in the schoolyard. No trace of the burial ground remains, although it is marked with a historical plaque.
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West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
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West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
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West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Added: 26 Jul 2023
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2782369
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