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THOMAS POSEY
Donated by ©SFC John B. Lankford, Jr.


PATRIOT THOMAS POSEY- 4 SIDES & DAR MARKER

Big panel on his right side:

THOMAS POSEY BORN IN VIRGINIA, JULY 9, 1750.
HE ENTERED THE WAR OF INDEPENDANCE AS A CAPTAIN IN 1776, AT IT'S CLOSE, WAS LT. COL.
AT THE STORM ON STONEY POINT HE WAS FIRST TO GIVE THE WORD, "THE FORT OUR OWN"
IN THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC, HE WAS BRIG. GENERAL OF THE U S ARMY, SENATOR IN CONGRESS, AND GOVENOR OF INDIANA TERRITORY. IN KENTUCKY HE WAS LT. GOV., MAJOR GENERAL.
HE DIED IN ILLINOIS ON MARCH 19, 1818.
LEAVING AN UNSTAINED CHARACTER. A LASTING MONUMENT OF HIS VIRTUE.

panel on his foot:

BY HIS 7TH SON,
THIS MONUMENT WAS ERRECTED AD 1834

on the TOP PANEL COVER:

IN MEMORY OF
GENERAL THOMAS POSEY
WHO WAS BORN 1750
DIED IN 1818,
AGED 67 YEARS, 8 MONTHS, 10 DAYS.
HE WAS AN HONEST MAN
AND PIOUS CHRISTIAN
-on his head panel-
Also his Gr. Child
Sarah Ann, daughter
of J. M. & Eliza. M. Street
& his Gr. Gr. Child
S. F. Hall, daughter of
James & Mary Posey
Hall

DAR Marker:

REVOLUTIONARY
SOLDIER
THOMAS POSEY
1750 (DAR EMBLEM) 1818
PLACED BY
JEFFERSON CHAPTER, D. A. R.
SAINT LOUIS, MO.

GEORGE
LEECH
PVT
CONTINENTAL
LINE
REV WAR
APR. 13, 1756
APR. 13, 1837

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