Washington County, Ohio Mound Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions

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Mound Cemetery Inscriptions

Photos by: Mr. Kevin Carr

Mound Cemetery in Marietta, Ohio is home to the Great Mound or Conus, built by the Mound Builders, and is reportedly home to the largest number of American Revolutionary War officers buried in one location. The Great Mound was preserved by the original pioneers and city founders of the Ohio Company of Associates. Many of the founders were officers of the Revolutionary War who received land grants for military services. Officers of the American Revolutionary War buried in Mound Cemetery include General Rufus Putnam, General Benjamin Tupper, Commodore Abraham Whipple, Colonel William Stacy, and many others.

General Lafayette of France, who fought with the Americans during the Revolution, visted Marietta during 1825, and described these Marietta

settlers and former soldiers: "I knew them well. I saw them fighting the battles of their country…They were the bravest of the brave. Better men never lived."

Nathaniel Dodge
Revolutionary War Soldier

A Patriot of the Revolution

John Green
Revolutionary War Soldier

A soldier from his youth, first in the cause
That freed our country from a tyrant's laws,
And then through manhood to his latest breath,
In the best cause which triupmhs over death.

Colonel Jesse Hildebrand
Civil War and Mexican War Soldier

Insignia of Broken Sword Left in Full Relief

Major Alexander Hill
War of 1812 Soldier

Recruited a company of infantry in
Washington County for the U. S. Service and was
personally in command of the company when
actively engaged in repelling the night attach on
the British at Fort Erie in August 1814.

Lieutenant Joseph Lincoln
Revolutionary War Soldier

Here
Are interred the remains of
Joseph Lincoln
A native of Gloucester, Mass.
Who departed this life
Sept. 21st, 1807
In the 47th year of his age.

Return Jonathan Meigs
Revolutionary War Soldier

Here lies
The body of His Excellency
Return Jonathan Meigs,
Who was born at Middletown, Conn., Nov.
1765.
And died at Marietta, March 29, 1825.
For many years his time and talents were
Devoted to the services of his country.
He successfully filled the distinguished places
Of Judge of the Territory Northwest of
the Ohio, Judge of the Supreme Court of the
State of Ohio,
Senator in the Congress of the United States,
Governor of the State of Ohio, and
Postmaster General of the United States.
To the honored and revered memory of
An ardent Patriot,
A practical Statesman,
An enlightened Scholar
A dutiful Son,
An indulgant Father,
An affectionate Husband,
This monument is erected by his mourning
widow, Sophia Meigs.

Colonel Ichabod Nye
Revolutionary War Soldier

He was the head of one of the first families
which came from New England
to Marietta where he continued to
reside until his death,
November 27, 1840.
At which time he had been longer
resident at the head of a family than
any other person in Ohio.

Captain Stanton Prentiss
Revolutionary War Soldier

A Patriot of the Revolution

General Rufus Putnam
Revolutionary War Soldier

Gen. Rufus Putnam
A Revolutionary Officer
And the leader of the
Colony which made the
First settlement in the
Territory of the Northwest.
Born April 9, 1738
Died May 4, 1824

Captain Nathan Saltanstall
Revolutionary War Soldier

In memory of
Capt. Nathan Saltanstall
1727-1807
Was first Commandant of Fort Trumble.
During the Revolution
He commanded the Warren Frigate
and ship Putnam; but was not
Commodore of the flett burned at Penobscot.

Commodore Abraham Whipple
Revolutionary War Soldier

Sacred
to the memory of
Commodore Abraham Whipple
whose name, skill and courage
will ever remain the pride and boast of
his country.
In the late Revolution he was the
First on the sea to hurl defiance at
Proud Britain,
gallantyly leading the way to arrest from
the Mistress of the ocean, her scepter,
And there to wave the Star-Spangled
Banner.
He also conducted to the sea the first
square-rigged vessel ever built on the Ohio
Opening to commerce
Resources beyond calculation.