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Subject:
Andrustown Massacre memorialized by markers, monument
From:
Robert Sullivan <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 3 May 2015 12:07:11 -0400
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JORDANVILLE — Motorists traveling along state Route 167 just north of Holy
Trinity Monastery may notice a monument at the side of the road.

Placed under the Henderson Chapter of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, the monument bears a plaque that reads: “In memory of the brave
patriots who suffered and died in the massacre of Andrustown in this
vicinity on July 18, 1778. This tablet is erected by the descendants of the
seven families forming the first settlement: Bell, Crim, Frank, Hoyer,
Lepper, Osterhout, Stauring.”

Historical markers and a pair of cemeteries high on a hill overlooking
Route 167 are all that remain of the 18th century settlement known as
Andrustown.

<http://www.littlefallstimes.com/article/20150503/NEWS/150509860>

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Bob Sullivan
Schenectady Digital History Archive
<http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/>
Schenectady County (NY) Public Library

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