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State of Service: CT
Qualifying Service: Lieutenant Colonel
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Author: Brian Jensen
The following biography of George Dorrance was posted anonymously at findagrave.com. I am not the author.
Slain in the Battle of Wyoming.
"Son of Rev. Samuel Dorrance, born March 4, 1736 [7 Mar 1735], became a lieutenant-colonel of the militia in Wyoming, and was one of the principle officers under Col. Butler in the operation against the British and their Indian allies. In the battle of Wyoming, fought July 3, 1778, he took a leading part, was severely wounded and taken prisoner and slain by his savage captors the following day. As he was highest in rank of the natives in this slaughter, his name heads those inscribed upon the obelisk reared in the Valley, in 1843, by the descendants of the slain in commemoration of the event. He was twice married, and had two daughters by his first wife and three sons by his second. Robert, the eldest son, served in the war against the Indians, under Governor St. Clair, and was killed November 4, 1791. Gershom, the youngest son, went back to Connecticut. Benjamin, the second son, and the father of our subject, was born at Plainsfield, Conn., in 1767."
References:
History of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
H. C. Bradsby, Editor
S. B. Nelson & Co., Publishers, 1893
Pages 850-851 under Col. Charles Dorrance
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From Find a Grave Cemetery # 330752
The Wyoming Monument is an American Revolutionary War monument and gravesite located in the borough of Wyoming, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County.
The monument marks the gravesite of the bones of victims of the Wyoming Massacre, which took place on July 3, 1778. Local residents banded together to defend the area against an invasion of British Tories as well as pro-Tory Native Americans. The battle ended in defeat for the colonial fighters and considerable brutality followed the battle. It was not until October 22, 1778 that a recovery party felt the region safe enough to return to begin recovery of the bodies of those slain in the battle. The remains were gathered and interred in a common grave, only to be dug up again at public ceremonies in 1832 ceremonies attended by some of the then elderly survivors of the massacre. In 1833, the bones were re-interred in a vault under the present monument.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 08 August 2019), memorial page for LTC George Dorrance (7 Mar 1735–3 Jul 1778), Find A Grave Memorial no. 43536757, citing Battle of Wyoming Burial Ground, Wyoming, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Kaye (contributor 46864183) .
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