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Maryland's Capt John Smoot chapter marked three graves on 10 Apr 2021
Well-established cemetery in the heart of Cambridge, Maryland. Beginning in 1904, there was an effort to relocate graves of Patriots that were at risk to erosion, overgrowth and farming to an area of this cemetery referred to as Heroes Corner. There are ten known Patriots buried in this cemetery
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Right front of the cemetery one row in from brick wall. Church placard also marks the grave
Author: MG James Allen Adkins
Nathan Griffin proudly served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War as a private in the 2nd Maryland for three years. According to a SAR application, he supposedly was at Valley Forge and at the Battle of Monmouth. He then went with the Maryland troops to support General Gates in the South. Nathan supposedly helped to capture 300 Tories when his unit used a log painted like a cannon to fool the enemy.
His original grave marker and his body were moved from a farm near Town Point in Dorchester County to the Christ Church cemetery in Cambridge.
The epitaph reads:
"Sacred to the memory of
NATHAN GRIFFIN
Who departed this life June 18th, 1837
in the 78th year of his age
At an early age, he joined the Revolutionary Army and nobly went forward in the defense of his invaided rights. He lived to enjoy the blessing of that Independence for which, on several occasions he so gallantly fought. In private life, the integrity of his principles commanded the respect and esteem of all who knew him. He was a kind and affectionate husband, a tender and indulgent parent, and a firm and uncompromising friend. Reader, he was truly an honest man."
Griffin was a highly respected citizen of the county.
Supposedly this grave was marked by the SAR in 1948. However, no marker for the grave could be found. The Captain John Smoot Chapter marked his grave on 10 April 2021 with a SAR marker.
Service Source:
Revolutionary Patriots of Dorchester County, Maryland, 1775-1783, by Henry C. Peden, Jr.
Author: Michael A. Irish
Nathan Griffith (1759 – 18 Jun 1837 Dorchester Co., MD)
Nathan Griffith was born 1759. He died 18 Jun 1837 in Dorchester Co., MD. His service was as a . Remains and tombstone were removed from family graveyard in Town Point Neck to Christ P. E. Church Cemetery, Cambridge, Maryland. SAR Marker was placed at his grave in 1948-1949 by the Graves Registry Committee, Maryland Society, SAR. {Ref: "Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Dorchester County, Maryland", by Henry C. Peden, Jr., The Maryland and Delaware Genealogist, Vol. XXIX, No. 4, Fall 1988, p. 131}
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