Soldier of the American Revolution; fought from S.C. to Vermont. In battle of Cowpens, which was fought on his Uncle Joseph Hanna's plantation. Also at Bennington and King's Mt.∼Robert Hanna was originally buried in Sims Cemetery, as shown in the photos on this memorial of his tombstone taken in the 1960s when the tombstone was still in the Sims Cemetery. The area was flooded to create the Brookville Reservoir/Brookville Lake 1965-1974, and the tombstones were moved to New Fairfield Cemetery in adjacent Franklin County (see F.A.G. memorial 11293319).
No one could believe that the physical remains of a man buried in 1821 would be in any condition to have been moved to another county more than 140 years after his death, even if the tombstone was moved. Accordingly, Sims Cemetery is the rightful place of his burial, and the stone in New Fairfield Cemetery is a cenotaph.
No one could believe that the physical remains of a man buried in 1821 would be in any condition to have been moved to another county more than 140 years after his death, even if the tombstone was moved. Accordingly, Sims Cemetery is the rightful place of his burial, and the stone in New Fairfield Cemetery is a cenotaph.
Soldier of the American Revolution; fought from S.C. to Vermont. In battle of Cowpens, which was fought on his Uncle Joseph Hanna's plantation. Also at Bennington and King's Mt.∼Robert Hanna was originally buried in Sims Cemetery, as shown in the photos on this memorial of his tombstone taken in the 1960s when the tombstone was still in the Sims Cemetery. The area was flooded to create the Brookville Reservoir/Brookville Lake 1965-1974, and the tombstones were moved to New Fairfield Cemetery in adjacent Franklin County (see F.A.G. memorial 11293319).
No one could believe that the physical remains of a man buried in 1821 would be in any condition to have been moved to another county more than 140 years after his death, even if the tombstone was moved. Accordingly, Sims Cemetery is the rightful place of his burial, and the stone in New Fairfield Cemetery is a cenotaph.
No one could believe that the physical remains of a man buried in 1821 would be in any condition to have been moved to another county more than 140 years after his death, even if the tombstone was moved. Accordingly, Sims Cemetery is the rightful place of his burial, and the stone in New Fairfield Cemetery is a cenotaph.
