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Gen George Walker Baylor

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Gen George Walker Baylor Veteran

Birth
New Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA
Death
9 Nov 1784 (aged 32)
Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados
Burial
Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Name: George Baylor
Rank - Induction: Colonel
Roll Box: 114
Roll State: Continental Troops
Col VA Rev War
sao43Burial site for six Revolutionary War soldiers killed in the Baylor Massacre:
"Six soldiers of those killed in the Baylor Massacre were buried
here in 3 abandoned tan vats. The vats were part of a small tan yard
which existed here before the revolution. The gravesite was discovered
in 1967 and the soldiers were re-interred here in 1972."
The plaque reads:
"In memory of American soldiers killed during the Revolutionary War
in the 'Baylor Massacre' on September 28, 1778. Lt. Col. George
Baylor's 3red Regiment of Continental Dragoons took quarters for the
night on several nearby farms. Tories betrayed their presence to a
British force who surrounded the Dragoons during the night. A number of
Americans were killed or wounded after they surrendered."
A detail of Baylor's Continental Dragoons was encamped at Haring's
Tannery in River Vale. The bodies of several dead soldiers were thrown
into 3 vats.
Name: George Baylor
Rank - Induction: Colonel
Roll Box: 114
Roll State: Continental Troops
Col VA Rev War
sao43Burial site for six Revolutionary War soldiers killed in the Baylor Massacre:
"Six soldiers of those killed in the Baylor Massacre were buried
here in 3 abandoned tan vats. The vats were part of a small tan yard
which existed here before the revolution. The gravesite was discovered
in 1967 and the soldiers were re-interred here in 1972."
The plaque reads:
"In memory of American soldiers killed during the Revolutionary War
in the 'Baylor Massacre' on September 28, 1778. Lt. Col. George
Baylor's 3red Regiment of Continental Dragoons took quarters for the
night on several nearby farms. Tories betrayed their presence to a
British force who surrounded the Dragoons during the night. A number of
Americans were killed or wounded after they surrendered."
A detail of Baylor's Continental Dragoons was encamped at Haring's
Tannery in River Vale. The bodies of several dead soldiers were thrown
into 3 vats.


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  • Maintained by: Miss BeeHaven
  • Originally Created by: MISTY
  • Added: Jan 20, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64463171/george_walker-baylor: accessed ), memorial page for Gen George Walker Baylor (12 Jan 1752–9 Nov 1784), Find a Grave Memorial ID 64463171, citing Cathedral Church of St. Michael & All Angels, Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados; Maintained by Miss BeeHaven (contributor 48748561).