Orangeville Township Section
12, T2N R2W. Abandoned.
Located west of Orangeville on the old Samuel
Wilson
farm, later owned by William Shirley, then
living in Orleans, Ind., had a massive concrete marker placed on
the cemetery site, which is in a field, near a country road.
Inscription on the two faces of the marker are viz: "Two
soldiers of the American Revolution, Samuel Moffett,
Ephraim Daily. About 20 unknown Pioneer dead
were buried here from 1820-1840."
The following is a transcript of
data recorded by the Lost River Chapter of the DAR in the 1940's and
remains
their property. This
page may be freely
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media
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Copyright © The Lost River Chapter of the
DAR and Orange County INGenWeb
MEMORIAL
Samuel Wilson, Born in Pennsylvania in
1796.
Died November 2,1823. His brother James, (Cap't
Bear) fought at the Battle of Tippecanoe Nov. 7,1811. Rachel
Charles, wife of Samuel Wilson, died 1825, age 23 years,
daughter of Joel Charles, who came from South
Carolina to French Lick, Indiana in 1811. Her brother William
Charles was killed by Indians April 1813.
Note: "Bear Jim" Wilson, mentioned
on this marker, was a famous hunter. He is buried at the
Urton-Wilson Cemetery in Northwest Township. William
Charles was buried near this French Lick Fort. The
generally accepted date of the tragedy is May 30, 1813.