It is impossible to know exactly how many Revolutionary War veterans migrated to what would become Monroe County, because although the newly formed United States government granted unsettled land and later provided pensions to some veterans, not every veteran received either, and many were excluded by application rules, died before pensions were enacted, or refused to apply because they considered payment for civic duty improper or viewed pensions as charity. It is estimated that for every Revolutionary veteran who received a pension, at least three did not. The Kentucky Pension Roll of 1835 and oral histories identify 37 Revolutionary War veterans who settled in Monroe County: Ambrose Barlow, William Thomas Bartley, J.T. Beals, Nathan Breed, Thomas Brown Sr., Charles Browning, James Campbell, James Chism, Fielding Curtis, Hardin Denham, William Depp, Ephraim Dicken, Solomon Dickerson, James Flippin, John Giles, Richard Giles, Benjamin Gist, Christopher Gist, John Gist, Joseph Gist, Jacob Goodman, Pleasant Haley, Obadiah Howard, Matthew Kidwell, Richard Macey, Luke Methaney, John Morehead, Edward Pediford, John Rainer, John Rasner, Samuel Shipley, Fleming Smith, John Sumner, Elijah Veach, James Welch, Thomas White, and Gen. Samuel Wilson. Most came from Virginia, some from North and South Carolina, and others from as far away as Maryland. A study of Revolutionary veterans in Kentucky shows that these men generally became leaders in their communities, taking active roles in governmental, commercial, and spiritual development. Joseph Gist and Nathan Breed were commissioned by the county to survey a road, John Rasner was a shoemaker, Matthew Kidwell was a land dealer, and Ephraim Dicken started the Cumberland River Ferry in Turkey Neck Bend, which continues to this day. Several later served again in the War of 1812 or in battles with Native Americans. Six were members of Mill Creek Baptist Church and were often selected to represent the congregation on committees, at association meetings, and in matters of discipline. In 1931, when this site was dedicated as a state shrine, organizers invited the D.A.R. of Glasgow to participate, and that involvement continued for several years and led to the development of the memorial section of the cemetery. The D.A.R. obtained military markers for these veterans and placed them in line with the county marker for the county where each veteran lived when he applied for his pension. These men may or may not have been buried in this cemetery, and they may or may not have attended church here. The most recent addition to this part of the cemetery came in 2008, when a marker was added for Ephraim Dicken.