On August 24, 1781, Colonel Archibald Lochry and his command were massacred by Indians and British near this site. The dead named here include Major Creacroft, Adjt Guthrie, Quartermaster Wallace, Capt. Campbell, Capt. Thomas Stokely, Capt. Samuel Shannon, Capt. Robert Orr, Lieut. Isaac Anderson, Lieut. Joseph Robinson, Lieut. Samuel Craig, Lieut. James Scott, Lieut. Milr. Baker, Ensign Ralph, Ensign Maxwell, Ensign Cahel, Ensign Hunter, Sergt. Zeanz Harden, Sergt. James McPherson, Hugh Callagher, Isaac Patton, Douglas, Pheasant, Young, Gibson, Smith, Stratton, Bailey, John Burns, John Trimble, William Mars, John Seace, Michael Miller, Robert Watson, John Allenton, Richard Fleman, James Cain, Patrick Murphy, Abraham Anderson, Michael Haire, William Allison, James McRight, Jonathan McKinley, William Husk, Robert Wilson, James Dunseth, William Weatherington, Kerny Quigley, Ezekiel Lewis, John Forsyth, William Cain, Adam Erwin, Peter Machlin, Archibald Erskin, John Black, John Stewart, Joseph Crawford, Adam Owry, Samuel Lefaver, John Hunter, Joseph Erwin, Nans Kite, Hugh Steer, Hugh Moore, Ebenezer Burns, Solomon Aikins, John Lever, Jonas Fisher, George Hill, John Porter, John Smith, D'Allinger, George Butcher, John Rowe, Peter Brickman, Jonas Peters, Jonas Brooks, John Catt, Vol Lawrence, Jacob Lawrence, Christopher Tate, Charles Martlin, William Roark, Wnd. Franks, Abraham Richley, George Mason, Samuel Evans, Matthew Lamb, John Milegan, John Corn, Norman McLeod, William Marshall, Dennis McCarty, Peter Coneley, John Ferrel, Thomas James, Thomas Adkson, John Stakehouse, William Clark, Elihu Risely, and Alexander Burns.
