Field of Huck's Defeat
[Front Marker]
Where 75 Whigs led by
Colonel William Bratton
defeated a British and Tory
force of 500 men
July 12, 1780.
On this date, Sept.30, 1953, there stands 200 feet to the north of this stone, the Revolutionary home of Col. William Bratton and his wife, Martha. The land was a grant under George the Third.
[Rear Marker]
To the memory of
Mrs. Martha Bratton
wife of
Col. William Bratton
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Loyal in the face of death.
Brave in the hour of danger.
Merciful in the moment of victory.
Marker is on Brattonsville Road 0.3 miles north of Percival Road, on the left when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
