Former estate of General "Mad" Anthony Wayne
He later led the Continental forces at the Battle of Monmouth. Followed later in the war by the Battles of Stoney Point and Green Spring. Stoney Point was his most successful campaign of the Revolutionary War. After serving as a statesman, General Wayne was later called back into service to lead forces during the Indian Wars at Fort Recovery and the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
Wayne died in 1796 while returning to Pennsylvania from a western military post. He was buried at Fort Presque Isle which later became Erie, Pennsylvania. There was a blockhouse named after him which is still standing today.
His family later had his remains moved to the family plot in St. Davids Episcopal Church in Radnor, Pennsylvania which is the site of another related cache.
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