Captain John Brady - PLAQUE
West Chillisquaque Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Marker Inscription
Pioneer Surveyor, Indian fighter and Patriot Resided here 1769 to 1776 when he moved to Muncy Manor later known as Fort Brady. He served in the French and Indian War. In the Pontiac War was Captain of the Second Pennsylvania Regiment and in the Revolutionary War raised a company in the Twelfth Regiment Continental Line of which he was captain. Seriously wounded in the Battle of Germantown. He was murdered by Indians April 11, 1779, on Wolf Run near Fort Brady while home on sick leave.
Erected by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
The Story
John Brady settled this stretch of the Susquehanna frontier in 1769, working as a surveyor before the constant danger of raids drove him to the fortified Muncy Manor that took his name. A veteran soldier, he fought in the French and Indian War, led a company in Pontiac's War, and raised a company for the Continental Line in the Revolution, taking a serious wound at the Battle of Germantown. Home on sick leave in April 1779, he was killed in an ambush near Fort Brady, one of countless casualties of the unrelenting frontier war.
Why it matters
His life traces three decades of conflict on the Pennsylvania frontier, showing how the same families fought Britain's colonial wars and then the Revolution that broke from Britain itself.
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