Colonel Jacob Stroud - PLAQUE
Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania
Marker Inscription
Col. Jacob Stroud is buried in this graveyard, originally the cemetery of the Mission of Dansbury. Begun by the Moravian Brethren in 1743, the chapel destroyed in the Indian uprising of 1755, was erected in 1753 under the leadership of Daniel Brodhead who settled one half mile to the East in 1736. The members of the mission in 1747 were [list of 18 names]
Erected by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
The Story
This graveyard began as the cemetery of the Mission of Dansbury, a Moravian outpost started in 1743 near where Daniel Brodhead had settled in 1736. The mission chapel was destroyed during the Indian uprising of 1755 amid the French and Indian War, then rebuilt. Colonel Jacob Stroud — the frontier officer and founder of Stroudsburg — lies buried here.
Why it matters
The site joins two threads of the Pennsylvania frontier: the Moravian missionary effort among settlers and Native peoples, and the wartime violence of the 1750s that swept the exposed backcountry.
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Related people
- · Jacob Stroud
- · Daniel Brodhead
Related events
- · Mission of Dansbury
- · Indian uprising of 1755
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Dansbury Mission
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