REVOLUTIONARY
WAR SOLDIER GEORGE NIXON
IS HE REALLY BURIED IN HENRY COUNTY??
According to a list of Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Illinois published in 1917, there is one listing for Henry County:
George Nixon:
Enlisted December 15, 1776, for three
months, as Ensign with Capt. George Evans, and Col. Thomas Duff in
the Delaware troops. He re-enlisted for six weeks in the same company,
and was chosen Lieutenant October 15, 1777, serving from October
15, 1777, until July, 1778, under Capt. David McKee, and Col. Thomas Duff.
He was in the battles of Princeton and Brandywine. He removed to Ohio, and from there to Rock Island county, Illinois, August 15, 1841. His grandson is still living (as of 1917) and remembers his grandfather well. He is buried about twenty miles east of Rock Island, in the Green River district. He was pensioned.
Can someone tell us where George Nixon
is buried??