Historical Marker

Baylor Massacre

In Rivervale - on Rivervale Avenue - 1,000 feet north of Old Tappan Road - Directly in front of Mc Cann homestead. · Rivervale · Bergen

New Jersey marker

Inscription

Here, as they slept, at dawn on Sept. 28, 1778, Colonel Geo. Baylor and 116 Virginia Dragoons were attached by the British under General "No-Flint" Grey. Major Clough, Surgeon George Evans, with fifty other Colonial Troopers were killed.

Location

AddressIn Rivervale - on Rivervale Avenue - 1,000 feet north of Old Tappan Road - Directly in front of Mc Cann homestead.
CityRivervale
CountyBergen
StateNew Jersey
Coordinates41.017050, -74.010000

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