N. Coulon De Jumonville Grave Marker

Identifier:

031930

Title:

N. Coulon De Jumonville Grave Marker

Date:

1974/09/16

Description:

Marker showing site of the grave of N. Coulon de Jumonville on Route 40 near Uniontown. ' Here lie the mortal remains of N.Coulon De Jumonville who, in command of a company of thirty-three French Regulators, was surprised and killed in an engagement with Major George Washington in command of a company of forty Provincial Troops and Tannacharison, the Half King,in command of a company of friendly Indians on May 28th, 1754. This action was the first conflict at arms between the French and English for supremacy in the Mississippi Valley. Erected July 4th, 1908, under the auspices of the Centennial Celebration Committee 1904.'

Subjects:

Non-WV--Pennsylvania., Washington's Expedition to the Ohio, 2nd, 1754.

Personal Names:

Jumonville, Joseph Coulon de Villers, sieur de, 1718-1754--Death and burial.

Geographic:

United States--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763.

Acquisition Source:

W. V. U Faculty Reprints

Acquisition Method:

Acquired

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView