DEDICATION OF BRONZE TABLETS TO
MAJOR JOHN MILLS AND TECUMSEH
FRAZER E. WILSON.
Early in the spring of 1927, the
Greenville Historical
Society, through the services of the
Piqua Granite Com-
pany, transported to Greenville two
large granite bould-
ers to be used as historical markers.
The first was
about four and one-half feet square and
is shown in the
illustration accompanying this article.
It was found
along the Nashville Road, about four
miles west of
Greenville, and was erected on a deep
concrete founda-
tion, near the site of Tecumseh's home,
on the north
side of the Winchester Pike, a few
hundred feet west
of the Mud Creek bridge, and within the
present limits
of the city of Greenville, Ohio. The
other boulder is
about three feet square, and was
transported from a
field near the Nineveh U. B. Church,
about six miles
southeast of Greenville, and placed on
a lot at the south-
east corner of West Third and Chestnut
Streets, to mark
the site of the burial-ground of the
soldiers of Wayne's
Legion, who died during the occupancy
of Fort Green-
ville, from the fall of 1793 to the
time of the abandon-
ment of the Fort, in 1796. Although
comparatively
small in size, this boulder has a
raised diagonal band
running across its face and makes a
very artistic and
appropriate marker.
Since Major John Mills, the adjutant
general in
Wayne's Legion, died at Fort
Greenville, in July, 1796,
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