CAMP CHARLOTTE SITE MARKED
A granite monument erected near the
site of Camp
Charlotte bears a bronze tablet with
the following in-
scription:
CAMP CHARLOTTE
Near this spot -- the famous Treaty was
made between Lord
Dunmore, Governor of Virginia, and Chief Cornstalk of
the
Shawnees and Allied Tribes, in October
-- 1774.
This Camp was named
"Charlotte" after the Queen of
England.
Erected by the Pickaway Plains Chapter,
Daughters of the
American Revolution.
1774 1928
This monument was erected by the
Pickaway Plains
Chapter, Daughters of the American
Revolution. It
was unveiled with appropriate
ceremonies on the after-
noon of July 11, 1928, by Miss Ann
Gill, whose father
had for many years owned the land upon
which it
stands. It is now the property of Mr.
C. E. Morris. The
camp was located about eight miles east
of Circleville
on the Adelphi Pike.
After the unveiling the audience joined
in singing
the Star-Spangled Banner. Reverend
Franklin McEl-
fresh gave the invocation. Mrs. O. D.
Dailey of Al-
bany, Ohio, State Chairman of the
Committee of the
D. A. R. on the Marking and
Preservation of Historical
Spots in Ohio, expressed her
appreciation of the marker
and patriotic service of the Pickaway
Plains Chapter
in placing it there. The principal
address was made
by Mrs. Orson D. Dryer of Columbus, who
spoke as
follows:
As far back as 1667 the Shawnee tribes
of Indians were
known to be in Ohio.
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