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ELISHA SHELDON

Program
DAR Revolutionary America
Subject
People, Site
Location
188 Prospect Hill Rd, Colchester, CT 06415, USA
Lat/Long
41.571958, -72.371982
Grant Recipient
NSDAR - Treasurer General
Historic Marker

ELISHA SHELDON

Inscription

ELISHA SHELDON
6 MAR 1740 - 11 MAR 1805
COMMISSIONED COLONEL 1776.
LED SECOND CONTINENTAL LIGHT
DRAGOONS, A HORSE MILITIA,
AKA “SHELDON’S HORSE.”
CONNECTICUT DAR
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2024