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SPALSBURY FARM

Program
NYS Historic
Subject
Event
Location
2718 Co Rd 31, Cherry Valley, NY 13320, USA
Lat/Long
42.846767, -74.796414
Grant Recipient
Springfield Historical Society
Historic Marker

SPALSBURY FARM

Inscription

SPALSBURY FARM
EST. BY JOHN SPALSBURY, FARM
WAS DESTROYED DURING RAIDS
ON SPRINGFIELD BY LOYALISTS
AND THEIR NATIVE AMERICAN
ALLIES IN SUMMER OF 1778.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2019

Following the victory of the Continental Army against the British Forces led by General John Burgoyne at Saratoga, many believed the tide of the American Revolution was changing in the favor of the American colonists. Despite this victory, Loyalists and Native American tribes allied with the British and wreaked havoc against the residents of the New York frontier. With a limited number of troops, many of these communities were unable to defend themselves against enemy attacks. In the summer of 1778 the towns of Springfield and Andrewstown were completely laid to waste. Survivors lost their livelihoods and were left homeless. Spalsbury Farm is one such example. Established by John Spalsbury, the farm was destroyed in the summer of 1778, during the raids carried out by the Loyalists and their Native American allies.