Samuel Lount Memorial Plaque

SAMUEL LOUNT
1791-1838

A martyr of the Rebellion of 1837, Pennsylvania-born Samuel
Lount farmed and operated a smithy near Holland Landing. He
was generous with help and advice to new settlers, and from
1834 to 1836 sat as a reformer in the Legislative Assembly.
Hoping to expedite social and political change, Lount agreed to
command forces in William Lyon Mackenzie's uprising against
the government. When the rebels were soundly defeated on
December 7, 1837, Lount attempted to flee the country. He was
captured weeks later and convicted of treason along with another
prominent rebel, Peter Matthews. Disregarding petitions for par-
don bearing thousands of signatures, the authorities hanged the
two men at Toronto on April 12, 1838.

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