Loyalists and Planters of Minas Basin

Diligent River, Nouvelle-Écosse

Type

Autre

Les noms du lt Elizear Taylor et du capt Samuel Wilson figurent dans l’ouvrage intitulé Loyalists and Planters of Minas Basin, de Robert Wilson Salter (1915-2008), Amherst (Nouvelle-Écosse).

Pour se rendre, partir de Diligent River, à l’intersection de la route 209 et du chemin Ramshead River. Après 1,9 km en direction sud sur le chemin Ramshead River, surveiller les alentours. Le monument se trouve à environ dix pas à l’ouest de la route.

Inscription

[front/devant]
NEAR THIS SITE LIVED LIEUTENANT
ELIZEAR TAYLOR. A FELLOW OFFICER
AND ONE OF THE ORIGINAL GROUP
OF LOYALISTS WHO SETTLED THE AREA.
IMPRESSED BY THEIR DILIGENCE AND
INDUSTRY, GOVERNOR PARR NAMED
THE COMMUNITY DILLIGENT RIVER
DURING HIS VISIT IN 1785.

[back/arriere]
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
CAPT. SAMUEL WILSON
WHO FOUGHT FOR HIS KING THROUGH
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
HE DIED AT THE AGE OF 82 YRS.
HIS WIFE MARY CLARK
HIS DAUGHTERS
SARAH AGED 16 YRS.
MARY, WIFE OF
ROBERT SALTER