Jonas Cattell

Jonas Cattell (HMJIL)

Location: Haddonfield, NJ 08033 Camden County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 53.869', W 75° 1.963'

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1758     1849

With four cannon and 1600 Hessian troops, Count von Donop camped 300 yards east of here en route to Fort Mercer at Red Bank. A prisoner that night, Jonas Cattell, 18 years old, was released when the enemy moved out before daylight. He ran to warn the fort ten miles distant. Col. Christopher Greene ordered that the cannon commanding the Delaware [River] be repositioned to meet the landward attack. Thanks to the timely warning that day, Oct. 22, 1777, three hundred Colonials defeated the Hessian forces. Count von Donop was mortally wounded in the attack.
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Year Placed1980
Placed ByFrancis Hopkinson Chapter of The Society, Sons of the Revolution in the State of New Jersey
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Date Added Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 at 2:15am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 497203 N 4416416
Decimal Degrees39.89781667, -75.03271667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 53.869', W 75° 1.963'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 53' 52.14" N, 75° 1' 57.78" W
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Area Code(s)856, 609
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 129 Kings Hwy E, Haddonfield NJ 08033, US
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