Revolutionary War Veteran Honored in McHenry County-- Part 2: Also a War of 1812 Veteran

We keep our boat at a farm near the Linn-Hebron Cemetery near the town of Hebron, Illinois. I'll check out the plaque and look for his grave when I go to pick the boat up in a couple weeks.

Most people are surprised to find Revolutionary War veterans buried in Illinois, but a number of them moved here after the war.

Of course, Illinois did not become s state until 1818, but it was a territory before that.

Major Watson was present during the Battle of Monmouth and eventually was captured at Fort Stanwix in New York by American Indians fighting on the side of the British. He was held prisoner in Montreal for the duration of the war.

Watson also fought in the War of 1812 where he was captured at Ogdensburg, New York, and held prisoner until 1815.

Watson died at age 100 in southern Wisconsin (Hebron is right on the Illinois-Wisconsin border.

Captured and Prisoner in Two Wars. --Brock-Perry