A Morrow County Sentinel column published Nov. 4, 2026, describes the Ohio Revolutionary War Veterans Graves Project. The Ohio History Connection started the statewide effort, which America 250-Ohio leads with the State Historic Preservation Office, Terracon Consultants and local chapters of the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution, according to the column.
Organizers seek to identify, document and map the burial sites of roughly 7,000 Revolutionary War veterans in Ohio. The column says the main data-collection campaign has ended, while the Ohio History Connection and the preservation office maintain the records and accept further public contributions.
It reports that nearly 8,000 grave markers in 1,600 Ohio cemeteries have been recorded.
For Morrow County, the columnist reports at least 29 cemeteries with 43 Revolutionary War graves that have both a headstone and a veteran marker. Another 18 veterans are said to be buried there without current headstones, with their grave locations lost. The column says 14 of the county’s 16 townships have at least one such grave; Westfield Township has 20, while Bennington and Franklin townships have six each.
The column also highlights individual veterans. It says John Gardner, buried in Bennington Township, was with British Gen. Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown; George Fluckey, buried in Canaan Township, was a Hessian soldier from Germany; and William Steward and George McCreary were captured and held on British prison ships in New York. The author encourages cemetery upkeep and additional public research.