Revolutionary War Soldiers Buried in Iowa-History Special Project

Revolutionary War Soldiers and Patriots Buried in Iowa

COUNTY	SOLDIER NAME	BORN	BIRTH- PLACE	DIED	CEMETERY
Cedar	Charles Harry	Aug. 11, 1760	VA	April, 1843	Old Tipton Cemetery, Tipton, IA. Cemetery no longer in existence and most remains reinterred in the present Tipton Cemetery (aka Masonic Cemetery)
Cedar	Martin Linn	c. 1762		1844	Old Tipton Cemetery, Tipton, IA. Cemetery no longer in existence and most remains reinterred in the present Tipton Cemetery (aka Masonic Cemetery)
Clayton	Peter Holms/Holmes	1755	NY	After 1850	Goshen Cemetery, Millville Twp, Clayton Co., IA
Clinton	John Lepper	1765/1766	NY	Aug. 17, 1840	Plot in woods north of De Witt, De Witt Twp, Clinton Co, IA
Davis	Isaac Mason	Apr. 4, 1767	NJ	Jan. 30, 1856	Macy's Mound Cemetery, Drakesville, IA
Davis	Nathan Winton	c. 1759	CT	Sept. 24, 1846	Mount Gilead Cemetery, Salt Creek Twp, Section 28, Davis Co, IA
Decatur	Francis Burrell	Sept. 1760	MD	Feb. 4, 1852	Unmarked grave near Davis City, either in Pleasanton Cemetery or in a nearby field, Decatur Co, IA
Des Moines	Luther Bailey	Apr. 11, 1762	MA (Now ME)	Sept. 4, 1839	Burlington's Old Burial Ground; all bodies removed in 1852; likely moved to Burlington Cem./Aspen Grove
Des Moines	Daniel Bean	March 1763/1764	VA	Nov. 1, 1840	Burial place unknown, possibly south of Burlington, in Concordia or Union Twp, Chandler or Spring Grove Cemetery
Des Moines	William Blair	1760	PA	April 27, 1840	Round Prairie Cemetery, Yellow Springs Twp, Des Moines Co, IA
Des Moines	Peter Gearhart	1762	Germany (or Belgium)	1854/1856	Spring Creek Cemetery, inside confines of what is now the Iowa Ordnance Plant, near Burlington, Des Moines, Co, IA
Des Moines	John McDonald	1753	VA	1844-1850	Franklin Mills Cemetery, Sect. 35 & 36, Franklin Twp., 5 miles north of Burlington, Des Moines Co., IA
Des Moines	John Morgan	1758	VA	Feb. 1843	First buried in an old cemetery in Burlington, Iowa Territory; later moved to Aspen Grove Cemetery, Lot 3, Block 70, Burlington, Des Moines, IA
Des Moines	William Ross**	1762	Scotland	Oct. 1833	Abt. 1/2 mile west of the Mississippi River, within what became the public square of Burlington, IA. After the town was surveyed and established, his body was removed and reinterred on the farm of Col. William Morgan, abt. 3 miles southwest of where first buried, and thought to be within bounds of Burlington's Old Burial Ground, from which all bodies were removed in 1852
Des Moines	Frederick Ware	Feb. 22, 1762	PA	Feb. 2, 1848	Kossuth Cemetery, Yellow Springs Twp., Des Moines Co., IA, 2 miles east of Mediapolis, IA
Henry	Charles Shepherd	Dec. 25, 1763	MD	Sept, 1845	Buried on his farm in Henry Co., Iowa Territory. Monument to his memory placed in Forest Home Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, IA.
Jackson	Eli Edwards	c. 1760	CT	After 1850	Unknown; possibly Willison Cemetery, Farmers Creek Twp., Sect. 18, Jackson Co., IA
Jackson	William Potter	Aug. 28, 1767	MD or VA	June 24, 1853	Died in Jones Co. Buried in Hickory Grove Cemetery, near Emeline, Jackson Co, IA
Jackson	William Sinkey	c. 1763	PA	Sept. 1849	Died in Jones Co. Buried in Hickory Grove Cemetery, Sect. 17, Brandon Twp., Jackson Co., IA
Jackson	Lawrence Van Hook	1755	NJ	1854	Andrew Cemetery, Perry Twp., Sect. 22, Jackson Co., IA
Jefferson	Jacob Wiley	1753	NY	Sept. 16, 1846	Pioneer Burial Ground, in southwest quarter of Sect. 36, Cedar Twp., Jefferson Co., IA
Johnson	Nathaniel Fellows	1758	NH	July 12, 1838	Buried in corner of the family's claim, at site of present town of Coralville, Johnson Co., IA. Marker placed near old Highway 6, but, due to street changes, later moved inside entrance of Oak Hill Cemetery, north of Coralville.
Keokuk	Achilles Rogers	1761/1762	VA	July, 1754	Pennington Cemetery, 3 miles south of Sigourney in Sect. 26, West Lancaster Twp., Keokuk Co., IA
Lee	Ebenezer Ayres	March 2, 1761	CT	Sept. 29, 1834	Hickory Grove Cemetery, adjacent to Iowa State Penitentiary burial grounds, north side of Fort Madison, IA
Lee	Abram Clark	c. 1766	NC	c. 1850	Woollens Cemetery, north of West Point on Lowell road, Lee Co., IA
Lee	Matrom Elmore	1757	VA	After 1840	Oakland/Meeks Cemetery, Lee Co., IA
Lee	Amos Glover	April 3, 1762	DE	1843-1850	Croton Cemetery, near Croton, Lee Co., IA
Lee	Cato Mead	1762	CT	April 25, 1846	Unknown; died near Montrose, Iowa Teritory, and Memorial Marker placed in Montrose Cemetery, Lee Co., IA
Lee	Joseph Patterson	1765/1766	VA	Dec. 2, 1850	Oakland Cemetery, Lot 7, Block 7, Keokuk, IA
Lee	George Perkins	March 22, 1754	SC	Nov 15/27, 1840	Sharon Cemetery, near Primrose, Iowa Territory
Linn	Nathan Brown	1762	NY	Nov. 25, 1842	Springville, Cemetery, Sect. 28, Linn Co., IA
Linn	John Osborn	April 16, 1763	VA	1854	Center Point Cemetery, Linn Co., IA
Louisa	Sampson Price	June 24, 1761	VA	After 1850	Unknown
Mahaska	Richard Scarrem	1759	NJ	1856	Old Cemetery, near Eddyville, Wapello Co., IA; in 1941 remains moved to Highland Cemetery, Eddyville, IA.
Monroe	William Crockett	1749-1959	VA	c. 1850	Buried in small cemetery on the Rowles farm, which later became the Collins farm, 2 miles south of Albia. Remains removed and reinterred in Oak View Cemetery, Albia, Monroe Co., IA
Page	Daniel Dow	April, 1881	CT	Feb. 7, 1860	"Old Cemetery", College Springs, Page Co., IA
Pottawattamie	Jeremiah Hatch	Sept. 25, 1765/1767	NY	May 23, 1851	Died near what is now Council Bluffs, IA. Grave location unknown.
Van Buren	Lewis Bonnett	1762/64	VA (now WV)	Jan. 7, 1850	Smith Cemetery, Van Buren Co., IA
Van Buren	Thomas Rhodes	July 4, 1756	VA	Oct. 16, 1848	Died near Bonaparte, IA; in 1969 marker placed in Bonaparte Cemetery, Van Buren Co., IA
Wapello	Jonathan R. Woody	June 15, 1756	NC	After April 18, 1850	Dahlonega Cemetery, northeast of Ottumwa, IA
Washington	Timothy Brown	April or May 30, 1762	1762	Jan. 3, 1852	Todd Cemetery, Franklin Twp., near Grace Hill, Washington Co., IA. In 1903 remains removed and reinterred in Elm Grove Cemetery, Washington, IA
Washington	Samuel Lewis	c. 1766	Ireland or MD	Dec. 21, 1851	Hillcrest Cemetery, Brighton, Washington Co., IA
Webster	Benjamin Bell	1762	VA (now WV)	Feb. 10, 1853	Vegor's Cemtery, Webster Co, Set. 25, west of Stratford, IA

** Ross served with British forces. Born and living in Scotland when the war broke out, Ross held an ensign's commission in the British army and was called into active service with the Forty-second Regiment, known as the "Black Watch". Per source #1 below, Ross had evidently been loyal to his oath as a soldier, but had not been in favor of Kng George the Third's attempt to conquer the colonies. Disenchanted with the British government, he returned to America after the war, where his father's two brothers lived in MD.

Sources:
1) Revolutionary War Soldiers and Patriots Buried in Iowa, by Abigail Adams Chapter DAR, Des Moines, Iowa, Marceline, Missouri: Walsworth Publishing Co, 1978;
2) Des Moines County IAGenWeb, Burlington (aka Smith) Cemetery;
3) Lee County IAGenWeb, Ebenezer Ayres;
4) Iowa Society Sons of the American Revolution, Iowa SAR.

Transcribed and contributed by Cheryl Siebrass, July, 2025; updated October, 2025.

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