TreeAlive
← All Massachusetts markers

John Matthews' Garrison

Worcester County · dedicated 1930 · Route 115 and Parkerville Road, Southborough · location approximate

Directions to the area ↗

On Gilmore Road near this spot the John Matthews' Garrison was erected prior to 1711. A garrison in colonial New England was a private house designated as a place of refuge and defense in case of Indian attack.

1930 text, presented as a historical document.

Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

Marker data: Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, 1930 (Commonwealth of Massachusetts)

See your own family's places through time.

Start with your family tree