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Baylor Massacre

Bergen County · In Rivervale - on Rivervale Avenue - 1,000 feet north of Old Tappan Road - Directly in front of McCann homestead.

Here, as they slept, at dawn on Sept. 28, 1778, Colonel Geo. Baylor and 116 Virginia Dragoons were attached by the British under General "No-Flint" Grey. Major Clough, Surgeon George Evans, with fifty other Colonial Troopers were killed.

Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

Marker data: New Jersey Historical Commission

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