The following was part of a Commemorative article titled, "Four Soldiers of 1776 Memorialized by D.A.R", printed in the May 1, 1931 issue of Democratic Watchman. The information for this section about the Meek and Herron families was provided by Elizabeth Breckenridge Meek and published by Elizabeth's brother, George R. Meek). Elizabeth Breckenridge Meek was the great-great-great granddaughter of Captain George Meek and Rachael Heron. The information in this article had been spoken at the ceremony for the monuments unveiled by the Bellefonte [Pennsylvania] Chapter of D.A.R. on April 25, 1931. (Source: e-mail from William Biddle to Susan L. Snyder on September 13, 2017).

Below the article is a transcript of the article by this webmaster, Susan Leach Snyder.

 

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