Loyalists and Planters of Minas Basin
Lt. Elizear Taylor and Capt. Samuel Wilson are named in the book Loyalists and Planters of Minas Basin by Robert Wilson Salter (1915-2008), Amherst, Nova Scotia.
Inscription
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NEAR THIS SITE LIVED LIEUTENANT
ELIZEAR TAYLOR. A FELLOW OFFICER
AND ONE OF THE ORIGINAL GROUP
OF LOYALISTS WHO SETTLED THE AREA.
IMPRESSED BY THEIR DILIGENCE AND
INDUSTRY, GOVERNOR PARR NAMED
THE COMMUNITY DILLIGENT RIVER
DURING HIS VISIT IN 1785.
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SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
CAPT. SAMUEL WILSON
WHO FOUGHT FOR HIS KING THROUGH
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
HE DIED AT THE AGE OF 82 YRS.
HIS WIFE MARY CLARK
HIS DAUGHTERS
SARAH AGED 16 YRS.
MARY, WIFE OF
ROBERT SALTER
Loyalists and Planters of Minas Basin
Les noms du lt Elizear Taylor et du capt Samuel Wilson figurent dans l’ouvrage intitulé Loyalists and Planters of Minas Basin, de Robert Wilson Salter (1915-2008), Amherst (Nouvelle-Écosse).
Le texte de l’inscription figure dans la section anglaise.