Patriot Soldiers Buried in Iowa

 

 
Van Buren County

Lewis Bonnett

                   

Lewis Bonnett was born 1762/1764 in Cedar Creek area, Frederick County, Virginia.  This area is now Hardy County West Virginia.  Bonnett died January 7, 1850.  His burial was in Smith Cemetery, Union Township, Van Buren County, Iowa, two miles east of the town of Birmingham.  A dedication ceremony sponsored by the Van Buren County Chapter DAR was held June 22, 1975.   Records indicate that he was a spy for the Continental Army.

 

  

 

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