Markers placed by Elizabeth Wadsworth Chapter, NSDAR.
| Marker | Image |
|---|---|
| In 1909, the chapter erected a monument in the historic old Eastern Cemetery, to the memory of over one hundred American Revolutionary War Soldiers who are buried in that vicinity, most of them in unidentified graves. The monument has the following inscription: “1775-1783 To the Memory of Our Historic Dead Who Bore Arms in the War of Independence and Who Were Ever the Brave Defenders of Our Country Who Made Her Foundations So Enduring.” |  |
| Old Jameson Tavern in Freeport, Maine, was marked on September 1, 1915. In this building, the final papers separating Maine from Massachusetts were signed on the fifteenth day of March 1820. |  |
| A marker was placed at the Rufus and William King Homestead in Scarborough, Maine, 1989-1992. |  |
| In 1927, the chapter marked the site of King’s Tavern in Scarborough by placing a bronze tablet on a stone mill wheel. Rufus King was born on March 24, 1755, in Scarborough. In 1787, he was an important delegate to the Constitutional Convention and was a signer of the Constitution. His brother, William King, was the first governor of Maine. |  |
| In 1928, the chapter placed an American Revolutionary War marker on the grave of Governor William King in the Governor King Burial Ground in Scarborough, Maine, where he was buried on June 17, 1852. He was the first governor of Maine. He was born in Scarborough on February 9, 1768, to Richard King. His brother, Rufus King, was a signer of the Constitution. |  |
