Just Past May's Drive In, before the Bucknell view trailer court, just a few feet from the road, sits this monument to John Brady. Most of us think of Brady, a revolutionary war veteran killed by Indians, as a Muncy resident, but he lived in this location "outside of Milton" longer than any other residence in his lifetime. A Delaware Indian Chief gave the invocation in his native language, at the dedication of this monument in September 1928.
Located at:
40°57'45.0"N 76°52'28.0"W 2280 PA-405, Milton, PA 17847
The Monument Reads:
Captain John Brady
Pioneer
Surveyor Indain Fighter And Patriot
Resided Here
1769 - 1776
When He Removed From Muncy Manor
Later known As Fort Brady
He Served In The French And Indian War
In The Pontiac War Was Captain
Of The Second Pennsylvania Regiment
And In The
Revolutionary War
Raised A Company In The
Twelth Regiment Continental Line
Of Which He Was Captain
Seriously Wounded
In The Battle Of Germantown
He Was Murdered By Indians
April 11, 1779
On Wolf Run Near Fort Brady
While Home On Sick Leave
Marked By
The Pennsylvania Historical Commission
And THe Northumberland County Historical Society
1928
An old postcard showing how the memorial looked when it was first installed.
A Brief History Of John Brady
Public Press
Northumberland, Pennsylvania
23 May 1873, Fri • Page 3
Newspapers throughout the state In May of 1927 reported on Governor Fishers approval of the general appropriation bill, and listed expenses. Near the bottom is included the expense allotted for this memorial. "$500 for monument along the Susquehanna Trail to John Brady"
On June 19 1928, in an article on the historical commission, we learn that State Librarian Godcharles and Colonel Henry Shoemaker picked out a boulder in McElhatten to be used as a base for the memorial tablet proposed for the John Brady Monument, to be dedicated in September in Milton.
The monument was dedicated on September 22 1928, and included an invocation to the Great Spirit, made by Chief War Eagle, a Delaware Indian Chief, in the language of the Delawares. "The chief was arrayed in the costume of his office"
The Selinsgrove Times-Tribune
Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
27 Sep 1928, Thu • Page 2
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Additional Research:
Harrisburg Telegraph
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
22 Sep 1928, Sat • Page 18
Miltonian
Milton, Pennsylvania
13 Sep 1928, Thu • Page 2
The Selinsgrove Times-Tribune
Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
20 Sep 1928, Thu • Page 9
Have passed that area a thousand times. I’ll stop look for it the next time I’m down that way. Thank you. I so appreciate all your hard work in bringing our history alive again.
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