page_title: John Allen Farm Massacre
section_title: Memorials
hierarchical_section_title: John Allen Farm Massacre / Memorials
caption_attribution_description: English: Cairn in Argyle, New York for those killed at the John Allen Farm in July 1777 by Native American's attached to British General Burgoyne's Army on their way to the Battles of Saratoga during the American Revolutionary War.
context_page_description: The John Allen Farm massacre occurred in South Argyle, Washington County, New York on 25 or 26 July 1777 during the advancement of the British Army in the Saratoga Campaign of the American Revolutionary War. Six members of the John Allen family and two or three slaves loaned to the Allen's were killed by Native Americans attached to General John Burgoyne's British Army. Subsequently, Native Americans led by the warrior Le Loup attacked and killed Jane McCrae in nearby Fort Edward on 27 July; which garnered publicity in newspapers along the eastern seaboard of America and is believed to have helped rally locals to the American patriotic cause.
context_section_description: A stone cairn, erected in 1927, near where the Allen Farm house was located is believed to be the final resting spot for those killed. Two nearby New York State Historical markers on Allen Road, off of County Road 49, note the event and a Memorial to the tragedy, dedicated in July 2017 on the 240th anniversary, is in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Argyle.
caption: Cairn in Argyle, New York for those killed at the John Allen Farm in July 1777 by Native American's attached to British General Burgoyne's Army on their way to the Battles of Saratoga during the American Revolutionary War.
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