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Fort Paris

Battles of Stone Arabia, Klock’s Field Archeological Study Complete

November 11, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

painting of Klock’s FieldOn October 19, 1780, Loyalists, Native Allies and British soldiers led by Lieutenant Colonel Sir John Johnson and Captain Joseph Brant began destroying farms in Stone Arabia, a village about a mile north of Fort Keyser, in what was then Tryon County (today, Palatine Township in Montgomery County).

Colonel John Brown, leading a force of New York and Massachusetts revolutionaries left Fort Paris in Stone Arabia in an attempt to attack what he believed was a smaller, isolated enemy force. [Read more…] about Battles of Stone Arabia, Klock’s Field Archeological Study Complete

Filed Under: History, Mohawk Valley Tagged With: American Revolution, Archaeology, Butler’s Rangers, Fort Keyser, Fort Klock, Fort Paris, Fort Plain Museum, John Johnson, Joseph Brant, Military History, Montgomery County, Palatines, St. Johnsville, Stone Arabia

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