Bleakly Family Burial Ground

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19153 United States

Coordinates: 39.88830, -75.22215
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Upon Carpenter's Island, where Eagle Creek winds through the lowland to the Delaware River, stood the house of the Bleakly family. Near the house, upon a knoll marked by a little family burial ground, a party of grenadiers, under Captain Montressor, had established a battery intended to enfilade Fort Mifflin in the rear. A shot sent by American gunners passed through the house, serving as a notice to the enemy to vacate the house, which they proceeded to do. This earned the house the nickname "the Cannon Ball House."

Considerable fighting occurred here and at another redoubt placed by the enemy at the Ferry Tavern near by.

The small family burial ground, containing a number of tombstones of the Bleakly family, fell to ruin by the early 20th century, and was replaced by a water treatment plant for the City of Philadelphia.

Considerable fighting occurred here and at another redoubt placed by the enemy at the Ferry Tavern near by.

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