“INDIANA SPIRIT QUEST”
The Indiana Spirit Quest series of geocaches will take you to a number of historic cemeteries and historic sites built by Hoosier Pioneers. In almost four years, the quest has grown to over six hundred caches hidden in Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Ontario, and the hiders have grown to over forty cacher teams, most of which are comprised of Dogs and their Humans. Over 1,000 cacher teams have logged over 50,000 finds.
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INDIANA SPIRIT QUEST #700
"Patriot Preacher"
Few of us these days really know what it means to be a true patriot. But buried in this cemetery is a man who joined with his brethren for a seven year struggle for independence from Britain in order to form a more perfect union.
John Robbins was born in North Carolina 1n 1741. He was a Baptist clergyman and served as a Private and a Chaplain for eighty-four months in the Continental Line during the Revolutionary War. He was wounded and captured on March 15, 1781 at the battle of Guilford Courthouse in North Carolina. This was Britain's last successful confrontation with the American patriots before they would surrender in October.
John Robbins was soon released. He ultimately came to Wayne County, Indiana. After a full life, he passed away on May 8, 1834 at 93 year's of age. His monument can be found here at the Locust Grove Methodist Episcopal Cemetery in Abington Township near the middle of the cemetery.
HandiCaching.com rating: H12133
The cache is a Decon container with room for small trades. As usual, the cache is hidden away from graves, no ISQ searching after dusk and remember cache in – trash out. Have fun and please leave the cache exactly as found.
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