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“INDIANA SPIRIT
QUEST”
The Indiana Spirit Quest series of
geocaches will take you to a number of historic cemeteries
built by Hoosier Pioneers. In just a year and a half, the quest has
grown to over three hundred caches hidden in twenty-seven Indiana
counties, and two Ohio counties, and the hiders have grown to
twelve cacher teams, most of which of which are comprised of
Dogs and their Humans. Over 600 cacher
teams have logged over 7,000 finds.
(Photos by Bean Blossom Gang)
INDIANA SPIRIT QUEST
#331
"Job Hamblen Cemetery"
Job Hamblen was the
first settler to the NE portion of Brown County and this cemetery
and marker indicate the location of the first residence here. Job
Hamblin also served in the Revolutionary War.
Job Hamblen established his residence 145 yds. east, 15 yds.
north of this marker in 1825. Job Hamblen and his family were the
first settlers to this area and Hamblen Township bears his name. He
served in the Revolutionary War 1779-1782. Capt. John Tabb's Co.,
Col Dabney's Va. Militia. Participated in seige and surrender of
British Army, Yorktown, Va., Oct. 19, 1781.
At the lower left corner of the marker is "JOB" and and arrow
pointing to his military stone which marked the head of his grave.
At the lower right corner is "ELEANOR" and an arrow pointing to the
uninscribed fieldstone which marks the head of the grave of Eleanor
Mullings Hamblen.
Military Stone, Shield Design: Job Hamblen, Dabney's Va. Mil. Rev.
War.
For more information about Job Hamblen see the "Sons of the
American Revolution" website for this cemetery.
http://www.geocities.com/sdf1775/hambjob.html This cache will only
take a few minutes of your time and there is a driveway, picnic
table and pull-in area next to the cemetery. Enjoy and
have fun while you are in the area.
The cache container is 35
mm film canister containing only a log book. BYOP. .The cache
is not located near a grave... If you find a fallen US flag, please
stick it back in the ground. As always, please be respectful, and
cache in, trash out.
"Indiana Spirit Quest"
is brought to you by the following fellows of
GEOISQ*: SixDogTeam (Earthdog Patrick, Lead
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Torry, ~Mystery Dog~, Team Tigger International, Cache Commando,
bbSurveyors ,Dover Duo, -{LoS}-Xile, Prairiepartners, and Bean
Blossom Gang. If you are interested in spreading the Quest to your
neck of the woods AND WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US, email
SixDogTeam.
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Exalted Order of the Indiana Spirit
Quest
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