The Stafford Hill Monument is a stone memorial in Cheshire, MA. The memorial was built in 1927 to commemorate the grave site of Joab (also spelled Jorab) Stafford, who settled in what is now Cheshire in 1767. The stone structure was designed as a replica of a stone tower in Rhode Island, where Stafford came from. It was listed on the National Record of Historic Places in 1986.
Joab Stafford was a native of Newport, RI who was sent to the area to survey the land that was then known as New Providence, but later incorporated as Cheshire. He surveyed the land in 1766, and purchased three lots the following year. He built his house on this property and it became the early center of the community.
Stafford formed a militia company that fought in the Batttle of Bennington in August 1777. He later moved to Albany, NY but returned to Cheshire in 1800 where he died in 1802. In 1927, the local Sons of the American Revolution raised funds to construct this memorial to Stafford. The memorial tower was constructed of fieldstone in that year, and Stafford's remains were reinterred in a mausoleum in the tower.
The posted coordinates will bring you to the entrance of the driveway to the monument. At the entrance you will find a sign with a date on it. In order to claim this virtual find please email the date on the sign, then drive to the memorial and take a picture of you or your GPS/phone with the monument. Enjoy the beautiful view of Mt. Greylock from this site.
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