Existing comment:
Colonel Ninian Beall
Born Scotland 1625 - Died Maryland 1717
Patentee of Rock of Dunbarton
Member of the House of Burgesses
Commander in Chief of Provincial Forces of Maryland
In grateful recognition of his services "upon all incursions and disturbances of neighbouring Indians" the Maryland Assembly of 1699 passed "An Act of Gratuity"
This memorial erected by the Society of the Colonial Wars in the District of Columbia
1910 |