Col. Crawford Statue
Rehabilitation Project
Connellsville Carnegie Free Library
299 South Pittsburgh Street
Connellsville, Pennsylvania
15425
Next year Connellsville Native, Samuel Kilpatrick’s statue of Col. Crawford will have been
standing in the same spot at the Connellsville Carnegie Free library for 100 years! Happy
Birthday!! This statue is in some need of restoration, as with any statue that has been out in
the elements for 100 years. Within the pedestal of the statue of Colonel William Crawford is
the following inscription provided in a keystone-shaped plaque:
In memory of
COLONEL WILLIAM CRAWFORD
born in Berkeley County, Virginia, in 1732
Friend of Washington -- Pioneer -- Patriot
This monument is situated 1260 yards S. 69 E. 16' of the
spot where he built his log cabin in 1765 on the west
bank of the Youghiogheny River, at the historic
STEWART'S CROSSINGS.
He first visited the region west of the mountains
in 1758, as an officer in the expedition of General
Forbes against Fort Duquesne. As a Colonel of the
Seventh Virginia Regiment, he crossed the
Delaware with Washington in 1777, and shared
in the victory at Trenton. Fighting in defense
of the frontier, as a commander of the
Sandusky Expedition, he was captured by
the Indians and burned at the stake
near Crawfordsville, Ohio, June, 11, 1782,
---------Erected by
The Pennsylvania Historical Commission
The City of Connellsville
and Grateful Citizens
1917.
Soon we will start to explore ways in which to professionally preserve this statue for more
centuries to come. Samuel Kilpatrick was a famous artist who painted the 7’ x 10’ painting of
George Washington at the court house in Uniontown. That painting was actually
commissioned by another famous native, William A. Clark, and given to Uniontown by Clark
on October 14th 1908. A statue of George Washington, created by Samuel Kilpatrick, still
exists in Waterford, Pennsylvania at the Fort LeBoeuf Chapter Washington Memorial Lot.
Left arm joint shows signs of cracking and separating from the main statue.
Left arm joint.
The sword is also in need of some restoration and cleaning. It is located at the Connellsville
Carnegie Free Library for safe keeping.
The artist, Samuel Kilpatrick is buried Connellsville’s Hill Grove Cemetery.
Daniel L. Cocks
Daniel L. Cocks
Fayette County Cultural Trust
Executive Director
724-216-4518
www.fayettetrust.org