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Facts and Events
BIOGRAPHY: Abner served as a drummer in Capt. Roberts' Company, 18th
Regitment, Connecticut Troops. He signed the Scioto Company's agreement
for 860 acres at Worthington, Ohio. In the distribution of land, he was
granted town lots 54, 59, 70, 102, 127-129, and farm lots 22, 60, 84 and
88. His was probably the first death of the new community, just one year
after the settlement was built. Although his original tombstone has
deteriorated, Abner's grave is marked with a bronze marker, erected by
the local DAR for his participation in the Revolutionary War. The
original marder read as follows; "Capt. Abner Pinney lies, the kind, the
just. His flesh is turning to its kindred dust. Love, friendeship dwelt
within his faithful heart. Yet from his dearest friend was called to
part.
And now, we trust, he's landed on that shore, where death ne'er comes and
friends shall part no more."
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