New Hampshire Historical Markers

Exeter (131)
1979

BRIGADIER GENERAL ENOCH POOR

Born in Andover, Mass. June 21, 1736, Enoch Poor settled in Exeter, becoming a successful merchant and ship-builder. In 1775 he was appointed colonel in the 3rd New Hampshire Regiment. Poor was at Stillwater, Saratoga, and Monmouth, and served under Washington, Sullivan, and Lafayette. Congress commissioned him Brigadier General in 1777. Mortally wounded in a duel fought September 8, 1781, he was buried in the First Reformed churchyard in Hackensack, New Jersey.

Located on NH 85, .8 mile south of its junction with NH 101.

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Published by The New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources
8th Edition
1989