USD 1812 dedicates marker at veteran’s grave
Twenty-two descendants, neighbors and members of the United States Daughters of 1812 were joined by members of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Sons of the American Revolution in dedicating the War of 1812 marker for Arkansas pioneer and War of 1812 veteran Duncan Munn. Attendees traveled from Texas, Ashdown, Texarkana, Hot Springs Village, Hot Springs, Mount Ida and Pine Bluff.
The dedication was held in Rosston, Nevada County, and was conducted by the President George Washington Chapter, USD 1812, President Betty Williams; State President Sharon Stanley Wyatt; Acting Chaplain Patricia McLemore; State Markers Chair Sheila Beatty-Krout; DeSoto Trace SAR Color Guard Charles McLemore, Bob Bass and Jimmie Weber; and bagpiper Dr. George W. English III of the Texarkana SAR.
Munn was born July 12, 1774, in Arggll, Scotland. He married Mary Catherine Smith in 1796 in Montgomery County, N.C. Munn joined the Tennessee Militia during the War of 1812 as a private. The whole family was in Arkansas by time of the 1850 census and all six children lived within 5 miles of each other. The Munns’ six children were Mary Jane Munn, Edward M. Munn, Malcolm Munn, Mary Elizabeth “Polly” Munn, James Duncan Munn and Neill Munn. Duncan. Munn died at the age of 87 on Aug. 1, 1860, and is buried at Mount Moriah Cemetery in Rosston.
The USD 1812 Arkansas Society’s goal is to locate and mark the graves of all the veterans of the War of 1812 buried in the state. The society estimates more than 400 graves need marking.