Samuel Lount 1791-1838

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted April, 2004

Plaque Location

The Region of York
The Town of East Gwillimbury
In Holland Landing, in front of the library on Yonge Street,
east side, north of Mount Albert Road

Coordinates: N 44 06.281 W 79 29.472

Plaque Text

A martyr of the Rebellion of 1837, Pennsylvania-born Samuel Lount farmed and operated a smithy near Holland Landing. He was generous with help and advice to new settlers, and from 1834 to 1836 sat as a reformer in the Legislative Assembly. Hoping to expedite social and political change, Lount agreed to command forces in William Lyon Mackenzie's uprising against the government. When the rebels were soundly defeated on December 7, 1837, Lount attempted to flee the country. He was captured weeks later and convicted of treason along with another prominent rebel, Peter Matthews. Disregarding petitions for pardon bearing thousands of signatures, the authorities hanged the two men at Toronto on April 12, 1838.

Related Ontario plaque
Peter Matthews c.1789-1838

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Rebellion of 1837

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