Three of the 63 Veterans of the Revolutionary War Buried In Greene County

In our blog post of 30 March 2026 the Greene County Room announced the names of 63 veterans of the Revolutionary War who are buried in Greene County, Ohio. Here we examine the service of three of them.

Alexander Berryhill Sr. (1764-1823), who served as a private from South Carolina fought in the Battle of Guilford Court House, North Carolina under General Nathanael Greene, the namesake of Greene County. Surrounded by the British, Berryhill surrendered and received a saber sword wound across his forehead, the scar from which he took to his grave. After being held prisoner for two years he was exchanged. Over two hundred descendants of Berryhill were present when the Sons of the American Revolution unveiled a memorial at his gravesite in Bellbrook’s Pioneer Cemetery.

John Cuppy Jr. (1761-1861), who served as a private from Virginia lived to see his one hundredth birthday and died just months after the Confederates fired on Fort Sumter marking the start of the Civil War. By then photography had been invented and at age 99 Cuppy had a Daguerreotype image made of himself. The only of the 63 to have been photographed Cuppy died at 100 years, three months, and 17 days. First buried on his farm in Montgomery County he was reinterred in Fairfield Cemetery, Fairborn. In 1778 in service to the Continental Army he was involved in the building of Fort Laurens and Fort McIntosh during the Revolutionary War. Later during the Indian Wars, 1791-1794, Cuppy served under General Anthony Wayne as a ranger and spy.

Nathan Lamme (1745-1834), who served as a Captain from Virginia, served the entirety of the war, 1775-1783, initially as a Second Lieutenant he was promoted to First Lieutenant and finally Captain. After the war he collected a Bounty Land Warrant worth four thousand acres of Virginia Military Lands in Ohio. He was the first Sheriff of Greene County serving for three months in 1803. Buried in Bellbrook’s Pioneer Cemetery his grave remains unmarked.