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    Hugh Mercer (January 16, 1726 – January 12, 1777) was a brigadier general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He fought in...
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    General Hugh Mercer. The Mercer County Court House and Christiana Lindsey House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Mercer is located...
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    Hugh Weedon Mercer (November 27, 1808 – June 9, 1877) was an officer in the United States Army and then a Confederate general during the American Civil...
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  • Orchestra Hugh McElhenny (1928–2022), American football (gridiron) player Hugh Mercer (1726–1777), Scottish-born American military officer Hugh O'Brian...
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    County, New Jersey. The fort was named in honor of Brigadier General Hugh Mercer who died earlier that year in fighting at the Battle of Princeton. The...
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    named for Hugh Mercer, an officer in the American Revolutionary War. Mercer County comprises the Celina, Ohio Micropolitan Statistical Area Mercer County...
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    called First Street and Clermont Street, but was renamed in 1799 for Hugh Mercer, a Scottish-American brigadier general who died at the Battle of Princeton...
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    Mercer's Fort was a temporary fort built by Colonel Hugh Mercer during the winter of 1758–1759, to secure the "forks of the Ohio," at the confluence of...
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    Italianate style by John S. Norris for General Hugh Mercer (great-grandfather of the songwriter Johnny Mercer), construction of the house began in 1860. The...
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    Hugh Mercer Apothecary was an apothecary founded by Hugh Mercer in the mid-18th century. Mercer was a doctor who fled Scotland after the Battle of Culloden...
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    Hugh Mercer, a Scottish soldier-physician who died at the Battle of Princeton. Mercer was also a distant cousin of General George S. Patton. Mercer liked...
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    relationship between Philadelphia and the Lenape. On 7 February 1759, Colonel Hugh Mercer received a report from a Mohican scout that he had observed "at the Salt...
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    County, Virginia in 1785 and is named for Revolutionary War General Hugh Mercer, who was killed at the Battle of Princeton in 1777. It was formerly a...
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    Mercer is a town in Somerset County, Maine, United States. The town was named after the Revolutionary War hero Hugh Mercer. The population was 709 at the...
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  • Jeff Daniels as George Washington. Also appearing are Roger Rees as Hugh Mercer, Sebastian Roché as John Glover, and Steven McCarthy as Alexander Hamilton...
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    American artist John Trumbull depicting the death of the American General Hugh Mercer at the Battle of Princeton on Friday, January 3, 1777, during the American...
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  • David Mercer (Royal Marines officer) (1864–1920), Royal Marines major general Hugh Mercer (1726–1777), Continental Army brigadier general Hugh W. Mercer (1808–1877)...
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    Other significant early residents include the Revolutionary War generals Hugh Mercer and George Weedon, naval war hero John Paul Jones, and future U.S. president...
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    General Hugh Mercer, who died as a result of wounds received at the Battle of Princeton on January 3, 1777. Continental Army Brigadier General Hugh Mercer served...
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    General Hugh Mercer of the Continental Army clashed with two regiments under the command of Mawhood. Mercer and his troops were overrun, and Mercer was mortally...
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  • respectively, both counties were named for Revolutionary War General Hugh Mercer, who was killed at the Battle of Princeton in 1777, and each was separated...
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    Hugh Mercer Apothecary in Fredericksburg, Virginia, a pharmacy founded by Hugh Mercer, a Scottish physician, in the mid-18th century. It is now a museum...
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  • is also the key element of the seal of Mercer County, New Jersey. The Mercer Oak was named after Hugh Mercer, a brigadier general in the Continental...
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  • District of Montana General Cavalié Mercer, British artillery officer and author of Journal of the Waterloo Campaign Hugh Mercer, physician, brigadier general...
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    Pennsylvania 39,519 984 sq mi (2,549 km2) Mercer County 085 Mercer 1800 Parts of Allegheny County Hugh Mercer, Revolutionary War general 108,503 683 sq mi...
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  • Williams purchased Mercer House, which was originally built for General Hugh Mercer, great-grandfather of famed American songwriter Johnny Mercer. At the time...
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    Africa". Mercersburg was platted in 1780. The borough was named after Hugh Mercer, a general and hero in the American Revolutionary War. A post office...
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    1999 Double Platinum Marc Reckler television movie 2000 The Crossing Hugh Mercer television movie 2000–2005 The West Wing Lord John Marbury 5 episodes...
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    from the original on June 23, 2009. Retrieved August 31, 2009. "History". Mercer County Cultural & Heritage Commission. Archived from the original on February...
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    Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. Mercer County is named for Hugh Mercer (1726–1777), a physician and general during the American...
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