Battle of Stone Arabia
Mohawk Valley
October 19, 1780
British victory
After months of heavy fighting in the Mohawk Valley and Schoharie County, on October 19, 1780, Colonel John Brown, Massachusetts recruits, and New York militiamen, advanced on loyalists accused of destroying homes in Stone Arabia. In the ensuing battle, British troops defeated the Continental Army and killed Colonel Brown.
“Map of the Battle of Arabia,” by Rufus Grider, part of Mohawk Valley Volume 5 collection. Courtesy of the Stone Arabia Preservation Society.
Historical marker commemorating the battlefield. Courtesy of the Little Falls Historical Society Museum.