Col. Hamtramck's third and final resting place. Veterans Memorial Park (Not a cemetery), 1962. His descendants were present when he was interred here.

Hamtramck Historical Society. 1962

Hamtramck Public Library collection.
1962

Hamtramck Historical Society. 1962

Hamtramck's house on the Detroit River, Near Belle Isle.

This drawing is of Col. Hamtramck’s house along the Detroit River near Belle Isle at about the year 1800. Col. Hamtramck died in 1803. All of his possessions were destroyed in the great fire of 1805. There are no portraits or drawings of Col. Hamtramck.

Hamtramck Public Library

Colonel John Hamtramck

Takes possession of Fort Lernoult

Part of mural at Detroit Water Building
Author George Hamilton Thomas
Public Domain

Col. Hamtramck's third and final resting place. Veterans Memorial Park (Not a cemetery). 1962. His descendants were present when he was interred here.
Source: Hamtramck The Driven City, Greg Kowalski

Great granddaughter mentions the three commissions of John Francis Hamtranck

John Francis Hamtramck

Resident of Northern New York when the Revolution broke out, and was a captain in the Continental army. He was appointed a major in the regular amry of the United States in September, 1798, and was promoted to the lieutenant colonel commandant of the first sub-legion in February, 1793. He commanded the left wing under General Wayne in the battle of the Maumee, in August, 1794, and held the rank of lieutenant colonel in the First Infantryin 1796. He was retained as colonel on the reduction of the army in April, 1802, and on the 11th of April the following year he died and was buried in Detriot.

*Buried on the grounds of St. Anne's Orphan Asylum, The monument is composed of a light freestone slab. It bears the following inscription:

"Sacred to the memory of JOHN FRANCIS HAMTRAMCK, Esq., Colonel of the First United States Regiment of Infantry, and Commandant of Detroit and its dependencies. He departed this life on the 11th of April, 1803, aged 45 years, 7 months, and 27 days. True patriotism, and zealous attachment to national liberty, joined to a laudable ambition, led him into military service at and early period of his life. He was a soldier even before he was a man. He was an active participator in all the dangers, difficulties, and honors of the Revolutionary War; and personal thank of the immortal Washington. The United States, in him, have lost a valuable officer and good citizen, and society a useful and pleasant member. To his family his loss is incalculable, and his friends will never forget the memory of Hamtramck. This humble monument is placed over his remains by the officers who had the honor to serve under his command; a small but grateful tribute to his merit and his worth."

The Pictorial field-book of the War of 1812
Benson John Lossing Published 1868 [*Benson John Lossing gives this as the original burial location name.]