Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Yorktown” in entry vose-joseph of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:

...ade lieutenant-colonel of Greaton's regiment, and accompanied it to Canada in the spring of 1776. In 1777 he joined the main army in New Jersey, and his last military service was under Lafayette at Yorktown . He died in Milton, Mass., May 22, 1816.
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Yorktown (Virginia, United States) 5,134 258 356 16 0 user votes
Yorktown (Arkansas, United States) 16 0 0 0 0 user votes
Yorktown (Pennsylvania, United States) 5 0 1 0 0 user votes
Yorktown (Illinois, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Yorktown (Indiana, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Yorktown (Iowa, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Yorktown (Kentucky, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Yorktown (Maryland, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Yorktown (Missouri, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Yorktown (New Jersey, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Yorktown (New Mexico, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Yorktown (New York, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Yorktown (North Carolina, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Yorktown (Ohio, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Yorktown (South Dakota, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Yorktown (Tennessee, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes
Yorktown (Texas, United States) 0 0 0 0 0 user votes

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