The Daily Register, May 20, 1902
An important historical discovery has been made by workmen laying a walk on the premises of the old McMaster place in Putnam addition [Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio], now occupied by William Harris and family. The original tombstone marking the first burial place of General Rufus Putnam was found to be one of the flagstones of the walk. The stone walk is being taken up to give way to a new cement walk, and when the stone immediately in front of the door was overturned, the inscription was brought to light, bearing the usual epitaph and giving the name of the engraver. The work is a fine piece of art and how the stone came to be lost is unknown.
General Putnam was the leader of the civilization of the Northwest and led the party of settlers that founded Marietta. He died on May 4th, 1824, and was buried in the family burial ground in Putnam Place. Later his remains were removed to Mound Cemetery, where they were laid away in the shadow of the "Mound," with a suitable monument erected by his grandson, Col. W. R. Putnam.
[Note: Rufus Putnam's original marble tombstone is on display at Campus Martius Museum. It was replaced in the 1880s by a large, granite Putnam family monument. Source - Mound Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio, by Owen Hawley (1996), p. 362.]
