Adam Rum

In memory of Adam Rum who was born in Frankinland Germany Sept. 11, 1756 and died in this Country Dec. 1, 1822. He served this country during its revolutionary war, and was engaged in the battles of Brandywine, Trenton and Princeton. He ever declined to claim the pension which the laws of a grateful country tender to its brave defenders.

This monument was erected by the state of Mississippi, by authority of an act of its Legislature approved July 25th 1843, and entitled "An act to erect a suitable monument to the memory of Adam Rum, deceased." . This historical marker was erected in 1846 by State of Mississippi. It is in Fayette in Jefferson County Mississippi