Daughters of the American Revolution ask town permission to mark Revolutionary War veteran'9s grave in Pyus Burial Ground

Michelle Donnelly, regent of the Middletown chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, asked the Colts Neck Township Committee for permission April 30 to place a granite marker at the Pyus burial ground for Captain Tobias Pimus, a Revolutionary War veteran whose footstone bearing initials remains.

Donnelly described the DAR'9s broader project to identify and mark graves of Revolutionary War veterans across local towns, saying the organization has located veterans using early-20th-century inventories and has already marked dozens of previously unmarked graves. "To date, we have marked 23 graves of veterans whose stones were missing, illegible or broken... we'9d like to ask for your permission to put a marker at that property," Donnelly told the committee, describing the proposed marker as an 8-by-16-by-3 flat piece of granite listing name and service.

Committee members thanked Donnelly for the work and asked practical questions about timing and access. Donnelly said the DAR needs a permission letter from the township and that installation could take up to six months because of internal national-society approvals; she said the group would work with the township and property owners on an appropriate, small dedication if local access or site conditions require it. Committee members volunteered to help coordinate on-site access and historical records.

The committee did not record a separate roll-call decision in the meeting transcript at the time of the presentation; members expressed support and asked staff to follow up on permissions and logistics with Donnelly.

Action requested: permission to place a marker; committee expressed informal support and will follow up with a formal permission letter and coordination on installation timing.