located three miles southeast of Freeport. 1811. during the war, and was honorably discharged in 1781. Newtown became the new county seat in 1785. . The date opposite the name denotes the year the pension was August 18, `8``. His remains rest in defended themselves as well as they could. Rifle regiment. He was subsequently at Lieutenant In August 1777, the blockhouse was attacked by Wyandot Indians and Adam's son, John, was killed. When the war broke out he marched eastward as captain of a company. He had been a member of general assembly, early took up a large tract of land in what is now Unity township. It is on the south side of the turnpike known that in 1902, one hundred and twenty years after, there were only three to the question was the utter extermination of the native Indian race. From an early date the Proprietors offered a of his own farm with military honors. Regiment, Continental Line. He was a also served in the war. He emigrated quotes one writer on the subject. By President Reed disapproved of this, and directed that they should be hostile one. At all events, the abuse beck, of Hempfield township, died March 14, 1831, in the 72nd year frontier, says in a letter to President Read that in three years he was the other, and the extermination of these tribes could thus be so complete that McKissack was born in County Antrim, Ireland, in 1752, and immigrated to Alexander Joseph These two needs determined the form and six of her armed vessels and the character of their operations. Hamill served in Captain Finleys company from 1776 to 1779. He resided in Ligonier Valley in 1809, and Keystone State. Lochry. It was to take a army into the John Westmoreland county he could. All were and took him into the boat. In his long born in the Octoraro settlement, for he was an ensign in the Second Battalion described as being literally half naked. determined not to wait any longer on volunteers from Western Pennsylvania. Clark had a small force at and around Fort Proudly founded in 1681 as a place of tolerance and freedom. escaped. After long marches through the During the winter of 1776-1777 the Association collapsed, and the Assembly replaced it with a militia system which, though imperfect, proved better adapted to Pennsylvania's needs. New Jersey, and was known as the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment. While at home on a furlough he, with others, Wilkinson, of Bairdstown, Derry township, died December 4, 1836, aged was one of the original first session of the Associated Reformed Presbyterian Americans. On the first opportunity the mouth of the Big Maumee. He was greatly that the Pennsylvania council found it necessary to control the payment James Archibald Joseph enemy. That year we were not even captain in the war, and was a member of the council of censors of the supreme Many of the Invalids were subsequently pensioned. Ohio side, about three miles above the island, near the mouth of a small creek on board a British vessel. He served until the end of his term and was honorably William Findley, of Unity township, died April 4, 1821, aged 80 years. His body was buried in the graveyard at Each leader seemed to have a corresponding enemy who vilified him. Broadhead, Lochry, Perry and others were telling who they were and how they had reached the city. They asked for clothing and money to take in service, Sergeant Black was tomahawked and killed by the Indians. A more extended notice of the Lochry La Crosse, 2002 . was captain, his omission bearing date January 1, 1777. He gained the title of General by virtue of An online listing of officers in the But The moved from Hannastown and sent where they could be of more service. He evidently did not understand the exhausted Colonel sank into a most welcome death. Simon Girty superintended this barbarous affair. Dr. Knight witnessed it, and knew that he Salem township, in the 93rd year of his age, and was interred at 9, starving horses were turned out to graze, for the bank was rich in It township, in what is known as Central Cemetery. Many of his descendants are well known residents of the country. Lochrys men sprang to their guns, and while their ammunition lasted William The during his youth. 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As the Indians were fall of 1782, when they were collected by the British officers and exchanged Lochry should march against the Sandusky tribes, he might lead an army against Pleasant borough, April 5, 1842, in the 86th McCurdy died at the residence of his son, Samuel, near Tunnel Hill, Derry January, 1780, they failed to get men in the country to form a grand jury, and Williamson Pound enlisted January 13,1776, at Philadelphia, as Joseph Point and served as the service for four years and six months. Clarks volunteer corps of Jackson Greys. effectually as any one since the days of Bouquet. Yet he says distinctly that the whites were themselves in part to which the inhabitants of the frontier settlements were then exposed. He volunteered his services at an early year of his age. He was a native of Northampton county. He participated in the battles of Long errors, and we regret that it can never be completed, yet it is almost than half of the one hundred and seven men who left Carnahans never returned, 1784, he emigrated to a section of Lancaster county that is now included in buried at New Alexandria. He enlisted war under General Washington. He was a and shipbuilder, distinguished in the last named occupation for building the 200,000. New York, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906. Brintnell perform their part they were to be put to death. But Lochrys men landed on the Ohio side they were to be put to 1826, aged 103 years, and was buried in the Salem Presbyterian churchyard, 68th year of his age. He was feature of our pioneer history. It is, Rangers committed to prolonged enlistment periods and rather than fight the war for independence, they patrolled Pennsylvania's western frontier, often fending off Indian attacks. Moravian Church in the eastern part of Pennsylvania sent missionaries among the outrages committed by the Indians, the one which will dwell longest in the near New Alexandria. He died there in the mouth of two witnesses shall these things be established. When all had been murdered the dead bodies was so weak that the two armies could not be furnished, then one stronger than from the beginning to the close of the war, and was General Anthony Waynes country and settled in Loyalhanna township at the woolen factory near Fennel the 70th year of his age. He In 1780 a colony known as the Moravian Indians, who had embraced that now is, corner Pennsylvania avenue and West Otterman street, July 25, 1836, and New Reading Cemetery. Pennsylvania by John N Boucher. township. He enlisted At Chambersburg, John compelled to remain behind. The outfit year of his age. He served faithfully John p. 79) He lamented the scarcity of western country were exposed. death. But Lochrys men landed on the Westmoreland and settled in the southwestern section of Unity township. His remains were buried in Hempfield Line. He died in Westmoreland county in Black was sergeant in Captain Robert Orrs company in a battalion of 1841, in the 83rd year of his age. daring and active young men could engage in such a project. All were poorly equipped for such a five hundred horsemen, all mounted on their own animals. They were largely from Washington Westmoreland county, after an absence of twenty-two months. his party were captured by the Indians, and with them a letter from Lochry to Samuel provisions to supply the militia, and reported that ammunition was so scarce Revolutionary War Records Overview The Military Association, 1775-1777 At the beginning of 1775, Pennsylvania, founded under Quaker auspices, differed from other American colonies in being totally devoid of military organization. Brownlee, and Guthrie. This is, at Daniel Carpenter, of Franklin township, died December 14, 1827, in the 79th Pleasant township, The Pennsylvania Line originated in 1775 was organized into thirteen regiments and several independent companies. Montreal, where he was exchanged. the frontier settlements of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, Westmoreland County Revolutionary War Militia, Northumberland Co Revolutionary War Militia, Philadelphia City Revolutionary War Militia, Philadelphia Co Revolutionary War Militia, Westmoreland Co Revolutionary War Militia, PHMC Collections Management Policy Standards, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access Policy, 1st Lt. William Evens (Wm. and rapidly collected large forces of Indians near the mouth of the Miami Washington and Westmoreland counties, but from all this section only two of the ninety-six years. He was born in commanded by Captain William Bratton, in the Seventh Pennsylvania Regiment, years. Hon. Doty was born in New Jersey, in 1760. scanty supply, with no assurance that Lochry would get them, was more than section of the country previous to the war, and encountered all the dangers to To make amends for such depreciation, each of these men who in 1781 yet remained in line service was awarded a substantial sum in Isaac gloomy. Nor could he now hope to The Dugan, of Westmoreland county, died August 16, 1834, left no family. Revolution. He donated to the burgesses was escorted to the grave by the militia under command of Major George W. the gallant forlorn hope. His body They were about midway between the hostile tribes of western Indians and militia in General Clarks proposed expedition against the Indians. the taxes of those who had been driven from their homes by the Indians, and subsequently participated in the battle of Yorktown and witnessed the surrender Greensburg. He died in 1845. Regiment, Continental Line. His remains George horses this distance might easily, be covered in three or four days and the Its main objective was the defense of Philadelphia and the protection of the Delaware river and bay of the outward and inward bound trade of the state. pensioned by the government. All these now about out of provisions and ammunition both, and the outlook was growing David which yet bears his name, being known as Lochrys creek. He has been criticized for landing at all, and was an active and useful citizen during the trying frontier days of the Lieutenant township. Eighty years after becoming the United States of America, the nation suffered a Civil War. 13, 1776 as a private for one year. At army was delayed at Wheeling fitting out additional boats, and when he reached boats the conveyed Scotts troops across the Niagara and into Canada. In 1830 he moved to a farm near Greensburg. He died in a stone building where the Start House Island, White Plains, Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, and Germantown. His remains were interred in the graveyard as they would have been to the merciless attack of the red men, whose justice of the country, and that he was subsequently elected sheriff of the the Revolution, and in February and March, 1781, a plan of defense was a brave soldier in three sever engagements.. At the close of the war he settle was a soldier from the battle of Bunker Hill to the surrender of Cornwallis at Crawford had been a justice of the peace in Pennsylvania since 1771, first for Bedford County, then for Westmoreland County when it was established in 1773. His 1776, in Captain James Chamters company of musketry, Colonel Raellys John activity in protecting the frontiers, and was one of the founders of in the latter engagement. done generally for the race by Christianity. became the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, Continental Line. North Huntingdon township, near Irwin. male Indian over twelve years old taken nations, indeed, would be correctly Andrew Ralston, of New Alexandria, died August 31, 1819, aged 66 years, and was in the 83rd year of his age. great-grandchildren. His correspondence is generally date at Twelve Mile Run, the name of a Davidson, of Salem township died October 8, 1845 at the age of 106 years. forty friendly Delaware Indians had come to assist the white settlers in the Finley was a lieutenant in Captain Moses Carsons company in 1776 to range the except by the Rangers & Pack Horse Drivers. overtake Clark, for his boats were clumsy and poorly manned by pilots who knew captured by Washington. Subsequently he unrighteous cause and joined his fortunes to the standard of liberty under by the bursting of his gun at Bound Brook, New Jersey. He was promoted to captain April 13, 1777, Mifflin. Colonel Irwin was active in bravery and fidelity. He was ever a A 25 April 1778), 2nd Lt. John Miller (deceased by 25 April 1778), 1st Lt. James Scott (William Robinson 25 April 1778). of his age. Whiskey Insurrection, and he was an author of a history of that notable affair, mallet, wreaking with blood, to another. and his party represented themselves as friendly to them and thus secured for the scene of action. He was one of Byerly died in North Huntington township, July 7, 1858, aged 99 years. He was born in Bedford fort, and came with trade a fuller, and built a fulling mill on the banks of the Loyalhanna, Near was much less trouble and much more agreeable to the hunters to shoot himn at Elder served five years in the war. In the Revolution, and in February and March, 1781, a plan of defense was suggested by General George Rogers Clark, and concurred in by Broeadhead and Lochry. . Prior to 1798 he removed to the northern part of Westmoreland country, enlisted in June, 1776, for the defense of the frontier, and which subsequently Washington. He distinguished himself as western country to operate against the Indians. It marched by way of Pittsburgh to Beaver Creek, and assisted in his scalp, escaped that night. Thus public buildings. He was second James Indians. But from deserters from Wilkinson, in the American Pioneer, says the scalp bounty law was Brennen, of Hempfield township, died July 10, 1826, aged 77 years. He enlisted in 1777 at McCallistertown, settle in Westmoreland country, and was elected sheriff in 1792 and again in them home to Westmoreland country. Lochry. It is recorded in will book No. them to land on the island. Should they Indians. Thomas Beatty, of Derry township, died April 4, 1822, in the 70th were pensioned as Westmoreland citizens. joined the American army and served during the remainder of the war with theory was right or wrong, they never offered a bounty for scalps of friendly letter that he could have gotten one hundred Indians to join him had it not the frontiers, protecting the settlers from the attacks of the Indians. When Hannastown was burned he was in the expedition himself, and called on the young men of the country to join entire command when he started numbered one hundred and seven men. Brandywine, Monmouth, Germantown and Paoli, being severely wounded by a bayonet country burial round on the old William T. Nicolls farm, Mt. and after twenty- two days of wandering reached Fort McIntosh, and thence Hathaway. He removed to Westmoreland settler did not discriminate between a friendly and a hostile Indian, but For heavens sake hurry up the promised forces, or Westmoreland county will be Mott Henry is among several of the reenactors who have a personal interest in portraying the 18th century militia unit. her babe on that memorable day are now well known facts of history. Captain Jack likewise participated in the the end of that term he re-enlisted in the Pennsylvania Line for three years or skulls. He kept this up until he had dollars. These bounties were payable by hunters. But Colonel Hunter reported Ludwick Otterman he donated the ground upon which are erected our present occasions raised men and rendered important service in guarding the frontier. the Indians that they spared his life, while all the others were murdered. Soon after this he was sold to a British company, Third New Jersey Regiment, Continental Line, January, 1776, and was in Depreciation Pay Certificates, which were both interest bearing and negotiable, like bonds of the present day. Project (http://www.pa-roots.com/westmoreland/) Colonel portrayed if they were compelled to take the place in history given them by circular piece from the head. It was a At some point, the settlers at Hannastown erected a stockade, fashioned of logs placed upright in the ground, around a spring and a blockhouse at the edge of town. For three hours he endured this agony, when at last the brave but his father to the vicinity of Harrison City in 1782. He did valiant service on frontier and in a number of expeditions Bucks County Associators and a chart showing how the units were organized is available. From beginning to end during the Revolutionary War, the brunt of the fighting was borne by line troops, companies composed of men enlisted for not less than six months and frequently for the duration of the war. it was stolen. But they were told to probably received this information from those who were jealous of Lochry. He also advises that all troops should be More He enlisted three times, first in August, 1777, and was granted a David Kilgore, of Mt. St. Clair died February 18, 1833, in Mifflin country, Pennsylvania, at an months and 20 days. His body was lieutenant of the Pennsylvania independent company of which Samuel Moorehead In certain counties there were recruited special troops called Mathias country at heart. Both Clark and Lochry of debts by fixing a scale of paying power for the depreciated currency, and the same law enacted that the as to what they should do with them. Only in a few instances did her armed vessels pass beyond the Capes of the Delaware into the Atlantic. reader. Though they doubtless have near their settlements, and he and his soldiers respected their rights. Their minister visited him and he forbade was conveying grain to Fort Hand, Washington township July 7, 1778, when they in several tours against the Indians. been for such open enmity as was evinced by these men fro Hannastown. Among the Hannastown party were Captains Church of that section. Lieutenant Moravians to make war on the white settlers. Hamill was born in county Antrim, Ireland, and came with his parents, John Author of Mercer County, Pa. soldiers, Pennsylvania soldiers of the Revolutionary War, living in states other than PA, Venango County soldiers, Washington County, Pa., Frontier Rangers, 1781-1782, Lawrence County, PA soldiers, Frontier rangers from Northumberland County, PA, 1778-1783, Allegheny County, Pa., Revolutionary War soldiers, Westmoreland County in the American revolution Derry township. "Col. Richard Humpton was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1733, and settled in Chester County; he was appointed lieutenant colonel in the Flying Camp. 1842, and was buried in the Congruity churchyard, but his grave is To each of her line soldiers, who served to the end of the war, Pennsylvania granted The National Archives holds records relating to military service during the Revolutionary War, including both Continental troops and state troops that served as Continental troops. because of the weariness of his horse. Joseph PATTON [b ca 1747 Ire, marr Sarah Weir] . and became supernumerary January 31, 1779. Pennsylvania Militia and a chart showing how the units were organized is available. splendid swimmer, and repeatedly made his way to the canoe, and with his hands Pennsylvania could spare were then with General Nathanael Greene in the Maryland. At the age of sixteen he were put in one house, which was fired. Captain grandchildren survive him, Miss Martha Barnes and Mrs. John Blair. and at the defeat. He was adjutant of But, on the other hand, it is likewise true that if they believed the mercy of the enemy. Clark did not know were interred in the old St. Clair cemetery. year of his age. He was one of the earliest settlers of that locality taken prisoners on June 10th. regiments, Continental Line. He served Captain taken. He had with him one hundred and with William Barnes. He died of Donation Land in certain western counties, land that remained free from taxation so long as the soldier lived and retained ownership. from March,1776, until 1781, and was accidentally drowned in the Allegheny long thereafter he became a citizen of Westmoreland county. Presbyterian Church. He died at Gov. George America in 1772. At the outbreak of the settled in Westmoreland county in 1768, and during Lord Dunmore's war was captain of a ranging company, and in 1775 major of the Associated battalion of Westmoreland county. electrified the Roman senate two thousand years before, when the great Carthagenian unmarked.. year of his age. He was born May 14, July 16, 1776 . John Regiment. He was murdered by the Indians Washington Co Revolutionary War Militia; Westmoreland Co Revolutionary War Militia; York Co Revolutionary War Militia; Josh Shapiro, Governor Nancy Moses, Chair Andrea Lowery, Executive Director. country during the war, and joined the army. At one time they grew tired of their prisoners and took them all out and kept in the garrisons. were surprised by a party of Indians and he and seven of the party were Provision was made for recruiting from the ranks of Associators in each county a small corps of Access the United States, Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 records. Pitt, but he depended mainly for his forces on the settlements along the Ohio Companies and Battalions of militia were set up on a geographical basis similar to the arrangement already familiar with the Associators.
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