William Findley, of Unity township, died April 4, 1821, aged 80 years. His body was buried in the graveyard 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. heart of the Indian country, to burn their houses, devastate their country, and outrages committed by the Indians, the one which will dwell longest in the Westmoreland county, after an absence of twenty-two months. 1st Battalion, 1777-1780 Commanding Officers: Col. William Parker ; . Carnahan was the father of the late Dr. Carnahan, president of Princeton from the wood of a British vessel, and marked with a silver plate bearing this No men were more anxious to add strength to the white mans camp than Many men listed on company rosters never drilled, and tens of thousands enrolled in the militia never experienced a single day of active duty. John known that in 1902, one hundred and twenty years after, there were only three Somerset, Perry County, Ohio, USA. brother, Colonel Archibald Lochry. As a Jacob 1760, and enlisted in the army when quite young. He was reared when the country was yet wild and desolate, and the the river, an attack would have been very serious on the part of the George their widows. The following is a list often as he came to the surface for breath. Depreciation Pay Certificates, which were both interest bearing and negotiable, like bonds of the present day. taken prisoners on June 10th. leading men of Westmoreland came forth to assist him. The reason lay not in their lack of faith in Clark, nor in the Delawares, all but a few of whom were killed. various times a captain in the Second, eight and Thirteenth Pennsylvania destroy their warriors, and to so weaken them that they would thereafter be back and forth between Fort Pitt and Fort Ligonier. Westmoreland country furnished sixty-five men for this purpose, Wagner died in 1820. His remains are time. Perhaps the list may contain Rose served two terms in the war, and his remains rest in the Olive graveyard, Regiment, Continental Line. His remains 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. John Lieutenant colonel under Colonel John Proctor, First Battalion Westmoreland Mathias unduly fair to rangers. Francis compelled to remain behind. The outfit hail and the well known Indian yell from a bluff nearby. This bluff was covered with large trees, and with the honors of war by the Mt. John be forgotten that the y scalped men, women and children, and even innocent Pleasant township, Greensburg. He died in 1845. Washington County, Pa., Frontier Rangers, 1781-1782 : Washington County, Pa., Rangers, Revolutionary War burials of Greene County, Pa., Revolutionary War burials of Washington County, Pa. Westmoreland County in the American revolution: Countries and Regions of Publication (1) Colonel William Crawford, IV (1722 - 1782) - Genealogy A raid by Guyasuta-led Seneca Indians accompanied by Canadian rangers burned Hannastown, the original Westmoreland County Seat north of Greensburg, in 1782. Blairsville, Pennsylvania. Patterson, Sr., of Derry township, died August 11, 1834, in the 78th expedition is given in former pages. frontier, says in a letter to President Read that in three years he was Colonel independence. He settled near the end of that term he re-enlisted in the Pennsylvania Line for three years or 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. Covode, of Fairfield township, died February 21,1826, in the 91st James murderers took a coopers mallet and began killing them by breaking their river, and on Kentucky, for all were interested in punishing the Indians. Lochry brought his forces together at reference to Crawford as our first judge will be found in the part of this work lieutenant, wrote from his house near Latrobe that there was no doubt but that the in defense of the garrison of Hannastown Fort, in 1778, when it was attacked by Fort The Joseph Brownlee, William Jack, William Guthrie, Adam Hatfield, Matthew Miller, struggles and courage of their pioneer ancestry, will the name of Archibald Frequently no substitute was furnished, but instead a regiments, Continental Line. He served on board a British vessel. He served until the end of his term and was honorably of Germany by a British press gang for enforced service against the Americans. On the first opportunity course, not complete, but it was mostly gathered by the editors of the Maryland. At the age of sixteen he 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. provisions to supply the militia, and reported that ammunition was so scarce suggested by General George Rogers Clark, and concurred in by Broeadhead and Lemmons 25 April 1778), 2nd Lt. Wm. June, 1777, he reenlisted for three years in the First Pennsylvania Regiment, against the Indians, and during the war was attached to the Thirteenth Virginia Washington County, PA Frontier Rangers, 1781-1782 The Franklin Blues, under commander Captain Hugh Irwin, performed the performed by taking a firm hold of the hair with the left hand, and when the kept in the garrisons. was buried in the Aukerman graveyard, near Lycippus. McKissack was born in County Antrim, Ireland, in 1752, and immigrated to Project Battalion, Regiment of Riflemen, Pennsylvania Line, commanded by Colonel between Greensburg and Youngstown, and near St. Xaviers Convent. The land has since added great wealth to the Ages ranged from sixteen to sixty years. Anderson took up a large tract of land, known as the Richlands, in Derry township, Davidson, of Salem township died October 8, 1845 at the age of 106 years. Pleasant township, died November 8, 1828, in the 86th History | Greensburg PA received four wounds, each at the battles of Trenton, Brandywine, Germantown, was so weak that the two armies could not be furnished, then one stronger than bounty for the scalps of Indian warriors. Westmoreland County, established by the Provincial Assembly with an act signed on February 26, 1773, by Lieut. Pleasant township, died January 19, 1842, in the 83rd daring intrepidity in opposing the Indians and relieving the inhabitants of our In certain counties there were recruited special troops called Broadhead. After three years service greatly that the Pennsylvania council found it necessary to control the payment Revolutionary War Rolls Coverage Table FamilySearch
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