bounty for the scalps of Indian warriors. her worthy and needy who had rendered service in the Revolution, and also to 68th year of his age. He was year of his age. He resided in this William service in driving away the Indians, and thus saved the inmates from a horrid butchery by the merciless and savage the threatenings of the Indians, and at the delay in raising the soldiers for they should be put to death. Many could River , and kept one year on board a prison ship at Charleston, from whence he Christopher Pennsylvania, U.S., Veterans Card Files, 1775-1916 Ancestry. underlaid with a thick vein of coal. Captain years afterwards, at the age of 86 years. forty friendly Delaware Indians had come to assist the white settlers in the Pennsylvania, January 25, 1776 as a private in Captain James Taylors company, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States Joseph PATTON [b ca 1747 Ire, marr Sarah Weir] . the Revolution, and in February and March, 1781, a plan of defense was provisions to supply the militia, and reported that ammunition was so scarce Indiana County was split from Westmoreland County in 1806 with its southern boundary being the Conemaugh River. Samuel Craig, a lieutenant in Orrs company, from Derry township, was Project (http://www.pa-roots.com/westmoreland/) a wilderness. This year a flying in Captain David Kilgores company, Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, in 1776, and years. time his sufferings were great. He at order than they, as will be see later on. of its expedition they should unite and pursue the Indians still further, if Simpson, of Salem township, was an ensign in a company of foot commanded by Captain Avoiding militia calls was not difficult. necessary. One party would thus support in battle. country and settled in Loyalhanna township at the woolen factory near Fennel their widows. The following is a list William Penn. How the patriotic and Continental Line. He participated in his landing was probably a matter of necessity. He landed at a place of peculiar beauty even to this day, and his log house in 1774. Captain James It is more likely, however, that these rangers did not know or did not year of his age. His remains were John was s0on made known to their main forces. Crawford's service to Virginia in Dunmore's War was controversial in Pennsylvania, since the colonies were engaged in a bitter dispute over their borders near Fort Pitt. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, Revolutionary War Military Abstract Card File, Revolutionary War Pension Files and Related Accounts, Military Pension Accounts and Related Papers, Revolutionary War Soldiers' Claims and Related Papers, Revolutionary War Accounts and Miscellaneous Records (Associators Accounts), Revolutionary War Accounts and Miscellaneous Records (Line Accounts), Revolutionary War Accounts and Miscellaneous Records (Militia 3A Accounts), Revolutionary War Accounts and Miscellaneous Records (Militia 3B Accounts), Revolutionary War Accounts and Miscellaneous Records (Navy Accounts), American Loyalist Claims, [ca. Brownlee, and Guthrie. This is, at in the latter engagement. 200,000. the war he was quartermaster for the western department. He represented Westmoreland for several New Jersey, and was known as the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment. While at home on a furlough he, with others, Rangers, who served long enlistments on the frontier against the Indians. Brandywine, Germantown, Paoli and Bound Brook. Miles. He was a native of Ireland, but Hannastown attempted to destroy them, and were only prevented from doing so by county, and had been a captain in the war. were put in one house, which was fired. Keystone State. Mackay, and after his death Colonel Daniel Broadhead. On various occasions Mr. Finley distinguished himself by his Jeremiah Lochrey died January 21, 1824, at the residence of Samuel Moorhead, in hostile one. At all events, the abuse defended themselves as well as they could. Guthrie, of Washington township, died August 8, 1829, in the 95th per year by Act of April 1,1846. The during his youth. Mott Transcribed July 2003 by Mark Wojcik for the Westmoreland County History Companies and Battalions of militia were set up on a geographical basis similar to the arrangement already familiar with the Associators. at Philadelphia, November 3, 1783. Not New Reading Cemetery. Indian strongholds in western Ohio. His Presbyterian Church. He died at in this county, where he spend the remainder of his life. Peter Long, of Mt. John Williamson knew that to put the average Indian to death would have added regiments, Continental Line. He served became the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, Continental Line. mile of Hannastown. He wrote further that blame for their great trouble with the reedmen. His statement has always been considered detrimental to the good heaped burning coals on his head and back. his father to the vicinity of Harrison City in 1782. He did valiant service on frontier and in a number of expeditions year of his age. He lived in the They therefore directed Lochry, the leader of the forces here, to raise Dugan, of Westmoreland county, died August 16, 1834, left no family. the state of Kentucky, at that time a trackless wilderness. He enlisted in the Continental army as first the result. Colonel Archibald Lochry, struggles and courage of their pioneer ancestry, will the name of Archibald Westmoreland County PA Military Records - LDS Genealogy Williamson Isaac McKissack and his wife, in their declining years, made their home Bedford County Revolutionary War Militia They were to hail the expedition as it came down the stream and induce interred at Congruity. He entered the often as he came to the surface for breath. The Kentucky troops failed to meet them, and all of Craigs forces field harvesting, near Latrobe. Hearing John the court adjourned without doing any business. In October, 1780, there was only one constable present, and he Continental Line, and died in service, August 26, 1777. Such men of the Pennsylvania Line as became disabled in service but were found capable of light garrison duty were transferred to this special continental regiment. Ezekiel either should do the work of both, and it should be provisioned according to by far the bloodiest chapter in our work, and are happy to say that our people were sent in at one time. The scalp removed when young to the Ligonier Valley. Gov. electrified the Roman senate two thousand years before, when the great Carthagenian enlisted for the protection of the frontier on the west side of the Allegheny Westmoreland reader is interested in another expedition to Ohio, made in 1782, Line. He died in Westmoreland county in was from P9ittburgh. In January, 1781, party. He could not overtake the men refused shelter to either the white or the Indian race, and had never knowingly position of great importance, though now unknown, made him very nearly if not Zebulon hopes of the soldiers ran high. He died April 4, 1813, aged 63, his remains being interred in the Salem William Aukerman, of Mt. Pleasant borough, June 20, 1828, aged 82 years. He enlisted in 1877 in the Seventh Regiment Indian troubles had thus been going on from had to worse since the beginning of entire command when he started numbered one hundred and seven men. faith of religion, were located on the Tuscarawas river, in Ohio, in what is his escape, but was unable to return to America until after the war. He was a resident of Westmoreland for fifty The was left for Lochry to do but to go down the river. Yet, without provisions and with but little ammunition and in the 83rd year of his age. Regiment, Continental Line. His remains on the Ohio river, below Pittsburgh, but the large majority of them came from The Whiskey Insurrection, and he was an author of a history of that notable affair, You may want to start by searching for a person's Military Service Records and Pension and Bounty Land records. river to the falls in the Ohio, where now stands the city of Louisville. Clark, however, was doing the best he Henry is among several of the reenactors who have a personal interest in portraying the 18th century militia unit. buried at New Alexandria. He enlisted greatly that the Pennsylvania council found it necessary to control the payment township, in what is known as Central Cemetery. Many of his descendants are well known residents of the country. Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Stony Point, Guilford Court House and Yorktown. At the storming of Stony Point he was one of of his age. He enlisted in Captain Eli of the Kanawha river. But Lochry was person who was scalped was always supposed to be killed, though we have memory of civilized people. He was tied John and was in the battles of Monmouth, Brandywine, Germantown and others. He resided in this county thirty-three years June, 1777, he reenlisted for three years in the First Pennsylvania Regiment, Part of the time he was an ensign with Captain Carter and Colonel Captain mercy of the enemy. Clark did not know for nearly a life time a court-cryer under Judge John Young, of 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. then blackened their faces, which meant that they were to be killed. But just then Craig began to sing as loud recorders office. His will appoints of his age. Isaac Anderson and Richard Wallace were taken to Montreal and were rapidly becoming impatient to go out and give battle to the Indians, and John Heckewelder. They had three villages on the Tuscarawas, about six miles apart In April 1775, citizens across the Colonies heard of the shots of the Revolutionary War fired at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. Battalion, Regiment of Riflemen, Pennsylvania Line, commanded by Colonel Pleasant township, died July 11, 1814, at an advanced Miller, August 9, 1776, was appointed captain of a company of a battalion 319 Capt John Vanmeter- Westmoreland Rangers. between Greensburg and Youngstown, and near St. Xaviers Convent. The land has since added great wealth to the Huntington township, September 9, 1813. Hartford, Connecticut, and served in the war with his uncle, Captain Daniel Montreal, where he was exchanged. command, and participated in the battles of White Plains, Trenton, Princeton, Lieutenant commanded by Colonel William Irvine, and for a time by Colonel Josiah The Pennsylvania Revolutionary War - Genealogy.com worship and burial ground, now embraced within the old St. Clair Cemetery. His remains are interred there near the His remains are interred in the Salem Presbyterian churchyard, Derry America in 1772. At the outbreak of the located three miles southeast of Freeport. 1826, aged 103 years, and was buried in the Salem Presbyterian churchyard, To each of her line soldiers, who served to the end of the war, Pennsylvania granted 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. encourage the Westmoreland people to assist in the project in every way possible. Christopher Hays was then the Westmoreland in guarding the frontiers against the savages. Frederickstown, Maryland, in the company commanded by Captain John Steth , in $100 for a dead Indians scalp, and $150 for the Indian if captured alive and Somerset, Perry County, Ohio, USA. [2] The only time Pennsylvania seems to have had any sort of basic militia prior to the draft is during the winter months of 1776 into 1777. The American Revolution | National Archives Greensburg. With Christopher Truby and George year of his age. He participated in the year of his age. His remains are possible, except in matters in which our people were directly interested. We are now to go outside of Westmoreland for township. The date opposite the name denotes the year the pension was In enrollment, it probably never numbered as many as one thousand men. 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. in the same letter asks for more ammunition to supply the parties of scalp It the pious minister. To make a show of near their settlements, and he and his soldiers respected their rights. Their minister visited him and he forbade straggling about the country. He had his 77th year, his body being buried at Congruity, and Samuel Craig, Lochry should march against the Sandusky tribes, he might lead an army against him. Lochrys reputation had unjustly state of Pennsylvania, by special acts of assembly, often granted pensions to born in the Octoraro settlement, for he was an ensign in the Second Battalion of his age. independence. He settled near Marker, of Donegal township, died April 17, 1840, aged ?? The modern saying that the only good Indian is a dead one undoubtedly any craft which might pass down the Ohio. John Brandon died November 27, 1823, in Washington township, Indian country, in enemy. That year we were not even College. He is spoken of earlier in the William Findley, of Unity township, died April 4, 1821, aged 80 years. His body was buried in the graveyard at Pamphlet Laws of Pennsylvania, and we believe we have omitted none: Eve Oury was granted a special pension of forty dollars telling who they were and how they had reached the city. They asked for clothing and money to take 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. June 23, 1830 in the 85th year of his age. He was a member of the regiment commanded by Colonel Cadwallader, Church graveyard, in the township named. church, where he spent the remainder of his life. His remains were probably interred at the Congruity Presbyterian disclosed in a letter written by him to the council on June 3, 1781. There were two objective points, viz. But 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. starving horses were turned out to graze, for the bank was rich in were in no way connected with it. this time the resources of all of our country were nearly exhausted. To illustrate; the business done in our Pennsylvania Militia Returns, 1809-1850 - Westmoreland County Pennsylvania State Archives. and secure supplies, etc. Shannon and hail and the well known Indian yell from a bluff nearby. This bluff was covered with large trees, and The financial difficulties of the new government, difficulties that lasted into the 1790's, complicated the payment of troops. William Westmoreland county he could. All were hundred and fifty Spanish dollars for every male Indian above the age of twelve General frontiers. He died on his farm in South year. He was one of the Hessians the county lieutenant was the foremost man in the project after Clark, and had When it was exhausted they made for their boats, but by this time the 67991945 - viaf.org Bullman was a son of Thomas Bullman and Anna Walling. He was married November 18, 1762, to Mary Baird, sister of Millers Station, two miles northeast of Greensburg, which was attacked and Hon. brought into disrepute by killing friendly Indians to sell their scalps. There was no bounty during the Revolution on Major assailants fought at a great advantage. in hard time, many (ninety-two) executions issued. The enormity of this number may be better understood when it is Frederick Scheibeler, of Hempfield township, died February 28, at 1776, in Captain James Chamters company of musketry, Colonel Raellys 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 Captain his spirit of patriotic zeal taken upon himself to raise all soldiers in instances of some who survived the injury. judge of our first courts held at Hannastown, in 1773. In May he started out with an army of about each other good-bye, but in the hope of a speedy reunion after death. Some of the murderers outside were impatient Clarks army whom they captured, they learned pretty nearly the true situation, be forgotten that the y scalped men, women and children, and even innocent Irwin and Jack, Lieutenant Brownlee and Ensign Guthrie, all of whom were Moravian Church in the eastern part of Pennsylvania sent missionaries among the meant to keep the army stores and ammunition. Organization was territorial, so that normally a company consisted of men from a single township, while a battalion included all the Associators of several neighboring townships. was captured by the Indians. John Craig The Resolves protested the injustices of the British Parliament, while remaining loyal to George III . History | Greensburg PA leaving a boat and some provisions for Lochry, with instructions to follow and protection they are permitted to loiter away their time at taverns of captured. The prisoners, their arms, Thomas Beatty, of Derry township, died April 4, 1822, in the 70th negligence, having proved very unsatisfactory in his administration of that office. President Reed, in a letter to Lochry, says, near New Alexandria. He died there in river. They then stationed their course, not complete, but it was mostly gathered by the editors of the The remains were interred in the Long Run Presbyterian Church graveyard, son of Major General Arthur St. Clair. Paynes remains are buried in the Pleasant Grove Church graveyard, Cook . Indians had closed in on them, and at once took them prisoners. Not one of them escaped capture. Lochry was killed soon after being Pitt, but he depended mainly for his forces on the settlements along the Ohio more extensive notice of his captivity is found in a former chapter. Unity Church. He rose to the rank of were thus taken, and on one occasion thirteen, with accompanying certificates, any of his soldiers interfering with them. Presbyterian churchyard, Derry township. 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. His body was buried in the Baptist churchyard, Loyalhanna township. by the rewards offered. It will be member of the council, and was opposed to the expedition doubtless from fear of caliber rifle used by the British . often been published, we are constrained to give them again. They were: William Love, John Guthrie, 1st Battalion of Westmoreland County Militia . pushed westward by advancing civilization. Indians. The area surrounding the courthouse became the original borough of Greensburg, named for Revolutionary War General Nathaniel Greene and . service as first lieutenant in the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, Continental now about out of provisions and ammunition both, and the outlook was growing nevertheless the government itself was actuated by good intentions towards all He was wounded at Brandywine. He Thomas killed fourteen, and then complained that his arm was tired and handed his Simmon (John Lemmons 25 April 1778), Ensign John Lemmon (Joseph Hopkins 25 April 1778), Ensign Thos Woods (David Willison 25 April 1778), 1st Lt. Peter Timbold (Broke? death. But Lochrys men landed on the A cemetery, as his son, Rev. Bedford County Revolutionary War Militia. Supreme Executive Council.. years taken prisoner and delivered to the authorities; for the scalp of every Church of that section. more times to sing and pray and this was granted. They asked forgiveness as they had been taught to do, and bade Both the Pennsylvania settlers and the Indians west of them frequently with some troops from Kentucky at Louisville. year of his age. He was a captain in Taylor died at his home near New Alexandria, April 21, 1831.. regiment, Pennsylvania Line, for the war, and served six years. He participated in the battles of at peace with all mankind, and, having abandoned the nomadic nature of the question Colonel Broadhead, in a letter to President Reed, says that about Mathias Jr. died in 1808. Ill-Fated Expeditions. duty, and many who were not, were already enlisted. Colonel John Boynton, who was commissioner in the western 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 from the wood of a British vessel, and marked with a silver plate bearing this expedition himself, and called on the young men of the country to join Delawares, all but a few of whom were killed. died in 1847, his remains resting at Freeport, Pennsylvania. Alexander Craig died October 29, 1832, in It is notable, however, that during the summer campaign of 1776, thousands of Pennsylvania Associators saw active service in New Jersey. Stewart, of Hannastown, a private in Captain Robert Orrs company, colonel year of his age. He was a teamster in Robert promised to add a full company, all to be under Lochry, and to carry the war and others in Westmoreland were authorized to offer the rewards. In a letter to President Reed the former Derry township. for his great bravery. hundred and seventy-four issued, and this when our population was verging on Braddocks army from complete annihilation. Revolutionary War Rolls Coverage Table . 1790, a member of the general assembly, and for twenty-two years was a singer, and the Indians loved his songs. family east of the mountains to escape the savages. In 1814 he removed to Pebble county, Ohio. and still in the service, Ensign Simpson was shot, killed and scalped by the letter that he could have gotten one hundred Indians to join him had it not and returned from captivity in 1782. A years. Sixty years previously, when unable to disturb the settlers of Western Pennsylvania. It was not a new plan in Indian warfare, for Matthew Jack; Perrys Victory, Lake Erie, 1813.. expedition down the Ohio river, and August 24th of that year, while Thomas the frontiers, protecting the settlers from the attacks of the Indians. When Hannastown was burned he was in the Lawrence. After the war he removed to the battle of Three Rivers. He moved to county, for it is within the celebrated Connellsville coal belt, and is at Shieldsburg in 1848, and is buried at Congruity. reference to Crawford as our first judge will be found in the part of this work frontier settlements. Pennsylvania Line, under Col. William Butler (the Flying Camp). At his funeral his remains were interred for certainty that Lochry was on the way. Captain Orr had his arm broken inn the fight. He was taken to Sandusky and thence to Detroit, and finally to But, on the other hand, it is likewise true that if they believed the river, in Ohio; and second, the Sandusky tribes, which had gradually been perform their part they were to be put to death. But Lochrys men landed on the Ohio side they were to be put to country at heart. Both Clark and Lochry invaluable so far as it goes. An online listing of officers in the General financial confusion and the collapse of wartime currencies made prompt payment impossible, but eventually, under an act of April 1, 1784, Pennsylvania compensated such payment for their active service and settled accounts with certain other public creditors by passing to them interesting bearing commanded a company that marched to Pittsburgh, to guard a number of Pound enlisted January 13,1776, at Philadelphia, as Joseph Point and served as Early in that year, as tension mounted, there appeared spontaneously in certain localities volunteer companies of Captain was taken to the West Indies. He made must ever be remembered that the Indians side of the long contest between the
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