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storage of ammunition and supplies, guarded by sol- ut. To this eminence the early settlers mere wont
diers.' Its proper name after 1759 (though seldom n times of danger to resort daily to reconnoitre the
given to it) was ' Fort Burd.' And there is evidence ountry, sometimes climbing trees to see whether any
that besides its governmental purposes it mas often ndians had crossed the borders, of mhich they judged
resorted to by the early settlers with their families by the smoke of their camps. This hill commanded
.
for protection, though for that object it was less riew from the mountains to the Illonongahela, and
adapted than many of the private forts." rom Cheat hills far to the northward. On the occa-
One of the earliest erected forts of this kind mas by ion referred to, the scouts reported that Indians had
John Minter, the Stevensons, Crawfords, and others, rossed the Xonongahela, judging from some smoke
on land of the former,-since Blackiston's, now '~vhichs o gracefully curled." The alarm was given,
Ebenezer Moore's,-about a mile and a half mest- ~ndt he settlers flocked to Ashcraft's fort, with wives
ward of Pennsville. lnd children, guns and provisions, and prepared to
There was one on the old Thomas Gaddis farm, neet the foe, when, lo! much to the vexation of
two miles south of Uniontown, but what was its name ome and the joy of others, the alarm soon proved to
cannot certainly be learned, or by whom or when )e "all smoke."
erected, probably, however, by Colonel Gaddis, as he Besides the settlers' forts mentioned as above by
mas an early settler and a man of large public spirit. Teech, there was one where Perryopolis now stands,
Another, called Pearse's fort, was on the Catamba' milt by Gilbert Simpson (as previously noticed in a
Indian trail, about four miles northeast of Union- etter of Valentine Cran-ford to Washington), also
town, near the residencesof William and John Jones. L strong block-house at Beeson's Nil1 (now Union-
Some old Lombardy poplars, recently fallen, denoted own), and perhaps a few others within the limits of
its site. ?ayette County.
About one mile northwest of Xerrittstomn there
mas one on land now of John Craft. Its name is
forgotten.
Swearingen's fort was in Spring Hill township, near
the cross-roads from Cheat River towards Bro~ms- CHAPTER X.
ville. It derived its name from John Swearingen,
who omned the land on n-hicli it stood, or from his THE RE\-OLUTION.
son, Van Swearingen, afterwards sheriff of Washing-
ton County, a captain in the Revolution and in the hope Raised for the Field-Subsequeut Disaffection-Lochq's Espe-
dition.
frontier %*ars,a nd whose nephew of the same name
fell at St. Clair's defeat. WHEN,in the early part of May, 1775, the nem of
One of considerable capacity, called Lucas' fort, :he battle of Lexingtou sped across the Alleghenies,.
was on the old Richard Brown farm, near the frame innouncing the opening of the Revolutionary strug-
meetinghouse, in Nicholson township. ;le, the response which it brought forth from the
McCoy's fort, on land of James McCoy, stood where people west of'the mountains was prompt and uumis
now stands the barn of the late Eli Bailey, in South :akablg patriotic. In this region the feud was then
Union township. it its height between Virginia and Pennsylvania, both
Morris' fort, which w s one of the first grade, was zlaiming and both attempting to exercise jurisdiction
much resorted to by the old settlers on the upper 3ver the country between Laurel Hill and the Ohio;
Monongahela and Cheat, and from Ten-Mile. It but the partisans of both provinces unhesitatingly
stood on Sandy Creek, just by, and near the Virginia laid aside their animosities, or held them in abeyance,
line, outside Fayette County limits. It was to this and both, on the same day, held large and patriotic
fort that the family of the father of the late Dr. Jo- meetings, pledging themselves to aid to the extent of
seph Doddridge resorted in 1774, as mentioned in his their ability the cause of the colonies against the en-
notes. The late Col. Andrew Noore, who resided croachments of Britain. Prominent in the proceedings
long near its site, said that he had frequently seen the of both meetings were men from that part of West-
ruins of the fort and its cabins, which may yet be moreland County mhich is now Fayette. The meet-
traced. ing called and held under Virginia auspices was
Ashcraft's fort stood on land of the late Jesse reported as follows:
Evans, Esq., where Phineas Sturgis lived, in George5 "At a meeting of the inhabitants of that part of
township. Tradition tells of a great alarm and resort Augusta County that lies on the west side of the
to this fort on one occasion, caused thus: 0u land Laurel Hill, at Pittsburgh, the 16th day of Nay,
lately omned by Robert Britt, in that vicinity, there is 1775, the following gentlemen mere chosen a com-
a yery high hob, called Prospect Hill, or Point Look- mittee for the said district, viz. : George Croghan,
John Campbell, Edward Ward, Thomas Smallman,
1 In this statement Veech is mistaken, having evidently cot~foundec
the Redstone Old Fort with Fort Burd, which was built ursr its site, Lui John Canon, John &lcCullough,W illiam Goe, George
was a11 entirely different structure. Vallandigham, John Gibson, Dorsey Pentecost, Ed-
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ward Cook, William Crawford, Devereus Smith, present exigencies have made so exceedingly neces-
John Anderson, David Rodgers, Jacob Van Meter, sary.
Henry Enoch, James Ennis, George Wilson, William " As this committee has reason to believe there is a
Vauce, David Shepherd, William Elliott, Richmond quantity of ammunition destined for this place for
Willis, Samuel Sample, John Ormsby, Richard Mc- the purpose of government, and as this country on
Maher, John Nevill, and John Swearingen." the west side of Laurel Hill is greatly distressed for
A standing committee was appointed, to hare " full want of ammunition, and deprived of the means of
yover to meet at such times as they shall judge neces- procuring it, by reason of its situation, as easy as the
sary, and in case of any emergency to call the com- lower counties of this colony, they do earnestly re-
mittee of this district together, and shall be vested quest the committees of Frederick, Augusta, and
vith the same power and authority as the other Hampshire that they mill not suffer the ammunition
standing committee and committees of correspond- to through their counties for the purposes of
ence are in the other counties within this colony." gorernment, but will secure it for the use of this des-
It was by the meeting "Resolved, unanimously, titute country, and immediately inform this com-
That this committee have the highest sense of the mittee of their having done so. Ordered, that the
spirited behavior of their brethren in ?Sew England, standing committee be directed to secure such arms
and do most cordially approve of their opposing the and ammunition as are not employed in actual ser-
invaders of American rights and privileges to the ;;ice or private property, and that they get the same
utmost extreme, and that each member of this com- repaired, and deliver them to such captains of inde-
mittee respectively will animate and encourage their pendent companies as may make application for the
neighborhood to follow the brave example. . . . same, and taking such captains' receipt for the arms
"Resol~ed,T hat the recommendation of the Rich- so delivered.
mond Convention of the 20th of last March, relative "Resolved, That this committee do approve of the
to the embodying, arming, and disciplining of the resolution of the committee of the other part of this
militia, be immediately carried into execution with county relative to the cultivating a friendship with
the greatest diligence in tl~isc ountry by the officers the Indians, and if any person shall be so depraved
appointed for that end, and that the recommendation as to take the life of any Indian that may come to us
of the said convention to the several committees of in a friendly manner, we mill, as one man, use our
this colony to collect from their constituents, in such utmost endeavors to bring such offenders to condign
manner as shall be most agreeable to them, so much punishment.
money as shall be sufficient to purchase half a pound Resolved, That the sum of fifteen pounds, current
"
of gunpowder and one pound of lead, flints, and money, be raised by subscription, and that the same
cartridge, paper for every tithable person in their be transmitted to Robert Carter Nicholas, Esq., for
.county be likewise carried into execution. the use of the deputies sent from this colony to the
"This committee, therefore, out of the deepest General Congress; which sum of money was imme-
sense of the expediency of this measure, most earn- diately paid by the committee then present." The
estly entreat that every member of this committee do delegates referred to in this resolutiom were John
collect from each tithable person in their several dis- ~ariiean d George Bootes, who mere addressed, in
tricts the sum of two shillings and sixpence, which instructions from the committee, as being chosen to
"
we deem no more than sufficient for the above pur- represent the people on the west side of the Laurel
pose, and give proper receipts to all such as pay the Hill in the Colonial Congress for the ensuing year,"
same into their hands. . . . And this committee, as the committee then instructing them to lay certain
your representatives, and who are most ardently la- specified grievances of the people of this section be-
boring for your preservation, call on you, our con- fore the Congress at their first meeting, as we con-
"
stituents, our friends, brethren, and fellow-suferers, ceive it highly necessary they should be redressed to
in the name of God, of all you hold sacred or valua- put us on a footing with the rest of our brethren in
ble, for the sake of your wives, children, and unborn the colony."
generations, that you mill every one of yon, in your The meeting held at the same time at the county-
several stations, to the utmost of your power, assist seat of Westmoreland County, under the call of the
in levying such sum, by not only paying yourselves, Pennsylvanians, was reported as below :
but by assisting those who are not at present in a "At a general meeting of the inhabitants of the
condition to do so. We heartily lament the case of county of Westmoreland, held at.H anna's Town on
all such as have not this sum at command in this day the 16th day of May, 1775, for taking into considera-
of necessity; to all such we recommend to tender se- tion the very alarming situation of the country oc-
curity to such as Providence has enabled to lend them casioned by the dispute with Great Britain,-
so much ; and this committee do pledge their faith and " Resolzed, unanimousEy, That the .Parliament of
fortunes to you, their constituents, that we shall, with- Great Britain, by several late acts, have declared
out fee or reward, use our best endeavors to procure, the inhabitants of the Massachusetts Bay to be in
with the money so collected, the ammunition our rebellion, and the ministry, by endeavoring to en-
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74 HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUXTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
force those acts, have attempted to reduce the said go on in the same IT-ay as before the era of the Stamp
inhabitants to a more wretched state of slavery than Act, when Boston grew great and America was happy.
ever before existed in any state or country. Not As a proof of this disposition, we will quietly submit
content mith violating their constitutional and char- to the laws by which we have been accustomed to be
tered privileges, they mould strip them of the rights zoverned before that period, and mill, in our several
of humanity, esposing lives to the wanton and un- 3r associate capacities, be ready, when called on, to
punishable sport of a licentious soldiery, and de- assist the civil magistrates in carrying the same into
priving then1 of the very means of subsistence. sxecution.
" Resolced, unanimously, Thnt there is no reason to "Fifth. That when the British Parliament shall
doubt but the same system of tyranny and oppression hare repealed their late obnoxious statutes, and shall
mill (should it meet with success in Massachusetts recede from their claim to tax us and make 1 : ~f~ors
Bay) be extended to other parts of America; it is us in every instance, or some general plan of union
therefore become the indispensable duty of every and reconciliation has been formed ancl accepted by
American, of every man who has any public virtue America, this, our association, shall be dissolved, but
or lore for his country, or any bowels for posterity, till then it shall remain in full force; and to the ob-
by every means which God has put in his pon:er, to servation of it me bind ourselves by everything dear
resist and oppose the execution of it; that for us we ancl sacred amongst men. No licensed murder! KO
will be ready to oppose it with our lives an4 fortunes. famine introduced by law !"
Snd the better to enable us to accomplish it, me will The first men who went forward from this region
immediately form ourselves into a military body, to to service in the Revolutionary army were about
consist of companies, to be made up out of the sev- twenty frontiersmen, who marched from tlie Mononi
eral townships, under the following association, which gahela country and crossed the Alleghenies to join
is declared to be the Association of Westmoreland the Maryland company commanded by Capt. Nichael
County : Cresap, of Redstone Old Fort (afterwards Brorns-
"Possessed with the most unshaken loyalty and ville), He had been in Kentucky in the spring of
fidelity to His Majesty King George the Third, whom. 1775, but being taken ill there had set out by may of
me acknowledge to be our lawful and rightful king, the Ohio and across the mountains for his home in
and who we wish may long be the beloved sovereign Maryland, where he hoped to -recover his health.
of a free and happy people throughout the whole "On his may across the Allegheny Mountains1 he
British Empire, we declare to the world that we do n-as met by a faithful friend with a message stating
not mean by this association to deviate from that loy- that he had been appointed by the Committee of
alty which we hold it our bounden duty to observe; Safety at Frederick a captain to command one of the
but, animated with the lore of liberty, it is no less two rifle companies required from Maryland by a
. our duty to maintain and defend our just rights resolution of.Congress. Experienced officers and the
(which with sorrow we have seen of late wantonly very best men that could be procured were demanded.
violated in many instaxes by a wicked ministry and "When I communicated my business,' says the mes-
a corrupted Parliament), and transmit them entire to senger in his artless narrative, 'and announced his
our posterity, for which we do agree and associate appointment, instead of becoming elated he became
together. pensive and solemn, as if his.spirits were really de-
"First. To arm and form ourselves into a regi- pressed, or as if he had a that this was
ment, or regiments, and choose officers to command his death-warrant. He said he mas in bad health,
us, in such proportions as shall be thought necessary. and his affairs in a deranged state, but that neverthe-
- "Second. We mill with alacrity endeavor to make less, as the committee had selected him, and as he
ourselves masters of the manual, exercise, and such understood from me his father had pledged himself
erolutions as may be necessary to enable us to act in that he shonld accept of this appointment, he mould
a body with concert, and to that end we mill meet at go, let the consequences be what they might. He
such times and places as shall be appointed, either then directed me to proceed to the west side of the
Eor the companies or the regiment, by the officers mountains and publish to his old conlpanions in arms
commanding each when chosen. this his intention; this I did, and in a very short
"Third. That should our country be invaded by a time collected and brought to him at his residence in
foreign enemp, or should troops be sent from Great Old Town [Maryland] about twenty-two as fine fel-
Britain to enforce the late arbitrary acts of its Par- lows as ever handled rifle, and most, if not all of
liament, we will cheerfully submit to military disci- them, completely equipped.' "
pline, and to the utmost of our power resist and It was in June that these men mere raised and
oppose them, or either of them, and will coincide moved across the mountains to Frederick, Md., to
mith any plan that may be formed for the defense of join Cresap's company. A letter written from that
America in general, or Pennsylvania in particular. place on the 1st of the following August to a gentle-
"Fourth. That we do not wish or desire any innp-
vation, but only that things may be restored to and 1 Extract from "Lob%n and Cresap," by Col. Bnntz DIqer.
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man in Philadelphia said, " Notwithstanding the SOt he two Virginia regiments raised in the valleys of
urgency of my business, I have been detained three he Youghiogheny and Xonongahela, viz. :
days in this place by an'occurrence truly agreeable. "Many reasons have we to expect a war [with the
I have had the happiness of seeing Capt. Michael Indians] this spring. The chief of the lower settle-
Cresap marching at the head of a formidable com- nents upon the Ohio has moved off; and should both
pany of upwards of one hundred and thirty men ;he regidents be moved away, it will greatly distress
from the mountains and backwoods, painted like In- ;he people, as. the last raised by myself-[the West
dians, armed with tomahawks and rifles, dressed in hugusta Regiment] was expected to be a guard for
hunting-shirts and moccasins, and though some of ;hem if there mas an' Indian war. By the Governor
them had traveled near eight hndred [?J miles from ~f Virginia I was appointed to command that regi-
the banks of the Ohio, they seemed to walk light and nent at the request of the people.
easy, and not with less spirit than on the first hour " The conditions mere that tl'e soldiers were enlisted
. . .
of their march." They marched in August, and luring the war, and if an Indian war should come on
joined Washington's army near' Boston, where and ;his spring they mere to be continued there, as their
in later campaigns they did good service. Their nterest ~vnso n the spot; but if there should be no
captain's health growing worse he resigned and [ndian war in that quarter, then they were to go
started for Maryland, but died on his way in New ivherever called. On these conditions many cheer-
York in the following October. The names of the fully enlisted. The regiment, I believe, by this time
men who were recruited west of the mountains for is nearly made up, as five hundred and odd were made
Cresap's company cannot be given, but there can he up before I came away, and the officers were recruit-
little doubt that most of them were from the vicinity ing very fast ; but should they be ordered away before
of the place where their captain had located his fron- they get blankets and other necessaries, I do not see
tier home,-Redstone O!d Fort, on the Monongahela. how they are to be moved; besides, the inhabitants
will be in great fear under the present circumstances.
The first considerable body of men recruited in Many men have already been t&en from that region,
the Monongahela country for the Revolutionary army so that if that regiment should march away, it will
was a battalion, afterwards designated as the Seventh leave few or none to defend the country. There are
Virginia. It was raised in the fall of 1775, chiefly no arms, as the chief part of fhe first men were amzed
through the efforts of William Crawford, whose head- there, which Iias left the place wry bare; but let me
quarters for the recruiting of it were at his home at be ordered anywhere, and I will go if possible. . . .,'
Stewart's Crossings on the Yonghiogheny, then in the By the above letter is shown the rather remarkable
county of Westmorelaud, or rather, as the Virginia fact that by the early part of 1777 the Youghiogheny
partisans claimed, in the western district of Augusta and Monongahela region of country had furnished
County, Va. After raising this regiment, Crawford two regiments' to the quota of Virginia (besides
did not immediately secure a colone!cy, but mas com- eight fill companies to.the ~enns~lvanLiian e, as will
missioned lieutenant-colonel of the Fifth Virginia in be noticed below), and that the men of the first regi-
January, 1776, and in the latter part of the same year ment ~aisedh ere had been almost conlpletely armed
became colonel of the Se~enth. The regiment which before marching to join thearmy. Cramford's last regi-
he raised mas made up principally of men from the ment, the Thirteenth Virginia, performed its service
region now embraced in the counties of Westmore- in the West, being stationed in detachments at Fort
land and Fayette, but no rolls or lists of their names Pitt, Fort McIntosh, and other points on the Ohio
can be given. The regiment tool; the field early in and Allegheny Rivers. No list of its officers and
1776, fought well in the battle of Long Island, men has been found.
marched with Washington's dispirited army in its
retreat through New Jersey in the latter part of the Under Pennsylvania authority a cor$&p.. yas
same year, and performed good service at Trenton raised in Westmoreland County in 5X6,gnder com-
and other engagements, but in the latter years of the mand of Capt. Joseph Erwin. It marched to Mar-
war served in the Western Department, nnd for a long cus Hook, where it was incorporated with Col. Sam-
time formed part of the garrison of Fort Pitt. uel Miles' Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment." It \ras
"
The " West Augusta Regimentw-designated as the subsequently included in the Thirteenth Pennsylra-
Thirteenth Virginia-was afterwards raised, princi- nia, then in the Second Pennsylvania Regiment, and
piilly by Col. Cramford's efforts, in the same region mas finally discharged from service at Valley Forge
of country in which his first regiment had been re- Jan.. 1, 1778, by reason of expiration of its term of
cruited. Of this last regiment he was made colonel. enlistment. During its period of service the com-
An extract from a letter written by him to Gen.
rvashington,' dated " Fredericktown, Naryland, Feb- 2 In Frbriiary, 1777, Congress a~propriatedt he sem of.t"10,000, "to be
ruary 12,1T77," is given below, because of its reference paid to Col. William Cr;~wfurclf ur mising a!~de quipping his regiment,
xhi& is a part of the Virginin new levies." It is uot certain as to wlrieh
of the regimeuts nkised by Crnaford this hdreference, but it appears to
1 V7ashi3gton-Cmwford Letten, p. G2. harebeen the last one, tho "West Augusta Regiment." . . . .
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74 HISTORY OF FATETTE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
pany fought at Long Island, White Plains, Trenton, Fitzgerald, Henry.
Princeton, Quibbletown (N. J.), Brandywine, and Forsyth, James.
Germantom. oliow wing is a roll of the company: Gunnon, Jeremiah, missing since the battle, Aug. 27,
1776.
Captain.
Guthry, John, missing since the battle, Aug. 27,1776.
Erwin, Joseph, Westmoreland County, appointed
Guthry, William, missing since the battle, Aug. 27,
March 9, 1776 ; comnlission dated April 6, 1776 ; 1776.
promoted captain in Ninth Pennsylvania.
Geyer, Peter, enlisted at Hannastomn ; discharged at
Pirst Lieutenant. Valley Forge Jan. 1, 1778 ; wounded by a bayo-
net in the groin and by a ball in the leg at Ger-
Carnaghan, James, from second lieutenant ; missing
mantown. His wife, Mary, went with his com-
since the battle, Aug. 27, 1776; after release he
pany as washer-woman, with her son John, above
repaired to headquarters, in December, 1776, and
mentioned, and accompanied the regiment in all
served as a volunteer at Trenton and Princeton;
promoted first lieutenant in Eighth Pennsylva- its marches; she mas eighty-six years of age in
1821, then residing in Cumberland County; she
nia on Jan. 15, 1777.
had three other children:-Jacob, Mary, and
Second Lieutenants.
Catharine.
Carnaghan, James, appointed March 16,1776; pro- Henderson, Edward.
moted first lieutenant Oct. 24, 1776. Hennan, David.
Sloan, David, from third lieutenant, Aug: 9, 1776; Hennan, John.
killed in battle at Long Island, Aug. 27, 1776 ; Henry, John, missing since the battle, Aug. 27, 1776.
left a widow Mary and daughter Ann, aged eleven, Heslet, Robert.
in 1789 residing in Westmoreland County. Holiday, William.
Third Lieutenants. Johnson, Robert.
Kelly, Philip, missing since the battle, Aug. 27,1776,
Sloan, David, appointed March 19, 1776; promoted
Leech, Archibald, discharged Jan. 1,1778 ; resided in
second lieutenant, to date from Aug. 9,1776.
Armstrong County in 1811.
Brownlee, Joseph, commission dated April 15,1776 ;
Leech, James.
promoted second lieutenant Oct. 24, 1776 ; miss-
Leonard, James, discharged Jan. 1, 1778 ; resided in
ing since the battle of Long Island, Aug. 27,1776.
Warren County, Ohio, in 1831, aged eighty-seven.
Sergeants. McClelland, David.
Lindsay, William. McCollister, James.
Roddy, Samuel. RIcCord, William.
Dugan, James. RlcKenzie, Andy, "a volunteer," missing since the
Justice, John. battle, Aug. 27, 1776.
Drum and Fge. Miller, Peter, resided iu Bedford County in 1819.
Howard, George. Xoor, William, missing since the battle, Aug. 27,
Gunnon, John. lX6.
Geyer, John, drummer-boy (eleven years of age), son Bloll, William, missing since the battle, Aug. 27,
of Peter Geyer, below; mounded in the heel at 1776.
Germantown ; discharged Jan. 1, 1778, at Valley Nail, James.
Forge: mas a stone-mason, residing in Metal Nelson, James, missing since the battle, Aug. 27,
township, Franklin Co., in 1821. 1776.
Privates. Nelson, William, wounded in the left knee; missing
Andersw, Xartin. since the battle, Aug. 27, 1776 ; resided in West-
Bentley, Eames. rnoreland County in 1789.
Brown, Andrew. Orr, David.
Bromnfield, Daniel, missing since the battle, Aug. 27, Riddle, John.
1776. Riddle, Robert.
Brownlee, John, April 1, 1776; discharged Jan. 1, Roddy, Patrick.
1778 ; resided in Donegal township, Washington Sims, John.
Co., in 1814. Singlewood, Stephen, missing since the battle, Aug.
Bryson, Andrew, April 1,1776 ; drafted into the artil- 27, 1776.
lery at Brandywine; discharged Jan. 1, 1778; Stamper, Charles, missing since the battle, Aug. 27,
resided in Bedminster township, Bucks Co., in 1776.
1816. Stone, Allen.
Cam ahan, Joseph. Stoops, John, missing since the battle, Aug. 27, 1776.
Duyough, William. Twifold, William, missing since the battle, Ang. 27,
Do! le, Sylvester. 1776.
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Waddle, William, April, 1776; discharged Jan. 1, Lay aside all Personall Resentments at this time, for
1778; resided in Westmoreland County in 1819. that it Would be construed By ye Worald that they
matterson, John. made use of that Sircumstance to Hide themselves
Wead, Maurice. under from ye cause of their countrie, and I hope it
Wilkinson, Angus, missing since the battle, Aug. 27, Will have a Good Efect at this time. We Have ishued
1776. ye Neceserey orders, and appointed ye owt Parties to
Three sergeants were also captured, but t,he roll Randevous at Hanows Town, ye lFh instant, and to
does not indicate which. Mardl Emeditly from there. We have Recornended
it to ye Militia to Station One Hundred Men at this
The Eighth Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line post until further orders.
Kas raised under authority of a resolution of Con- "I Hope to have ye Plesure of Seeing you Soon, as
gress, dated July 15,1776 (" Journal," vol. i. 41-19), we mean to take Philodelphia in ower Rout. In ye
for the defense of the western frontier, to garrison the mean time, I am, With Esteem, your Harty Weli-
posts of Presque Isle, Le Bceuf, and Kittanning, to con- wisher and Hb"Se rt,
sist of seven companies from Westmoreland and one G. Wrrsox.
from Bedford County. On tlie 29th of July, 1'776, the " To Col. JAMWEISL SONo, f the Honorable the Cont.
Convention of Pennsylvania, then in session, having Congress, Phila."
recommended for field-officers of this regiment Col.
Until the 5th of December, 1776, the regiment was
Eneas Xackey (written also RlcCoy), Lieut.-Col.
styled in the quartermaster's receiph "the Battalion
GeorgelVilson (of New Geneva, now Fayette County),
commanded by Col. Eneas Mackay," but at that date
and Maj. Richard Butler, they mere elected and ap-
pointed as such by Congress. A resoluti~no f Con- it is first styled "The Eighth Battalion of Penn'a
troops in the Continental service," showing that it
gress having given to the committees of Westmore-
had then been assigned to duty in the Continental
land and Bedford Counties the right of naming the
Line. The regiment marched from Kittanning on
company officers, they were so named (as in the roster
the 6th of January, 1777, and it and the Twelfth
hereafter given), and on the 14th of September, 1'776,
Pennsylvania were the first regiments of the Line in
Congress accepted them and ordered commissions.
On the 22d of September Congress elected David Mc- tlie field. The next notice of it is found in the Life
Clure chaplain, and Ephraim Douglass quartermaster of Timothy Picliering" (volun~ei. , page 121), in the
of the regiment. On the 23d of Rovember Congress following reference to the Eighth Pennsylvania :
directed tlie Board of War to order the regiment to
" Xarch 1, li77, S~tnrda)..
march with all possible expedition by the nearest "Dr. Putnam brought me a billet, of which the
route "to Brunswick, N. J., or to join Gen. TVashing- following is a copy :
ton wherever he may be." On the 4th of Xovember " 'DEARS IR : Our Battalion is so unfortunate as not
the regiment received orders to march to Amboy, to have a Doctor, and, in my opinion, dying for want
K. J., whereupon Lieut.-Col. George Wilson wrote of medicine. I beg you will come down to-morrow
from the regimental rendezvous to Col. James Wilson morning and visit the sick of my company. For that
as follows : favor you shall have sufficient satisfaction from your
" KETASIAN, Dec. 6t11,17'iG. humble servant,
" Dr Colonall : Last Evening TSTe Recd Marching ' JAMEPISG OTT,
ordors, Which I must say is not Disagreeable to me ' Capt. of 8 Batk. of Pa.
"
under ye Sircumstances of ye times, for when I enter'd " ' QUIBBLETOWS,F rb. 28,1717.'
into ye Service I Judged that if a necesety appeared
'' I desired the Dr. by all means to visit them. They
to call us Below, it would be Don, therefore it Dont
were raised about the Ohio, and had travelled near
come on me By Surprise; But as Both ye Officers and
five hundred miles, as one of the soldiers who came
Men understood they Ware Raised for y-efence of
for the Dr. informed me. For 150 miles over moun-
ye Westeran Frontiers, and their fameleys and sub-
tains, never entering a house, but building fires, and
stance to be Left in so Defenceless a situation in their
encamping in the Snow. Considerable numbers, un-
abstence, seems to Give Sensable trouble, althOI Hope
used to such hardships, have since died. The Colonel
We Will Get eyer it, By Leving sum of ower trifeling and Lieutenant-Colonel among the dead. The Dr.
Officers Behind who Pirtend to Have More Witt then
informed he found them quartered in cold shattered
seven men that can Rendar a Reason. We are ill
houses."
Prorided for a March at this season, But there is
nothing Hard under sum Sircumstances. We Hope The regiment was stationed at Bound Brook, N. J.,
Provision Will be made for us Below, Blankets, in the winter and spring of 1777, where it masattacked
Campe Kittles, tents, arms, Regimentals, &c., that by the British and defeated, with the loss of a number
we may not Cut a Dispisable Figure, But may be of men. Lieut..-Col. George Tt7i1son, of New Geneva,
Enabled to answer ye expectation of omer Countre. died of pleurisy'3at Quibblrtown, N. J., in February
"I Have Warmly Recommended to ye officers to of that year.
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HISTORY OP FAYETTE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
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Cols. Mackey and Wilson having died, Daniel mands, were detailed on duty with Col. Morgan, and
Brodhead became colonel, Richard Butler lieutenant- greatly distinguished themselves in the series of ae
colonel, and Stephen Bayard major. When Morgan's tions that resulted in the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne at
rifle command was organized, Lieut.-Col. Butler was Saratoga. These commands consisted of picked rifle.
made lieutenant-colonel of it, and Maj. James Ross, men out of all of the companies of the. Eighth Penn.
of the First Pennsylvania, became lieutenant-colonel. sylvania.
According to a return signed by the latter, dated A return dated Nov. 1, 1777, shows the strength oi
" Mount Pleasant, June 9,1777," the number of men the regiment present: colonel, major, two captains,
enlisted between the 9th of August and the 16th of sis lieutenants, adjutant, paymaster and surgeon, ser.
December, 1776, was six hundred and thirty; enlisted geant-major, quartermastersergeant and drum-major:
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since the 16th of December, thirty-four; making a twenty-nine sergeants, nine drums and fifes, one hun-
total of sis hundred and eighty-four. The strength dred and twelve rank and file fit for duty, twenty
of the respective companies mas : eight sick present, seventy-seren sick absent, on(
Ser- R""k hundred and thirty-nine on command ; total, three
geants. F"illied. hundred and fifty-one. Prisoners of war, one sergeanl
. .
Capt. David Kilgore's Cornpang. 3 55 and fifty-eight privates. Capt. Van Swearingen,
.
Capt. Samuel Miller's " . 1 82 Lieut. Basil Prather, and Lieut. John Hardin on
Capt. Van Swearingen's " . . 3 71 command with Col. Morgan. Vacant offices : lieu
Capt. James Pjgott's " . .-I 5.3 tenant-colonel, four captains, three lieutenants; eight
.
Capt. \iTendel 0urry7s " . 4 54 ensigns, chapIain, and surgeon's mate. Lieut.-Col,
Capt. -4ndrem Mann's " . - 4 58 Ross resigned after the battles of Brandymine and
.
Capt. James Montgomerp's Conlpany 2 57 Germantown.
Capt. Michael Huffnagle7s " 4 70 On the 5th of March, 1777, the regiment was or.
Capt. Lieut. John Finley's " 2 77 dered to Pittsburgh for the defense of the westerr
Cnpt. Lieut. Basil Prather's " 3 69 frontiers, and by direction of Gen. 3IcIntos11, Col
From the total, thirty-six mere deducted as prison- Brodhead made, ahoutthe 12th of July, a dktour up thi
West Branch to check the savages who mere ravaging
ers of war, fourteen missing, fifty-one dead, fifteen
discharged, one hundred and twenty-six deserted. Wyoming and the West Branch Valley. He was d
Muncy on the 24th of July, and had ordered Capt
Lieut. 41atthew Jack, absent from April 13tl1,
wounded. Ensign Gabriel Peterson, absent from Finley's company into Penn's Valley, where two of thi
latter's soldiers, Thomas Van Doren and Jacob Shed
April l'Tth, mounded. Capt. Moses Carson, deserted
acre, who had participated in the csmpaign againsi
April 2lst. First Lieut. Richard Carson? deserted.
Burgoyne, were killed on the 24t11, in sight of Potter':
Aquila White, ensign, deserted February 23d. Joseph
fort, by the Indians. (Pennsylvania Archives, 0. S.
XkDoIo, first lieutenant, deserted. Thomas Forthay,
rol. vi. page 666.) Soon after, Col. Hartley mith hi:
ensign, deserted. Alexander Simrall, second lieu-
regiment relieved Col. Brodhead, and he proceeded
tenant, cashiered. David McKee, ensign, dismissed
with the Eighth to Pittsburgh.
the service. Ephraim Douglass, quartermaster, taken
,4 monthly return of the troops commanded by Col,
by the enemy March 13th.
Brodhead in the Western Department, dated July
Capt. Van Swearingen, Firs; Lieut. Basil Prather,
30, 1780, gives the strength of the Eighth Penfisyl.
and Second Lieut. John Hardin,' mith their com-
vania: colonel, lieutenant-colonel, major, two ccptains
1 The fullowing testimonial to .the bravery and cfftciency of Licut. three lieutenants, four ensigns. adjutant, paymaster,
(nftywxds Col.) John IIardin, of F~yetteC onnt~-d, uring his term of quartermaster, surgeon, surgeon's mate, sergeant-
srrvice in the RL-vulutioni,9 from a lrtter rsrittm by Gel]. James W11- major, quartermaster-sergeant, one drum and fife
kinson to President Dickinson, on tho oc~wiono f his tendering his
major, ten sergeants, ten drums and fifes, one hundred
resignation as brigadier and :uljutmt-general of Pennsylvania, in US4,
ciz. : and twenty rank and file fit for duty, four sick, tnc
"On the present return of the Election for Fayettc County, 3hjor furloughed, eight on command, three deserted, six
John Hardiu st:mdd secund for the Sheriff's Office ; permit me briefly to
joined the Invalid Company.
state to your Escelleuc~t his marl's merit, without detractin~fr om that
of hiscompetitor. Yr. IIirrdi~s~er ved in the alert of the :rr:ny, under In a letter from Gen. William Irvine to Gen. Wash-
the Generals (then Colonels) BIorgan and Butler, in the Sortheru Cam- ington, soon after he took command at Fort Pitt,
paign, 1'777. His Rank \\.as tint of a Lieutcnnnt,and I can, w the Ad- dated Dec. 2, 1781, he says, "I have re-formed thc
jutant-General of the hnny under Gencrd G;rtus, a.;sert that 11e WRS
esposed to more d:inger, enconntered greater Fatigue, and pcrfurnwd remains of the late Eighth Pennsylvania into tnc
nmrc real skrvice than any other Oficer of his Station; wit11 Plrrtics companies, and call them a detachn~entf rom tht
never exceeding 20 men, he in llle Gourse of tho Cmnpaign made np- Pennsylvania Line, to be commanded by Lieut.-Col.
vanls of 60 Prisoners, and at a Personal Rencounter in the rear of the
Bsyard." [The first company, Capt. Clark, Lieuts.
Enemies' position he killed a loha\'k espress and brought in tho dis-
patches \shiclr be was conveying from Gen'l Burgoyne to the Conrmnnd- Peterson and Reed; second company, Capt. BradyI
iug Olficer at Ticonderog, vith the loss only (indeed) of a Lock of Hair, Lieuts. Ward and Norrison.]
which the Indian's Fire carried away. It is sufficient for me, Sir, to
Capt. Matthem Jack, in a statement on file, says,
testify his merib ; the Jus:ice which characterizes your sdministmtion
will do the rest." . . " In the year 1778 the Eighth was sent to Pittsburgh
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to guard the frontier, and placed under the command phced in the First Pennsylrania, and James Ross
of Gen. X,~eIntosh; that they went down to the in Eighth Pennsylvania.
lnouth of tile Beaver, and there built Fort &Intosh, Ross, James, from lieutenant-colonel First Pennsyl-
alld from that went, upon McIntosh's command, to vania ; resigned Sept. 22, 1777.
the head of the Muskingnm, and there built Fort Bayard, Stephex, from major, ranking Sept. 23, 1777;
Luurens. In the year 1779 went up the Allegheny, transferred to Sistl Pennsylvania, Jan. 17,1751.
on Gen. Brodhead's espedition, attacked the Indians
:~udd efeated them, and burned their towns. On the illajors.
return of the regiment, its time having expired, it was Butler, Richard, July 20,1776 ; promoted lieutenant-
discharged at Pittsburgh." For a full account of the colonel 31ll"arch 12, 1777.
services of this regiment in the West, the reader is Bayard, Stephen, Uarch 12, 1777, ranking from Oct.
referred to " Brodhead's Letter-Book," published in 4, 1776; promoted lieutenant-colonel, to rank
the t\velfth volume, first series, of Pennsylvania Ar- from Sept. 23, 1777.
cl~ires. Vernon, Frederick, from captain Fifth Pennsylvania,
Van Sn-earingen was probably the most noted cap- ranking from June 7,1777 ; transferred to Fourth
tain in the Eighth Pennsylvania. On the 19th of Pennsylvania, Jan. 17,1781.
September he and a lieutenant and twenty privates
were captured in a sudden dash that scattered Nor- Captains.
gan's men. He fell into the hands of the Indians,
Kilgore, Darid, died July 11, 1814, aged sixty-nine
but was rescued by Gen. Fraser's bat man (one who
years four months and twelve days; buried in
takes care of his officer's horse), who took him before
the Presbyterian graveyard of Mount Pleasant
the general. The latter interrogated him concerning
(Middle Church), Westmoreland County.-Lefter
the nuinber of the American army, but got no answer, of Nannie I% Kilgore, Greensburg, Juhy 23, 1878.
except that it was commanded by Gens. Gates and
Miller, Samuel, died in service, Jan. 10, 1775; left a
Amold. He then threatened to hang him. You
" widow, Jane Cruikshank, who resided in West-
may, if you please," said Van Swearingen. Fraser
moreland County in 1784.
then rode of, leaving him in care of Sergt. Dunbar,
Van Swearingen,' Aug. 9,1776. Van Swearingen had
who consigned hiin to Lieut. Auburey, who ordered
been in command of an independent company, in
him to be placed among the other prisoners, with
the pay of the State, from February to Sug. 11,
directions not to be ill treated. Svearingen, after
1776, in defense of the frontiers in Westmoreland
Burgoyne's army mas removed to Virginia, made
County.
especial exertions to have Dunbar and Auburey es-
Piggott, James ; on return June 9,1777, he is marked
changed. Slrearingen was the first sheriff of Wash-
sick in camp.
ington County in 1751; resided in now Fayette
Ourry, Wendel.
County, opposite Greenfield. His daughter became
Mann, Andrew; on return of June 9, 1777, he is
the rife of the celebrated Capt. Samuel Brady (also
marked sick in quarters since May 2d.
of the Eighth Pennsylvania), so conspicuous in the
Carson, Moses, left the service April 21, 1777.
annals of Western Pennsylvania.
Miers, Eliezer.
[The foregoing captains were recommended by the
ROSTERO F FIELD-L SD STAFFO FFICERSO F THE committees of Westmoreland and Bedford Counties,
EIGHTHP EXXSYLVANIA.
and directed to be commissioned by resolution of Con-
gress of Sept. 14, 1776.1
Colonels.
Montgomery, James, died Aug. 26, 1777 ; his widow,
Xackep, Eneas, of Westmoreland County, July 20,
Martha, resided in Westmoreland County in 1824.
1776 ; died in service, Feb. 14, 1777.
Hufnagle, Michael, died Dec. 31, 1819, in Allegheny
Brodhead, Daniel, from lieutenant-colonel, Fourth
County, aged sixty-six.
Pennsylvania, Narch 12, 1777; joined April,
Jack, Matthew, from first lieutenant; became super-
1777; transferred to First Pennsylvania, Jan.
numerary Jan. 31, 1779; resided in Westmore-
17, 1781.
land County in 1835, aged eighty-two.
Lieutenant- Coloneb. Stokely, Nehemiah, Oct. 16, 1777; became superno-
merary Jan. 31, 1779; died in Westmoreland
Wilson, George, July 20, 1776 ; died in service at
County in 1811.
Quibbletown, February, 1777.
Cooke, Thomas, from first lieutenant; became super-
Butler, Richard, from major, March 12,1777, ranking
numerary Jan. 31,1779 ; diedin Guernsey County,
from Aug. 28, 1776; transferred to lieutenant-
Ohio, KOV.5 , 1831.
colonel of Morgan's rifle command, June 9,1777 ;
promoted colonel of Einth Pennsylvania, rank-
1 The names of the captains appear, on the first return found, in the
ing from June 7, 1777; by an alteration subse-
order indicated abore, but date of commissions cannot be ascertuinerl.
quent to March 12, 1777, Richard Butler was Probably they were all dated Bug 9,1176, as Van Sweariogen's.
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78 HISTORY OF FAPETTE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
Dawson, Samuel, from Eleventh Pennsylvania, July Stotesbury, John, from old Elerenth Pennsylvania
1,1778; died at Fort Pitt, Sept. 6, 1779; buried commission dated April 9, 1777 ; he mas a pris.
in First Presbyterian churchyard in Pittsburgh. oner in !Sew York for some time; transferred tc
Noore, James Francis, from Thirteenth Pennsylrania, the Second Pennsylvania, Jan. 17,1781.
Julp 1, 177s. Neilly, Benjamin, from ensign, Oct. 4,1777.
Clark, John, from Thirteenth Pennsylvania, Julp 1, Finley, Andrew, on return of Nor. 1, 1777, markel
1778 ; transferred to First Pennsylvania, July 17, sick since October 16th ; retired in 1778 ; resided
1781. in Westmoreland County, 1813.
Carnahan, James, from Thirteenth Pennsylvania, Amberson, William, in 1779 he was deputy muster.
July 1, 1778; transferred to Fourth Pennsylva- master-general ; resided in Mercer County ir
nia, Jan. 17, 1781. 1835.
Finley, Joseph L., from Thirteenth Pennsylvania, Read, Srchibald, vice Joseph Brownlee, Dec. 13,1778
July 1,1778 ; brigade-major, July 30,1750; trans- died in Allegheny County in 1823.
ferred to Second Pennsylvania, Jan. 17,1781. Graham, Alexander, vice Basil Prather, April 1,1779
Finley, John. from first lieutenant, Oct. 22, 1777; Ward, John, April 2, 1779; transferred to Second
transferred to Fifth Pennsylvania, Jan. 17, 17S1. Pennsj-11-ania, Jan. 17, 1781.
Crawford, John, from first lieutenant, dug. 10, 1779 ;
Second Lieutenants.
transferred to Sixth Pennsylvania, Jan. 17, 1781.
Brady, Samuel, from captain lieutenant, Aug. 2,1779; Z'hompson, William, Aug. 9, 1776 ; resigned >lay 17,
transferred to Third Pennsylvania, Jan. 17,1781. 1777.
jimrall, Alexander, Aug. 9, 1776; left the army in
Captain Lieutenant.
1777; resided in Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1834
Brady, Samuel, commission dated July 17,1776 ; from aged eighty-eight.
Sixth Pennsylvania; promoted captain Aug. 2, Guthrie, James, Ang. 9, 1776.
1779. Rogers, Philip, Aug. 9, 1776.
First Lieutenants. Smith, Samuel, Bug. 9, 1776; billed at Germantown
Moseley, Robert (written Moody in the return), re- Oct. 4, 1777.
signed May 16, 1777; resided in Ohio County, blountz, William, Aug. 9, 1776; resigned April 17,
Ky., in 1820, aged sixty-nine. 1777.
Cooke, Thomas, promoted captain. Beeler, James, Jr., Aug. 9, 1776.
Finley, John, promoted captain Oct. 22, 1777. Cramford, John, Aug. 9, 1776; promoted first lieu-
Jack, Matthew, lost his left hand by the bursting of tenant, April 18, 1777.
his gun at Bound Brook, N. J. ; promoted captain [The foregoing second lieutenants mere commis-
April 13, 1777. sioned under resolution of Congress, Sept. 14, 1776,
Hickman, Ezekiel. dating as above.]
Carson, Richard, left the service in 1777. Owine, Barnabas, marked on return of Nov. 1,1777,
McGeary, William, resigned April 17, 1777. as command in the infantry.
JlcDolo, Joseph, left the service in 1777. Carnahan, John, resigned in 1779.
[The foregoing first lieutenants were commissioned
under the resolution of Congress of Sept. 16, 1776.1 Ensips.
Richardson, Richard, returned June 9, 1777, as re- Xeilly, Benjamin, promoted to first lieutenant, Oct. 4,
cruiting. 1777.
Prather, Basil, returned Nov. 1,1777, as on command Kerr, Joseph.
with Col. Morgan from June 9th ; resigned april Simmons, John.
1, 1779. Wherry, David.
Hughes, John, Aug. 9, 1776 ; resigned Nov. 23,1778 ; Necklin, Des-alt, resigned April 17, 1777.
resided in Washington County in 1813. Wearer, Valentine.
. Crawford, John, from second lieutenant, April 18, Reed, John.
1777; promoted captain Aug. 10,1779; promoted Whjte, Aquila, left the army Feb. 23, 1777; resided
to Second Pennsylvania, with rank of captain, in Xontgomery County, Ky., in 1834.
from April 18, 1777. [The foregoing ensigns were commissioned under a
Hardin, John, July 13, 1777; Nor. 1, 1777, returned resolution of Congress of Sept. 14, 1776.j
as on command with Col. Morgan; resigned in Forshay, Thomas, left the service in 1777.
1'779; afterwards Gen. John Hardin, of Kentucky; McKee, David, left the service in 1777.
murdered by the Indians, near Sandusky, Ohio, Peterson, Gabriel, ou a return of June 9, 1777, he is
in 1791.- ~lfiinson'sJ fimoirs. marked absent, wounded, from April 17, 1777;
Mickey, Daniel, became supernumerary Jan. 31,1779. promoted to first lieutenant, July 26, 1777.
Peterson, Gabriel, July 26, 1777; died in Allegheny Gnthrie, John, appointed Dec. 21,1778.
County, Feb. 12, 1832. Mcrrison, James, appointed Dec. 21, 1778.
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Wyatt, Thomas, appointed Dec. 21, 177s; resided at Cbryoral s.
I St. Louis, No., in 1834, aged eighty. BradIey, Thomas, three years.
3 Cooper, TVilliam, appointed April 19, 1779. Jarret, William, three years, on command at Fort
Davidson, Joshua, appointed April 19, 1779; resided Laurens.
in Brown County, Ohio, in 1833, aged eighty-one. kckles, Arthur, three years, on guard at Block-house.
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Stevenson, James, three years, on command at Sugar
Chaplain. Camp.
IllcClure, Rev. David, appointed Sept. 12, 1776. Drummer.
Bower, Yichael.
Adjutants.
Pricatts.
Huffnagle, Michael, appointed Sept. 7, 1776. Bacon, John, Tar, at Fort Laurens.
Crawford, John, lieutenant, 1780. Xdn-ell, Robert, three years, on command, making
canoes.
Paymaster. Xne, George, three years.
Boyd, John, July 20, 1776. Cooper, Joseph, three years, on command at Fort
Laurens.
Zounse, Felix, three years.
Eyler, Jonas, mar, on command at Fort Laurens.
Douglass, Ephraim, Sept. 12, 1776; taken prisoner
Fisher, John, three years.
while acting as aide-de-camp to Gen. Lincoln,
France, Henry, three years.
Xarch 13, 1777 ; exchanged Nor. 27, 1780 ; pro-
Handcock, Joseph, three years.
thonotary of Fayette County in 1783; died in
Hill, John, three years.
1533.
Holmes, Nicholas, three years.
Neilly, Benjamin, appointed in 1778.
Holstone, George, three years, on command at Fort
Laurens.
Surgeons.
Keer, William, three years.
Morgan, Abel, from old Eleventh ; resigned in 1779 ; Lamb, Peter, three yeaw, on command at Fort Lau-
died in 1785. rens.
Norton, Hugh, March 7, 1780. Lewis, Samuel, war.
Lynch, Patrick, three years, on command, boating.
Surgeon's Jfate. 3IcCombs, Allen, three yeaw.
Saple, John Alexander, 1778. McCaully, Edward, war.
XcGreggor, John, mar.
Clothier. McKeehan, David, three years, on command at Fort
Read, Archibald, 1778. Laurens.
UcRissan, James, three years.
iliuster-roll of Capt. A%hemiah Sfokely's company, i~z McLaughlin, Patrick, three years.
the Eighth Pennsylcania Reginzent of Foof, in Me Natthem, William, three years, on command, boating.
sercice of the United States of Snzericn, commanded Narman, George, war, on command, recruitins
by Col. Daniel Bi-odhead, taEen f o ~th e months of Xartin, Paul, three years, on command at Fort Lau-
October, ic'bvember, and December, 1778, and Janu- rens.
ary, 1779. Miller, George, three years, on command at Port
Cap tail,. Laurens.
Richard, Richard, three years.
Stokely, Nehemiah, Oct. 16, 17'77; supernumerary,
Sham, Jacob, three years, on furlough.
Jan. 31, 1799.
Slielhammer, Peter, three years.
First Lieutenant.
Smith, Emanuel, three years.
Hughes, John, Aug. 9, 1776 ; resigned Kov. 23, 1778. Smith, Jacob, three years.
Smith, John, war.
Ensign.
Sommerville, William, three years, on command ; en-
Wyatt, Thomas, Dec. 20, 1775, on command ar; Fort
listed Aug. 8, 1776, under Capt. Ourry; October,
Laurens.
1775, appointed conductor of artillery ;s ee letters
Sergeants. to, Pennsylvania Archives, second series, rol. iii.
Cra~~forBd,o bert, three years. p. 245, etc.; he mas appointed by President Jef-
Hezlip, Rezin, three years. ferson postmaster at Martinsburg, Va., and died
Smith, John, three years, on command at Sugar there, 3farch 18, 1826, aged seventy.
Camp. Steel, Thomas, war.
Armstrong, George, mar. Tracey, James, Tar, on guard.
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