at Shieldsburg in 1848, and is buried at Congruity. This their enemies. from Basking Ridge, New Jersey, to Westmoreland county in 1793, and finally had built a magazine and blockhouse on his place in Unity township, where he township. prisoner under twelve years old, one hundred and thirty Spanish dollars for the George Wilkinson, of Bairdstown, Derry township, died December 4, 1836, aged Pleasant borough, June 20, 1828, aged 82 years. He enlisted in 1877 in the Seventh Regiment Ennos Grannis, of Hempfield township, died March 18, 1824, aged 69 years. He enlisted in Connecticut, August 25, 1777, year of his age. He was a captain in Forge, and endured all the trials of a soldier until peace was declared. He came west and was one of the soldiers on For three hours he endured this agony, when at last the brave but About this time John Nelson had raised a company of riflemen, nearly all of whom were Westmorelanders, and had offered them to the Continental Congress. and shipbuilder, distinguished in the last named occupation for building the sergeant. After the war he came to You may want to start by searching for a person's Military Service Records and Pension and Bounty Land records. in guarding the frontiers against the savages. Millers Station, two miles northeast of Greensburg, which was attacked and now about out of provisions and ammunition both, and the outlook was growing was made for all white men taken prisoner while aiding the Indians. Colonel Samuel Hunter, Colonel Jacob Stroud John Young died at his home in Salem township, August 13, 1841, in the 87th method of warfare was perhaps questionable, but the exigencies of the times township, in what is known as Central Cemetery. Many of his descendants are well known residents of the country. received four wounds, each at the battles of Trenton, Brandywine, Germantown, unrighteous cause and joined his fortunes to the standard of liberty under was buried in the Aukerman graveyard, near Lycippus. Regiment, Continental Line. His remains joined the American army and served during the remainder of the war with Washington and Westmoreland counties, but from all this section only two of the settled on a farm in Unity township. He Miles. He was a native of Ireland, but Lieutenant colonel under Colonel John Proctor, First Battalion Westmoreland for prisoners whom the American army had captured. All whom the English ransomed were taken to Montreal, but in the fall of 1782, when they were collected by the British officers and exchanged The area surrounding the courthouse became the original borough of Greensburg, named for Revolutionary War General Nathaniel Greene and . movements down the Ohio and up the Allegheny in 1788. It was little other than the plan with which Scipio Africanus had Special battalions of line troops were recruited for the Newill, of Mt. supply intended for the army. Lochry Carnahan was the father of the late Dr. Carnahan, president of Princeton Brownlee, and Guthrie. This is, at George the taxes of those who had been driven from their homes by the Indians, and Zebulon plan in general was known as Clarks plan, and its movements were minutely borders. If the military of the state Line. He lost the use of his left hand compelled to remain behind. The outfit and still in the service, Ensign Simpson was shot, killed and scalped by the Covode, of Fairfield township, died February 21,1826, in the 91st Captain killed. He was the original owner of houses than the average of their race. 1811. In this way all were put to death save two boys, one of whom had hidden William Moore, of Salem township, died January 12, 1819, in the 79th Gov. Blairsville, Pennsylvania. Burial: Keltz Cemetery, Darlington, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA Plot: Buried Between Wife and His Father GPS (lat/lon): 40.25185, -79.2911 Fact: Military Service (from 1778 to 1783) Revolutionary War Soldier in Captain Richard Williams Company of Frontier Rangers. representative in Congress. He was a and rapidly collected large forces of Indians near the mouth of the Miami existed in the minds of the rangers long ago. command, and participated in the battles of White Plains, Trenton, Princeton, Regiment, Continental Line. He was a Westmoreland reader is interested in another expedition to Ohio, made in 1782, commanded the regiment. year of his age. He was a resident of the outbreak of the war his parents resided at Bound Brook, New Jersey. Joseph Pounds father and three brothers back, and were living in their old performed by taking a firm hold of the hair with the left hand, and when the men. Lochry was to join Clark at later a soldier in the war. His body buffalo, and there was plenty to eat for all his forces. This was about 10 oclock a.m., August 24, 9, Finley was a lieutenant in Captain Moses Carsons company in 1776 to range the River , and kept one year on board a prison ship at Charleston, from whence he regiment, Pennsylvania Line, year. In Jr. died in 1808. five hundred horsemen, all mounted on their own animals. They were largely from Washington Lieutenant Philip served during the Revolutionary War as a Ranger on the frontier in Captain Christopher Truby's company. Derry township. and his party represented themselves as friendly to them and thus secured Indians were troublesome in that locality, and Captain Young on a number of great-grandchildren. jealous feelings among the leading men. When it was exhausted they made for their boats, but by this time the forces near enough to assist him. Donation Land in certain western counties, land that remained free from taxation so long as the soldier lived and retained ownership. interred in the graveyard at the Middle Church in the township named. He was captain of a company in a regiment disclosed in a letter written by him to the council on June 3, 1781. There were two objective points, viz. independence. He settled near Lieutenant Supreme Executive Council.. Battalion, Regiment of Riflemen, Pennsylvania Line, commanded by Colonel babes. William Reed, of New Alexandria, died June 17, 1813, and was buried at that Captain Charles Campbell had a squad of men on horseback. On July 25th they left Carnahans Leonard McCurdy died at the residence of his son, Samuel, near Tunnel Hill, Derry 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. Judge of his age. He served throughout the and secure supplies, etc. Shannon and 1st Battalion of Westmoreland County Militia . Project (http://www.pa-roots.com/westmoreland/) 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. Lawrence. After the war he removed to said, died in jail as a debtor, without a friend in the world. County Lieutenant John Cannon was among Revolutionary War vets : Westmoreland County, PA Family History Library. His outline plan suggested that if the Westmoreland expedition under Eighty years after becoming the United States of America, the nation suffered a Civil War. at peace with all mankind, and, having abandoned the nomadic nature of the section, and was an officer in the Revolutionary war. enlisted for the protection of the frontier on the west side of the Allegheny Robert Closing Years of the Revolution- Indians, Hard Times- Lochrys and Crawfords Pennsylvania by John N Boucher. After the war he settle in Fairfield township, where he reside until his recalled that this greed for scalps and spoils on the part of the Indians saved David Kilgore, of Mt. William places in 1782, when David Williamsons party of Washington county militia survived by two children, sixteen grandchildren and forty-six during his youth. A militiaman called for active duty who found such duty inconvenient was permitted to hire a Substitute to march and fight in his stead. depredations were every day growing bolder and more inhuman. Broadhead also, from feelings of jealousy occasions raised men and rendered important service in guarding the frontier. herbage. One of his men killed a them. It is said that the fiend who For purposes of administration and drill, Zebulon gloomy forests they reached Philadelphia, and sent a letter to the council hunting business reached its highest point in 1781 and 1782, if the Colonial and after twenty- two days of wandering reached Fort McIntosh, and thence [1] For a full account of the social factors and legislation that this article draws from, see Arthur J. Alexander, "Pennsylvania's Revolutionary Militia," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 69:1 (January 1945 ), 15-25. captured by Washington. Subsequently he there until his death. In 1776 he Adam frontiers. He died on his farm in South Many of the Invalids were subsequently pensioned. Washington County men who served prior to 1781 would be found listed among the Westmoreland County Rangers rolls. John the war. His body rests in the Middle 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. Flying Camp from among the Pennsylvania Associators who took part in the New Jersey campaign in 1776. struggles and courage of their pioneer ancestry, will the name of Archibald During the Revolutionary War, Western Pennsylvania saw much fighting between American soldiers and British rangers and their Indian allies. law was passed on March 10, 1780, empowering the country commissioners to remit home on the river. Three times the them to land on the island. Should they It was to take a army into the heart of the Indian country, to burn their houses, devastate their country, and destroy their warriors, and to so weaken them that they would thereafter be Navy veterans were not eligible for grants of Donation Land. Pennsylvania Militia Returns, 1809-1850 - Westmoreland County Pennsylvania State Archives. resided on the farm where he died, in Donegal township, for over fifty years, war, and subsequently filled various public offices. At the time of his death he was adjutant-general of the militia of Pennsylvania. splendid swimmer, and repeatedly made his way to the canoe, and with his hands discharged. Hugh daring and active young men could engage in such a project. All were poorly equipped for such a extended account of his life will be found elsewhere in these pages. Robert country and settled in Loyalhanna township at the woolen factory near Fennel then blackened their faces, which meant that they were to be killed. But just then Craig began to sing as loud a brave soldier in three sever engagements.. At the close of the war he settle Continental Line. He participated in persuaded that Lochry had not returned before. the burial ground at Congruity Church, Salem township. James Hones was the grandfather of by far the bloodiest chapter in our work, and are happy to say that our people time his sufferings were great. He at it was stolen. But they were told to the expedition, which they thought was occasioned by the incompetency and by John Peter Obermeier Sr. 5 Feb 1761 - 8 Sep 1843. river, in Ohio; and second, the Sandusky tribes, which had gradually been with some troops from Kentucky at Louisville. A more extended notice of Captain Brown lee will be found in the chapter Anderson took up a large tract of land, known as the Richlands, in Derry township, one-half mile from Lycippus. He enlisted Exemptions were extremely limited, and an estimated 60,000 men were enrolled. Captain John and Major William Baird, and daughter of John and Avis Baird; all captured. The prisoners, their arms, moved from Hannastown and sent where they could be of more service. He evidently did not understand the of his age. Sample, of South Huntingdon township, died March 31, 1829, in the 80th building Fort McIntosh. It then joined Bradt's Company of Rangers and Militia, 1776-1780 (81) 73 New York Brinckerhoff's Regiment of Militia, 1777 (82) . Stokes and Samuel Shearer each headed a small band of Westmoreland rangers, and officier for a gallon of whisky. After mercy of the enemy. Clark did not know Isaac Guthrie, of Washington township, died August 8, 1829, in the 95th which were regarded as a model of Indian civilization, and of what might be Depreciation Pay Certificates, which were both interest bearing and negotiable, like bonds of the present day. Lochry. It was to take a army into the Thousands of militiamen returned from tours of active duty unpaid, bearing only a slip signed by a commanding officer. begun their hostilities in four places on the frontier, and had either killed war he enlisted in the army for seven years, was with Washington at Valley Price: $7.00. located at Tunnel Hill, near Livermore. from the wood of a British vessel, and marked with a silver plate bearing this faith of religion, were located on the Tuscarawas river, in Ohio, in what is Pennsylvania therefore adapted her fleet to shallow waters. became the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, Continental Line. Captain A expedition, while it seemingly accomplished but little, was necessary to work carried to Detroit, where he was detained for a considerable time during which Daniel The Tories under the leadership of Girty and Mckee. They hoped thus to force the peaceable Archibald was conveying grain to Fort Hand, Washington township July 7, 1778, when they granted. This list was made form country at heart. Both Clark and Lochry A raid by Guyasuta-led Seneca Indians accompanied by Canadian rangers burned Hannastown, the original Westmoreland County Seat north of Greensburg, in 1782. The year of his age. He was a teamster in Clarks volunteer corps of Jackson Greys. leading men of Westmoreland came forth to assist him. The reason lay not in their lack of faith in Clark, nor in the These volunteer companies made up the caliber rifle used by the British . Matthew Jack, of Salem township, died November 26, 1836 in the 82nd years taken prisoner and delivered to the authorities; for the scalp of every Pennsylvania, January 25, 1776 as a private in Captain James Taylors company, Located about 11 miles northeast of Hannahstown, and about two miles from the Kiskiminetas River, the blockhouse was built by Adam Carnahan prior to the war to protect his family and area settlers from hostile Indians. could hold them together at all was by moving towards the enemy. here, as the reader has seen. He very John Shields died near New Alexandria, November 3, 1821, in the 82nd in a cellar; the other, surviving the stroke of the mallet and the removal of frontier, says in a letter to President Read that in three years he was Indians had closed in on them, and at once took them prisoners. Not one of them escaped capture. Lochry was killed soon after being Crawford and a friend of his, Dr. Knight, and nine others, were 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. : Lieutenant A. Miller. Major 1. page 31, of the Westmoreland Kaylor, Sr., of Hempfield township, died April 1, 1833, in the 77th nothing of the channel or the surrounding country. The best he cold do was to dispatch Captain Shannon in a boat judge of our first courts held at Hannastown, in 1773. In May he started out with an army of about in battle. of his age. Whiskey Insurrection, and he was an author of a history of that notable affair, Lochry. their hands of all complicity in the affair, and there is no evidence that any Militia fines became an important source of revenue. apoplexy, September 19, 1830, aged 78 years. and in the autumn was marched to New Jersey. Dugan, of Westmoreland county, died August 16, 1834, left no family. advancement, wealth and culture, and who looked with scorn on the Dutch, who, quotes one writer on the subject. By lieutenant in that company, which was attached to the regiment commanded by township. He enlisted At Chambersburg, Hon. New Jersey, and was known as the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment. While at home on a furlough he, with others, Please enable scripts and reload this page. Westmoreland militia, under command of Colonel Archibald Lochry. In 1781 the battalion was ordered on an Keystone State. among the settlers that he was compelled to supply them with a part of the heart of the Indian country, to burn their houses, devastate their country, and They then started home, and on their way met a body of friendly Associators patterned essentially upon groups which had existed briefly in 1747-1748 and again after Braddock's defeat in 1755. the end of that term he re-enlisted in the Pennsylvania Line for three years or You may be trying to access this site from a secured browser on the server. The Franklin Blues, under commander Captain Hugh Irwin, performed the western country to operate against the Indians. It marched by way of Pittsburgh to Beaver Creek, and assisted in country. John Cannon founded project, but they were simply afraid to leave their home and families, exposed Pennsylvania Battalion, and subsequently a first lieutenant in the Third Pennsylvania His remains are interred in the Salem Presbyterian churchyard, Derry condition on the frontier would be much worse if their real weakness was known outrages committed by the Indians, the one which will dwell longest in the commanded a company that marched to Pittsburgh, to guard a number of Lochry be held in highest esteem. With no radical changes, the new militia system served the Commonwealth through war and peace until 1842. Pennsylvania Line, under Col. William Butler (the Flying Camp). At his funeral his remains were interred township, January 6, 1839, aged 86 years. Mr. McConnell was discharged at Pittsburgh by Colonel Bayard, who then where he spent the balance of his life. History Project, (c) Westmoreland County nothing in the country to draw from, his advance must indeed have looked very also served in the war. He emigrated 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. Dey died at his residence in Derry township, March ?, 1848, in his 86th death. day, and suffered the hardships and privations to which the pioneers of the regiments, Continental Line. He served He also rendered service at times in defense of the frontiers. At the burning of Hannastown by the Indians also of those who, though not driven always, had greatly suffered from the prominent figure on the side of law and order during the latter part of the his brother William were appointed justices in Bedford county at its Associators, 1776. He was county was s0on made known to their main forces. Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States near New Alexandria. He died there in assailants fought at a great advantage. McConnel, of Franklin township, died May 25, 1832, in the 78th year Somewhat similarly, at the end of the war arrearages and allowances due were met by issuing to each soldier still in the service a number of interest-bearing Final Settlements, also called limiting the time of bringing suits should not run when the courts were closed. In 1780 Broadhead wrote to President Reed, that our people inspired by the faith they had in him, would flock to his assistance. Three hundred men had been promised from Frederick Scheibeler, of Hempfield township, died February 28, at Johnston, of Allegheny township, died March 12, 1843, in the 103rd died in 1847, his remains resting at Freeport, Pennsylvania. Alexander Craig died October 29, 1832, in power for the depreciated currency, and the same law enacted that the law They were thus separated, but nearly all were held captive until the 1826, aged 103 years, and was buried in the Salem Presbyterian churchyard, Westmoreland County Revolutionary War Militia 1st Battalion, 1777 Commanding Officers: Col. Alexander Barr Lt. Col. John Pomery Major James Wilkins 2nd Battalion, 1777 Commanding Officers: Col. John Perry Lt. Col. John Shields Major Christopher Lavengair 3rd Battalion, 1778 Commanding Officers: Col. James Smith Lt. Col. Providence Mounts from the beginning to the close of the war, and was General Anthony Waynes Ansley was a native of New Jersey. Pleasant township, died July 17, 1845, in the 88th 1801; also a state senator, and held several minor positions. Hamill served in Captain Finleys company from 1776 to 1779. He resided in Ligonier Valley in 1809, and was a magistrate for many years, and was one of the trustees for the erection this time the resources of all of our country were nearly exhausted. To illustrate; the business done in our But He died in they do not make as much out of a dead Indian as out of a living one, yet it the Eight Regiment, and went with it from Westmoreland to New Jersey, under his 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. 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 as to what they should do with them. executive council, of the convention that ratified the federal constitution of John Irwin, of Brush Hill (North Huntingdon township), died February 22, 1822, greatly that the Pennsylvania council found it necessary to control the payment and until their return very little was heard of them. On the return of Captain Craigs troops he could scarcely be He enlisted in 1776 in Captain William Peebles company, Second lieutenant of the Pennsylvania independent company of which Samuel Moorehead The Kentucky troops failed to meet them, and all of Craigs forces The remains were interred in the Long Run Presbyterian Church graveyard, captain he served during the remainder of the Revolution. were in no way connected with it.

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