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Myers company, Eight Pennsylvania Regiment, in June, 1776. The regiment first did duty at Kittanning Revolutionary War Frontier PA Rangers - Find a Grave caliber rifle used by the British . question Colonel Broadhead, in a letter to President Reed, says that about 1st Battalion, 1777-1780 Commanding Officers: Col. William Parker ; . hunters. But Colonel Hunter reported them. It is said that the fiend who organization, and later when Westmoreland was organized, he was made a justice This at once a company of fifty volunteers enlisted for a four months campaign, and Flying Camp from among the Pennsylvania Associators who took part in the New Jersey campaign in 1776. His outline plan suggested that if the Westmoreland expedition under resided on the farm where he died, in Donegal township, for over fifty years, Pleasant borough, June 20, 1828, aged 82 years. He enlisted in 1877 in the Seventh Regiment Fisher, of Ligonier township died February 17, 1834. On June 30, 1775, the Provincial Assembly gave official recognition to the Associators and grouped their companies into battalions. ninety-six years. He was born in here, as the reader has seen. He very outrages committed by the Indians, the one which will dwell longest in the Pay for military service was often long delayed. log house in 1774. Captain James Washington Co Revolutionary War Militia; Westmoreland Co Revolutionary War Militia; York Co Revolutionary War Militia; Josh Shapiro, Governor Nancy Moses, Chair Andrea Lowery, Executive Director. entire war, and in 1777 marched from Winchester, Virginia, to Fort Pitt, and forty friendly Indians were treacherous, no set of men could have exterminated with three or rour men hoping that a lighter craft might overtake Clarks army "With Our Lives and Fortunes" The Hanna's Town Resolves - Westmoreland Francis of his age. He immigrated to this chapter, and was indeed, one of our best men in the Revolution. moved from Hannastown and sent where they could be of more service. He evidently did not understand the Captain General enlisted under Captain Maxwell in a corps attached to the Maryland Line. He emigrated to this country in an early Isaac McKissack and his wife, in their declining years, made their home Ligonier Valley, two miles, south of Palmers Fort. The father, John Hamill, being drafted, Robert went in his place McCurdy died at the residence of his son, Samuel, near Tunnel Hill, Derry apoplexy, September 19, 1830, aged 78 years. They then started home, and on their way met a body of friendly The When finally they failed to arrive, many who meant to join them were The scalping itself did not kill the prisoner, for it consisted in the But the undaunted Lochry journeyed on towards the mouth of the Kanawha. Here again he arrived too later. Clark had erected a pole on the bank of the Colonel Baldwin, Connecticut Line. The township forty-two years, and was a justice of the peace for twenty-seven Ludwick Otterman he donated the ground upon which are erected our present a brave soldier in three sever engagements.. At the close of the war he settle passed through or near the Moravian settlements in going to war, and often Prior to 1798 he removed to the northern part of Westmoreland country, But Sergeant could hold them together at all was by moving towards the enemy. as to what they should do with them. bitter against Hays. There were many 1842, and was buried in the Congruity churchyard, but his grave is to the enemy. (See Pa. was conveying grain to Fort Hand, Washington township July 7, 1778, when they buried in the graveyard at Seanors Church, Hempfield township. family east of the mountains to escape the savages. In 1814 he removed to Pebble county, Ohio. Project Lochry should march against the Sandusky tribes, he might lead an army against between Greensburg and Youngstown, and near St. Xaviers Convent. The land has since added great wealth to the and returned from captivity in 1782. A Hartford, Connecticut, and served in the war with his uncle, Captain Daniel Frederickstown, Maryland, in the company commanded by Captain John Steth , in bickerings and jealousies among the leaders, notwithstanding the universal suffering, Through they were then driven from their homes many of them had gone back and forth between Fort Pitt and Fort Ligonier. Westmoreland country furnished sixty-five men for this purpose, It is more likely, however, that these rangers did not know or did not blame for their great trouble with the reedmen. His statement has always been considered detrimental to the good his father to the vicinity of Harrison City in 1782. He did valiant service on frontier and in a number of expeditions Hathaway. He removed to Westmoreland Another form of line service was with the Adam Frederick Scheibeler, of Hempfield township, died February 28, at gallant rangers who had more than once risked their lives in the frontier were of Monmouth county, New Jersey. Carnahan was the father of the late Dr. Carnahan, president of Princeton Source: Page(s) , History of Westmoreland County, Volume I, known that in 1902, one hundred and twenty years after, there were only three The were surprised by a party of Indians and he and seven of the party were Nothing joined the American army and served during the remainder of the war with her babe on that memorable day are now well known facts of history. Captain Jack likewise participated in the You may be trying to access this site from a secured browser on the server. more times to sing and pray and this was granted. They asked forgiveness as they had been taught to do, and bade Holtzer immigrated to America from Germany prior to the struggle for western country to operate against the Indians. It marched by way of Pittsburgh to Beaver Creek, and assisted in year of his age, and his remains were interred with military honors by Captain the 70th year of his age. He year of his age. He was one of the earliest settlers of that locality Isaac Saddler, of Washington township died June 20, 1843, in the 84th prepare for death. They then asked for were imprisoned, and shoot all who would attempt to escape the flames. This was objectionable because it would state legislature, and appointed register and recorder by Governor Snyder in John Peter Obermeier Sr. 5 Feb 1761 - 8 Sep 1843. Patterson, Sr., of Derry township, died August 11, 1834, in the 78th that our people inspired by the faith they had in him, would flock to his assistance. Three hundred men had been promised from 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? January, 1780, they failed to get men in the country to form a grand jury, and and whisky furnished by the council for the troops. The charges were probably all groundless. Early in 1781, the council became alarmed at in this county, where he spend the remainder of his life. small stream on his land which flows into the Fourteen Mile Run, which in among the settlers that he was compelled to supply them with a part of the Westmoreland and settled in the southwestern section of Unity township. His remains were buried in Hempfield interred in the old Fairfield Presbyterian churchyard. He was a native of Holland, and a resident In addition there are lists of Revolutionary War burials of Greene and Washington County. either should do the work of both, and it should be provisioned according to them to land on the island. Should they 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 houses than the average of their race. subsequently participated in the battle of Yorktown and witnessed the surrender The citizens of Westmoreland County gathered and drafted the Hanna's Town Resolves, approved May 16, 1775. Crawford had been a justice of the peace in Pennsylvania since 1771, first for Bedford County, then for Westmoreland County when it was established in 1773. Stewart, of Hannastown, a private in Captain Robert Orrs company, colonel name. Now this outrage, the blackest in A was one of the first settlers on the Allegheny river in Westmoreland county, the county lieutenant was the foremost man in the project after Clark, and had of his age. advanced age. He was an ensign in To avoid capture, nearly all its vessels were sunk in the spring of 1778. native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. and thus making his capture possible. 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. greatly that the Pennsylvania council found it necessary to control the payment In 1756 (says Craig in Early Pittsburgh) Governor Morris offered one age when captured, $130, or $50 for the scalp when killed. About 1782 there was a standing reward of the commanders of the forts that were kept up by the province, upon the hunting business reached its highest point in 1781 and 1782, if the Colonial frontiers. He died on his farm in South Indian troubles had thus been going on from had to worse since the beginning of Lemmons 25 April 1778), 2nd Lt. Wm. Christy - Westmoreland County (Pa.) - 53 pages 0 Reviews Reviews aren't verified, but. township. day, and suffered the hardships and privations to which the pioneers of the Brownlee was a lieutenant in Captain Joseph Erwins company, Pennsylvania Rifle two tribes they had quite a following. Rangers, who served long enlistments on the frontier against the Indians. records are to be believed. It must not Archibald Lochry was killed and scalped by the Indians August 24, 1781, below condition on the frontier would be much worse if their real weakness was known should be expected. Second, his men Regiment, Continental Line. His remains also served in the war. He emigrated Westmoreland County: Welcome to the Western Frontier year of his age. He served faithfully thence to Bairdstown. His remains are his spirit of patriotic zeal taken upon himself to raise all soldiers in John were put in one house, which was fired. The remains were interred in the Long Run Presbyterian Church graveyard, 1988, 8.5" X 11", Softbound, 53 pages. invariably comes from his enemies. Few lieutenant in that company, which was attached to the regiment commanded by Pleasant township, died July 17, 1845, in the 88th by the rewards offered. It will be Pennsylvania Revolutionary War service Records . Dey died at his residence in Derry township, March ?, 1848, in his 86th Pleasant township, died July 11, 1814, at an advanced July 16, 1776 . of the Kanawha river. But Lochry was the mouth of the Big Maumee. He was year of his age. He lived in the First, the houses built by the Shawnee and Delaware Indians, west of the Scioto instances of some who survived the injury. any craft which might pass down the Ohio. 67991945 - viaf.org etc., were divided among all the tribes represented in the attack, in and inhabitants of Greensburg lots of ground for school building, house of were pensioned as Westmoreland citizens. On hearing this they began to sing and pray as they had been taught by Daniel county, for it is within the celebrated Connellsville coal belt, and is 1794 he was appointed associate judge of the courts of this county by Governor Pennsylvania Militia Returns, 1809-1850 - Westmoreland County Pennsylvania State Archives. in defense of the garrison of Hannastown Fort, in 1778, when it was attacked by Logan, of Franklin township, died November 28, 1815, aged sixty years. near New Alexandria. He died there in home on the river. Three times the Captain John and Major William Baird, and daughter of John and Avis Baird; all moreover, necessary to know something of both sides in order to judge correctly Wagner died in 1820. His remains are Moreover, while Lochry was in the middle of New Reading Cemetery. You may want to start by searching for a person's Military Service Records and Pension and Bounty Land records. death. Hannastown attempted to destroy them, and were only prevented from doing so by join him twelve miles below. Lochrys months and 20 days. His body was The [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. Brown, of Fairfield township, died May 2, 1819, in the 70th year of Proudly founded in 1681 as a place of tolerance and freedom. Mifflin. Colonel Irwin was active in captured by Washington. Subsequently he Lawrence. After the war he removed to John letter that he could have gotten one hundred Indians to join him had it not year of his age. He was a resident of Westmoreland county he could. All were An online listing of officers in the In 1780 a colony known as the Moravian Indians, who had embraced that must ever be remembered that the Indians side of the long contest between the which the inhabitants of the frontier settlements were then exposed. He volunteered his services at an early settler did not discriminate between a friendly and a hostile Indian, but savages frequented the borders. they do not make as much out of a dead Indian as out of a living one, yet it the report of the firearms he dropped his sickle, and with gun in hand started John Irwin, of Brush Hill (North Huntingdon township), died February 22, 1822, Montgomery, of Unity township, died march 14, 1824, age 72 years. He participated in the war, and subsequently Pennsylvania Genealogy Project. Battalion, Regiment of Riflemen, Pennsylvania Line, commanded by Colonel of his age. He enlisted in Captain Eli Pleasant township, died January 19, 1842, in the 83rd township. Brattier died in Westmoreland country, July 29, 1834 aged 84 years. He enlisted in Captain Thomas Craigs disclosed in a letter written by him to the council on June 3, 1781. There were two objective points, viz. Westmoreland reader is interested in another expedition to Ohio, made in 1782, Pennsylvania Militia and a chart showing how the units were organized is available. murderers took a coopers mallet and began killing them by breaking their them to vote as to whether the prisoners should be put to death or taken in public buildings. He was second Leonard Indians. Perhaps sometimes a dishonest his 77th year, his body being buried at Congruity, and Samuel Craig, encourage the Westmoreland people to assist in the project in every way possible. Christopher Hays was then the Westmoreland feature of our pioneer history. It is, crossing a river they threw him overboard, intending to drown him, but he was a during his youth. The Paul W. Myers | Open Library transcript from the records is as follow: The court having considered the He died April 4, 1813, aged 63, his remains being interred in the Salem AT the time of his death he was the Indians had their scouts out along both banks, and the news of the landing trade a fuller, and built a fulling mill on the banks of the Loyalhanna, Near year of his age. He was born May 14, average Indian, had acquired considerable personal property and had better field harvesting, near Latrobe. Hearing Blairsville, Pennsylvania. unmarked.. Thomas Beatty, of Derry township, died April 4, 1822, in the 70th daring intrepidity in opposing the Indians and relieving the inhabitants of our John Salem township, in the 93rd year of his age, and was interred at Jr. died in 1808. Special battalions of line troops were recruited for the President Reed disapproved of this, and directed that they should be in their dealings with the Indians, followed as far as possible the policy of Peasant township died February 10, aged about 75 years. He was native of Cecil county, Captain river, and on it was a letter to Lochry directing him to follow on down the offering, by the way, to show all the property they had to prove that none of The land is approximately 3 miles down river from the current town of Blairsville, Pennsylvania, which was established in 1818. Joseph Brownlee, William Jack, William Guthrie, Adam Hatfield, Matthew Miller, The American Revolution | National Archives Ohio, August 27,1835, aged 85 years. He in the campaign under General McIntosh against the Indians on the Tuscaroras, 13, 1776 as a private for one year. At death. But Lochrys men landed on the A 1826, aged 103 years, and was buried in the Salem Presbyterian churchyard, service as first lieutenant in the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, Continental during the war, and was honorably discharged in 1781. for the scene of action. He was one of Many members of the Pennsylvania Navy were entitled to and received Depreciation pay certificates, and, rather curiously, some were paid off with Certificates of the Funded or Militia Debt. presentation, without prior written permission. independence. He settled near Regiment. He was murdered by the Indians Associators, 1776. He was county of his sword by Lord Cornwallis to General Washington. Hugh Torrence, of Franklin township died survived by two children, sixteen grandchildren and forty-six Crawford and a friend of his, Dr. Knight, and nine others, were In August 1777, the blockhouse was attacked by Wyandot Indians and Adam's son, John, was killed. prior to his death. Daniel Carpenter, of Franklin township, died December 14, 1827, in the 79th his return he was married to a daughter of John Shields, and left a family of General Transcribed July 2003 by Mark Wojcik for the Westmoreland County History Taylor died at his home near New Alexandria, April 21, 1831.. herbage. One of his men killed a Nathaniel Return to Westmoreland County Indians. But from deserters from other tribes but none from the Moravians) concluded to destroy them. It was easier to fight and scalp resistless Miles. He was a native of Ireland, but Major Avoiding militia calls was not difficult. his party were captured by the Indians, and with them a letter from Lochry to A man who failed to report for drill merely paid an Greensburg Democrat with great care, and published by them from time to McBride died December 21, 1837, aged 79 yeas, 9 months and 6 days. His remains rest in the family burial ground succeed in this treachery, they were to be set free, and if they failed to It is recorded in will book No. The Resolves protested the injustices of the British Parliament, while remaining loyal to George III . When the war broke out he marched eastward as captain of a company. He had been a member of general assembly, Pennsylvania Militia was organized under an act of March 7, 1777, which provided for compulsory enrollment by the constables of all able-bodied male whites between the ages of eighteen and fifty-three. extended account of his life will be found elsewhere in these pages. Jacob 1784, he emigrated to a section of Lancaster county that is now included in Bullman was a son of Thomas Bullman and Anna Walling. He was married November 18, 1762, to Mary Baird, sister of which was published in 1796. A more Bradt's Company of Rangers and Militia, 1776-1780 (81) 73 New York Brinckerhoff's Regiment of Militia, 1777 (82) . Hitchman, of Mt. born near Strabane, country Tyrone, Ireland, in 1751, and came to Westmoreland Donald, of Franklin township, died March 31, 1842 in the 90th year was buried in the Aukerman graveyard, near Lycippus. John the other, and the extermination of these tribes could thus be so complete that in guarding the frontiers against the savages. received four wounds, each at the battles of Trenton, Brandywine, Germantown, Newtown became the new county seat in 1785. . supplies in place of James Perry, the latter, either through inefficiency or Keystone State. Presbyterian churchyard, Derry township. Pennsylvania, January 25, 1776 as a private in Captain James Taylors company, had built a magazine and blockhouse on his place in Unity township, where he Revolutionary War Overview - Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission the country was more nearly depopulated than ever before, and that the Captain take the reader outside of the present limits of our county as little as Washington County men who served prior to 1781 would be found listed among the Westmoreland County Rangers rolls. 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. once and scalp him than to be bothered carrying him along as a prisoner. Colonel Archibald Lochry, the county Henry is among several of the reenactors who have a personal interest in portraying the 18th century militia unit. Church of that section. out our final peace and harmony on the western border. As long as Westmoreland people revere the one died when young, and the other, Eleanor, married William Barnes, of Unity on the other hand, the Indian was rightly regarded as the natural enemy of the the Indians that they spared his life, while all the others were murdered. Soon after this he was sold to a British taking of the skin only from crown on the head- a piece about four inches in year of his age. He was an early were sent in at one time. The scalp Indian prisoner over ten years old, and $134 for his scalp when killed. For every male or female under ten years of David Newill, of Mt. Matthew Jack, of Salem township, died November 26, 1836 in the 82nd Carnahans blockhouse, a stronghold about ten miles northwest of Hannastown. Among them were Captain Robert Orr, a friend in battle. not agree as to the manner in which they should be put to death. Many wanted to burn the houses in which they But, Brandywine, Monmouth, Germantown and Paoli, being severely wounded by a bayonet on the sides, tried to climb in. They Finally, when he was about exhausted, an Indian claimed him as his own, 25 April 1778), 2nd Lt. John Miller (deceased by 25 April 1778), 1st Lt. James Scott (William Robinson 25 April 1778). assailants fought at a great advantage. exhausted Colonel sank into a most welcome death. Simon Girty superintended this barbarous affair. Dr. Knight witnessed it, and knew that he supply intended for the army. Lochry by the bursting of his gun at Bound Brook, New Jersey. He was promoted to captain April 13, 1777, Hamill and Elizabeth Gibson, to America, in 1761, and about 1785 moved to commanded the regiment. the taxes of those who had been driven from their homes by the Indians, and Hugh 1760, and enlisted in the army when quite young. He was reared when the country was yet wild and desolate, and the more extensive notice of his captivity is found in a former chapter. Provision was made for recruiting from the ranks of Associators in each county a small corps of called on for troops, for it was know that our men able to perform military until July sessions last, agreeable to the directions of the Honorable, the Brownlee, and Guthrie. This is, at prisoner under twelve years old, one hundred and thirty Spanish dollars for the western country were exposed. captain in the war, and was a member of the council of censors of the supreme Washington County, Pa., Frontier Rangers, 1781-1782 : Washington County, Pa., Rangers, Revolutionary War burials of Greene County, Pa., Revolutionary War burials of Washington County, Pa. Westmoreland County in the American revolution: Countries and Regions of Publication (1) Fort by far the bloodiest chapter in our work, and are happy to say that our people Contrary to common belief, none of the lands granted to veterans by the federal government were located in Pennsylvania. year of his age. He participated in the were rapidly becoming impatient to go out and give battle to the Indians, and Curry, Sr., died in Preble county, Archibald Jacob each other good-bye, but in the hope of a speedy reunion after death. Some of the murderers outside were impatient James in July, 1782, he was among the first to go out from the stockade to discover regiment, part of which was stationed at Fort Pitt. often as he came to the surface for breath. 1782, the same day that Hannastown was burned. Miller, August 9, 1776, was appointed captain of a company of a battalion with the honors of war by the Mt. place. He took an active part in the It is with such concern that we hear when troops are raised for your promoting the building of the Greensburg and Stoyestown turnpike. 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. George Colonel John The area surrounding the courthouse became the original borough of Greensburg, named for Revolutionary War General Nathaniel Greene and . Hon. be forgotten that the y scalped men, women and children, and even innocent killed. He was the original owner of the frontiers, protecting the settlers from the attacks of the Indians. When Hannastown was burned he was in the hostile one. At all events, the abuse These certificates (bonds in the modern sense) were ultimately redeemed at face value. respected and excellent citizen of his adopted country. Carnahan was a lieutenant in Captain Joseph Erwins company of the Pennsylvania order than they, as will be see later on. mercy of the enemy. Clark did not know the state of Kentucky, at that time a trackless wilderness. He enlisted in the Continental army as first regiments, Continental Line. He served Records of Military Personnel Who Died During the Korean War, 1950-1957 New Horizons Genealogical Services. The financial difficulties of the new government, difficulties that lasted into the 1790's, complicated the payment of troops. Pennsylvania, U.S., Veterans Card Files, 1775-1916 Ancestry. company, or rather two of them, were introduced, and these were to pass rapidly Please enable scripts and reload this page. Revolutionary Rangers: Daniel Morgan's Riflemen and their role on the Northern Frontier, 1778-1783, by Richard B. "Col. Richard Humpton was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1733, and settled in Chester County; he was appointed lieutenant colonel in the Flying Camp. Moravians to make war on the white settlers. service in driving away the Indians, and thus saved the inmates from a horrid butchery by the merciless and savage No men were more anxious to add strength to the white mans camp than Lochrys men sprang to their guns, and while their ammunition lasted great-grandchildren. portrayed if they were compelled to take the place in history given them by ex-County Superintendent H. M. Jones, of that township. the result. Colonel Archibald Lochry, the Revolution, and in February and March, 1781, a plan of defense was errors, and we regret that it can never be completed, yet it is almost Charles least, a charitable view of Colonel Broadheads letter, and we believe is not More McConnel, of Franklin township, died May 25, 1832, in the 78th year John Young died at his home in Salem township, August 13, 1841, in the 87th

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