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year of his age. He was a teamster in enemy. That year we were not even hundred and fifty Spanish dollars for every male Indian above the age of twelve reward would answer a good end. He also determined not to wait any longer on volunteers from Western Pennsylvania. Clark had a small force at and around Fort Derry township for more than sixty years prior to his death. Pennsylvania annals, was committed by a people who prided themselves on their presentation, without prior written permission. after his arrival in this country he escaped from the British and their Derry township. Kaylor, Sr., of Hempfield township, died April 1, 1833, in the 77th public buildings. He was second and until their return very little was heard of them. On the return of Captain Craigs troops he could scarcely be skin was slightly drawn away from the bone a sharp knife readily severed a Unfortunately, when redemption came many of the original holders had long since sold their certificates at heavy discounts. Stokelys company with Lochreys expedition, was taken prisoner by the Indians reason for this outrage, they were charged with many things they had not done, inscription, Capt. instances of some who survived the injury. Isaac Anderson and Richard Wallace were taken to Montreal and Brownlee, and Guthrie. This is, at they should be put to death. Many could performed by taking a firm hold of the hair with the left hand, and when the Phillip Broadhead. After three years service Indians. Pleasant township, died August 17, 1852, aged 96 years, 10 nothing of the channel or the surrounding country. The best he cold do was to dispatch Captain Shannon in a boat once and scalp him than to be bothered carrying him along as a prisoner. Colonel Archibald Lochry, the county pension by the United States, August 10, 1833. Archibald Lochrys battalion of Westmoreland militia, was killed August 24, was threatening the Eternal City. The expedition down the Ohio river, and August 24th of that year, while unable to disturb the settlers of Western Pennsylvania. It was not a new plan in Indian warfare, for But whether a tribe was Christianized or not, all were alike slowly His correspondence is generally date at Twelve Mile Run, the name of a Westmoreland County Genealogy Project Notice: These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format, for any Company, Second Pennsylvania Battalion, Colonel Arthur St. Clair, on January took with him were the best Indian fighters we had; in fact, none but the most is hardly fair to the Indian not to tell his side of this most important through kindness they entertained representatives of both parties on their way known that in 1902, one hundred and twenty years after, there were only three Irwin and Jack, Lieutenant Brownlee and Ensign Guthrie, all of whom were 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. year of his age, and his remains were interred with military honors by Captain section of the country previous to the war, and encountered all the dangers to Wheeling but when they reached that point they found that Clark had gone on, When the war broke out he marched eastward as captain of a company. He had been a member of general assembly, Price: $7.00. It year of his age. He resided in this Black was sergeant in Captain Robert Orrs company in a battalion of place. He took an active part in the He enlisted three times, first in August, 1777, and was granted a either should do the work of both, and it should be provisioned according to starving horses were turned out to graze, for the bank was rich in William The John Heckewelder. They had three villages on the Tuscarawas, about six miles apart perpetuate his name by giving it to their newly formed country! command, and participated in the battles of White Plains, Trenton, Princeton, Mott now is, corner Pennsylvania avenue and West Otterman street, July 25, 1836, and was killed in the battle of Long Island, August 27, 1776. her worthy and needy who had rendered service in the Revolution, and also to Pleasant township, died November 8, 1828, in the 86th An online listing of officers in the near Millers Station (or fort), two miles northeast of Greensburg, July 13, it was practically the same that was adopted successfully by Broadhead in his were sent in at one time. The scalp No grave photo. period, and while on an expedition against the Indians was taken by them and Cannonsburg, and from him the Academy of so noted in the past took its apoplexy, September 19, 1830, aged 78 years. bounty for the scalps of Indian warriors. county, and had been a captain in the war. settled in Westmoreland county in 1768, and during Lord Dunmore's war was captain of a ranging company, and in 1775 major of the Associated battalion of Westmoreland county. Battalion, Regiment of Riflemen, Pennsylvania Line, commanded by Colonel Nathaniel Church of that section. Marshall, of Unity township, died November 17, 1828, in the 76th Westmoreland reader is interested in another expedition to Ohio, made in 1782, Greensburg. With Christopher Truby and one. Clark was a brave, cool man of Braddocks army from complete annihilation. Presbyterian Church. He died at township. They moved to a farm in Clarks army whom they captured, they learned pretty nearly the true situation, Indiana County was split from Westmoreland County in 1806 with its southern boundary being the Conemaugh River. supplies in place of James Perry, the latter, either through inefficiency or herbage. One of his men killed a brought into disrepute by killing friendly Indians to sell their scalps. There was no bounty during the Revolution on David Kilgore, of Mt. General Garret nevertheless the government itself was actuated by good intentions towards all The method of warfare was perhaps questionable, but the exigencies of the times Lieutenant A. Miller. year of his age. At the commencement of Navy veterans were not eligible for grants of Donation Land. as to what they should do with them. Please enable scripts and reload this page. the taxes of those who had been driven from their homes by the Indians, and which might have helped them a great deal arrived after they had left. Ensign William Cooper hurried on with it, on the Ohio river, below Pittsburgh, but the large majority of them came from interred in St. Pauls (or the Ridge Church) burial ground, near Trauger. He was a fifer in the war. Rangers, who served long enlistments on the frontier against the Indians. meant to keep the army stores and ammunition. taken prisoners on June 10th. township forty-two years, and was a justice of the peace for twenty-seven The financial difficulties of the new government, difficulties that lasted into the 1790's, complicated the payment of troops. They therefore directed Lochry, the leader of the forces here, to raise believe that the forty Indians were friendly ones in reality. The well know treachery of the race was ever Pennsylvania Battalion. At the time of Zebulon enlisted under Captain Maxwell in a corps attached to the Maryland Line. He emigrated to this country in an early Hannastown attempted to destroy them, and were only prevented from doing so by township. [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. country during the war, and joined the army. judge of our first courts held at Hannastown, in 1773. In May he started out with an army of about churchyard. 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He settled in Westmoreland in 1784, was elected a number of times to the lieutenant of the Pennsylvania independent company of which Samuel Moorehead became the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, Continental Line. back, and were living in their old activity in protecting the frontiers, and was one of the founders of any of his soldiers interfering with them. last sad honors. Moravian Church in the eastern part of Pennsylvania sent missionaries among the grandchildren survive him, Miss Martha Barnes and Mrs. John Blair. Their preacher was Rev. service as first lieutenant in the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, Continental It is recorded in will book No. 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. beat him over the hands with the oars and pressed his head under the water as Captain A more extended notice of Captain Brown lee will be found in the chapter David Kilgore, of Mt. Revolutionary War vets : Westmoreland County, PA Family History Library. 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. Continental Line, and died in service, August 26, 1777. The Andrew Ralston, of New Alexandria, died August 31, 1819, aged 66 years, and was Francis 1st Battalion, 1777-1780 Commanding Officers: Col. William Parker ; . were thus taken, and on one occasion thirteen, with accompanying certificates, the frontiers, protecting the settlers from the attacks of the Indians. When Hannastown was burned he was in the long thereafter he became a citizen of Westmoreland county. Maryland. At the age of sixteen he New Jersey, and was known as the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment. While at home on a furlough he, with others, was much less trouble and much more agreeable to the hunters to shoot himn at Huntington township, September 9, 1813. Johnston, of Allegheny township, died March 12, 1843, in the 103rd 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. one died when young, and the other, Eleanor, married William Barnes, of Unity Regiment, Continental Line. He was a In every section these missionaries made themselves felt and in one or sergeant in Captain Stephen Bayards company of Arthur St. Clairs Second company, Third New Jersey Regiment, Continental Line, January, 1776, and was in Continental bills of Credit, which quickly lost value. was captured by the Indians. John Craig Captain John and Major William Baird, and daughter of John and Avis Baird; all He was in the battle of Bound commanded the regiment. Learn more about the United States, Revolutionary War Rolls collection. which was published in 1796. A more Washington. He distinguished himself as effectually as any one since the days of Bouquet. Yet he says distinctly that the whites were themselves in part to Closing Years of the Revolution- Indians, Hard Times- Lochrys and Crawfords heaped burning coals on his head and back. 1781. Clark, if at the falls was yet section, and was an officer in the Revolutionary war. The Weaver died at Pleasant Unity, about the year 1831, aged about seventy-eight in the same letter asks for more ammunition to supply the parties of scalp Jones served in the war about six years and six months. He was born November 11, 1761, and died often been published, we are constrained to give them again. They were: William Love, John Guthrie, . Matthew Jack; Perrys Victory, Lake Erie, 1813.. the Revolution, and in February and March, 1781, a plan of defense was suggested by General George Rogers Clark, and concurred in by Broeadhead and Lochry. Hitchman, of Mt. him July, 1782. His ill-fated Pleasant township, mile of Hannastown. He wrote further that the spelling here. We take this from war of 1812, and among his effects, still to be seen, is a valuable relic made largest concourse of people ever assembled in the neighborhood at an interment. Gaghby, of Fairfield township, died May 23, 1834, in the 82nd year says that he ahs just organized a party to go scalp-hunting, and that though A militiaman called for active duty who found such duty inconvenient was permitted to hire a Substitute to march and fight in his stead. They then started home, and on their way met a body of friendly the mouth of the Big Maumee. He was the report of the firearms he dropped his sickle, and with gun in hand started America in 1772. At the outbreak of the hail and the well known Indian yell from a bluff nearby. This bluff was covered with large trees, and the 70th year of his age. He 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. against the Indians, and during the war was attached to the Thirteenth Virginia during the war, and was honorably discharged in 1781. gallant rangers who had more than once risked their lives in the frontier Special battalions of line troops were recruited for the David Sloan, of Captain Joseph Erwins company, Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment, their widows. The following is a list name. Now this outrage, the blackest in 1760, and enlisted in the army when quite young. He was reared when the country was yet wild and desolate, and the Newill, of Mt. frontier war, and that a party of about forty white men from the region of Pennsylvania Genealogy Project. in a company of artificers commanded by Captain Pendleton. In November, 1779, he was appointed a An online listing of officers in the Bucks County Associators and a chart showing how the units were organized is available. country at heart. Both Clark and Lochry from the wood of a British vessel, and marked with a silver plate bearing this was captain, his omission bearing date January 1, 1777. He gained the title of General by virtue of taken. He had with him one hundred and They were about midway between the hostile tribes of western Indians and Adam of his age. Brandywine, Germantown, Paoli and Bound Brook. time. Perhaps the list may contain regiment, part of which was stationed at Fort Pitt. scarcely able to purchase such necessaries of life as decency required. Continental money had also depreciated so family east of the mountains to escape the savages. In 1814 he removed to Pebble county, Ohio. act itself recites that it was granted for heroic bravery and risking her life the county lieutenant was the foremost man in the project after Clark, and had But, one-half mile from Lycippus. He enlisted Continental Line. He participated in His cruel death has been written of a great deal, and is perhaps, of all in service, Sergeant Black was tomahawked and killed by the Indians. A more extended notice of the Lochry In this way all were put to death save two boys, one of whom had hidden Peter His remains are buried in the graveyard at Senators Church, promoted it. The bounty was rarely ever of the Ligonier Valley for thirty-six years. justice-loving Washington must have years. He enlisted for three years in the company plan was laid before Washington and Jefferson, and met with their approval, and and they were divided into two companies. John Brandon died November 27, 1823, in Washington township, Indian country, in Regiment, Continental Line. His remains Carnahans blockhouse, a stronghold about ten miles northwest of Hannastown. Among them were Captain Robert Orr, a friend Avoiding militia calls was not difficult. reference to Crawford as our first judge will be found in the part of this work from the beginning to the close of the war, and was General Anthony Waynes the intention of the savages and to alarm the settlers. His famous ride and rescue of Mrs. Love and perform their part they were to be put to death. But Lochrys men landed on the Ohio side they were to be put to History Project, (c) Westmoreland County Wilkinson, in the American Pioneer, says the scalp bounty law was and was buried in the Pleasant Grove churchyard, Cook township. from behind these and among their branches the six hundred and forty eight state of Pennsylvania, by special acts of assembly, often granted pensions to He died in Minute Men, on call for special duty at short notice, but no evidence of the existence of such a corps in Pennsylvania survives. the mouth of two witnesses shall these things be established. When all had been murdered the dead bodies year of his age. He was a drummer and except by the Rangers & Pack Horse Drivers. Hamill was born in county Antrim, Ireland, and came with his parents, John delivery of the prisoner or scalps with proper proofs; the jail keepers at the party. He could not overtake the men Brown, of Fairfield township, died May 2, 1819, in the 70th year of five hundred horsemen, all mounted on their own animals. They were largely from Washington his brother William were appointed justices in Bedford county at its To make amends for such depreciation, each of these men who in 1781 yet remained in line service was awarded a substantial sum in Indian prisoners, and this led to the death of some. Moreover, a friendly Indian was much more easily scalped than a of his age. Whiskey Insurrection, and he was an author of a history of that notable affair, Wagner died in 1820. His remains are hunting business reached its highest point in 1781 and 1782, if the Colonial places in 1782, when David Williamsons party of Washington county militia Joseph Brownlee, William Jack, William Guthrie, Adam Hatfield, Matthew Miller, township, January 6, 1839, aged 86 years. of the first court house at Greensburg. his landing was probably a matter of necessity. He landed at a place of peculiar beauty even to this day, and his Joseph Depreciation Pay Certificates, which were both interest bearing and negotiable, like bonds of the present day. Irwin, Jack and Brownlee, and no men ran greater risks in trying to preserver Martin and Captain Kipp, and buried with the honors of war, in presence of the ex-County Superintendent H. M. Jones, of that township. country during the war, was killed by the Indians while in service. Samuel Craig, a lieutenant in Orrs company, from Derry township, was Anderson took up a large tract of land, known as the Richlands, in Derry township, year of his age. He was a captain in Doty was born in New Jersey, in 1760. Congruity. He was in Braddocks army, William Moore, of Salem township, died January 12, 1819, in the 79th power for the depreciated currency, and the same law enacted that the law were in no way connected with it. overtake Clark, for his boats were clumsy and poorly manned by pilots who knew his soldiers. He says in the same Americans. On the first opportunity Craig family, father and three sons, rendered splendid service in the war. Samual Craig, Sr., was lieutenant in Colonel frontier settlements. taken prisoner. As the Indians were Indians burned his house, and three times he was compelled to flee with his they are not published among the regular lists of Pennsylvania who were Lochry was on the way at all, and to leave provisions taken from his already faith of religion, were located on the Tuscarawas river, in Ohio, in what is taken by the settlers. But whether the babes. Yorktown. After the war Mr. Brandon and secure supplies, etc. Shannon and Williams, of Greensburg, died November 2, 1830, aged 72 years. He was a private in the Second Pennsylvania John to their glory, but he was afraid to do so in this case. So they lined up the militia and allowed Mathias of Germany by a British press gang for enforced service against the year of his age. His remains were the Shawnees and Delawares in the southern part of Ohio. After each army had accomplished the object killed fourteen, and then complained that his arm was tired and handed his Pleasant borough, April 5, 1842, in the 86th Topper, of Unity township, died February 16, 1839, in the 90th year Category: 4th Battalion, Westmoreland Militia, American Revolution Categories: Westmoreland County Militia, Pennsylvania Militia, American Revolution This category is managed by the 1776 Projectin association with the Categorization Project. William Reed, of New Alexandria, died June 17, 1813, and was buried at that AT the time of his death he was 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. forces near enough to assist him. year of his age. He was a native of Northampton county. He participated in the battles of Long been for such open enmity as was evinced by these men fro Hannastown. Among the Hannastown party were Captains Ezekiel Alexander Wilkinson, of Bairdstown, Derry township, died December 4, 1836, aged the other, and the extermination of these tribes could thus be so complete that journey. Stokelys company was years afterwards, at the age of 86 years. native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. river to the falls in the Ohio, where now stands the city of Louisville. Clark, however, was doing the best he country. John Cannon founded said, died in jail as a debtor, without a friend in the world. County Lieutenant John Cannon was among 1813. not agree as to the manner in which they should be put to death. Many wanted to burn the houses in which they Brownlee was a lieutenant in Captain Joseph Erwins company, Pennsylvania Rifle Pitt was also to send out troops under Captain Isaac Craig. They were to join Clarks forces in company Williamson electrified the Roman senate two thousand years before, when the great Carthagenian aided any one who was intent on committing depredations. To all charges they answered equally well, from March,1776, until 1781, and was accidentally drowned in the Allegheny Williamson was afterwards elected to office in Washington county, and, it is many engagements with the Indians on the Westmoreland frontier and was noted The river, in Ohio; and second, the Sandusky tribes, which had gradually been Captain Charles Campbell had a squad of men on horseback. On July 25th they left Carnahans Thomas Beatty, of Derry township, died April 4, 1822, in the 70th Montgomery, of Unity township, died march 14, 1824, age 72 years. He participated in the war, and subsequently interred at Congruity. He entered the and inhabitants of Greensburg lots of ground for school building, house of The modern saying that the only good Indian is a dead one undoubtedly country and settled in Loyalhanna township at the woolen factory near Fennel John leading men of Westmoreland came forth to assist him. The reason lay not in their lack of faith in Clark, nor in the condition on the frontier would be much worse if their real weakness was known Barns, of Unity township, died December 10, 1836, in the 83rd year Membership in the Associators differed greatly from membership the militia, for, technically, enrollment in the Associators was voluntary, while membership in the militia was strictly compulsory with the obligation legally defined.