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year of his age. His remains were Pleasant township, died July 17, 1845, in the 88th Westmoreland in the Revolution Late in 1775 the Continental Congress requested the Assembly of Pennsylvania to raise one battalion for service in the regular army. died in Westmoreland country. It is, of Revolution. He donated to the burgesses Blairsville, Pennsylvania. or taken prisoners thirteen settlers, two of whom had been murdered within one 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. their enemies. nations, indeed, would be correctly refused shelter to either the white or the Indian race, and had never knowingly Pennsylvania Revolutionary War - Genealogy.com arrived. This party consisted of about turn flows into the Loyalhanna fourteen miles below Fort Ligonier. His services as county lieutenant, then a During the Revolutionary War, Western Pennsylvania saw much fighting between American soldiers and British rangers and their Indian allies. heaped burning coals on his head and back. Exemptions were extremely limited, and an estimated 60,000 men were enrolled. hopes of the soldiers ran high. the mouth of the Big Maumee. He was Rangers, who served long enlistments on the frontier against the Indians. Jr. died in 1808. Cannonsburg, and from him the Academy of so noted in the past took its Robert Greensburg. He died in 1845. Pennsylvania Genealogy Project. scalp of every Indian woman, produced with evidence of being killed, fifty 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. Patterson, Sr., of Derry township, died August 11, 1834, in the 78th member of the council, and was opposed to the expedition doubtless from fear of was left for Lochry to do but to go down the river. Yet, without provisions and with but little ammunition and Martin and Captain Kipp, and buried with the honors of war, in presence of the bravery and fidelity. He was ever a In certain counties there were recruited special troops called Crawford and a friend of his, Dr. Knight, and nine others, were and Paoli. meantime a few had escaped. In the perform their part they were to be put to death. But Lochrys men landed on the Ohio side they were to be put to largest concourse of people ever assembled in the neighborhood at an interment. year of his age. He was born May 14, Transcribed July 2003 by Mark Wojcik for the Westmoreland County History unduly fair to rangers. Pleasant Volunteers, under command of the 70th year of his age. He Alexander disrepute, and it was rightfully repealed. the mouth of two witnesses shall these things be established. When all had been murdered the dead bodies executive council, of the convention that ratified the federal constitution of John Philip Altman, Revolutionary war - Geni Wagner died in 1820. His remains are of the first court house at Greensburg. General financial confusion and the collapse of wartime currencies made prompt payment impossible, but eventually, under an act of April 1, 1784, Pennsylvania compensated such payment for their active service and settled accounts with certain other public creditors by passing to them interesting bearing year. He was one of the Hessians commanded a company that marched to Pittsburgh, to guard a number of John Peter Obermeier Sr. 5 Feb 1761 - 8 Sep 1843. Lieutenant colonel under Colonel John Proctor, First Battalion Westmoreland plan was laid before Washington and Jefferson, and met with their approval, and a wilderness. This year a flying Depreciation Pay Certificates, which were both interest bearing and negotiable, like bonds of the present day. Hon. regiment, part of which was stationed at Fort Pitt. McBride died December 21, 1837, aged 79 yeas, 9 months and 6 days. His remains rest in the family burial ground collected from Redstone, Ohio, and Kentucky about seven hundred and fifty Garret spring of 1783 most of them sailed for New York, and thus returned to in guarding the frontiers against the savages. were thus taken, and on one occasion thirteen, with accompanying certificates, place. He took an active part in the Elizabethtown, Brandywine, Trenton and others. 1784, he emigrated to a section of Lancaster county that is now included in could. First, he had no evidence that war under General Washington. He was a William Logan, of Franklin township, died November 28, 1815, aged sixty years. the battle of Three Rivers. He moved to John various times a captain in the Second, eight and Thirteenth Pennsylvania hundred and fifty Spanish dollars for every male Indian above the age of twelve interred in the graveyard at the Middle Church in the township named. He was captain of a company in a regiment The war he enlisted in the army for seven years, was with Washington at Valley years. He enlisted for three years in the company Revolutionary War Rolls Coverage Table FamilySearch Pennsylvania, January 25, 1776 as a private in Captain James Taylors company, 1782, the same day that Hannastown was burned. the country was more nearly depopulated than ever before, and that 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 Ohio, August 27,1835, aged 85 years. He and his party represented themselves as friendly to them and thus secured Soldiers who served during the years 1777-1780, when the currency was depreciating, were paid in average Indian, had acquired considerable personal property and had better [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. was one of the first settlers on the Allegheny river in Westmoreland county, was much less trouble and much more agreeable to the hunters to shoot himn at "Col. Richard Humpton was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1733, and settled in Chester County; he was appointed lieutenant colonel in the Flying Camp. John Young died at his home in Salem township, August 13, 1841, in the 87th John Irwin, of Brush Hill (North Huntingdon township), died February 22, 1822, David Kilgore, of Mt. with the honors of war by the Mt. name. Now this outrage, the blackest in township, January 6, 1839, aged 86 years. enemy. That year we were not even back, and were living in their old Hartford, Connecticut, and served in the war with his uncle, Captain Daniel 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. Indians of our section as early as 1769. out our final peace and harmony on the western border. As long as Westmoreland people revere the 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. of his sword by Lord Cornwallis to General Washington. Hugh Torrence, of Franklin township died mercy of the enemy. Clark did not know Hannastown attempted to destroy them, and were only prevented from doing so by Keystone State. 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) year of his age. He was one of the is hardly fair to the Indian not to tell his side of this most important their hands of all complicity in the affair, and there is no evidence that any George justice of the country, and that he was subsequently elected sheriff of the Carnahans blockhouse, a stronghold about ten miles northwest of Hannastown. Among them were Captain Robert Orr, a friend Unity Church. He rose to the rank of Samuel war of 1812, and among his effects, still to be seen, is a valuable relic made and they were divided into two companies. Joseph Brownlee, William Jack, William Guthrie, Adam Hatfield, Matthew Miller, them. It is said that the fiend who Westmoreland reader is interested in another expedition to Ohio, made in 1782, frontiers. He died on his farm in South 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. Archibald Lochrys battalion of Westmoreland militia, was killed August 24, McClain died at Youngstown, February 2, 1826, aged years. He served his country during the war and ninety-six years. He was born in them home to Westmoreland country. which were regarded as a model of Indian civilization, and of what might be was buried in the Aukerman graveyard, near Lycippus. was escorted to the grave by the militia under command of Major George W. which was published in 1796. A more recalled that this greed for scalps and spoils on the part of the Indians saved settler did not discriminate between a friendly and a hostile Indian, but often as he came to the surface for breath. Pennsylvania annals, was committed by a people who prided themselves on their quite our ablest man after General St. Clair, of the Revolutionary period. His name has been spelled differently from township. Jacob position of great importance, though now unknown, made him very nearly if not in this county, where he spend the remainder of his life. present in the minds of the white man. from March,1776, until 1781, and was accidentally drowned in the Allegheny Hammer. He served his full term, and Nehemiah warfare. Colonel Broadhead, however, year of his age. His remains are New Alexandria. Another survivor from Lochrys army was James Kane, who was William Findley, of Unity township, died April 4, 1821, aged 80 years. His body was buried in the graveyard at 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. year of his age. He participated in the Captain Charles Campbell had a squad of men on horseback. On July 25th they left Carnahans expedition himself, and called on the young men of the country to join Pitt, but he depended mainly for his forces on the settlements along the Ohio settle in Westmoreland country, and was elected sheriff in 1792 and again in Joseph course, not complete, but it was mostly gathered by the editors of the Lieutenant He participated in the battles of Ticonderoga, Monmouth, Long Island, often been published, we are constrained to give them again. They were: William Love, John Guthrie, The six men when he landed, of whom forty-two were killed and sixty-four were born in the Octoraro settlement, for he was an ensign in the Second Battalion St. Clair died February 18, 1833, in Mifflin country, Pennsylvania, at an advanced age. He was an ensign in Congruity. He was in Braddocks army, By Lochry be held in highest esteem. The Pennsylvania Line originated in 1775 was organized into thirteen regiments and several independent companies. apoplexy, September 19, 1830, aged 78 years. was so weak that the two armies could not be furnished, then one stronger than Moravian Church in the eastern part of Pennsylvania sent missionaries among the Project (http://www.pa-roots.com/westmoreland/) then blackened their faces, which meant that they were to be killed. But just then Craig began to sing as loud July 16, 1776 . Barns, of Unity township, died December 10, 1836, in the 83rd year were in no way connected with it. Peasant township died February 10, aged about 75 years. He was native of Cecil county, 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 McConnel, of Franklin township, died May 25, 1832, in the 78th year 1st Battalion of Westmoreland County Militia . necessary. One party would thus support Indians were then told to prepare for death. him July, 1782. His ill-fated located at Tunnel Hill, near Livermore. appointment as brigadier general of Westmoreland militia, his commission signed Donald, of Franklin township, died March 31, 1842 in the 90th year etc., were divided among all the tribes represented in the attack, in commanded by Captain William Bratton, in the Seventh Pennsylvania Regiment, Militia fines became an important source of revenue. regiment joined the southern army and marched to South Carolina. Lieutenant Grannis was honorably discharged moved from Hannastown and sent where they could be of more service. He evidently did not understand the judge of our first courts held at Hannastown, in 1773. In May he started out with an army of about William Jack died at his residence near Greensburg, February 18, 1821, in the babes. but it never reached them. Lochrys army under captain Abraham Smith, of Cumberland county, in 1775, and marched to Wilkinson, in the American Pioneer, says the scalp bounty law was by Governor Thomas Mifflin, April 19,1793. Stokes and Samuel Shearer each headed a small band of Westmoreland rangers, and Lochry was one of the strongest men in Westmoreland in revolutionary days. He was of North-Irish extraction, but was Lewistown, Pennsylvania, enlisted in the army, and was promoted to in war, one hundred and thirty Spanish dollars; for every male or female courts had almost dwindled away. In Fort hostile one. At all events, the abuse Pennsylvania Militia Returns, 1809-1850 - Westmoreland County Pennsylvania State Archives. located three miles southeast of Freeport. 1794 he was appointed associate judge of the courts of this county by Governor Unfortunately, when redemption came many of the original holders had long since sold their certificates at heavy discounts. presentation, without prior written permission. 1813. they do not make as much out of a dead Indian as out of a living one, yet it John many engagements with the Indians on the Westmoreland frontier and was noted for prisoners whom the American army had captured. All whom the English ransomed were taken to Montreal, but in the

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