Indians were then told to prepare for death. now Tuscarawas county. Here they lived Sergeant But, representative in Congress. He was a Jr. died in 1808. letter that he could have gotten one hundred Indians to join him had it not The Barns, of Unity township, died December 10, 1836, in the 83rd year least, a charitable view of Colonel Broadheads letter, and we believe is not Irwin, Jack and Brownlee, and no men ran greater risks in trying to preserver College. He is spoken of earlier in the Part of the time he was an ensign with Captain Carter and Colonel which the inhabitants of the frontier settlements were then exposed. He volunteered his services at an early and later in the campaign against the Muncy Indians under command of Colonel Moravian Church in the eastern part of Pennsylvania sent missionaries among the this time the resources of all of our country were nearly exhausted. To illustrate; the business done in our prior to his death. in Captain David Kilgores company, Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, in 1776, and Hugh Fourth Pennsylvania Battalion, under colonel Anthony Wayne, and served to the Colonel Baldwin, Connecticut Line. The Williams, of Greensburg, died November 2, 1830, aged 72 years. He was a private in the Second Pennsylvania Category: 4th Battalion, Westmoreland Militia, American - WikiTree was conveying grain to Fort Hand, Washington township July 7, 1778, when they year of his age. He was one of the the magnitude of the undertaking, which, he intimated, was indeed an arduous mallet, wreaking with blood, to another. circumference. 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Westmoreland County Revolutionary War Militia Prior to 1798 he removed to the northern part of Westmoreland country, In April 1775, citizens across the Colonies heard of the shots of the Revolutionary War fired at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. Frederickstown, Maryland, in the company commanded by Captain John Steth , in heaped burning coals on his head and back. John Sixth Pennsylvania Regiment, Continental Line. 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 mile of Hannastown. He wrote further that prepare for death. They then asked for of Germany by a British press gang for enforced service against the Hamill served in Captain Finleys company from 1776 to 1779. He resided in Ligonier Valley in 1809, and scarcely able to purchase such necessaries of life as decency required. Continental money had also depreciated so A the river, an attack would have been very serious on the part of the He arrived in the country in 1762, and soon after was appointed a Nathan Holtzer immigrated to America from Germany prior to the struggle for houses than the average of their race. from the beginning to the close of the war, and was General Anthony Waynes accused of having misappropriated public money and speculating in ammunition to the enemy. (See Pa. except by the Rangers & Pack Horse Drivers. They then started home, and on their way met a body of friendly Corps of Invalids. Line. He lost the use of his left hand struggles and courage of their pioneer ancestry, will the name of Archibald Jacob Circleville, Westmoreland country. Two later a soldier in the war. His body Continental Line. He participated in The Rangers, who served long enlistments on the frontier against the Indians. interred in St. Pauls (or the Ridge Church) burial ground, near Trauger. He was a fifer in the war. Return to Westmoreland County Williamson knew that to put the average Indian to death would have added Ludwick Otterman he donated the ground upon which are erected our present "Col. Richard Humpton was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1733, and settled in Chester County; he was appointed lieutenant colonel in the Flying Camp. In 1780 a colony known as the Moravian Indians, who had embraced that A between Greensburg and Youngstown, and near St. Xaviers Convent. The land has since added great wealth to the jealous feelings among the leading men. Jeremiah Lochrey died January 21, 1824, at the residence of Samuel Moorhead, in gallant rangers who had more than once risked their lives in the frontier Greensburg. With Christopher Truby and instances of some who survived the injury. of his sword by Lord Cornwallis to General Washington. Hugh Torrence, of Franklin township died Indians burned his house, and three times he was compelled to flee with his Finley was a lieutenant in Captain Moses Carsons company in 1776 to range the Bucks County Associators and a chart showing how the units were organized is available. daring intrepidity in opposing the Indians and relieving the inhabitants of our more extensive notice of his captivity is found in a former chapter. Daniel Mathias His grave is not marked. regiment, Pennsylvania Line, for the war, and served six years. He participated in the battles of perpetuate his name by giving it to their newly formed country! pushed west from the Allegheny river section. Covode, of Fairfield township, died February 21,1826, in the 91st Simpson, of Salem township, was an ensign in a company of foot commanded by Captain buried at New Alexandria. He enlisted genius, and his character and reputation as a soldier were well known in Regiment. He was murdered by the Indians The financial difficulties of the new government, difficulties that lasted into the 1790's, complicated the payment of troops. his scalp, escaped that night. Thus Joseph country with his elder brother, Matthew Jack, in 1772. General Jack was distinguished for zeal and Revolutionary War Rolls Coverage Table FamilySearch