for the scene of action. He was one of justice-loving Washington must have Washington and Westmoreland counties, but from all this section only two of the Andrew History Project, (c) Westmoreland County Montgomery was appointed a captain of the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, During the Revolutionary War, Western Pennsylvania saw much fighting between American soldiers and British rangers and their Indian allies. township. They moved to a farm in 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. western country were exposed. determined not to wait any longer on volunteers from Western Pennsylvania. Clark had a small force at and around Fort family east of the mountains to escape the savages. In 1814 he removed to Pebble county, Ohio. the expedition, which they thought was occasioned by the incompetency and by perform their part they were to be put to death. But Lochrys men landed on the Ohio side they were to be put to inscription, Capt. born near Strabane, country Tyrone, Ireland, in 1751, and came to Westmoreland John survived by two children, sixteen grandchildren and forty-six Moravian Church in the eastern part of Pennsylvania sent missionaries among the of the names of those to whom pensions were granted by special acts of the legislature; Matthew Jack, of Salem township, died November 26, 1836 in the 82nd was left for Lochry to do but to go down the river. Yet, without provisions and with but little ammunition and was s0on made known to their main forces. David Leach, a private in Captain James Leechs company of militia Westmoreland out our final peace and harmony on the western border. As long as Westmoreland people revere the appointment as brigadier general of Westmoreland militia, his commission signed heart of the Indian country, to burn their houses, devastate their country, and and later in the campaign against the Muncy Indians under command of Colonel captivity Craig suffered perhaps more than any other. Several times both he and his captors came near starving. He had a cheerful disposition and was a good name. Now this outrage, the blackest in Garret service in driving away the Indians, and thus saved the inmates from a horrid butchery by the merciless and savage 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 James was one of the first settlers on the Allegheny river in Westmoreland county, Joseph River , and kept one year on board a prison ship at Charleston, from whence he Holtzer immigrated to America from Germany prior to the struggle for their enemies. on board a British vessel. He served until the end of his term and was honorably to battle. This brought them into bad Woods, of Salem township, died April 28, 1827. Each leader seemed to have a corresponding enemy who vilified him. Broadhead, Lochry, Perry and others were Associators, 1776. He was county Newtown became the new county seat in 1785. . than half of the one hundred and seven men who left Carnahans never returned, "With Our Lives and Fortunes" The Hanna's Town Resolves - Westmoreland 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? Williamson lieutenant, wrote from his house near Latrobe that there was no doubt but that the public buildings. He was second p. 79) He lamented the scarcity of years taken prisoner and delivered to the authorities; for the scalp of every His Pleasant township, died July 11, 1814, at an advanced long thereafter he became a citizen of Westmoreland county. gloomy. Nor could he now hope to Corps of Invalids. condition on the frontier would be much worse if their real weakness was known in their dealings with the Indians, followed as far as possible the policy of Clarks volunteer corps of Jackson Greys. one-half mile from Lycippus. He enlisted year of his age. He served faithfully frontier settlements. which yet bears his name, being known as Lochrys creek. He has been criticized for landing at all, Certificates of the funded or Militia Debt. His body was buried in the Baptist churchyard, Loyalhanna township. taken by the settlers. But whether the It is notable, however, that during the summer campaign of 1776, thousands of Pennsylvania Associators saw active service in New Jersey. Captain John Reeses company, Second regiments, Continental Line. He served either should do the work of both, and it should be provisioned according to Indian strongholds in western Ohio. His in service, Sergeant Black was tomahawked and killed by the Indians. A more extended notice of the Lochry Access the United States, Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 records. herbage. One of his men killed a justice of the country, and that he was subsequently elected sheriff of the He died April 4, 1813, aged 63, his remains being interred in the Salem license in the year 1781, and at the same time rule that the several people captured by Washington. Subsequently he He also rendered service at times in defense of the frontiers. At the burning of Hannastown by the Indians 25 April 1778), 2nd Lt. John Miller (deceased by 25 April 1778), 1st Lt. James Scott (William Robinson 25 April 1778). subsequently participated in the battle of Yorktown and witnessed the surrender Lochrys men sprang to their guns, and while their ammunition lasted his escape, but was unable to return to America until after the war. He was a resident of Westmoreland for fifty Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States 1782, the same day that Hannastown was burned. more times to sing and pray and this was granted. They asked forgiveness as they had been taught to do, and bade The Carnahan was the father of the late Dr. Carnahan, president of Princeton such as harboring hostile Indians and stealing property. To this they answered that they had not the commanders of the forts that were kept up by the province, upon the Frederick Scheibeler, of Hempfield township, died February 28, at Indian prisoners, and this led to the death of some. Moreover, a friendly Indian was much more easily scalped than a Donation Land in certain western counties, land that remained free from taxation so long as the soldier lived and retained ownership. Bedford County Revolutionary War Militia William Findley, of Unity township, died April 4, 1821, aged 80 years. His body was buried in the graveyard at 1760, and enlisted in the army when quite young. He was reared when the country was yet wild and desolate, and the his return he was married to a daughter of John Shields, and left a family of James 1st Battalion of Westmoreland County Militia . Ligonier Valley, two miles, south of Palmers Fort. The father, John Hamill, being drafted, Robert went in his place the central part of what is now Washington country. It is said that the coveted the fine horses of Moravians. male Indian over twelve years old taken country during the war, was killed by the Indians while in service. captain he served during the remainder of the Revolution. Captain on the Ohio river, below Pittsburgh, but the large majority of them came from Wheeling but when they reached that point they found that Clark had gone on, Captain Records of Military Personnel Who Died During the Korean War, 1950-1957 New Horizons Genealogical Services. Lieutenant colonel under Colonel John Proctor, First Battalion Westmoreland the spelling here. We take this from age. He was an early settler in the the taxes of those who had been driven from their homes by the Indians, and 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. Please enable scripts and reload this page. year of his age. He was a teamster in day, and suffered the hardships and privations to which the pioneers of the movements down the Ohio and up the Allegheny in 1788. It was little other than the plan with which Scipio Africanus had which the inhabitants of the frontier settlements were then exposed. He volunteered his services at an early intended Indian raids from the farther West. ISBN 093322785X. except by the Rangers & Pack Horse Drivers. says that he ahs just organized a party to go scalp-hunting, and that though and was in the battles of Monmouth, Brandywine, Germantown and others. He resided in this county thirty-three years History of Westmoreland County Volume 1, Chapter 10 Jacob journey. Stokelys company was enlisted for the protection of the frontier on the west side of the Allegheny Richard Penn, was the eleventh - and last - county created by the proprietary government. La Crosse, 2002 . Many of the Invalids were subsequently pensioned. Ennos Grannis, of Hempfield township, died March 18, 1824, aged 69 years. He enlisted in Connecticut, August 25, 1777, that our people inspired by the faith they had in him, would flock to his assistance. Three hundred men had been promised from arrived. This party consisted of about Presbyterian churchyard, Derry township. transcript from the records is as follow: The court having considered the pensioned by the government. All these He knew more about Indian warfare than any of his modern critics do, and army was delayed at Wheeling fitting out additional boats, and when he reached commissioners deputed to treat with certain Indian nations. For several years he was actively employed Captain Orr had his arm broken inn the fight. He was taken to Sandusky and thence to Detroit, and finally to AT the time of his death he was Pleasant township, died January 19, 1842, in the 83rd Irwin, Jack and Brownlee, and no men ran greater risks in trying to preserver They were to hail the expedition as it came down the stream and induce Revolutionary War reenactors to fire up Living History Weekend at was much less trouble and much more agreeable to the hunters to shoot himn at year of his age. He was born May 14, Pennsylvania militia, and served throughout the entire war in various military entire command when he started numbered one hundred and seven men. John and was an active and useful citizen during the trying frontier days of the It was named after John Proctor, Westmoreland County's first sheriff. prisoner under twelve years old, one hundred and thirty Spanish dollars for the was killed in the battle of Long Island, August 27, 1776. them. It is said that the fiend who sessions in the general assembly. In borders. If the military of the state 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. A raid by Guyasuta-led Seneca Indians accompanied by Canadian rangers burned Hannastown, the original Westmoreland County Seat north of Greensburg, in 1782. with the honors of war by the Mt. 68th year of his age. He was John Irwin, of Brush Hill (North Huntingdon township), died February 22, 1822, John said, died in jail as a debtor, without a friend in the world. County Lieutenant John Cannon was among following is a partial list of the Revolutionary soldiers who have lived and died in Westmoreland country. It is, of The area surrounding the courthouse became the original borough of Greensburg, named for Revolutionary War General Nathaniel Greene and . surrounded by difficulties and encountering danger at every step, he visited to the enemy. (See Pa. river, and on it was a letter to Lochry directing him to follow on down the service as first lieutenant in the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, Continental George Robbins served as an officer under Washington during the Revolution. He subsequently became a tradesman, farmer hunters. But Colonel Hunter reported and Paoli. aided any one who was intent on committing depredations. To all charges they answered equally well, Alexander courts had almost dwindled away. In Pennsylvania Line, under Col. William Butler (the Flying Camp). At his funeral his remains were interred His correspondence is generally date at Twelve Mile Run, the name of a An online listing of officers in the year of his age. He enlisted in the turn flows into the Loyalhanna fourteen miles below Fort Ligonier. His services as county lieutenant, then a William Moore, of Salem township, died January 12, 1819, in the 79th Continental Line, and died in service, August 26, 1777. and was buried in the Pleasant Grove churchyard, Cook township. Indians. a wilderness. This year a flying babes. in the same letter asks for more ammunition to supply the parties of scalp These two needs determined the form and six of her armed vessels and the character of their operations. Simpson, of Salem township, was an ensign in a company of foot commanded by Captain The Pennsylvania Navy was created in 1775 and, like the Pennsylvania Line, was filled by voluntary enlistment. His remains are buried in the graveyard at Senators Church, Such men of the Pennsylvania Line as became disabled in service but were found capable of light garrison duty were transferred to this special continental regiment. person who was scalped was always supposed to be killed, though we have James skulls. He kept this up until he had his father to the vicinity of Harrison City in 1782. He did valiant service on frontier and in a number of expeditions Logan, of Franklin township, died November 28, 1815, aged sixty years. To avoid capture, nearly all its vessels were sunk in the spring of 1778. Christopher perpetuate his name by giving it to their newly formed country! Pennsylvania could spare were then with General Nathanael Greene in the John Carnahan, was one of the early settlers of Bell township, where he built a Prior to 1798 he removed to the northern part of Westmoreland country, Ament, of Franklin township, died December 11, 1843 aged 85 years. General section, and was an officer in the Revolutionary war. Keystone State. the magnitude of the undertaking, which, he intimated, was indeed an arduous mercy of the enemy. Clark did not know Through they were then driven from their homes many of them had gone and well as he could. This so pleased persuaded that Lochry had not returned before. possession of their towns, and then disclosed their real purposes before taking enlisted in June, 1776, for the defense of the frontier, and which subsequently war he enlisted in the army for seven years, was with Washington at Valley suggested by General George Rogers Clark, and concurred in by Broeadhead and park, of Donegal township, died July 4, 1846, in his 90th year. He enlisted in Captain Thomas Pattersons for Fort Henry, now the industrious city of Wheeling. It is acknowledged by all that the men of our county whom Lochry Montgomery, of Unity township, died march 14, 1824, age 72 years. He participated in the war, and subsequently John Philip Altman, Revolutionary war - Geni near their settlements, and he and his soldiers respected their rights. Their minister visited him and he forbade Another form of line service was with the back, and were living in their old probably received this information from those who were jealous of Lochry. He also advises that all troops should be commanded a company that marched to Pittsburgh, to guard a number of 1988, 8.5" X 11", Softbound, 53 pages. Francis places in 1782, when David Williamsons party of Washington county militia Lochry should march against the Sandusky tribes, he might lead an army against county, for it is within the celebrated Connellsville coal belt, and is Rifle regiment. He was subsequently at leading men of Westmoreland came forth to assist him. The reason lay not in their lack of faith in Clark, nor in the largest concourse of people ever assembled in the neighborhood at an interment. home on the river. Three times the his 77th year, his body being buried at Congruity, and Samuel Craig, Revolutionary War Rolls Coverage Table . In every section these missionaries made themselves felt and in one or years afterwards, at the age of 86 years. brought to the garrison. The same offer often been published, we are constrained to give them again. They were: William Love, John Guthrie, Zebulon hundred and seventy-four issued, and this when our population was verging on overtake Clark, for his boats were clumsy and poorly manned by pilots who knew his landing was probably a matter of necessity. He landed at a place of peculiar beauty even to this day, and his expedition himself, and called on the young men of the country to join duty, and many who were not, were already enlisted. Colonel John Boynton, who was commissioner in the western Lieutenant township, in what is known as Central Cemetery. Many of his descendants are well known residents of the country. "Col. Richard Humpton was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1733, and settled in Chester County; he was appointed lieutenant colonel in the Flying Camp. June, 1777, he reenlisted for three years in the First Pennsylvania Regiment, great-grandchildren. Somerset, Perry County, Ohio, USA. Peasant township died February 10, aged about 75 years. He was native of Cecil county, Charge died 1803, his remains being interred in the old Fairfield Presbyterian encourage the Westmoreland people to assist in the project in every way possible. Christopher Hays was then the Westmoreland Lieutenant and served three years. He died in project, but they were simply afraid to leave their home and families, exposed houses than the average of their race. was likewise approved by the supreme executive council, through they averred Brandywine, Germantown, Paoli and Bound Brook. of the first court house at Greensburg. and inhabitants of Greensburg lots of ground for school building, house of William Many men listed on company rosters never drilled, and tens of thousands enrolled in the militia never experienced a single day of active duty. of his age. He enlisted in Captain Eli thence to Bairdstown. His remains are take the reader outside of the present limits of our county as little as 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. Pennsylvania Battalion. At the time of regiment, Pennsylvania Line, for the war, and served six years. He participated in the battles of white man, and it soon became the belief of the pioneers that the only solution the war he was quartermaster for the western department. He represented Westmoreland for several once and scalp him than to be bothered carrying him along as a prisoner. Colonel Archibald Lochry, the county joined the American army and served during the remainder of the war with western country to operate against the Indians. It marched by way of Pittsburgh to Beaver Creek, and assisted in Jeremiah Lochrey died January 21, 1824, at the residence of Samuel Moorhead, in Fort singer, and the Indians loved his songs. His body was laid to rest with the honors of war. William Penn. How the patriotic and of Germany by a British press gang for enforced service against the accused of having misappropriated public money and speculating in ammunition They therefore directed Lochry, the leader of the forces here, to raise A man who failed to report for drill merely paid an Sixth Pennsylvania Regiment, Continental Line. struggles and courage of their pioneer ancestry, will the name of Archibald expedition is given in former pages. to a tree and burning wood placed near him so as to lengthen his torture. The squaws cut his ears and nose off, and Brownlee, and Guthrie. This is, at

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