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40 Magazine of the· Crutcher, James. Pvt., Pa. line. Lived in Jefferson Co. after Revolution. Drew pension in 1835. Dandridge, Capt. Alexander Spottswood. d. Apr. 1785. m. Ann Stephen. Lieut. 4th Va. Dragoons. Capt. Va. Artillery, 1777. Resigned 1780. Lived at ''The Bower'' in Je...
...oc. (Handley Library, Winchester. Richard Pearis). Drayton, John: Memoirs of the American Revolution 2 vols. Printed Charleston, S.C., 1821. (Details of people & events). Dickii:ison, J. L.: The Fairfax Proprietary, Warren Press, Front Royal, Va. 1959. Force, Peter: A Documentary...
38 Magazine of the REVO~UTIONARY SOLDIERS OF JEFFERSON CO (A list of Revolutionary soldiers who enlisted from Jefferson County or who lived here at some time before or after the Revolution. Data has been secured from several sources, including genealogical records of their descen...
... a Maryland company. Bought ''Piedmont'' in 1780. Owned property in Shepherdstow11 before Revolution. Briscoe, Capt. Reuben. Capt. 4th Co. Riflemen under Col. Daniel Mor gan 1778. Broaddus, Lieut. William. d. 1830. Pension $320 a year. Buried 1n Har pers Ferry Cemetery. Brown G...
.... b. near Shepherdstown, Jan. 18, 1742. In Capt. William Morgan's Co. Moved to Ohio after Revolution. Mange, Peter. In Capt. Stephenson's Co., 1775. Lived in Shepherdstown. I I McCarty, Andrew. Served in Virginia line and drew a pension. Lived in Jefferson Co11nty. McGuire, Col. ...
... 1778. Taken prisoner at Long Island. Myers, Capt. Ludwig. Lived near Shepherdstown after Revolution. Nourse, James. b. 1731. d. 1784. Buried at St. George's Chapel. Oliver, Thomas. b. in Baltimore. Pvt. from Shepherdstowi1. Orndorff, Christian. Capt. in Maryland line. Moved to S...
...rs. / God shall wipe away all / tears from their eyes. Rev: XXI.4 (West:) DAUGHTER OF / A REVOLUTIONARY / SOLDIER / ERECTED BY / BEE LINE/ CHAPTER/ D. A. R. (Footstone:) S. A. B. MARIA E. BROADUS / Died July 18th. 1885. / Aged 70 years./ He maketh both the deaf to/ heaI and the d...
12 The Magazine of the Pre-Revolutionary Structures and Sites in Jefferson County Part II Introduction The 197 5 Magazine presented seventeen structures judged by the Historic Landmarks Commission to have been built before the Revolutionary War, and therefore of special interest ...
...e year of 17 32 and ettled on the Potomac River, four miles from hepherd town. Before the Revolutionary War he held the office of Deputy Lieutenant of Berkeley County Va. with the rank of Colonel. A the king' deputy, he was called "King Van''. She was a granddaughter of Hezekiah ...
... by the Rev. Mr. Andrews). Goodwin states that he was "loyal to the American cause in the Revolution." He would scarcely have managed to survive in the area had he not been. As a matter of fact, ''no minister could retain the charge of his parish without taking the oath of allegi...
... the highest, and the lack of a bishop [in the colony] a handicap." 19 At the time of the Revolution <<the union of church and state that existed in nine of the thirteen colonies was promptly attacked, although with varying results. In the South, where the Church of England was t...
...at the latter course would have to be followed. 17 August 16, 1777, Papers of Washington, Revolutionary War Series, 10:642; McGuire, Philadelphia Campaign, 1 :45-52. 14 "General Orders;' August 28, 1777, Papers of Washington, Revolutionary War Series, 11 :81-82; ''Narrative of Wi...
46 The Magazine of the were British Loyalists at the time of the Revolution. One old newspaper article goes so far as to say that John Baker was an ((ardent Tory'' and con sequently his <<large grants'' in Montgomery County were seized after the Revolution. 29 The article, howev...
...mboat. 6 pages. In Shep· therd College library. McAllister, J. T. Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War. 1913. Pub lished by author, Hot Springs, V•a. Services of Militia by counties, and pensioners down to '1835. In Shepherdstown library. Meade, Bisbop Wm. Old Families, Chu...
...garden, as early as the 1 800 's. Not far fro.m Dust •Crossing l·ies Ro 1 bert Buckles, a Revolutionary o,ffi•cer, in an un·.marked grave. John Freize, a Revolutio·nary soldier, is said to 'be buried on the ''South .Wood'' farm, near Walpers Cross Roads. There are many un,marked ...
8 ,Magazine of the quently on the re·cords of pre-Revolutionary days is that he served in th 1e French and Indian Wars from 1 7 5 4 to 1 7 5 8. From all d 1es,c•riptions he was a doughty and courag~eous Indian fighter. In this e·mergency he raised ~al ,company to proiect the inha...
...te Co. Pa. He buil, a fo1' th 1· and owned 1 000 acres of land. His son, an. serv d in he Revolution. Johns son, Marmaduke \,as l1un ing· with his b1·othe1--one day when they we1--e ca1 u1· d b I11dians. Marmaduke agreed to go with the In,dians if his b1·othe1· were pe1·mitted to...
...ed to the siege of Bos ton and was awarded large tracts of land for his serv ices in the Revolution. He cornrnanded a regiment at tl1e t,1:me of the Whiskey rebellion and was a captain under l1ord Dunmore during the Lewis Expedition to Ohio. Joseph's son ThornJ:1,s had children,...
...' son, Thomas was a su1--veyo1" and died a1·l as a 1· sul of his n1ilitary service in the Revolution. Th i1~ son Cap . Josiah Swea1,ing,en commanded a Com })a11 at Fo1,t Pitt against the Indians and his cousin, I11dian an accompanied him. He fought at the siege of Bos 011 a11d m...
...ings it contains. Among them are ''The Harewood House," ''Gen. Lee's residence during the Revolution,'' ''Gen. Gates' residence during the Revolution," and ''The Morgan Springs,'' the latter showing so1ne twenty figures in costu:mes of the Revolutionary period, re:miniscent of th...
...as a center of population, north and south, as well as east and west. At the tirne of the Revolution Shepherdstown had a population of approxirnately 1,800. Shepherdstown from its foundation in 1731-32 had been the center of on corning hordes of new settlers from Pennsylvania and...
...ities in the gun making business. Freeman Hart's ''The Valley of Virginia in the American Revolution' makes reference to a sub sidy of 250 pounds granted early in the Revolution by the Committee of Safety to Thomas Rutherford for a gun factory at Shephe1 1 dstown. Did he set up ...
...ch he was the leader to ''Kentucke'' to locate lands. He was an ardent patriot during the Revolution and represented Berkeley County in the Virginia House of Delegates in 1778. About 1781 he was appointed Commissioner to settle the claims of Maryland against the U. s. and in 1783...
... 18 das. Endle1,., M. d. Oct. 1, 1802, aged 62 yrs., 9 mos. (Inscrip tion in Gerlllan.) (Revolutionary soldier.) Endler, Philip. Buried ---· 1799, aged 82 yrs., 12 das. (Inscription in German.) Entler, Daniel. d. Apr. 5, 1866, aged 80 yrs., 4 mos., 21 das. Entle1--, George. b. J...
...Sallie. d. Sept. 1862, aged 1 yr. Haines, John. d. Sept. 18, 1800, aged 59 yrs., 9 rnos. (Revolutionary soldier.) Hains, Prudence. ----· Hains, Prudence. d. Jan. 20, --, aged 16 mos., _ das. Hawn, David. d. Mar. 5, 1878, aged 78 yrs. Hawn, John R. b. 1834. d. 1879. Hawn, Mary, wi...
.... 1779. Bennett, Mary. d. Aug. 17, 1790. . Bennett, Wm. d. Jan. 28, 1802, aged 65 years. (Revolutionary soldier.) Swearingen, Josiah. d. Aug. 9, 1795. (Revolutionary soldier.) ' • Swearingen, Phoebe Strode. b. 1757. d. 1786. Swearingen, Rebeckah. d. Feb. 3, 1781, aged 26 years. I
...ll in the house of the/ Lord for ever." (Ea t: metal plaque:) DAUGHTERS OF THE / AMERICAN REVOLUTION / DAUGHTER OF / A REVOLUTIONARY / SOLDIER / ERECTED BY/ BEE LIN HAPTER / D.A.R. (Footstone:) E.F.B. Lot 145E (Marchant) G ORGE F RQUHAR / SON OF / HENRY & EMILY / MARCHANT. / DIED...
... seven years' war constitute a part of tl1e well-known history of tl1at period. When tl1e Revolution began, he was early i11 the field, and did good service in defense of the liberties of l1is adopted country. Having risen to the rank of major general, l1e was deprived of his com...
12 The Magazine of the Pre-Revolutionary Structures And Sites In Jefferson County Part I Introduction The places described here have been inspected by the members of the Jefferson County Historic Landmarks Commission during 1974 and 1975. The Commission has given priority to sele...
...therford; Josiah, of whom more is to follow; and Hezekiah (1747?-1817), who served in the Revolution, ''probably in the western country'' (Dandridge, p. 351), and who married Rebecca Turner. There may also have been a son named Thomas, as Ellen B. Walters (vol. 16 of this magazin...
..." Mr. Meade has also supplied an account of Mr. Thruston and of his important role in pre-Revolutionary political activities. He was minister of the parish from the very end of 1768 until it was divided in 1770. Presumably he continued to preach in what is now Jefferson County un...
...town The Shepherdstown Commission for the celebration of the Bicentennial of the American Revolution is made up of three officers and twelve members: William Vaughn, chairman; John Grissinger, vice chairman; Patricia Kilpatric, secretary-treasurer; Valerie Atherton, Charles Bosle...
...res of eighteen structures in the County designated by the Landmarks Commission as of pre-Revolutionary construction. The 1976 MAGAZINE was the Bi-Centennial Issue, Part II, which contained descriptions and pictures of additional pre-Revolutionary structures and sites in Jefferso...
... building of the handsome Nor borne Church which occurred just before the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. The Church's picturesque ruins are now an Historic Landmark. Additions to the Society's Library and Archives June, A Year Book of Sonnets-Shenandoah Edition by Virginia Lu...
...ood place to introduce the two principal forces which would destroy Nor borne Church: the Revolution and Dissenters. Cresswell was a loyal British subject. When the war began, he was in some danger, under alien arrest several times, until he was able to get passage home. His poin...
...fense, who ordered the perfo1·111ance of mili tary ceremonies honoring Jeffer on County' Revolutionary War officers and consecrating the ground upon which significant Rev olutionary War events occurred. One of the sites was the place of origin of the Bee Line March in 1775 at M...
...ildr n. He w nt to Tenne ee where he claimed everal th usand acr .. He had fot1ght in the Revolutionary War and wa paid aft r ard ~ in wilderne land a were many other . He wa killed by Indian in the Battle of the Bluff in 1781. 10 illiam only two when hi moth r died grew up and m...
... local men. The record of the 55th Regiment of Virginia Militia Berkeley County after the Revolution through the War f 1812 -year 1795-1815-are replete with change of oft"ic r a. \ignment .. They include the name of William Luca Edward Luca s, Robert Lucas Jo eph Luca , John Rion...
...ia courts had succeeded to the Privy Council's appellate jurisdiction. Moreover, with the Revolution the Proprietary had become the property of aliens and f 01 rner enemies and had passed to heirs resident in England on the death of Lord Fairfax in 1781. This once strong, well-es...
...ggesting the Shepherds were savvy to the financial state of affairs in the region. Unpaid Revolutionary soldiers had been on the verge of mutiny for years and it had taken all of George Washington's persuasive powers to keep the army intact. In response to these problems, other f...
...Mc lain Printing o. Par. on. , WV. 428 pp. Draper Manu)cr1pt~ .. n.d. Very large olume of Revolutionary war era document , letter and fir'>l-per c)11 ace unt\. al o pertaining to early . ettlement of Kentucky, Ohio and el ewhere. ccount~ by John linkenbeard, and the David hepherd...
Jeffcr. < 11 C>u11t , } Ii. le ri ,ti ~<> iet\' . .. nco er k ull, Bones of Revolutionary War He ro !Vell.~·IJL11·g. \-\ 1 \I -f~eb 17, Work111an worki11g under Contr,1ctor 8.0. res,1p~ engaged in [<!?'?elling] of p1-operty near the Ja111e. P ,1t1ll e .. t,1te 011 Ple~1 ,1nt \ 1e...
...language of a memorial by an eminent divine of Virginia, ''served with distinction in the Revolutionary War under Col. Hugh Stephenson. He marched with his company from Shepherdstown to Boston, in July, 1775, and in March, 1776, returned to New York. He was in the celebrated batt...
24 The Magazine of the Revolution, on March 18, 1788, Darke was one of two delegates selected by the Berkeley County Court to attend the Virginia Constitutional Convention. 1 When the convention convened in Richmond, Colonel Darke cat one of the 89 'yea'' votes on June 25, 1788, ...
...rovisional Army and President Adams convinced 66-year-old George Washington to resume his Revolutionary War position as Commander in Chief of the Army. Washington accepted with the reservation that he not be required to take to the field, and that Alexander Hamilton, his Senior A...
...aniel Bedinger's service given January 31, 1839, by Captain H enry Bedinger, 5th Regiment Revolutionary Army in Southern Campaigns American Revolution Pension Statements and Rosters. 56 Henry's Statement of Daniel Bedinger 's service given January 31, 1839, by Captain H enry Bedi...
... in the garden, as early as the 1800's. Not far from Dust Crossing lies Robert Buckles, a Revolutionary officer, in an unmarked grave. John Freize, a Revolutionary soldier, is said to be buried on the ''South Wood'' farm, near Walpers Cross Roads. There are many unmarked stones h...
...d his militia in New Jersey, the story of the three brothers and their service during the Revolutionary War is told in ''Brothers of the Revolution.'' 3 The following narrative resumes with the story of Daniel Bedinger when he returns to Shepherdstown after th.e war. Daniel Hedin...
...ng the Men of 1775 . 78 72 Historic Shepherdstown. Page 316-317. 73 Hulse family network. Revolutionary War. http://www.hulsenet.net/revolutionary-war/. 74 Historic Shepherdstown. Pages 356. 75 Ibid. Page 295. 76 Ibid. 77 Daniel Morgan of Shepherdstown, not Daniel Morgan of Winch...
...ve netted his L-ordshi·p quite i ru sum. This for111 of taxation last ed u~til after the Revolution wben it was abolished ·by the Ceneral Assembly in 1785. We do n-0t know what W,ashing ton thought of the ·business m•orals of his kinsman by mar,riage, but he Jhad an eye for goo...
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