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CHAPTER XVII.
MILITARY HISTORY
Revolutionary Soldiers-Adams County in the Civil War-Morgan's Raid.
It has been a very great labor to secure the information given be- low. In the state library is a list of the revolutionary soldiers of Adams County, on continental line, who drew pensions. We also obtained a list of those who served in the militia and drew pensions and the two lists are combined. The ages are either at the death of the soldier where his death is mentioned, or where it is not mentioned, the age is given as in the year 1835. The date following the age, where there is a date given, is the date the soldiers were placed on the pension roll. The following is the list :
Alexander, John, Pennsylvania Continental, 91.
Brewer, Henry, Congressional Regiment, 69, February 2, 1819.
Baldwin, John, private, Maryland Mliitia, June 22, 1833.
Breedlove, John, private, Virginia Militia, October 18, 1832.
Conner, William, ensign, Virginia Continental, May 11, 1819, July 22, 1819.
Costigan, Francis, lieutenant, New Jersey Continental, 84, July 21, 1821.
Copple, Daniel, Pennsylvania Continental, age 74, died February 7, 1832.
Cochran, John Gen.
Callahan, Dennis, Maryland Continental, 86.
Cole, Ephriam, Col. Wm. R. Lee's regiment.
Cross, Samuel, private, Pennsylvania Militia, June 11, 1832. Collings, James, 5th Maryland Continental.
David, Zebediah, private, Pennsylvania Militia, May 22, 1833. Erwin, James, lieutenant, Pennsylvania Continental, 65.
Edwards, Jesse, private, Pennsylvania Militia, August 8, 1833. Falls, Wm.
Finley, J. L., major, Pennsylvania Continental, 73.
Flood, William, Virginia Continental, 94.
Faulker, William, Pennsylvania Continental, 79.
Fields, Simon, Virginia Continental, 77.
Foster, Nathaniel, private, New Jersey Militia, August 8, 1833. Gates, William, Virginia Continental, 74, died October 29, 1879. Gustin, Amos, Pennsylvania Continental, 68.
Gordon, John, Pennsylvania Continental, 76.
Grooms, Abraham, private, Virginia Militia, November 16, 1833. Hamilton, Charles, corporal, Delaware, Continental.
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Hull, Isaac, private, New Jersey Militia, January 3, 1834.
Jack, Thomas, sergeant, Pennsylvania Continental, 85, died August 8, 1831.
Laney, John, Virginia Militia, died in Huntington Township-buried at Hickory Ridge.
McPike, John, private, Pennsylvania Militia, May 24, 1833.
McDaniel, Patrick, Pennsylvania Continental, 94.
Magin, Charles, Maryland Continental, 82, died December 23, 1827.
McMahan, Joseph, Virginia Continental, 73.
Middleswart, Jacob, Pennslyvania Continental.
Marlatt, Thomas, private and sergeant, Maryland Militia, June 26, 1833.
Miller, James, Cleutis Artillery Company.
Mehaffey, John, private, New Jersey Militia.
Piatt, Benjamin.
Richardson, James, Virginia Continental, 80, died January 16, 1833. Rogers, William, New Jersey Continental, 66.
Rankin, Daniel, Maryland Continental, 80. .
Richards, James, Virginia Continental, 75.
Stivers, John, private, Virginia Militia, August 7, 1833.
Simpson, Robert, private, New Hampshire Continental, September 24, 1819.
Stevenson, Charles, private, Pennsylvania Militia, February 25, 1833. Sams, Jonas, Virginia Militia.
Smith, Henry.
Thompson. John, private, Pennsylvania Militia, September 21, 1833. Trotter, Christopher, Virginia Continental, 75, died May 6, 1828.
Trotter, John, Virginia Continental, 76, transferred from Kentucky. Usman, Charles, private, Virginia Militia, February 12, 1833. Waldson, Elizah, private, Virginia Continental.
Walker, James, private, Pennsylvania Militia, October 8, 1833.
Williamson, William, private, Pennsylvania Militia, October 8, 1833. Waters, Thomas, sergeant, Virginia Continental, 87.
Woodworth, Richard, Pennsylvania Continental.
Walker, Peter, Pennsylvania Continental, 65.
Waters, Thomas, sergeant, Virginia Continental, 87, July 21, 1819. Woodworth, Richard, Pennsylvania Continental, 79, October 28, 1819. Walker, Peter, Pennsylvania Continental, 65, May 24, 1820.
Of this list Major Joseph Finley has a separate sketch herein. He and John Killin, another revolutionary soldier, are the only ones known to be buried in the old cemetery in West Union. The graves of both are marked. Most of the revolutionary soldiers in Adams County who. obtained pensions, did so through Wesley Lee, who acted as pen- sion agent in West Union from about 1823, so long as pensions were obtained.
Daniel Copple served as a private in the German battalion of the continental troops, revolutionary army. He was a member of Capt. Daniel Burchart's company, between October 4, 1776, and July, 1777. He was on the rolls of Capt. Peter Boyer's company, from August, 1777, to June, 1779. His name appears as Daniel Kettle on the rolls of Capt. Michael Boyer's company, from November, 1779, to De-
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cember, 1780. He was enlisted for the war. This battalion was raised from the several colonies. There were four companies from Pennsyl- vania and four from Maryland. Daniel Copple, a former resident of Liberty Township, Adams County, Ohio, was his grandson and Mrs. M. J. Earley, of Red Oak, Ohio, is his great-granddaughter. He is buried in the Dutch graveyard, in Liberty Township, together with his wife, and his grave is unmarked. He could speak only a few words of English and that with great difficulty.
Thomas Kincaid was a sergeant in Capt. William Henderson's company, colonel in Daniel Morgan's rifle regiment, in July, 1777, and till after November, 1777. He was born December 13, 1755, near Richmond, Virginia, and died in Adams County, Ohio, July 3, 1819. His wife, Mary Patterson, was born in Virginia, September 20, 1757, and died in Adams County, March 10, 1824. Both are buried at Win- chester.
Henry Aldred was born in Germany .. He was one of the first settlers on Brush Creek. He died in 1835, and is buried in the McColm Cemetery on Brush Creek. He has descendants living in the county.
John Treber, father of Jacob Treber, who has a separate sketch here under the Treber family, was a revolutionary soldier. He located where William Treber now resides, in 1796, and there he died. He is buried in the family cemetery on the farm.
Benjamin Yates, a soldier of the revolutionary war, died in Man- chester on January 30. 1849, and is buried in the old graveyard there. He is said to have been over one hundred and fourteen years old when he died. He came from Meadville, Pennsylvania. He has no descend- ants living, nearer than great-grandchildren. He enlisted March, 1778, for one year as a private in Captain Pichett's company, from Mary- land, colonel not stated. He re-enlisted May, 1781, in Captain Mur- dock's company ; colonel not stated. He was wounded at the battle of Yorktown by a piece of shell. He resided in Frederick County, Mary- land, when he enlisted. He applied for a pension May 10, 1834, at which time he was eighty-eight years of age. His claim was allowed. He died January 30, 1849, leaving a widow, Sarah Robinson, whom he married July 16, 1835. She obtained a pension as his widow.
Rev. Wm. Baldridge, pastor of the Cherry Fork U. P. Church, 1809 to 1830, was a revolutionary soldier. He has a separate sketch herein. He enlisted from North Carolina in the cavalry and is said to have served seven years. None of his numerous and distinguished descendants could be interested in this work and hence we are unable to give his official record. He and his first wife rest in unmarked graves in the Cherry Fork Cemetery and the location of their graves has been lost. He served longer than any of whom we have obtained a record.
Rev. William Williamson, who has a separate sketch herein, was a revolutionary soldier. Eight of his descendants are represented in this work and hence we have a full account of him. He is buried at the Manchester Old Cemetery and his grave marked.
Edward Evans was a revolutionary soldier, great-grandfather of one of the editors of this work. He has a separate sketch herein, and
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is buried in the village cemetery at Russelville and his grave is marked as that of a revolutionary soldier.
John Killin was born, 1755 near Carlisle, Pa. He enlisted in February 1776 for fourteen months in Captain Robert Adams' company, Col. Irwin's regiment. . In the fall of 1777, he enlisted for two months in Capt. James Powers' company, Col. Watt's regiment. In the spring of 1778 he served two months in Capt. Thomas Clark's company, Col. Watt's regiment . July, 1778, he enlisted for two months in Capt. Grimes' company, Col. Dunlap's regiment, and in the fall of 1778, he served two months in Capt. James Powers' company, Col. Dunlap's regiment. In the winter of 1778, 1779, he served two months in Cap- tain Thomas Clark's company, Col. Watt's regiment. All these were · Pennsylvania organizations. In all these services he was enrolled as a musician. He was in the battles of Three Rivers and Crooked Bil- lett. He died September 10, 1844, aged eighty-seven years, and was buried in West Union cemetery. He was a pensioner.
His wife, Rachael Harper, to whom he was married November 19, 1797, survived him and was pensioned. He owned a large tract of land east of West Union, and laid out Killenstown. William and George Killen were his sons and his daughter, Mary married William Cai - penter.
William Falls, a revolutionary soldier, is buried near the Cedar College school house on the hill just opposite the mouth of Beasley Fork.
Richard Woodworth was born in Ireland in 1758. He enlisted itt 1775 and served during the entire war. He married in Adams County. in 1802, Sarah Ann Robinson. His children were: Laban, Mary, wife of J. N. Timmonds; Wheeler; Nellie, wife of William Gilges: William, James, Richard, Sarah, wife of Samuel Shaw; Rebecca, wife of John Sparks. He has a grandson, George Sparks, at Rome, two granddaughters at Little, Ky., Mrs. Harriet A. Little and Mrs. H. C. McCoy, and others in Kansas and Illinois. He died in 1841 or JS42 and is buried on Blue Creek.
Peter Platter, the son of Joseph and Anna Barbara Platter, was born in the town of Saarbruck, duchy of Nassau, Germany, on the twenty-first of September, 1758. He was seven years old when his parents came to America and settled in Frederick County, Md. He was eighteen years of age when the struggle began between the col- onies and the mother country. He enlisted as a soldier and served during the war of the revolution, participating in the battle of Brandy- wine and other engagements, and after seeing much service was hon- orably discharged at the conclusion of the war. At or near the close of the war his father, Joseph Platter, removed to Washington County, Pa. In the archives of Pennsylvania, second series, Vol. 14, page 768, is a record of Peter Platter, a private in Captain Robert Ramsey's com- pany from Washington County, doing service on the frontiers from 1782 to 1785. In 1787, he was married to Sarah Crabs and in 1793, in company with Peter Wickerham, who had married his sister Mary, he emigrated to Kentucky, and from there came to Adams County, Ohio, about the year 1800. He settled about a mile southwest of. Locust Grove and lived there about ten years, removing in 1811 to Twin ·
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Township, Ross County, Ohio, where he spent the remainder of his life. He died January 2, 1832, at the ripe age of seventy-three years, and his remains now rest in the city cemetery at Chillicothe, Ohio. He was a man of sterling integrity of character, and a devout Chris- tian. He left behind him a memory highly cherished by his children and his children's children.
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Jesse Edwards was born April 3, 1754, in the state of Maryland. When a boy he was bound out to a farmer by the name of Clulls, liv- ing in West Virginia. He enlisted as a soldier of the revolutionary war, May, 1776, for two months, as a private of Capt. William Mc- Calla's company ; colonel not stated. At the time of this enlistment he was from the state of Pennsylvania. He enlisted again from the state of Pennsylvania, July, 1776, for six months, as a private in Capt .: Thomas Craig's company, Col. Nathaniel Baxter. He enlisted a third time from the state of Virginia, July 17, 1781, for two months, as a private of Capt. Beaver's company; colonel not stated. He was en- gaged in the battles of Staten Island and Fort Washington, at which place he was made a prisoner. At the time of his first enlistment he was a resident of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and at the time of his last enlistment a resident of Loudon County, Va. He applied for a pension October 25, 1832, and at that time resided in Jefferson Town- ship, Adams County, Ohio, being the age of seventy-six years. He obtained a land warrant and exchanged it for land near New York City, which he leased for ninety-nine years. After the Revolution he first came to Kentucky and married a widow by the name of Skilman. She was a slave holder and he and she separated and were divorced. He then came to Adams County and married a Miss Beatman. He settled on Scioto Brush Creek on the site of the village of Rarden in Adams County, but a re-survey of the county put the place in Scioto County. He reared a large family and his wife died in 1840 at Isma Freeman's near Otway. From that time until his death he made his home with John Edwards, a grandson. His death occurred the second day of November, 1856, at the great age of 101 years, 7 months and 29 days. His descendants made an effort to recover his New York property, but failed on account of being unable to estab- lish their identity.
John R. Mehaffey was born in Sussex County, New Jersey, Au- gust 31, 1759. He removed to Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, in 1774, and to Westmoreland County in 1776 and to Adams County, Ohio, in 1799. On July 3, 1778, he enlisted for four months as a pri- vate in Captain James Moore's company, Col. John Shields' regiment from the state of Pennsylvania. He enlisted again April 1, 1779. for seven months as a ranger; captain and colonel not stated, but from the state of Pennsylvania. He enlisted again April 1, 1780, for seven months from the state of Pennsylvania in a company captain nut stated, under Major James Wilson, from Westmoreland County. He applied for pension October 5, 1832, then a resident of Adams County, at the age of seventy-three years.
John Baldwin was born in 1756 in Frederick County, Maryland. He enlisted in the militia July, 1776, for four months, as a private in Captain Jacob Goode's company, Col. Griffin, from the state of Mary-
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land. He enlisted again September 2, 1777, for two months, as a private, in Captain W. Peppel's company, Col. Johnson, from Mary- land. He was engaged in the battle of Germantown. He died October 4, 1848, in his ninety-second year and was buried in the Kirker Ceme- tery in Liberty Township.
John Stivers was the grandfather of A. J. Stivers, of Ripley, and great-grandfather of Frank Stivers, the banker, of Ripley, and also of Emmons B. Stivers, one of the editors of this work. He enlisted May, 1780, at the age of fifteen, for five months, as a private, in Captain Robert Daniel's company, Col. Spencer, from the state of Virginia. He enlisted again June, 1781, for three months, as a private, in Robert Harris's company. At the time of his enlistment he was a resident of Spottsylvania County, Virginia. He applied for pension October 25, 1832, and resided at that time in Sprigg Township, Adams County, Ohio. He died at the age of sixty-four years, and is buried at Decatur, Brown County, Ohio.
William Pemberton was a private in Capt. Thomas Meriwether's company, Ist Virginia State Regiment, commanded by Col. George Gibson. He enlisted for three years. His name is first on the roll September 1, 1777. He served to October 1, 1777, sixteen days, and last appears on the roll for March, 1778, without remark, but it was known that he was in the siege of Yorktown. He was present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. He is a great-grand- father of Ezekiel Arnold, of Locust Grove, and an ancestor of all the Pembertons of Franklin and Meigs townships.
Charles McManis was a private in Pennsylvania militia, company and regiment not designated. His name appears among the official pensioners of Pennsylvania, war of the revolution, Pennsylvania ar- chives, third series, page 583. He was born in 1754, and came from Pennsylvania to Ohio in 1817. He died near Cherry Fork in 1840, in his eighty-sixth year. He entered the revolutionary army in 1776. After his location in Adams County, he was a farmer, and is buried in the Cherry Fork Cemetery. He is an ancestor of Ex-Sheriff Green- leaf N. McManis.
James Williams was born on the twenty-second day of February, 1759, in Chester County, Pennsylvania. At the outbreak of the revolu- tionary war he resided in Washington County, Maryland. In the fall of 1777 he enlisted in Captain Jacob Louder's company of the state of Maryland, for a term of four months. The colonel of this regiment is not stated. In the year of 1778 he removed to Washington County, Pennsylvania, and in October, 1780, he enlisted as a private for two months in Captain Eleazer Williamson's company; Col. David Wil- liamson, from Pennsylvania. He enlisted a third time May, 1781, for four months as a private in Captain Timothy Downing's company ; Col. William Crawford, state of Pennsylvania. He was with Crawford against the Indians on the Sandusky River. This is the same Col. Crawford who was burned by the Indians at the stake, June, 1782. He lived in Washington County, Pennsylvania, for three years, when he re- moved to Ohio County, West Virginia, and resided there until 1793, when he removed to Adams County, Ohio. He applied for pension on the twenty-fifth of October, 1832, and it was granted the following
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year. He first settled on Ohio Brush Creek, nearly opposite the resi- dence of Mr. George Bayless. How long he lived here is not known, but he sold or traded the land for the farm on Scioto Brush Creek, where he lived until his death, in 1844. He is buried in the Copas Cemetery, near the hotel of Charles Copas. He has many descend- ants in the states of Ohio, Illinois, and Iowa. He is a great-grand- father of James G. Metz, present sheriff of Adams County.
William Cochran came to the colonies as a British soldier with his two brothers during the Revolutionary War. They deserted soon after they came over, and joined the Revolutionary army, but we have been unable to obtain the Revolutionary record of William Cochran. There is no doubt, however, but what he served in the Revolutionary War, but in what capacity we are unable to learn. The facts as to his service are known through his family.
Richard Grimes. The records show that one Richard Grimes served as a private in Captain Henry Darby's company of Col- onel Hazlet's Delaware regiment, revolutionary war. He enlisted January 31, 1776, and he was discharged January 31, 1777. He was the uncle of the late Greer B. Grimes, of Monroe Township, Adams County, Ohio.
Benjamin Piatt was born in 1763 in Virginia. He came to Adams County in 1810, and bought land in Tiffin Township. He was a first lieutenant under General Mccullough. He marrired Polly Waddle in Virginia, and was a pensioner. He died in 1851, at the age of ninety- eight, and is buried near West Union, probably in the Trotter Ceme- tery. No stone marks his grave. He has a son, Benjamin, who was living in 1898, near West Union. A daughter, Margaret Denning, lived near Stone Chapel in 1898. He had six children, three sons and three daughters. His son Jacob married Polly Trotter. His son John married Hester Black. Benjamin married Myra Bayless. Margaret married Newton Denning. Elizabeth married Lewis Trotter. Polly married John Black.
Thomas Jack enlisted March 1, 1776, for ten months and was ser- geant in Captain William Butler's company of Colonel Arthur St. Clair's regiment from Pennsylvania. He enlisted again in January, 1777, for four months, and was sergeant in Captain Thomas Butler's company under Colonel Thomas Craig from Pennsylvania. He was engaged in the battles of Short Hills, Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth. He was born in 1749, in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. After his colonel became a general, his regiment was commanded by Col. Joseph Wood. He served under Generals Henry Knox and Daniel Morgan. He was married to Jane Kincaid, June 7, 1787, and he died August 9, 1831. He was a pensioner of the war of the revolution under the act of March 18, 1818, and his widow also received a pension.
Henry Oldridge, or Aldred, is buried on Ohio Brush Creek, either in the Foster or McColm Cemetery.
William Falkner and Thomas Waters are buried in Monroe Town- ship.
Charles Fields, a revolutionary soldier, was born in Ireland in 1739. He served during the entire war. He married Grizzel Hemp- hill, and moved to Ohio in 1798, and was one of the first settlers on
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Beasley's Fork. He never had any children. He died in 1822 at the age of eighty-three. He never applied for a pension, and could not have obtained it for reasons hereinafter shown. His wife died the day before he did, and both are buried on the Miller farm in Monroe Town- ship.
James Miller was born in County Tyrone in Ireland, in 1740. He emigrated to this country just before the revolutionary war, and served throughout the whole of it. He was six feet two inches tall, without shoes. He served in the artillery. He was never taken a prisoner or wounded. He never applied for a pension. Said he fought for liberty and obtained it, and that was all he wanted. He was married to Eliza- beth Hemphill in New England. He located in Adams County, in 1798. He had been a sailor, and knew the business of milling. He built the first mill in Monroe Township, and it is still standing. He twice walked to Philadelphia and back, and one trip brought two flower shrubs, which are growing and blooming yet. He had a large family of children, but only three reached maturity. His son William mar- ried Jane Morrison. His daughter Elizabeth married Christopher Oppy, and resided on Scioto Brush Creek. His daughter Hannah married William Stevenson, and lived on Beasley's Fork. Miller was a prosperous man. He was a Presbyterian, and walked five miles to church every Sunday. He died on Christmas day, 1830, at the age of ninety years. Here is his official record: Member of Captain Thomas Clark's artillery company, continental troop, commanded by Gen. Henry Knox and Col. Thomas Lamb. He enlisted as a private De- cember 25, 1776, for three years, was a driver, May, 1777, and was Matross in June, 1777. The last record of him on the rolls is January 3, 1780. He is the great-grandfather of Miss Mary Stevenson, of Beas- ley's Fork, who has taken more interest in preserving the memory of the revolutionary soldiers who died in Adams County than any person in the county. He is also the great-grandfather of Prof. James A. Oppy, of Portsmouth, Ohio.
Charles Stevenson was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on January I, 1759, and came to the United States in 1761. He enlisted May I, 1776, for two months, as a private in Capt. Savages' company, in Col. Ross' regiment. He enlisted again July 1, 1776, for six months, as a private in Capt. William McCaskey's company and in Col. William McCallister's regiment. He enlisted again July, 1778, fo two months, as a private in Capt. McMaster's company, regiment not stated. All these were Pennsylvania organizations. His residence was in York, Pennsylvania, at his enlistment. He was in the battle of Staten Island. He married Margaret Kain, September 24, 1791. He was captured at Fort Washington, November, 1776, and was a prisoner until Novem- ber, 1777. The British gave him bread with lime in it to eat, and he picked out the lime and eat the bread. He spent the winter of 1777, after released from prison, at Valley Forge. While a prisoner, the British offered him money to renounce his allegiance and to enlist in their army. He scorned it. After the war he purchased 300 acres of land in Venango County, Pennsylvania, and resided there till 1818, when he came to Ohio. He was a weaver by trade, and followed it in 22a
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Pennsylvania. Margaret Kain went with some other girls to see him weave. He fell in love with her on first sight, and afterwards married her. He had four children, three sons and one daughter. His son William married Hannah Miller and lived on Beasley Fork. His daughter Elizabeth maried Charles Mashea and lived in West Union. His son George married Nancy Hemphill and removed to Illinois. His son Charles married Christina Collings and lived on Beasley's Fork. Our subject was a devoted Presbyterian, and would walk five miles every Sunday to church. He died the thirteenth of April, 1841, and is buried in the Ralston graveyard. He is the great-grandfather of Miss Mary Stevenson, of Beasley Fork, of Adams County, who has furnished the editors of this work more information in regard to the revolutionary soldiers than any other person.
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