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" KETANIAN, Dec. 5th, 1776.
"D' Colonall : Last Evening We Recd Marching ordors, Which I must say is not Disagreeable to me under ye Sircumstances of ye times, for when I enter'd into ye Service I Judged that if a necesety appeared to call us Below, it would be Don, therefore it Dont come on me By Surprise ; But as Both ye Officers and Men understood they Ware Raised for ye Defence of ye Westeran Frontiers, and their fameleys and sub- stance to be Left in so Defenceless a situation in their ubstence, seems to Give Sensable trouble, altho I Hope We Will Get over it, By Leving sum of ower trifeling Officers Behind who Pirtend to Have More Witt then seven men that can Rendar a Reason. We are ill Provided for a March at this season, But there is nothing Hard under sum Sircumstances. We Hope Provision Will be made for us Below, Blankets, Campe Kittles, tents, arms, Regimentals, &c., that ve may not Cut a Dispisable Figure, But may be Enabled to answer ye expectation of ower Countre.
"I Have Warmly Recommended to ye officers to
Lay aside all Personall Resentments at this time, for that it Would be construed By ye Worald that they made use of that Sireumstance to Hide themselves under from ye cause of their countrie, and I hope it Will have a Good Efect at this time. We Have ishued ye Neceserey orders, and appointed ye owt Parties to Randevous at Hanows Town, ye 15th instant, and to March Emeditly from there. We have Recomended it to ye Militia to Station One Hundred Men at this post until further orders.
" I Hope to have ye Plesure of Seeing you Soon, as we mean to take Philodelphia in ower Rout. In ye mean time, I am, With Esteem, your Harty Well- wisher and Hble Sert,
"G. WILSON. "To Col. JAMES WILSON, of the Honorable the Cont. Congress, Phila."
Until the 5th of December, 1776, the regiment was styled in the quartermaster's receipts "the Battalion commanded by Col. Eneas Mackay," but at that date it is first styled "The Eighth Battalion of Penn'a troops in the Continental service," showing that it had then been assigned to duty in the Continental Line. The regiment marched from Kittanning on the 6th of January, 1777, and it and the Twelfth Pennsylvania were the first regiments of the Line in the field. The next notice of it is found in the "Life of Timothy Pickering" (volume i., page 122), in the following reference to the Eighth Pennsylvania :
" March 1, 1777, Saturday.
"Dr. Putnam brought me a billet, of which the following is a copy :
"' DEAR SIR : Our Battalion is so unfortunate as not to have a Doctor, and, in my opinion, dying for want of medicine. I beg you will come down to-morrow morning and visit the sick of my company. For that favor you shall have sufficient satisfaction from your humble servant,
"' JAMES PIGOTT, "'Capt. of 8 Batt. of Pa.
*** QUIBBLETOWN, Feb. 28, 1777.'
" I desired the Dr. by all means to visit them. They were raised about the Ohio, and had travelled near five hundred miles, as one of the soldiers who came for the Dr. informed me. For 150 miles over moun- tains, never entering a house, but building fires, and encamping in the Snow. Considerable numbers, un- used to such hardships, have since died. The Colonel and Lieutenant-Colonel among the dead. The Dr. informed he found them quartered in cold shattered houses."
The regiment was stationed at Bound Brook, N. J., in the winter and spring of 1777, where it was attacked by the British and defeated, with the loss of a number of men. Lieut .- Col. George Wilson, of New Geneva, died of pleurisy at Quibbletown, N. J., in February of that year.
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Cols. Mackey and Wilson having died, Daniel Brodhead became colonel, Richard Butler lieutenant- colonel, and Stephen Bayard major. When Morgan's rifle command was organized, Lieut .- Col. Butler was made lieutenant-colonel of it, and Maj. James Ross, of the First Pennsylvania, became lieutenant-colonel. According to a return signed by the latter, dated " Mount Pleasant, June 9, 1777," the number of men enlisted between the 9th of August and the 16th of December, 1776, was six hundred and thirty ; enlisted since the 16th of December, thirty-four; making a total of six hundred and eighty-four. The strength of the respective companies was :
Ser- grants.
Rank and File.
Capt. David Kilgore's Company
3 55
Capt. Samuel Miller's
1
82
Capt. Van Swearingen's .
3
71
Capt. James Pigott's . 55
Capt. Wendel Ourry's
4
54
Capt. Andrew Mann's
4 58
Capt. James Montgomery's Company 2
57
Capt. Michael Huffnagle's
4 70
Capt. Lieut. John Finley's
.
2 77
Capt. Lieut. Basil Prather's
.
3 69
From the total, thirty-six were deducted as prison- ers of war, fourteen missing, fifty-one dead, fifteen discharged, one hundred and twenty-six deserted. Lieut. Matthew Jack, absent from April 13th, wounded. Ensign Gabriel Peterson, absent from April 17th, wounded. Capt. Moses Carson, deserted April 21st. " First Lieut. Richard Carson, deserted. Aquila White, ensign, deserted February 23d. Joseph MeDolo, first lieutenant, deserted. Thomas Forthay, ensign, deserted. Alexander Simrall, second lieu- tenant, cashiered. David McKee, ensign, dismissed the service. Ephraim Douglass, quartermaster, taken by the enemy March 13th.
Capt. Van Swearingen, First Lient. Basil Prather, and Second Lieut. John Hardin,1 with their com-
1 The following testimonial to the bravery and efficiency of Lient. (afterwards Col \ John Hardin, of Fayette County, during his term of service in the Revolution, i- from a letter written by Gen. James Wil- kinson to President Dickinson, on the occasion of his tendering his resignation as brigadier and adjutant-general of Pennsylvania, in 1784, vi%. :
"On the present return of the Election for Fayette County, Major John Hardin stand- second for the Sheriff's Office ; permit me briefly to state to your Excelleucy this man's merit, without detracting from that ut lis competitor. Mr. Hardin served in the alert of the army, under the Generals (then Colonels. Morgan and Butler, in the Northern Cam- paign, 1777. Ilis Rank was that of a Lientenant, and I can, as the Ad- jutant-General of the Army umler General Gates, assert that he was exposed to more danger, encountered greater Fatigue, and performed more real service than any other Officer of his Station; with Parties never exceeding 20 men, he in the Course of the Campaign made np- wards of 60 Prisoners, and at a Personal Rencounter in the rear of the Enemies' position he killed a Mohawk express and brought in the dis- patches which he was convey ing from Gen'l Burgoyne to the Command- ing Officer at Ticonderoga, with the loss ouly (indeel) of a Lock of Hair, which the Indian's Fire carried away. It is sufficient for me, Sir, to testify his merits : the Justice which characterizes your administration will do the rest."
mands, were detailed on duty with Col. Morgan, and greatly distinguished themselves in the series of ac- tions that resulted in the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne at. Saratoga. These commands consisted of picked rifle- men out of all of the companies of the Eighth Penn- sylvania.
A return dated Nov. 1, 1777, shows the strength of the regiment present : colonel, major, two captains, six lieutenants, adjutant, paymaster and surgeon, ser- geant-major, quartermaster-sergeant and drum-major, twenty-nine sergeants, nine drums and fifes, one hun- dred and twelve rank and file fit for duty, twenty- eight sick present, seventy-seven sick absent, one hundred and thirty-nine on command ; total, three hundred and fifty-one. Prisoners of war, one sergeanti and fifty-eight privates. Capt. Van Swearingen, Lieut. Basil Prather, and Lieut. John Hardin on command with Col. Morgan. Vacant offices : lieu- tenant-colonel, four captains, three lieutenants, eight ensigns, chaplain, and surgeon's mate. Lieut .- Col. Ross resigned after the battles of Brandywine and, Germantown.
On the 5th of March, 1777, the regiment was or- dered to Pittsburgh for the defense of the western frontiers, and by direction of Gen. MeIntosh, Col. Brodhead made, about the 12th of July, a détour up the West Branch to check the savages who were ravaging Wyoming and the West Branch Valley. He was at Muney on the 24th of July, and had ordered Capt. Finley's company into Penn's Valley, where two of the latter's soldiers, Thomas Van Doren and Jacob Shed- acre, who had participated in the campaign against Burgoyne, were killed on the 24th, in sight of Potter's fort, by the Indians. (Pennsylvania Archives, O. S., vol. vi. page 666.) Soon after, Col. Hartley with his regiment relieved Col. Brodhead, and he proceeded with the Eighth to Pittsburgh.
A monthly return of the troops commanded by Col. Brodhead in the Western Department, dated July 30, 1780, gives the strength of the Eighth Pennsyl- vania : colonel, lieutenant-colonel, major, two captains, three lieutenants, four ensigns, adjutant, paymaster, quartermaster, surgeon, surgeon's mate, sergeant- major, quartermaster-sergeant, one drum and fife major, ten sergeants, ten drums and files, one hundred and twenty rank and file fit for duty, four sick, two furloughed, eight on command, three deserted, six joined the Invalid Company.
In a letter from Gen. William Irvine to Gen. Wash- ington, soon after he took command at Fort Pitt, dated Dec. 2, 1781, he says, "I have re-formed the remains of the late Eighth Pennsylvania into two companies, and call them a detachment from the Pennsylvania Line, to be commanded by Lieut .- Col. Bayard." [The first company, Capt. Clark, Lieuts. Peterson and Reed ; second company, Capt. Brady, Lieuts. Ward and Morrison.]
Capt. Matthew Jack, in a statement on file, says, " In the year 1778 the Eighth was sent to Pittsburgh
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to guard the frontier, and placed under the command of Gen. McIntosh ; that they went down to the mouth of the Beaver, and there built Fort McIntosh, and from that went, upon McIntosh's command, to the head of the Muskingum, and there built Fort Laurens. In the year 1779 went up the Allegheny, on Gen. Brodhead's expedition, attacked the Indians and defeated them, and burned their towns. On the return of the regiment, its time having expired, it was discharged at Pittsburgh." For a full account of the services of this regiment in the West, the reader is referred to "Brodhead's Letter-Book," published in the twelfth volume, first series, of Pennsylvania Ar- chives.
Van Swearingen was probably the most noted cap- tain in the Eighth Pennsylvania. On the 19th of September he and a lieutenant and twenty privates were captured in a sudden dash that scattered Mor- gan's men. He fell into the hands of the Indians, but was rescued by Gen. Fraser's bat man (one who takes care of his officer's horse), who took him before the general. The latter interrogated him concerning the number of the American army, but got uo answer, except that it was commanded by Gens. Gates and Arnold. He then threatened to hang him. "You may, if you please," said Van Swearingen. Fraser then rode off, leaving him in care of Sergt. Dunbar, who consigned him to Lieut. Auburey, who ordered him to be placed among the other prisoners, with directions not to be ill treated. Swearingen, after Burgoyne's army was removed to Virginia, made especial exertions to have Dunbar and Auburey ex- changed. Swearingen was the first sheriff of Wash- ington County in 1781; resided in now Fayette County, opposite Greenfield. His daughter became the wife of the celebrated Capt. Samuel Brady (also of the Eighth Pennsylvania), so conspicuous in the annals of Western Pennsylvania.
ROSTER OF FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS OF THE EIGHTH PENNSYLVANIA.
Colonels.
Mackey, Eneas, of Westmoreland County, July 20, 1776; died in service, Feb. 14, 1777.
Brodhead, Daniel, from lientenant-colonel, Fourth Pennsylvania, March 12, 1777; joined April, 1777; transferred to First Pennsylvania, Jan. 17, 1781.
Lieutenant- Colonels.
Wilson, George, July 20, 1776; died in service at Quibbletown, February, 1777.
Butler, Richard, from major, March 12, 1777, ranking from Aug. 28, 1776; transferred to lieutenant- colonel of Morgan's rifle command, June 9, 1777 ; promoted colonel of Ninth Pennsylvania, rank- ing from June 7, 1777 ; by an alteration subse- quent to March 12, 1777, Richard Butler was 6
placed in the First Pennsylvania, and James Ross in Eighth Pennsylvania.
Ross, James, from lieutenant-colonel First Pennsyl- vania; resigned Sept. 22, 1777.
Bayard, Stephen, from major, ranking Sept. 23, 1777; transferred to Sixth Pennsylvania, Jan. 17, 1781.
Majors.
Butler, Richard, July 20. 1776; promoted lieutenant- colonel March 12, 1777.
Bayard, Stephen, March 12, 1777, ranking from Oct. 4, 1776; promoted lieutenant-colonel, to rank from Sept. 23, 1777.
Vernon, Frederick, from captain Fifth Pennsylvania, ranking from June 7, 1777 ; transferred to Fourth Pennsylvania, Jan. 17, 1781.
Captains.
Kilgore, David, died July 11, 1814, aged sixty-nine years four months and twelve days; buried in the Presbyterian graveyard of Mount Pleasant (Middle Church ), Westmoreland County .- Letter of Nannie H. Kilgore, Greensburg, July 23, 1878. Miller, Samuel, died in service, Jan. 10, 1778; left a widow, Jane Cruikshank, who resided in West- moreland County in 1784.
Van Swearingen,1 Aug. 9, 1776. Van Swearingen had been in command of an independent company, in the pay of the State, from February to Aug. 11, 1776, in defense of the frontiers in Westmoreland County.
Piggott, James ; on return June 9, 1777, he is marked sick in camp.
Ourry, Wendel.
Mann, Andrew; on return of June 9, 1777, he is marked sick in quarters since May 2d.
Carson, Moses, left the service April 21, 1777. Miers, Eliezer.
[The foregoing captains were recommended by the committees of Westmoreland and Bedford Counties, and directed to be commissioned by resolution of Con- gress of Sept. 14, 1776.]
Montgomery, James, died Aug. 26, 1777 ; his widow,
Martha, resided in Westmoreland County in 1824. Huffnagle, Michael, died Dec. 31, 1819, in Allegheny County, aged sixty-six.
Jack, Matthew, from first lieutenant; became super- numerary Jan. 31, 1779; resided in Westmore- land County in 1835, aged eighty-two.
Stokely, Nehemiah, Oct. 16, 1777 ; became supernu- merary Jan. 31, 1779; died in Westmoreland County in 1811.
Cooke, Thomas, from first lieutenant ; became super- numerary Jan. 31, 1779; died in Guernsey County, Ohio, Nov. 5, 1831.
1 The names of the captains appear, on the first return found, in the order indicated above, but date of commissions cannot be ascertained. Probably they were all dated Ang. 9, 1776, as Van Swearingen's.
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Dawson, Samuel, from Eleventh Pennsylvania, July 1, 1778; died at Fort Pitt, Sept. 6, 1779; buried in First Presbyterian churchyard in Pittsburgh. Moore, James Franeis, from Thirteenth Pennsylvania, July 1, 1778.
Clark, John, from Thirteenth Pennsylvania, July 1, 1778; transferred to First Pennsylvania, July 17, 1781.
Carnahan, James, from Thirteenth Pennsylvania, July 1, 1778; transferred to Fourth Pennsylva- nia, Jan. 17, 1781.
Finley, Joseph L., from Thirteenth Pennsylvania, July 1, 1778 ; brigade-major, July 30, 1780; trans- ferred to Second Pennsylvania, Jan. 17, 1781.
Finley, John, from first lieutenant, Oct. 22, 1777; transferred to Fifth Pennsylvania, Jan. 17, 1781. Crawford, John, from first lieutenant, Aug. 10, 1779; transferred to Sixth Pennsylvania, Jan. 17, 1781. Brady, Samuel, from captain lieutenant, Aug. 2, 1779; transferred to Third Pennsylvania, Jan. 17, 1781.
Captain Lieutenant.
Brady, Samuel, commission dated July 17, 1776 ; from Sixth Pennsylvania ; promoted captain Aug. 2, 1779.
First Lieutenants.
Moseley, Robert (written Moody in the return), re- signed May 16, 1777; resided in Ohio County, Ky., in 1820, aged sixty-nine.
Cooke, Thomas, promoted captain.
Finley, John, promoted captain Oct. 22, 1777.
Jack, Matthew, lost his left hand by the bursting of his gun at Bound Brook, N. J. ; promoted eaptain April 13, 1777. Hickman, Ezekiel.
Carson, Richard, left the service in 1777.
MeGeary, William, resigned April 17, 1777.
MeDolo, Joseph, left the service in 1777.
[The foregoing first lieutenants were commissioned under the resolution of Congress of Sept. 16, 1776.]
Richardson, Richard, returned June 9, 1777, as rc- cruiting.
Prather, Basil, returned Nov. 1, 1777, as on command with Col. Morgan from June 9th ; resigned April 1,1779.
Hughes, John, Aug. 9, 1776; resigned Nov. 23, 1778; resided in Washington County in 1813.
Crawford, John, from second lieutenant, April 18, 1777 ; promoted captain Aug. 10, 1779 ; promoted to Second Pennsylvania, with rank of captain, from April 18, 1777.
Hardin, John, July 13, 1777; Nov. 1, 1777, returned as on command with Col. Morgan; resigned in 1779; afterwards Gen. John Hardin, of Kentucky ; murdered by the Indians, near Sandusky, Ohio, in 1791 .- Wilkinson's Memoirs.
Mickey, Daniel, became supernumerary Jan. 31, 1779. Peterson, Gabriel, July 26, 1777; died in Allegheny County, Feb. 12, 1832.
Stotesbury, John, from old Eleventh Pennsylvania, commission dated April 9, 1777 ; he was a pris- oner in New York for some time; transferred to the Second Pennsylvania, Jan. 17, 1781. Neilly, Benjamin, from ensign, Oct. 4, 1777. -- Finley, Andrew, on return of Nov. 1, 1777, marked sick since October 16th ; retired in 1778; resided in Westmoreland County, 1813.
Amberson, William, in 1779 he was deputy muster- master-general ; resided in Mereer County in 1835.
Read, Archibald, vice Joseph Brownlee, Dec. 13, 1778; P died in Allegheny County in 1823.
Graham, Alexander, vice Basil Prather, April 1, 1779. Ward, John, April 2, 1779; transferred to Second Pennsylvania, Jan. 17, 1781.
Second Lieutenants.
Thompson, William, Aug. 9, 1776; resigned May 17, 1777.
Simrall, Alexander, Aug. 9, 1776; left the army in 1777; resided in Jefferson County, Ohio, in 1834, . aged eighty-eight.
Guthrie, James, Aug. 9, 1776.
Rogers, Philip, Aug. 9, 1776.
Smith, Samuel, Aug. 9, 1776; killed at Germantown, Oct. 4, 1777.
Mountz, William, Aug. 9, 1776; resigned April 17, 1777.
Beeler, James, Jr., Aug. 9, 1776.
Crawford, John, Aug. 9, 1776; promoted first lieu- tenant, April 18, 1777.
[The foregoing second lieutenants were commis- sioned under resolution of Congress, Sept. 14, 1776, dating as above.]
Owine, Barnabas, marked on return of Nov. 1, 1777, as command in the infantry.
Carnahan, John, resigned in 1779.
Ensigns.
Neilly, Benjamin, promoted to first lieutenant, Oct. +, 1777.
Kerr, Joseph. Simmons, John.
Wherry, David.
Mecklin, Dewalt, resigned April 17, 1777.
Weaver, Valentine.
Reed, John.
White, Aquila, left the army Feb. 23, 1777; resided in Montgomery County, Ky., in 1834.
[The foregoing ensigns were commissioned under a resolution of Congress of Sept. 14, 1776.] Forshay, Thomas, left the service in 1777. MeKee, David, left the service in 1777.
Peterson, Gabriel, on a return of June 9, 1777, he is
marked absent, wounded, from April 17, 1777; promoted to first lieutenant, July 26, 1777. Guthrie, John, appointed Dee. 21, 1778. Morrison, James, appointed Dec. 21, 1778.
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Wyatt, Thomas, appointed Dec. 21, 1778; resided at St. Louis, Mo., in 1834, aged eighty.
Cooper, William, appointed April 19, 1779. Davidson, Joshua, appointed April 19, 1779; resided in Brown County, Ohio, in 1833, aged eighty-one.
Chaplain.
McClure, Rev. David, appointed Sept. 12, 1776.
Adjutants.
Huffnagle, Michael, appointed Sept. 7, 1776. Crawford, John, lieutenant, 1780.
Paymaster.
Boyd, John, July 20, 1776.
Quartermasters.
Douglass, Ephraim, Sept. 12, 1776; taken prisoner while acting as aide-de-camp to Gen. Lincoln, March 13, 1777; exchanged Nov. 27, 1780 ; pro- thonotary of Fayette County in 1783; died in 1833.
Neilly, Benjamin, appointed in 1778.
Surgeons.
Morgan, Abel, from old Eleventh ; resigned in 1779; died in 1785.
Morton, Hugh, March 7, 1780.
Surgeon's Mate.
Saple, John Alexander, 1778.
Clothier.
Read, Archibald, 1778.
Muster-roll of Capt. Nehemiah Stokely's company, in the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment of Foot, in the service of the United States of America, commanded by Col. Daniel Brodhead, taken for the months of October, November, and December, 1778, and Janu- ary, 1779.
Captain.
Stokely, Nehemiah, Oct. 16, 1777 ; supernumerary, Jan. 31, 1779.
First Lieutenant.
Hughes, John, Aug. 9, 1776 ; resigned Nov. 23, 1778.
Ensign.
Wyatt, Thomas, Dec. 20, 1778, on command at Fort Laurens.
Sergeants.
Crawford, Robert, three years. Hezlip, Rezin, three years.
Smith, John, three years, on command at Sugar Camp. Armstrong, George, war.
Corporals.
Bradley, Thomas, three years.
Jarret, William, three years, on command at Fort Laurens.
Ackles, Arthur, three years, on guard at Block-house. Stevenson, James, three years, on command at Sngar Camp.
Drummer.
Bower, Michael.
Prirates.
Bacon, Jolin, war, at Fort Laurens.
Caldwell, Robert, three years, on command, making canoes.
Cline, George, three years.
Cooper, Joseph, three years, on command at Fort Laurens.
Counse, Felix, three years.
Eyler, Jonas, war, on command at Fort Laurens.
Fisher, John, three years.
France, Henry, three years.
Handcock, Joseph, three years.
Hill, John, three years.
Holmes, Nicholas, three years.
Holstone, George, three years, on command at Fort Laurens.
Keer, William, three years.
Lamb, Peter, three years, on command at Fort Lau- rens.
Lewis, Samuel, war.
Lynch, Patrick, three years, on command, boating.
McCombs, Allen, three years.
McCaully, Edward, war.
McGreggor, John, war.
McKeehan, David, three years, on command at Fort Laurens.
McKissan, James, three years.
MeLaughlin, Patrick, three years.
Matthew, William, three years, on command, boating. Marman, George, war, on command, recruiting.
Martin, Paul, three years, on command at Fort Lau- rens.
Miller, George, three years, on command at Fort Laurens.
Richard, Richard, three years.
Shaw, Jacob, three years, on furlough.
Shelhammer, Peter, three years.
Smith, Emanuel, three years.
Smith, Jacob, three years. Smith, John, war.
Sommerville, William, three years, on command ; en- listed Ang. 8, 1776, under Capt. Ourry ; October, 1778, appointed conductor of artillery ; see letters to, Pennsylvania Archives, second series, vol. iii. p. 245, etc .; he was appointed by President Jef- ferson postmaster at Martinsburg, Va., and died there, March 18, 1826, aged seventy.
Steel, Thomas, war.
Tracey, James, war, on guard.
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Turner, William, three years.
Webb, Ilugh, war, on command, at Sugar Camp. Wilkie, Edward, war, on command, at Fort Laurens.
Font MCINTOSH, Feb. 21, 1779.
Then mustered Capt. Stokely's company, as speci- fied in the above roll.
WM. ANDERSON, D.M.M. Genl., M.D.
I certify that the within muster-roll is a true state of the company, without fraud to these United States, or to any individual, to the best of my knowledge. ROBERT CRAWFORD, Sergeant.
I do certify that there is no commissioned officer present belonging to the company.
DANIEL BRODHEAD, Col. 8th Pa. Regt.
COMMISSIONERS' OFFICE FOR ARMY ACCOUNTS, NEW YORK, July 19, 1786.
This may certify that the above and foregoing is a true copy of the muster-roll of Capt. Stokely's com- pany, the original of which is filed in this office.
JNO. PIERCE, M.G.
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES OF THE EIGHTH PENNSYLVANIA REGIMENT, CON- TINENTAL LINE.1
[Those marked (e) are taken from a list in the Sec- retary's office of soldiers whose depreciated pay es- cheated to the State.]
Sergeant.
Allison, John, died in Versailles, Ky., June 16, 1823, aged seventy-five.
Adams, Robert. Corporal.
Drummer.
Atkinson, Joseph.
Fifer.
Adams, George. Privates.
Abrams, Gabriel, Kilgore's company, 1776-79. Aikins, Robert, resided in Bedford County, 1790.
1 " This roll of the Pennsylvania Line of course falls far short of doing justice to the patriotism of Pennsylvania. It is in fart a meie roll of the Line as dist harged in January, 1781. The hundreds who fell in all the battles of the Revolution, from Quebec to Charleston, nie not here; the wounded, who dragged their torn limbs home to die in their na- tive valleys, are not here. The heaths of New Jersey, from Paramus to Freehold, by a line encircling Morristown and Bound Brook, were, in the summer of 1777, dotted with the graves of the Eighth and Twelfth Pennsylvania. These regiments from the frontier counties of the State -Westmoreland and Northumberland-were the Alist of the Line in the fiehl, though they had to come from the banks of the Monongahela and the head-waters of the Susquehanna. At Brandywine the Pennsylvania troops lost heavily, the Eighth and Twelfth and Col. Hartley's additional regimeut in particular, in officers and men ; and Col. Patton's additional regiment, after the battle of Germantown, could not maintain its regi- mental organization."-The Pennsylvania Line, from July 1, 1776, to Nor. 3, 1783.
Alcorn, James, transferred to Invalid Corps, July, 1780.
Allen, William, deserted August, 1778. Anderson, Johnson.
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