Bush' Co., YORK COUNTY, contributed by Nancy Poquette - WESTMORELAND COUNTY, contributed by Lynn Beatty The Major Generals will publish these Orders at their respective posts, for which purpose the Adjutant General will furnish them with copies. Depuy, Finley, Andrew -(& widow's app.) during the southern campaign 1776. Michael - Capt. Thomas Craig's Co., 2nd Regt., PA, COLUMBIA by Joy Fisher David - 5th PA Regt., CUMBERLAND COUNTY, contributed by Helen 8th PA Regt. - 8th Pennsylvania Phillip M. Wakelee, In March 1777 Colonel Daniel Brodhead assumed command. contributed by Sandra Ferguson Form! Oury/Owry, George - WESTMORELAND COUNTY, contributed by Starlene Oary Washington, D.C., 190437. Archibald Bean's Co., etc., LANCASTER COUNTY/also YORK COUNTY, contributed by Nancy Poquette County Pensioners 1835, Capt Frederick Vernon's Co - 4th PA Battalion, Capt Thomas Robinson's Co - 4th PA Battalion, Capt Persifor Frazer's Co - 4th PA Battalion, Chester County Militia, 2nd Co., 7th Battalion, Muster Roll 1782, 8th Company, 4th Battalion, Flying Camp Companies from First Battalion of Associators 1776, Captain John Nelson's Company of the First Battalion, Lieutenants and Sub-Lieutenants 1777-1786, 1st Battalion, Muster Roll Of 6th Class, Captain Benjamin Weiser's Company Muster Roll, Sons of the Revolution, 1898 Membership List, A-G, Sons of the Revolution, 1898 Membership List, H-M, Sons of the Revolution, 1898 Membership List, N-Z, Memoriams and Transfers, A Sketch of General Thomas Procter 1739-1806, Schuylkill Quickel, Adam - Capt. Finley, Capt. Calhoun, Andrew (widow's pension) - YORK COUNTY, contributed by Nancy Poquette Burns 2.Thomas Robinson (17511819), a friend of Anthony Wayne, served as a captain in Waynes 4th Pennsylvania Regiment during 1776, and on 1 Jan. 1777 he became major of the 5th Pennsylvania Regiment. Walter Alexander's Co., etc., BLAIR COUNTY, contributed by Alan Schroeder The grave of Corp. Joseph Golladay of Dunmore (now Shenandoah) County. Joseph - Capt. Virginia regiments were reorganized on November 1, 1777 to consist of eight companies. Continental Line. Douglass, David - Capt. 5.Robert Durkee (d. 1778) was captain of one of the two independent companies that were raised for the defense of the Wyoming Valley in August 1776 and which marched to reinforce GWs army in December 1776 (see JCC description begins Worthington Chauncey Ford et al., eds. Burns John - Midshipman aboard Randolph Frigate, contributed by Lowell Thomas Peter Muhlenberg's signature in 1788 as Vice President of the Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council. Berks by David Zimmerman (WFCHS). After the war Chaplain Christian Streit settled in Winchester where he served the town's Lutheran congregation. Kroan, John- Capt. (J.C. Leyendecker). Philadelphia and Harrisburg, 1852-1949 . by Raymond H. Stoudt Jr. Samuel Davidson's Co., PA, BEDFORD COUNTY, contributed Certified April 4, 1776 in Fincastle County (now southwest Virginia and Kentucky). Though the password was supposed to have been compromised, surprise was achieved mainly because the militia pickets were not alert. The signature of Captain Richard Campbell, from Dunmore (now Shenandoah) County. Longs Co., etc., YORK COUNTY, contributed by Nancy Poquette Proctor, A Sketch of General Thomas Procter 1739-1806: Phildelphia Co, PA, contributed by Donna Bluemink Completed March 12, 1776 in Hampshire County (now West Virginia). Wright, Aaron(widow's app.) The Papers of Alexander Hamilton. "The ship for commerce and the plow and three sheaves of wheat for agriculture stood for Pennsylvania in the state seal. Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the Revolution, 1898 Membership List, A-G, contributed by Betty Lynne Bernhardt Capt. 8TH PENNSYLVANIA REGIMENT - Valley Forge Muster Roll Miller, Conrad - Capt. Thomas Berry never strayed far from home after the war and seems to have led a quiet life. Together with Major General John Sullivan's Maryland division and Brigadier General Thomas Conway's Pennsylvania Brigade, Wayne's troops forced back the British. Fleck, James- Captain John Rogers' Co., etc., LANCASTER COUNTY, contributed by Nancy Poquette Each item is followed by a ranked preference and while all types under each heading are correct, the closer you stay to the top of each list . John Ferguson's Co., MA, LUZERNE COUNTY, contributed Robert W. Conaughy's Co., YORK COUNTY, contributed by Nancy Poquette Not only did the soldiers dislike being called away from their homes, but they also faced a mid-winter march without tents and uniforms. Joseph - Capt. Workman, James - Capt. The regiment was engaged at the Battles of Bound Brook, Brandywine, Paoli, and Germantown in 1777. by Diane Delbridge 6.For the dissension and lax discipline that had plagued the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment and the difficulties that it had experienced during its recent winter march from the Pennsylvania frontier to GWs army in New Jersey, including the deaths from illness of its colonel and lieutenant colonel, see the Pennsylvania Council of Safety to GW, 29 Jan. 1777, and GW to the Pennsylvania Council of Safety, 14 Feb., 28 Mar. Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the Revolution, 1898 Membership List, N-Z, Memoriams and Transfers, contributed by Betty Lynne Bernhardt Revolutionary War: ROLL OF ANCESTORS: Pennsylvania Society, Sons of the Revolution, 1898 Membership List Surnames A - G. Surnames H - M. Sergeant Gordon Martin II, 8 August 1999, From some research I have been doing, the Colors of the Philadelphia City Light Horse Troop were slightly defaced in 1776 by their artist James Claypoole. Allison, Robert - FRANKLIN COUNTY, contributed by Nancy Poquette Tenth to be completed, but later determined to be ninth in seniority. The British Union that had been originally painted in the canton was covered by Morgan's corps fought at the Battles of Freeman's Farm and Bemis Heights during the successful Saratoga campaign. Purdy, Patrick (widow's app.) Built on a cadre from, raised in 1775. against yellow; yellow wheat sheaves against green." [1] In June, Lieutenant Colonel Butler, Captain Swearingen, and 139 men of the regiment were detached to Colonel Daniel Morgan's corps of riflemen. The original Troop Flag, which was carried when the Troop was General George Washington's bodyguard, and also in the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, and Germantown, is in the Troop Museum at 23rd & Ranstead, Philadelphia, PA 19103. - Capt. William Croghan moved to Kentucky after the war and married 8th VA Capt. McClean, Shannon or Clark's Co., PA, WESTMORELAND COUNTY, contributed John Stephenson's company was a preexisting unit formed in 1775 with 100 privates. Eighth in seniority. (Walter D. Golladay). Timothy Bedel's Company of Rangers) Commanded by Col. Bedel; Authorized May 1775 as Capt. Captain Darke was promoted to Major in 1777. 8th Battalion Chester County Militia 1780. . Weise, George - Capt. Whitsel's Co., 1st Co., 2nd Battalion, PA, CENTRE Thomas Berry grew up in this house known as "Berry Plain" in King George County. Banta, Samuel - Capt. The unit added a ninth company by absorbing Captain Samuel Morehead's Independent Company on 1 July 1778. [16] by Diana Begeman Records Commission. Cunningham, James McCandless' Co., etc. Zoll, McDowell, James (widow's app.) disclaimer and copyright | McClains in Revolutionary War, contributed by Don Marsh [2] When the regiment went into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Bayard was lieutenant colonel and Frederick Vernon was major. Transferred to the main army in November 1776, the unit was renamed the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment on 1 January 1777. The signature of Captain George Slaughter, from Culpeper County. Graeffs Co., LANCASTER COUNTY, contributed by Nancy Poquette NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, contributed by Diana Lehman Wickoff, Only on 10 June 1777 did Pennsylvania transfer the eight-company regiment to the Continental Army as Proctor's Continental Artillery Regiment. John - PA Continental, CHESTER COUNTY, contributed by Mary Thompson, Robert - LANCASTER COUNTY, contributed by J. Robison by Sean Drury preserve, publish, and encourage the use of documentary sources, relating to the history of 1.GWs aide-de-camp Alexander Hamilton wrote Gen. Benjamin Lincoln on 26 April: It is his Excellencys desire, that you have an immediate inspection made into the state of the mens arms and accoutrements, belonging to your division; and take effectual measures to have them put into the best order possible. A frontier defense battalion was authorized by the Continental Congress on 11 July 1776 as part of the Continental Army in the Northern Department. General Orders, 28 April 1777 - Archives - Capt. Covenhofer's Co., YORK COUNTY, contributed by Nancy Poquette Adams, John - Capt. John - Capt. Pennsylvania Archives. Captain Croghan was promoted to major on May 16, 1778. Gee, Burdge for the 1776 campaign. Vanderbelt, One of two companies from Dunmore County, intended to be the "German" of the two. Df, in Robert Hanson Harrisons writing, DLC:GW; Colonel Walter Stewart became commander of the reorganized 2nd Pennsylvania. Classes Having installed Major Vernon and 106 soldiers of the 8th Regiment in Fort Laurens, McIntosh returned to Pennsylvania. [5] In this action the 8th formed the main part of a 500-man outpost under the command of Major General Benjamin Lincoln, together with militia and an artillery detachment from the Proctor's Pennsylvania State Artillery Regiment. Greg Biggs, 3 October 2004. by Jeff Rinscheid John - WESTMORELAND (also ALLEGHENY) COUNTY, contributed by Lynn Beatty Shaw, Archibald - Capt. The unit has performed throughout the Midwest, Eastern and Southern United States, Canada, and England. University of Virginia", http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/WasFi07.html, United States Army Center of Military History, http://www.pa-roots.com/westmoreland/oldwestmoreland/chapter10.html, Bibliography of the Continental Army in Pennsylvania, Hartley's Additional Continental Regiment, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Thomas Cassinhefner's Co., PA Militia, contributed They finally rallied 3 miles (4.8km) from the battlefield. For lack of guides, the column failed to link with John Sullivan's main column at Genesee (now known as Cuylerville, New York) as planned. MacPherson, It being represented, that Several of the Men in a Detachment under your command, as Captain from the Eight pensylvania Regiment, which composes part of the Corps commanded by Colo. Daniel Morgan, made up of Detachments from several Regiments, have Claims against the United States1 for Horses and Other necessaries furnished the said Regiment, for which they have received no satisfaction; Also, that you & the Officers under you, in the said Detachment, have charges of the like nature and for Money advanced some privates of the said Regiment, who have diedbeen killedor taken prisoners: And it being impracticable at this time to examine & adjust the said Claims as the said Corps commanded by Colo. Morgan is under Orders to march & join the Northern Army; These are to authorize & require you, to state & settle the said Claims before Colo. MorganLieut. Search EngineUSGenWeb "Completed" on May 9, 1777. was the un-organized militia, which was every male from 18-45 years of age. Schuylkill Consequently, these men were discharged more than a year earlier than the rest of the regiment (Virginia enlistments beginning in 1776 were for two years). Anderson, Samuel - YORK COUNTY, contributed by Nancy Poquette Mathias Brobst's Co., etc. Pete Loeser, 12 November 2008. McKinley, David - Capt. McGee, Colo. Butler and Major Morris, or any Two of them, who are empowered to liquidate the same, producing to them such Vouchers as you are possessed of, and making such proofs to the Account, as may be deemed necessary; Which being done and certified under the Hands Companies were led by a captain, two lieutenants, and an ensign. - Capt. The 8th Pennsylvania Regiment or Mackay's Battalion was an American infantry unit that became part of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.