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REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS - 201 CHAPTER VI. MILITARY HISTORY. Revolutionary Soldiers who Resided in Scioto County, or who have Descendants Therein, or Whose Descendants are Inter- terested in this Work-Scioto County in the War of 1812-In the Mexican War-In the Civil War-Journal of the Civil War--Morgan's Raid-Biographies of Officers and Sold- iers who Lost their Lives in the Service-Scioto Coun- ty in the Spanish War of 1898-Four Young Pa- triots who Sacrificed their Lives. Henry Aldred was a native of Germany. The name is sometimes spelled Aldridge. He enlisted as a private in Captain John Smithls Company, 4th Virginia regiment, commanded by Colonel Robert Lawson, Revolutionary War. He enlisted September 7, 1877, to serve three years. He was transferred about October, 1778, to Lieutenant Colonel Robert Ballard's Company, and about May, 1779, to Captain John Steed's Company, same regiment. His name last appears on the muster roll of the last mentioned company, dated December 9, 1779, without special remark as to his service. He was one of the first settlers on Brush Creek, Adams County, before the creation of Scioto County. He died in 1835, and is buried, in the McColm Cemetery on Brush Creek. He has numerous descendants living in Adams County and Mr. Harvey O. Lindsey, of Portsmouth, O., is also a descendant. Amasiah Ainsworth, was a private in Colonel Wymanls Regiment, New Hampshire, 1776, a private in Colonel Bellow's Regiment in 1777, which went to re-inforce General Gates at Saratoga. He was the great-grandfather of Hon. Chandler J. Moulton, of Lucasvlle, Ohio. Major Joseph Ashton was an officer in the Revolutionary War. His Revolutionary record from the archives of Pennsylvania is as follows: Second Lieutenant, Second Regiment of Artillery, Colonel John Lamb; January 23, 1777, he was promoted to First Lieutenant and Adjutant; May 1, 1778, transferred to the Pennsylvania Artillery Regiment, Colonel Thomas Proctor, April 19, 1781, promoted to Captain-Lieutenant, January 1, 1783, he was pay master. His military services did not cease with the Revolutionary War. He was Sergeant in Captarn Lamb's Company and a Lieutenant in the Fourth Continental Corps of Artillery. He was a Captain in the First Infantry, September 29, 1789.. He was a Major in the Second Infantry, December 29, 1791, and resigned November 27, 1792 He was with Arnold on his march to Quebec and was taken prisoner He also served in the Indian War in the Northwest Territory. He was in Harmar's and St. Clair's defeats. He died in 1816. Joseph Ashton, of Portsmouth, Ohio, was his son; and his descendants known to the editor are Mrs. Pauline McKeown, her son Emmett and Mrs. William Walker of Portsmouth and E. Percy Ashton, of Detroit, Michigan. Other descendants of Major Joseph Ashton are Mrs. Mattie M. Gall, of Sinking Springs, Highland County, Ohio, (a granddaughter) her son, Joseph E. Gall, living on the West Side near Portsmouth, three daughters of Mrs. Gall, Mrs Tillie Swisshelm and Miss Bessie Gall, of No. 305 Gallia street, Portsmouth Ohio, and Mrs. Clara Frost, of Adams County, Ohio. Uriah Barber enlisted April 1778 for three months as a private in Captain Champlin's Company, Col. Hosterman from Pennsylvania. He enlisted again in 1778, for eight months as a private in Captain Morrow's Company, Col. Hartley from Pennsylvania, again in 1779 for six months as a private in Captain (name not stated), Sol. Hunter, Pennsylvania regiment, again in 1779, he enlisted for six months in Captain Grove's Company, Col. Hunter of Pennsylvania. He was engaged in Indian skirmishes. At the time of his enlist- (201) 202 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. ment he resided at North Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He applied for pension September 7, 1832, then a resident of Scioto County, Ohio, and was 71 years of age wnen he applied. His pension was granted. The Barbers of Portsmouth and vicinity are his descendants. His descendants interested in this book are William H. Briggs, Mrs. Wellington R. Kinney, Mrs. Ida McColm and Miss Emma Barber, of No. 309 Gallia street. Rev. William Baldridge was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, February 26, 1761. His parents were natives of Ireland and the year after his birth removed to the banks of the Catawba river in North Carolina In 1776, he joined a Cavalry company and served as a soldier during the Revolutionary War. After his return from the war, he'prepared for college and attended Dick- inson College in Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1790. He studied theology and became a minister in 1792. In the same year, he was married to Rebecca Agnew. On October 18, 1793, he became a minister to two churches in Rock- bridge County, Virginia. In 1809, he became a minister of the Presbyterian Church in Adams County, and resided there until his death on October 26, 1830. The wife of the Hon. Joseph Riggs, of Portsmouth, Ohio, Rebecca Riggs was his daughter as was the late Mrs. John Waller, well known in Portsmouth. John Barnes, of Virginia, was a private in a Virginia regiment, February, 1776; an Ensign of the 11th Virginia, December 13, 1776; Regimental Quartermaster from 1777 to 1779. He was Second Lieutenant March 7, 1777, and was transferred to the 7th Virginia September 14, 1778. He was First Lieutenant May 13, 1779, and retired February 12, 1781. He was the ancestor of John R. T. Barnes, deceased, of T. N. Barnes, of Waverly, Ohio, and of Captain James Q. Barnes of Salem, Oregon. Thaddeus Bennett was a private in Captain Wm. Blainls Company, Col. John Hathornes' Regiment of Orange County, N. Y., militia He entered the service October 12, 1777, and served until November 5, 1777. His descendants are Col. Thaddeus Bennett formerly of Scioto County, Ohio, but later of Green- up County, Kentucky, and Col. Frank Bennett of Greenup County, Kentucky, and Henry Lantz, of Scioto, Ohio. Jonathan Bliss, served in Col. Halels regiment of New Hampshire Militia, Revolutionary War. His name appears on a receipt roll of that regiment, dated August 10, 1778, under the following heading: "We, the subscribers severally, have received of Jonathan Blanchard by order of the selectmen of Petersborough, in the State of New Hampshire, agreeable to the directions of the Honorable Mars Ware, Esq„ President of the Committee of Safety for said State, Ten Pounds sterling, being so much advanced, for our going to Rhode Island to join Gen. Sullivan in the Defense of the American States." He is an ancestor of Frank B. Enslow, of Huntington, W. Va. John Briggs served in Captain James Ross' Company, 3rd Pennsylvania Battalion of Lancaster. County Militia, Col. Thomas Porter, Revolutionary war. His name was on the rolls from December 12 to the 24, 1776. John Briggs also served in Captain Scullls Company, 4th Pennsylvania regiment commanded by Major Lamar, Revolutionary War. He was on the roll from March 1, to April 1, 1777. John Briggs was a Sergeant in Captain John Churties Company, Col. Thomas Craig. His name was on the roll December 10, 1778, showing his enlistment to have been for the war. This John Briggs is the ancestor of the Briggs family in Scioto County, descendants of Samuel C. Briggs, who will be found in the pioneer sketches herein. John Brison or Bryson, (spelled both ways,) was 1st Lieutenant in the 7th Pennsylvania regiment, Revolutionary War. His name appears on the list of Pennsylvania offrcers appointed by council of safety pursuant to a resolution of Congress dated September 16, 1776. His commission was dated April 10, 1777. He was a prisoner of war on Long Island, August 15, 1778. It is noted he was taken at Palamos. He is an ancestor of Mrs. George N. Biggs, of Huntington, West Virginia. Asa Boynton, of Rowley, Essex Company, was a private in Capt. Richard Peabody's Company, Col. Edward Wrigglesworthls regiment, pay abstract for travel allowance from Ticonderoga home in 1776. He is an ancestor of A. W. Boynton of the French Grant, who located there in 1810. Benjamin Burt who was buried at the east end of the bridge over the Little Scioto, was a Revolutionary Soldier. He enlisted May, 1777, and served nearly three years as an artificer under Colonel Baldwin, Captain Peter Mills in REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS - 203 the Massachusetts Artillery He enlisted again in May. 1810, and served nearly two years as an artificer in Captain Thomas Patton's company, Col. Lamb, 2nd New York Artillery. He was discharged in 1782 at West Point, N. Y. He was at Yorktown at the surrender of Cornwallis. When he enlisted he was a resident of Sussex County, N. J. He applied for a pension Nov. 17, 1824, then a resident of Scioto County, Ohio. He was then at the age of 63 years. He died at Wheelersburg, Ohio, March 1, 1849 His surviving children at that time were Benjamin, Samuel B. and Munsell Burt and Mehitable Bonser. He is the ancestor of Benjamin Burt, of Portsmouth, Ohio, and of Dr. George M. Marshall, of Ashland, Kentucky. Lawrence Byrn enlisted in 1776, a private in Captain Alexander Graydon's Company, Third Regiment of Pennsylvania troops and served until 1777. He enlisted again in that year as a private of Colonel John Shay's Regiment. He was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown. Monmouth, Jamestown and Yorktown. He was captured at Fort Washington, November 16, 1776. He recieved a wound in a fight with the Indians near Savannah. He resided at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the time of enlistment. He secured a Revolutionary pension. He made his application May 27, 1819, aged sixty-three years. His claim was allowed. His residence was in Clermont County, Ohio. He married Elizabeth Baker about 1788 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in Clermont County, Ohio, July 15, 1832. He is the ancestor of Mr C. C. Brown, of Portsmouth, Ohio. John Clark, 1st Lieutenant of the 2nd Battalion of Milesl Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment, March 15, 1776; appointed aide-de-camp to General Greene, January 14, 1777; Captain of the Pennsylvania State Regiment, February 20, 1777; Regiment was designated the 13th Pennsylvania, November 12, 1777; transferred to 8th Pennsylvania, July 1st, 1778; transferred to 1st Pennsylvania, January 17, 1781; transferred to 3rd Pennsylvania, January 1st, 1783, and served until June 3, 1783. He died December 27, 1783. He is an ancestor of Mrs. Laura Jane Bentley Lloyd, wife of Charles Perry Lloyd, of Portsmouth, Ohio. John Michael Clingman was born in October, 1734. He was a Captain in a Pennsylvania Company in 1778 and it is said he served during the remainder of the war. Nothing further is known of his service. He died in Ohio, January 26, 1716, and is buried in the Kinney Cemetery on the Aaron Kinney homestead. He was the father of Mary Clingman, wife of Aaron Kinney and ancestor of the well known Kinney family of Portsmouth. Jeremiah Clough, of Canterbury, N. H., was Captain in the Second New Hampshire Regiment, Col Enoch Poor, from May 24th, 1775 to December, 1775. He was Captain in the 8th Continental Infantry from January 1, 1776, to December 1, 1776. He is an ancestor of Mrs. Suttie -Williams and the late Jacob Clough of Portsmouth. Samuel Cross, a Revolutionary Soldier, enlisted July 1, 1776, for six months as a private in Captain Wm. Huston's Company, Colonel not stated, from the State of Pennsylvania He enlisted again August 1, 1777, for two months as a private in Captain Rogers Company, Colonel not stated, from Pennsylvania. He enlisted a third time June 1, 1779, as a private, time of service not stated in Captain Johnstone's Company, Colonel not stated, from Pennsylvania. He was engaged in the battle of Brandywine and Germantown. He enlisted as a soldier from Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He made application for pension when he was 77 years old. His pension was allowed. He has descendants in both Adams and Scioto County. Ephriam Cole, father of James M., Leonard, and Allaniah Cole, and grandfather of George D., Alfred E., and Allaniah B. Cole, was born in Maryland. He enlisted November 16, 1777, in Captain Jonathan Drown's Company, Col. Wm. Lee's regiment of Maryland troops, for three years. During his service he undertook to act as a spy, and got inside the British lines. He accomplished his errand and was leaving, when he was arrested. He managed to create doubt in the minds of his captors as to his real character, and showed up his masonry. There being Free Masons among his captors, he was given the benefit of the doubt, and he was released and sent out of the lines. So we are spared a Captain Nathan Hale's story, which, but for his Masonry, Ephriam Colels would have been. He was buried in the Colling's Cemetery, south of West Union. He is the ancestor of the late James Madison Cole 204 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. and the late Allaniah Cole of Scioto County, Mrs. Val Simmons and the late Mrs, John H. Simmons were his granddaughters. Hon. Henry Collings of Manchester, is a great grandson. James Collings, was a private in Captain John Lynch's Company, 5th Maryland regiment, commanded by Col. Richardson. He served from January 18, 1777, until August 16, 1780. He removed to Adams County in 1794, died in 1802, and is buried in the Colling's Cemetery, east of West Union. He is the grandfather of Hon. Henry Collings of Manchester, Ohio. Joseph Conklin made a declaration to be placed on the Pension List, under the act of Congress, March 18, 1818. He enlisted in October, 1775, in a company commanded by Captain William Shute, Colonel Maxwell, Lieutenant Colonel Shreve, and Major Ray, State of New Jersey. He afterwards enlisted in the 14th Massachusetts. He was in the battle of Three Rivers, Lower Canada, June 8, 1776. The regiment retreated from there to Crown Point and Saratoga. He was discharged at Albany, New York. The following statements are taken from his declaration for pension. In pursuance of the act of May 1, 1820, he swears he was a resident of the United States, March 1, 1818. That he has not disposed of his property, etc. He has sixty acres of land, worth about $2.00, two old horses worth $10.00 each, three head of cattle, $20.00, four sheep worth $14.00, farming utensils, $10.00, household furniture, $26.00, total $209.00. His family, himself aged seventy-seven years, a wife aged seventy years are all infirm and unable to labor. Sworn March 11, 1830. Manasseh Cutler, Chaplain in the 11th Massachusetts, 1st of January, 1777, to June, 1779. Died the 28th of July, 182i. He is the ancestor of Margaret Cutler Fulton, M. D., and Edith Holman Fulton. His life, journals and correspondence were published in 1888, by Robert Clarke & Co., of Cincinnati, Ohio, in two volumes, edited by the late Hon. Wm. Parker Cutler and Julia Parker. He was one of the most distinguished men of his time or any other time, and retained the right to be styled the founder of the States created from the Northwest Territory. Daniel Deming, appears on a list of names of members of Colonel Robert Van Rensselaerls Regiment of New York Militia. He served one month from January 1, 1778, in a Company from Massachusetts, from May, 1779 for four months in Capt. Noblels Company, Col. Vrooman, from New York. From October, 1779 for three months in Capt. Cady's Company, Col. Waterman from New York. In June, 1780, he served three weeks in Capt. Gilbert's Company, colonel not stated from New York. At his first enlistment he resided at Sandisfield, Mass., at this second at New Lebanon, New York. He applied for a pension October 21, 1832, at which time he resided at Stockton, N.Y. He was born March 28, 1762, at Worthington, Conn. He was granted a pension. He is a grandfather of George W. Rhodes, and Mrs. James A. Maxwell, of Portsmouth, Ohio. Ebenezer Dean, was a private in the 7th Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col. Ichabold Allen, Revolutionary War. He enlisted February 8, 1777, to serve three years and was killed in battle Oct. 7, 1777. He was of the same family of the Deans who formerly resided in the vicinity of Wheelersburg. There was another Ebenezer Dean, who was a Lieutenant. Colonel in William Heath's regiment, at Cambridge, Mass., in 1775. He was also in the 36th Continental Regiment of foot, commanded by Joel John Greaton. The first named Ebenezer Dean, was an ancestor of Judge Frank Powers of Grayson, Ky.. and of Frank B. Enslow, of Huntington, W. Va. Jacob Drake, Member of Committee of Observation, Morris County, New Jersey, January 23, 1775; Delegate for said County to raise men, money and arms for the common defense, May 1, 1775; Deputy in the Provincial Congress of New Jersey, held at New Brunswick, January 31, 1776; Deputy in the Convention of New Jersey, begun at Burlington, June 10, 1776; Colonel "Western Battalion," New Jersey Militia, 1776; Member State Council of Safety, 1778. He is the great-grandfather of George Drake Scudder of Portsmouth, Ohio. Peter Dickerson, Member of the Committee of Correspondence, Morris County, New Jersey, January 23. 1775; Deputy from Morris County in the Provincial Congress of New Jersey, May 23, 1775; Captain, Third Battalion, First Establishment, February 7, 1776; Captain, Third Battalion, Second Establishment November 29, 1776. New Jersey line; retired September 26, 1780. He is the great- great-grandfather of George Drake Scudder, of Portsmouth, Ohio. REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS - 205 Richard Douglas, served as Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant, Captain, Lieutenant and Captain of a Company of the First Connecticut Regiment He was commissioned Second Lieutenant, January 1, 1777; First Lieutenant, July 1, 1780; Captain, August 22, 1780. ,He was transferred as follows:—January, 1781, to the Fifth Connecticut Regiment, and in May or June, 1783, to the Fifth Company of Col. Swift's Connecticut Regiment. He was the great-grandfather of Hon. Albert Douglas and Judge J. C. Douglas, of Chillicothe, Ohio. Edward Evans was a private in Capt. Samuel Dawson's company, 11th Pennsylvania Regiment, commanded by Colonel Richard Humpton. He was in the Battle of Brandywine, September 11, 1777, Paoli, September 20, 1777, and Germantown, October 4, 1777. He was near the battle of Monmouth on that memorable hot Sunday, lJune 28, 1778. He was on the sick list, but wanted to go into the fight. His Captain refused him permission, and detailed him as a guard to the wagon train.He was one of a detail of twelve who threw the debris off the bridge under the British musketry fire and the Continentals immediately charged over it. After the Revolutionary War he located in Brown County, Ohio, where he died November 3. 1843, and was buried in the public cemetery at Russellville, Brown County, O. He was the great-grandfather of the Editor of this work. Hugh Evans, served as a private in Captain Nathaniel Vansandt's Company, 5th Pennslyvania Battalion, Continental forces, commanded by Colonel Robert Magan. He enlisted January 26, 1776, and served two months and 6 days. He was a school teacher and taught school in Chester County, Pennsylvania and while there "Mad Anthony Wayne." who was twelve years of age, was one of his pupils and was the worst boy in school for pranks and mischief. Hugh Evans was the great-great-grandfather of the Editor of this work. John Elmore was a Corporal in Captain Charles West’s Company, 3rd Virginia Regiment, commanded by Col. Thomas Marshall, the father of the Chief Justice Marshall. He enlisted Dec. 1, 1776, to serve three years, was promoted to Sergeant in December, 1777, and his name appears on the role for November, 1779. There was another John Elmore who enlisted in the Revolutionary War in 1776, for two years service, as a private in Charles Westls Company and in Col. Weedon's Regiment, from the State of Virginia. He engaged in the battles at Harden, Brandywine, Germantown, Trenton and Monmouth. At the time of his enlistment, he resided in Loudon Co., Virginia. He made an application for pension Sept. 4, 1818 and his pension was allowed. He is an ancestor of Captain Mahlon Urton of Adams County, also of the Elmores who formerly resided on the west side of the Scioto near Dry Run. Major Joseph L. Finley, was born February 20, 1753, near Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. He was a graduate of Princeton College in the class of 1775. He entered the Revolutionary War on the first day of April, 1776, as a Second Lieutenant in Captain Moorehead's Company, of Miles' Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment, organized under a resolution of Congress on July 15, 1776. He was made Captain on the twentieth day of October, 1777, and his regiment was designated as the 13th Pennsylvania. He was transferred to the 8th Pennsylvania, July 1, 1778, and was made a Major July 20, 1780. He served until November, 1783, more than two years after the surrender of Cornwallis, and he was seven years and seven months in service in defense of hrs country. He was in the battle of Long Island on the twenty-seventh of August, 1776, and that of White Plains, the September following. He was at the battle of Brandywine in September, 1777; at Germantown, in October of the same year. and he was in the battle of Monmouth on that memorable hot Sunday, June 28, 1778 After that, he was sent with Gen. Broadhead to the western part of Pennsylvania in his expedition against the Indians He subsequently saw much hard fighting. He lost his eye in the service and was otherwise much disabled. He emigrated to Adams County in 1815 and settled, first on Gift Ridge, and afterwards moved to the foot of the hill west of West Union, and died there. His wife was a daughter of Rev. Samuel Blair, a noted Presbyterian minister in the early part of the history of that church in this country. She was a woman of much beauty of person and nobility of character, and their daughters were likewise well educated and handsome. She was an aunt of Francis P. 206 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. Blair, the famous editor of the Globe, of Washington, D. C. She was a sprightly woman, full of energy, and while small was considered very handsome. She had the blackest of black eyes; she wrote poetry for the newspapers, and wrote several touching tributes to the memory of deceased friends. She has been particularly described to me and if I were to choose one of her descendants who resembled her as a young woman, I would choose Mrs. Dudley B. Hutchins. of Portsmouth, Ohio, her great-granddaughter. Major Finley and his wife were both members of the Presbyterian Church of West Union. He was a man of small stature, and in his old age his hair was silvery white. When he and his wife attended church at West Union, during the sermon he always sat on the pulpit steps, as he was' somewhat deaf. He had three daughters and two sons. His daughter. Hannah Finley, was the second wife of Col. John Lodwick, and the mother of a numerous family. Among her sons were Captain John P., Joseph, Pressley and Lyle Lodwick. and among her daughters were. Mrs. Nancy McCabe, Mrs. Eli Kinney and Mrs. J. Scott Peebles. She died in 1827, twelve years before her father. He is an ancestor of Mrs. Dudley B. Hutchins, Mrs. Jennie Corson of Portsmouth and Mr. C. Ross Lodwick, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Adam Fisher, enlisted near Hagarstown, Maryland, and fought in the Revolutionary War, eighteen months, about 1775, 1776 or 1777. He was the ancestor of C. C. Brown of Portsmouth, Ohio. Job Foster, was residing, November, 1819, in Scioto County, Ohio, at which date he applied for pension. His age was stated in July. 1824, as sixty- four years; in May, 1827, as seventy-one years; and in September, 1832, as seventy-six years, then living in Scioto County. About the let of October, 1780, he enlisted for eighteen months under Captain Simeon Morgan in the 9th Virginia Regiment, commanded by Col. Richard Campbell. The regiment assembled and passed the winter at Winchester, Frederick County, Va. In March, 1781. it proceeded to Fredericksburg, Spottylvania County, Va.; thence to Petersburg, Chesterfield, C. H. and to Guilford, Guilford County, N. C. He joined the army commanded by General Greene, two days after the battle, (March 15th, 1781,) and was in pursuit of the enemy under Lord Cornwallis as far as Deep River, from thence going to Camden, S. C, at which place he was in the battle (April 15, 1781) and was driven back twelve miles. The British, however, evacuated Camden (May 10th, 1781) and he was ordered to the high hills of the Santee in South Carolina, where he remained three months; then he went to Fort Thompson for a short time, from thence going to the Fort "96" in South Carolina. where he became engaged in a number of skirmishes and was discharged at Salisbury, North Carolina in January, 1782. He is an ancestor of Mrs. Agnes Roe, of Portsmouth. Ohio. Nathaniel Foster enlisted July or August. 1776 for one month as a private in Captain Ten Brookls Company, Colonel not stated, from New Jersey. In 1777 he enlisted for two months as a private in Captain Duloan's Company, Colonel Moore from Pennsylvania. April, 1781, he enlisted for two months in Captain Thomas Anderson's Company, Colonel not stated, from Virginia: The same year he served two months in Captain McCarlyls Company, Col. not stated, from Virginia. The same year he served two months in Captain Isaac Parson's Company, Col. not stated, from Virginia. He was not in .any battles. He resided at his enlistment, in Hudson County, New Jersey, Buchs County. Pennsylvania and Hampshire County. Virginia. He applied for a pension Oct. 25, 1832, while a resident of Adams County, at 72 years of age. He was born in Morris County, New Jersey, Feb. 9, 1760, removed to Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1776 and to Hampshire County, Virginia in 1780. He is an ancestor of Dr. Ezekiel M. Foster, of Portsmouth. who has a sketch herein. Martin Funk enlisted June, 1776, for two months as a private in Captain Williams' Company, Colonel not stated, Pennsylvania regiment. He enlisted September 1776, as a private for two months in Captain Alexander Barrls Company, Pennsylvania Regiment, Colonel not stated. In December, 1776. he enlisted as a private for four months in Captain John Pomeroy's Company, Colonel Loughry, Pennsylvania Regiment. In September, 1777, he enlisted for one year as a private in Captain John Hopkins' Company, Pennsylvania Regiment, Colonel not stated. Battles engaged in, skirmishes with the Indians near Pittsburg, Pa. Residence at enlistment, Westmoreland County, Pa. He received a pension. He was the ancestor of Mrs. Frank Hills (nee Mary Timmonds) of Mt. REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS - 207 Vernon, New York, of Eugene Melvin Funk and Doctor William Dever Micklethwait of Portsmouth, Ohio. Charles Glidden was born in Maine May 29, 1744, and died in New Hampshire August 11, 1811. He was a sergeant in Captain Jeremiah Clough's Company, Col. Enoch Poorls regiment. He enlisted May 27, 1775, and served two months and eleven days. His wife was Alice Mills and they had a daughter, Betsy, who married Jeremiah Smith. They had a son, Joseph Smith. He married Charlotte Maria Hurd and their children were: Joseph Warren, Mrs. Mary H. Bannon and Mrs. Josephine Murfin, widow of James O. Murfin. Samuel Gould, was in the I exington Alarm Infantry of Captain Reuben Butterfield's Company, Col. David Green's Middlesex Regiment, which marched on the alarm of April 19th, 1775, from Dunstable to Cambridge. Length of service seven days. He appears with grade of private in Captain Zaccheus Wright's Company, Col. Brook's Regiment dated "Camp at White Plains," October 31, 1776, residence Dunstable, reported as having lost articles in battle. He is an ancestor of the late Orin B. Gould of Scioto County. Thomas Grosvenor enlisted May 3, 1775, 2nd Lieutenant, 3rd Connecticut. wounded at Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775; Captain 20th Continental Infantry, January 1, 1776; Major 3rd Connecticut, January 1, 1777; Lieutenant-Colonel, March 13, 1778; transferred to 1st Connecticut, January 1, 1781; Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant, May 29, 1882; retired 1st of January, 1783. Mrs. Louise Grosvenor Leete, wife of Phelps Chapman Leete, of Portsmouth, is a descendant of this soldier. Samuel Goddard served as a Sergeant in a Light Infantry Company in Colonel Henry Jackson's Regiment from May 21, 1777 to May 22, 1780, from the town of Boston, Captain Gawen Brown's Company. He also was in Lieutenant Thomas Turner's Company and Captain William Scottls Company of the same regiment. It is recorded that he discharged his duties as became a soldier and had not been absent without permission. He was promoted to Sergeant July 10, 1777. His age is given as 29 years on July 8. 1780; stature 5 feet 6 inches complexion light. He had a son, Samuel Goddard, Junior, who was born in Sutton, Massachusetts. about 1774 and died at Norwich, Vermont, in 1844. The latter left a son, Henry Goddard, born in Concord, Vermont, in 1812 and died at Norwich, Vermont, in 1890. The last named is the father of Charles A. Goddard of Franklin Furnace, Ohio. George Hammitt enlisted in the summer of July or August, 1775, for one year as a private in Captain William McClanahan's Company, Col. Stevens from Virginia. Abraham Bluford was also Captain of this Company for a time. He enlisted again in 1777, for three months In Captain McClanahan's Company, Col. not stated, in the Virginia Militia. He enlisted in 1781 for two months in Capt. Reuben Slaughter's Company, Col. Alcock of Virginia. He was engaged in the battle of Great Bridge. He resided at Culpeper, Virginia, at the time of his enlistment. He applied for a pension November 20, 1834, at which time he was a resident of Scioto County, Ohio. He was born January 13, 1756, in Fauquier County, Pennsylvania. He was the owner of 160 acres of land on Lovers Lane in Clay Township on which he died in 1836. He is an ancestor of Wm. Burt and Mrs. Mary A. Barton, of Portsmouth. O. Hallam Hempstead, the son of Nathaniel and Hannah (Booth) Hempstead. was born at New London, Connecticut, June 1. 1763. He served in the 1st Company, 3rd Regiment, Connecticut Militia. The Company was organized May 1777. The officers of the Company were: Captain John Hempstead, Lieutenant Even Douglas, Ensign Jophet Mason. He was married to Polly Barron and emigrated to Marietta, Ohio. with his brother Giles, in August. 1802. His wife died at Marietta, November 15. 1806. He then removed to Maysville. Kentucky, where he resided for a short time, then removed to Portsmouth, Ohio, with his four surviving children, one son and three daughters, of a family of eleven. His son, Hallam, became a resident of Pike County, his eldest daughter Clarissa married Nathan K. Clough. Maria married William Oldfield and Jane married James Lodwick and many of their descendants are still living in Scioto County. Hallam Hempstead died July 25. 1833, at Portsmouth. Ohio. and is buried in Greenlawn, Portsmouth, Ohio. He was the great grandfather of Mrs. Mary Clough Dunham Pursell, Mrs. Marinette Gharky Rice and of Mrs. Jennie Hempstead Corson. 208 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. Josiah Hoskinson enlisted June. 1778, for one year and was Sergeant Major in Captain Beal's Company, Col. Rawlings from the State of Maryland. He resided at Fort Frederick, Maryland, at the time of his enlistment. He applied for a pension June 27, 1818, and was then a resident of Washington Township, Scioto County, Ohio. He was 63 years of age when he applied for a pension and his wife's name was Margaret. He was an ancestor of Judge Robert A. Calvert and Thomas Calvert. Robert Hunter served as Ensign and 2nd Lieutenant in Colonel William Malcolm's Continental Regiment. Revolutionary War. He was appointed Ensign November 1, 1777, and commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, March 15, 1778. His command was at White Plains, March 3, 1779, and he retired from the army April 22, 1779. He was the grandfather of the late Robert Bell and of Miss Emma Bell of Portsmouth, Ohio. Wiliam Huston, of Pennsylvania, was an ensign of Hartleyls Additional Continental Regiment, May, 1777. He was Second Lieutenant and Adjutant on the 2nd of June, 1778. The regiment was designated the 11th Pennsylvania on the 16th of December, 1778. He was First Lieutenant February 24, 1780, and was transferred to the Sixth Pennsylvania January 17, 1781, transferred to the Second Pennsylvania January 1, 1783, and served in this until June 3, 1783. Time of service six years. He was the lather of William Huston one of the first settlers of Portsmouth and the grandfather of Samuel J. Huston and the great-grandfather of Miss Irene Huston of Portsmouth and the great-grandfather of Mrs. Frank L. Brown of Youngstown, Ohio, J. Huston Varner and Mrs. Anna Varner Sanford of Cincinnati, Ohio. Salma Keyes served as a private in Captain Adam Bailey's Company, Second Massachusetts Regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel E. Sproat, Revolutionary War. He enlisted January 23, 1781, to serve three years, and his name last appears on the roll for December, 1781, dated at West Point, January 1, 1782, with remark, "Coaling." This soldier is the ancestor of Col. Thomas Sikes of Huntington, W. Va., Frank L. Sikes and Milford Keyes of Portsmouth, Ohio. Jeremiah Kendall. the father of Gen. Wm. Kendall, served as a private in Captain William Washington's Company, 3rd Virginia Regiment. Revolutionary war, commanded by Colonel Thomas Marshall, father of the Chief Justice. He enlisted February 23, 1776, to serve two years, was transferred in August 1777, to Captain G. B. Wallace's Company, same regiment: was wounded in September, 1777, and was discharged in January, 1778. Charles Kendall, Frank Kendall, Mrs. I avina Adair, Mrs. John W. Overturf are his living representatives. Col. Thomas Marshall, his colonel, is buried three miles back of Maysville, Ky., near the town of Washington. The Editor has visited his grave: Peter Kinney, the father of Aaron Kinney, one of the early settlers of Scioto County, served in the Revolutionary War in Captain Van Swearingen's Company, 8th Pennsylvania regiment. He enlisted June 24, 1779, and served out the war. He never came to Scioto County but died in the state of Pennsylvania. Thomas Lawson served as a member of Capt. John Williamls Company, 4th Pennsylvania Regiment, Revolutionary War. The rolls show he served from November 1. 1777, to the last of March, 1779, and the sum due him for November 1777, 21b 10s, December, 1777, l Ib 13s 4d, and March, 1779, 41b 3s 4d. It does not appear that he ever drew this money and was absent, sick or a pri- son er these months. He was the father of William Lawson, the first settler of Portsmouth. Among his descendants are Mrs. Will Gates and the late William Lawson, of Portsmouth. Ohio, Mrs. George N. Biggs of Huntington, W. Va.. Mrs. Mary Timmonds Hills of Mt. Vernon, N. Y., Mrs. Charles E. Moister, of Washington, D. C. Mrs. Catherine C. Witherow, wife of William S. Witherow, of Greenup County, Kentucky. Christopher Lauman was 1st Lieutenant in December, 1776, Third Bat- talion of Association of York County Pennsylvania. He served during the War of the Revolution in the capacity of Ensign, 2nd Lieutenant, and 1st Lieutenant of the Pennsylvania Militia, 1775-6-7, and was at Trenton and Princeton. He commanded the Fourth Company of the Third Battalion, Colonel Davie Jamison, his commission bearing date of April 5. 1778, and was in actual service in the neighborhood of Philadelphia that year. He is an ancestor of Frank Gordon Lauman, of Bear Creek, Scioto County, Ohio. REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS - 209 Elias Langham was a Revolutionary soldier.He enlisted February 19, 1777, under Lieutenant Richard C. Waters, 1st regiment of Artillery. Colonel Charles Harrison. He was a private and matross. He went into Captain Drury Ragdales’ Company and served part of his time with the Northern Army, under Captain Anthony Singleton of the 2nd regiment, and for a part of the time under Captain John Danridge. He served at different stations of which he was proud. He was a Bombardier, Sergeant, Quarter Master Sergeant, and Conductor of Military Stores, of all of which he states he was proud. He was appointed 1st Lieutenant of the 1st Artillery by General Nathaniel Green. by a letter which he that the amount allowed by law of March 18, 1818, will be useful and convenient to him. He states that from his enlistment to November 23, 1783, he was in diploma in the Society of the Cincinnati, signed by his illustrious chief, George Washington. That he is unwilling to admit his own poverty, but acknowledges the war, he received five years full pay in lieu of 1-2 pay for life. He received a filed in his application for pension. These statements are all taken from his own application for pension. He says that he last served in Captain Ambrose Bohannon's Company of said regiment, but never received his commission. After continuous service, and at that date the army was completely discharged by proclamation. He made oath for his pension before L. Baskerville Associate Judge of Union County, April 30, 1818. He gave his inventory as 1 horse, saddle 4 and bridle, $25.00, all other property $10.00, making a total of $30.00. He stated that his occupation was surveyor, but that he was unable to follow it. He states that he had six children, but none were living with him. He made oath to the latter statement May 11, 1821. He was the surveyor who made the plat of the town of Alexandria and is supposed to have made the town plat for Portsmouth or assisted in it. He was a member of the Second Legislature from Ross County. December 5, 1803 to February 17, 1804, and was Speaker of the House. He was a member of the Fourth Legislature, December 2, 1805 to January 27, 1806, from Ross and Franklin Counties. He was a member of the Sixth Legislature, December 7, 1807 to February 27, 1808, from Franklin, Ross and Highland Counties and had one vote for Speaker. He was frequently in the vicinity of the City of Portsmouth from 1779 to 1803, but whether he was a prominent citizen or not, is not known but it is known that he did much surveying in the vicinity of what is now Portsmouth. It is believed he was a resident of Union, County, Ohio, at the time of his death. Parsons Lummis, served as a private in Captain Richard Howellls company, 2nd New Jersey Regiment, Revolutionary War. He enlisted November 7, 1775, and his name appears on the rolls of that organization to January 17, 1776. He is a great-grandfather of Shad,rack C Lummis and Jacob W. Lummis, who have sketches herein, and a grandfather of John W. Lummis, deceased. who has a sketch herein. William Lucas was a private in Captain Nathaniel Welch's Company known also as Captain Philip Taliaferrols Company and as Captain Thomas Minorls Company, 2nd Virginia Regiment, commanded at different times by Colonel William Brent and Colonel Gregory Smith, Revolutionary War. He enlisted February 13, 1777 for three years and his name last appears on the roll November 1779, without remark.He died July, 1814, in the 72nd year of his age, and he was interred, with military honors, in the Lucasville Cemetery. • His grave is marked and his tombstone will be found in the oldest part of that Cemetery. He was a native of Virginia. He had five sons and three daughters. His sons were Judge Joseph Lucas, Gov. Lobert Lucas, John Lucas, the hotel keeper, at Lucasville, William and Samuel Lucas. C. E. Brown of East Third street, and Harry D. Hibbs, of Portsmouth, Ohio, and Hon. Samuel L. Patterson, of Waverly are among his descendants. Samuel Marshall, senior, was a private in Captain David Marshall's 3rd Company, 3rd Battalion, Cumberland County Associates. Lieutenant Mitchell, 1780. This is taken from the Pennsylvania Archives, 3rd series, Volume 23, page 714. He and his wife and four children were the tirst to make a settlement permanently in Scioto County. They left Pittsburg in the summer of 1795, and went to Manchester where they remained until after Wayne's Treaty. He then took the same boat in which he came down the river and went up the river and settled opposite the mouth of Tygart, Kentucky, west of Lawson's run. There he built a log cabin, the first in the County. His family consisted of 210 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. himself, his wife Nancy, and his children: Nancy, born Oct. 21, 1773, married a Wm. Rawlins; Hetty, born April 22, 1776, married; Jemima, born May 1, 1778, Mary born Feb. 9, 1780, married a Lindsey; William, born Feb. 7, 1782; Jesse, born June 4, 1784; Elizabeth, born Oct. 3, 1781; Samuel, born June 29, 1789; Sabina, born June 4, 1792, and Fannie, born Feb. 6,1796. The latter was said to have been the tirst white child born in Scioto County. She married George Shonkwiler. Polly Marshall, wife of the Revolutionary soldier was a Hazelrigg, an aunt to Judge Hazelrigg of the Court of Appeals of Kentucky. His cabin was built in February, 1796 two miles east of Portsmouth. When he came down the river he had $10,000 in continental money. His daughter Nancy, was married in Pennsylvania. Hetty married a Washburn in Manchester and Jemima, married Thomas McDonald a brother of Col. John McDonald. Mary married John H. Lindsey. Samuel Marshall, Senior was born in 1750 or 1751, and married Nancy Hazelrigg, aunt of Judge Hazelrigg who lived at Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. She was the great aunt of the present Judge Hazelrigg of the Court of Appeals. Nancy Rawlins died at South Webster in 1870 or 1871, aged 96 or 97. George W. Sallady of Sciotoville, Ohio. is her grandson. She had all her faculties and her vision and hearing were unimpaired until she was 95. Samuel Marshall, Senior came to Scioto County in 1796 and died in 1816. He was well educated for his time. He was a devout Presbyterian. In politics he was a Federalist. He is the ancestor of Miss Ella R. Price, of Wait's Station, Mrs. Filmore Musser, of Portsmouth, Ohio, Mr. Oscar Oakes, of Haverhill. Ohio, Mr. H. B. Shonkwiler, of Nairn, Ohio, Dr. George M. Marshall, of Ashland, Kentucky, and Doctor Walter Ranchous, of Columbus, Ohio. David Mitchell, was a Revolutionary Soldier. He was born in 1733, and died Nov. 1, 1805. He was the father of Judge David Mitchell of Nile Township, Scioto County, 0. He was a private in Captain Erwin's Company, 2nd Battalion, Cumberland County Militia, Pa. He enlisted December 6, 1776, and served until December 24, 1776. He also appears as a private in Capt. James Morrison's Company, Col. Thomas Porter's Battalion, mustered in Lancaster, Aug. 15, 1776. He is the great-grandfather of Albert R., and James H. Morrison, lately deceased in Scioto County, Ohio. 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 a member of Captain Thomas Clarkls artillery company, continental troop, commanded by General Henry Knox, and Col. Thomas Lamb. He enlisted as a private December 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 Beasley's Fork, Adams County. and is also the great-grandfather of Charles E. Oppy, of Otway, Ohio. Andrew Macfarlane was First Lieutenant of Moorhead’s Company, guarding stores at Kittanning. Pennsylvania. January 22, 1777, and served to ______ Miss Anna Randall Ross is the great grand-daughter of Andrew Macfarlane. He was also the ancestor of Mrs. Ella Kinney Reed, wife of Samuel Reed. Moses McFarland was Captain of Nixon's Massachusetts regiment from May to December, 1775. He was Captain of the 4th Continental Infantry from January 1st to December 31, 1776; Captain of the Sixth Massachusetts on the 1st of January, 1777 and transferred to the Invalid Regiment March 16. 1779, and served until June, 1783. He died March, 1790. James McMullan Served in the 2nd New Castle Regiment of Delaware Militia, Revolutionary War. His name appears on the rolls Jan. 14, 1778, also on Oct. 31, 1778. He was the grandfather of Mrs. Tryphena Hard, 120 Gallia street, Portsmouth, Ohio. Alexander Parker's, Revolutionary Record. Ensign 2nd Va.. Sept., 1775. 2nd Lieutenant, January 24, 1776. 1st Lieutenant, December 25, 1776. Captain. June 1, 1777. Taken prisoner at Charleston, May 12, 1780, served till the close of the War. Colonel 5th U. S. Infantry 3rd of May, 1808 ,resigned, Dee. 1, 1809. REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS - 211 Thomas Parkerls Revolutionary Record. 1st Lieutenant. 9th Va., July 4, 1776. Captain of same April 23, 1778, transferred to the 5th Va. Feb. 12, 1781, and served to the close of the War. Lieutenant-Colonel 8th U. S. Infantry, Jan. 9, 1799, discharged, June 15, 1800. Colonel 12th U. S. Infantry, March 12. 1812. Brigadier General 12th of March, 1813. Resigned Nov. 1, 1814. Died January 24, 1820. William Peebles, father of John Peebles, and grandfather of John G. Peebles, late of Portsmouth, Ohio, was born in Scotland, in the shire near the Town of Peebles, two miles south of Edinboro. His father shortly afterwards moved to the north part of Ireland. While yet a young man, he in company with two young men, left Ireland and came to America, and settled in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. At the breaking out of the Revolutionary War, at the age of thirty-one years, he raised a Company of soldiers, at his own expense, for said War, at a cost of four hundred (400) pounds. He was wounded at the Battle of Flat Bush, on Long Island, by the Hessians, August 28, 1776, and died of his wounds, September 5. 1776, and was buried in some cemetery in Long Island. After his death, the Uuited States re-imbursed his family in Continental money, for said expenditure, the family also received from the Government two thousand(2,000) acres of land, which was not considered of much value. He left a wife and three children, whose circumstances were such that it was necessary to dispose of same at a comparatively low price to meet the needs of the family. John Potter was Captain of the First Regiment, Essex. New Jersey, Revolutionary War. His father, Samuel Potter, was Colonel of the same regiment. John Potter was the great-grandfather of Judge D. W. Jones, of Gallipolis, Ohio. Israel Putman. Lieutenant-Colonel in the Lexington Alarm, April, 1775, Colonel 3rd Connecticut, May 1, 1775; Major-General Continental Army, June 19, 1775; retired June 3, 1783. Died May 19, 1790. He is the ancestor of Col. Douglas Putnam, of Ashland, Ky. His record is too well known to require any statement of it here, or any comment, His record in the Revolutionary War, won him death less fame. Piram Ripley was born in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, November 22, 1762. At the age of thirteen years, he engaged on the frigate Oliver Cromwell, and was soon afterwards engaged in a naval encounter. He was married in 1785, to Miss Hannah Plum, and had a large family. He was a man of extensive reading and had an excellent memory, and was a man of most interesting conversation. He was a faithful member of the Baptist Church. He died in Cattaraugus County, New York, March 23, 1843. His son, William Plum Ripley married Miss Cynthia Spencer. Mrs. Hannah Caroline Vigus, the wife of Jordan Vigus of Portsmouth, was their eldest child. John Rhodes served from March 20, 1777, for nine months as a private in Capt. John Gray's Company. He served a second time in May, 1778, for six months in Capt. Job Wright's Company. He served for two months in the summer of 1779 in Captain Ephriam Woodworth's Company and two months in Captain Stim's Company. All these were militia companies and apparently independent as no Colonels are stated. He was engaged in the battles of Stillwater and Saratoga. At enlistment he was a resident of Easton, N. Y. He applied for pension September 7, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Edinburg, N. Y. He was born August 4, 1763, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He was pensioned under the law of 1832. He was the grandfather of George W. Rhodes of No. 558 East Eighth street, Portsmouth, Ohio, and of Mrs. James A. Maxwell. Robert Rose was a Surgeon in the 1st Continental Dragoons December 10, 1776. He was transferred to Baylor's Consolidated Regiment of Dragoons November 9, 1782, and served to November, 1783. He is the ancestor of Doctor T. H. McCann, of Harrisonville, Scioto County, Ohio. Ebenezer Seeley enlisted at Fairtield, Connecticut, 1778, and was discharged in 1780. He served under Captain Benajah Bennett, Hodges and Col. Sherman. Shortly after the burning of Fairfield, he took part in a skirmish in which one man was killed. On July 23, 1832, when he applied for a pension he was a resident of Weston, Conn., and seventy-one years of age. He was born in Fairfield, Conn., January 10, 1761. He died at Weston, Conn., March 212 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. 21, 1842. His wife was Anna Coley. He was allowed a pension for nine months and six days actual service. He is the ancestor of Orin B. Gould of Wellston and Mrs. Winnie Gould McBride. Joseph Spencer, Colonel in the Lexington Alarm, April, 1775; Colonel 2nd Connecticut, May 1, 1775; Brigadier-General Continental Army, June 22, 1775: Major-General, August 9, 1776; resigned January 13, 1778; died January 13, 1789. He is the ancestor of Miss Grace Cotton, Miss Mary Hannah Cotton, N. Y. and Mrs. Ethel Cotton Schwartz, wife of Wm. F. Schwartz. John Jones Sikes served as a private in Captain Gideon Burtls Company of Guards, Massachusetts Militia, of the Counties of Hampshire and Worcester, Revolutionary War. The pay roll of the Company is dated September 1, 1777, to January 1, 1778. The time of- service was four months. He was from the town of Wilbraham. He also served as a private in Capt. Abel Holden's Company of Light Infantry, 6th Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col. Thomas Nixon, Revolutionary War. He enlisted July 3. 1780, for six months, and was discharged September 17, 1780, the time of service five months, sixteen days. He was the father of Levi Sikes, and grandfather of Col. Thomas Sikes, of Huntington, W. Va., and great-grandfather of Frank L. Sikes, of Portsmouth, Ohio. He came to Ohio in 1804. His widow Sarah survived until 1858 and was a pensioner of the Revolution. She applied for a pension October 20, 1851, then a resident of Scioto County, O.. at the age of eighty-one. She was married to the soldier January 18, 1787, at Westfield, Mass. He died in Mason County, Ky., in 1807. His services as stated by her were as follows: Enlisted September 18, 1779, and served one month, eleven days as a private in Capt. Caleb Keep's Company, Col. Chapin, Massachusetts. He enlisted July 3, 1780, and served six months and three days as a private in Captain Halden's Company, Massachusetts, Colonel not stated. He enlisted April 4, 1782, for three years as a private, but it does not appear how long he served. He is the ancestor of Col. Thomas Sikes of Huntington, W. Va., of Frank L. Sikes and Milford Keyes of Portsmouth, Ohio. Godfrey Smith was born near the village of Redstone, Pennsylvania, in the year 1752. This village was built about the year 1752, on the Monongahela river, at the mouth of Redstone Creek. It consisted of a few block-houses and a stockade, and was built to protect the settlers against the Indians. "Old Redstone" was quite an important place in those days, when settlements were few and far between. It was then in Westmoreland County; the county was afterwards divided, and the village, now called Brownsville, is now in Fayette County. In the Autumn of 1779, Godfrey Smith enlisted in Shenandoah County, Virginia, for a term of eighteen months in the Patriot army, in a regiment commanded by Colonel Buford. During the following Winter, the regiment lay at Petersburg, Virginia, and in the spring of 1780, before his term had expired, he re-enlisted for "during the war." He served in Colonel Buford's Regiment until its defeat at the battle of Hanging Rock, South Carolina, August 6, 1780. He was also in the battle of Camden, S. C., August 16, 1780. He then returned to Petersburg, and was placed in Captain Triplettls Company. of Colonel Hawes' Regiment. From this regiment he was transferred to Major Lee's Corps of Light Infantry, commonly called Lee's Legion, and was in Captain Rudolph's Company. He was with the Legion at the battle of Eutaw Springs, S. C. in 1781, and continued in this branch of the service until the end of the war. He served, in all, about tive years in the Continental army, and was not disabled. When the Legion was disbanded, at. Georgetown, South Carolina, he was sick with measles. As soon as he was able to travel, however, (about four weeks later), he returned to his home in Pennsylvania. Soon aftter the war, he mareird Margaret Hoover. Six sons and three daughters were born to them, of whom Jacob, the oldest, was born in the year 1785. They lived in Pennsylvania until, probably, about the year 1810, when they moved to Greenup County, Kentucky, going down the Ohio river in flatboats. In October, 1819, Godfrey Smith, "being a resident of Greenup County, Kentucky," applied for a Revolutionary soldier's pension, and the following year he was granted a pension of eight dollars per month, beginning October 27. 1819. and continuing to his death. Mrs. Smith died in 1844, but the aged soldier lived until the year 1847. when he died in Greenup County, aged eighty-five years. He is an ancestor of Smith S. Littlejohn who - has a sketch herein. REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS - 213 Joseph Stillwell, Ensign, First Regiment, Monmouth; Captain, First Regiment, Monmouth; Captain Commanding Guard at Sandy Hook, June, 1776; Captain, Colonel Formanls Battalion, "Detached Militia," July 18, 1776, New Jersey Militia. He was the great great-grandfather of George Drake Scudder of Portsmouth, Ohio. Reuben Shumway served in Captain McFarland's Company of Worcester from the 14th of February to the 25th of December, 1760, whole time 35 weeks, amount received 15Ib 15s. 5d. His name appears on the roll of Captain Moses Montague's Company, Colonel Israel Chapinls regiment to re-inforce Continental Army three months, October, November and December, 1779. Reuben Shumway 120 miles, 2 lb 8d. A roll of Captain Elijah Dwight's Company in Elisha Porterls regiment from Hampshire County, Masschusetts, for pay allowed in addition to Continental pay for services at New London, Connecticut. Reuben Shumway 85 miles. 1779. A pay roll for six months men which were detached from Belcherstown to serve as soldiers in the Continental army in the year 1780, Reuben Shumway 4th Infantry, 1780. Dismissed December, 1781, miles away 150, pay, 10 lb 17s. 4d. List of nine months men from Worcester County from the arrival at Fishkill, New York, Captain Bard's Company, Colonel Elisha Porter's regiment. Reuben Shumway, aged 18, 5 feet 6 inches in height. Light. He was also in the old 10th regiment. Eliphalet Taylor, rank not stated, served in the 2nd Regiment of New Hampshire Troops, commanded by Colonel Thomas Tash, Revolutionary War. His name appears on a list dated September 16, 1776, of men who voluntarily enlisted as soldiers in a battalion to be raised in the State of New Hampshire out of the militia to re-enforce the army, in the United States of America at New York, and his name also appears on a muster and pay-roll dated Oct. 23, 1776, of the officers and soldiers raised, mustered and paid by Stephen Evans in the Second Regiment, in the State of New Hampshire, to join the Continental Army in New York, without special remark relative to his service. It is also shown by the records that in 1783, Eliphalet Taylor was one of the selectmen for the town of Lee, New Hampshire. He is the ancestor of Addison Taylor, of Sciotoville. Othneil Taylor was Second Lieutenant in the 10th Massachusetts on the 1st of January, 1777; First Lieutenant and Adjutant March 2, 1779. He was Captain October 30, 1780, and retired January 1, 1783. He died on the 15th of August, 1819. He was the ancestor of Mrs. Ada Barnard Harsha, wife of Paul Howard Harsha. Jacob Van Voorheis, was a private in Capt. D. Vrooms Company, 2nd Battalion, New Jersey Militia. Also he was a private in Capt. Conrad Ten Eyck's Company, same Battalion, during Revolutionary War. This soldier was the great-grandfather of Miss Isabelle O. Whitney, now of Circleville, but lately of Portsmouth, Ohio. Peter Varner served in Captain Fishburnls Company, 4th Pennsylvania Regiment, commanded by Colonel William Butler, in the Revolutionary War. He is the great great-grandfather of Mrs. Frank L. Brown of Youngstown, Ohio, J. Huston Varner and Mrs. Anna Varner Sanford of Cincinnati, Ohio. Benjamin Wait, Captain of Hoisingbon's Battalion of Rangers, 6th of August, 1776, and later served as Major. He is the ancestor of Miss Bertha Wait, of Portsmouth, Ohio. Robert Wells was a soldier in the Revolutionary War from Virginia. After the war he moved to Bracken County, Kentucky, and in 1806 to Clermont County. Ohio, where he died about 1827, at the age of eighty-four. He is the ancestor of Dr. Wells Teachnor, formerly of Sciotoville, but now of Columbus, Ohio. Isaac Wheeler enlisted November, 1778 and served until June 8, 1783. He was a drummer in Captain Van Rensellears' Company, Colonel Goose Van Schaick, of New York. He was at the siege and capture of Yorktown. His residence at enlistment was Johnson, New York. He applied for a pension, June 11, 1819, then residing at Bradford, Pennsylvania. He was then 55 years of age. He drew his pension while a resident of Scioto County. Nathan Wheeler was born at Royalstown, New Hampshire, in 1751. He was reared a farmer. In April, 1775, he entered the first Massachusetts Infantry as a private and served eight months. He was then made a sergeant. 214 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. After eighteen month's service, he re-enlisted for three years. In May, 1799 he was made Ensign. He participated in the Battles of Bunker Hill, Trenton, Princeton and Woodbridge. He served five years continuously and was discharged at Tappan, New York, September, 1780. After that he located at Bethlehem, New York, and while there applied for a pension and obtained the same. His application for pension was made at Graffton, New York on the 16th of August, 1819, before Ezra Bartlett, Justice of the Peace. He says that he enlisted April, 1775, for eight months in Captain Abel Wilder's Co. Colonel Dolittle's regiment and served that time. Immediately after the expiration of his time, and before he returned home, he enlisted again in the Revolutionary army as a Sergeant in Captain Gleason’s Company, in Col. John Dixonls Regiment, 6th Massachusetts, which time he faithfully served. Immediately on the expiration of his time, he enlisted as a Quartermaster Sergeant for three years in Colonel John Nixon's regiment which regiment for three years he served faithfully, and from January 1780, a period before his first three years expired he continued to serve and do duty until the 5th day of October 1780, when he was discharged at Tappan, New York. He further says that during the last three years' service, he was appointed and received an Ensign's commission in November, 1779, but it bore date six months previous to that date; that he did the duty of Ensign for eighteen months or more previous to October 1780, when he was discharged. He says that in the first six months service he was in the battle of Bunker Hill and that in the other service he was in the battles of Trenton, Princeton and Woodbridge. He states that he was in indigent circumstances and needed the assistance of his country for support. It appears that he was transferred from New Hampshire to Ohio on the 20th of March, 1822. Re only lived in Scioto County until the 15th day of July, 1823. The place of his burial is not known. His children were Nathan Wheeler, Jr., Levi, Luther and Elmira Chaffin. Among his descendants in Scioto County are: Mrs. William H. McCurdy, Sr., of Wheelersburg; Mrs. Lillian C. Finney, wife of Prof. J. H. Finney, of Portsmouth, Ohio; Mrs. Nettie Davis of Sciotovllle and Mrs. Ida Friel, wife of G. Frank Friel of Ashland, Kentucky; and George Wheeler of American P. 0., Wheeler's Mills, Ohio. Amos Wheeler enlisted January, 1776, for one year as a musician under Captain Winship, Col. John Nixon, from Massachusetts. January, 1777, he enlisted for three years as a musician under Captain Adam Wheeler, Col. Thomas Nixon, from Massachusetts. In January 1780 he enlisted for nine months .as musician under Captain Chambers, Col. Thomas Nixon from Massachusetts. He was engaged in the battle of Saratoga, and applied for a pension July 17, 1818, from Scioto County, Ohio. He enlisted at Acton, Mass. He was 59 years of age, when he applied for a pension. His claim was allowed. He married Elizabeth Snow, November 11, 1788 at Bath New Hampshire, and died March 4, 1821. She was pensioned as his widow. Henry Williamson enlisted on September 2, 1775, for eighteen months. He was a private in Captain Polhemus' Company, Col. Winds' Regiment from New Jersey. He was engaged in the battles of Three Rivers, Germantown, Morristown, Trenton and Princeton. He was a resident of Scioto County. On July 15, 1818, he made an application for pension under the law of 1818. His age at that date was 67 years. His pension was allowed He died in Jasper County, Illinois, May 4, 1832, and Anna his widow was pensioned. James Williams was born on the twenty-second day of February, 1759, in Chester County, Pennsylvania. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary war he resided in Washington County, Maryland. In the fall of 1777 he enlisted in Captain Jacob L ouder's company of the state of Maryland, for a term of four months The colonel of this regiment is not stated. In the term 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 Williamson, 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 Coun- RFVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS - 215 ty, Pennsylvania: for three years, when he removed 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 year. William Williamson was born September 23, 1762, near Greenville, North Carolina. He enlisted in the army and served under General Gates in the hard campaign in the summer of 1780. He was forced to undergo long marches in the great heat and was often half starved. After the war was over, he studied for the ministry and moved to Ohio in 1805, and located in Adams County, where he died November 29, 1839, aged 77 years. He is buried in the old cemetery near the Presbyterian church in Manchester, Ohio. He is the grandfather of Mrs. Hugh Means of Ashland, Kentucky, and of Mrs. Ironton Kelley, of Ironton, Ohio, and of Mrs. Margaret Bedwell of No. 1234 Bryden Road, Columbus, Ohio. Richard Woodworth served in Captain Wm. Grayls Company, 4th Pennsylvania Regiment for the month of March, 1777, as shown by a roll dated at Morristown, April 20, 1777, which also shows that he received 2 pounds 10 shillings. His name appears on the same roll, dated at Pine Town, March 25, cash at Princetown, 1 pound, 17 shillings, 6 pence, cash by Lieut. Gray, 2 pounds 10 shillings, total 6 pounds, 17 shillings and 6 pence. His name appears in a book with the rank of Corporal, compiled from the rolls of the same regiment under the head of "State of Pennsylvania against the United States for depreciation in pay of the army" which book bears sum charged, 86 pounds, 15 shillings, 9 pence, February 13, 1777. This information as to Richard Woodworth was obtained from Gen. Ainsworth The following additional information appears from the Commissioner of Pensions. Richard Woodworth enlisted February, 1777, and served four years as a private in Captain William Gray's Company, Col. William Butler from the state of Pennsylvania. He was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth. ' He applied for pension May 9, 1818, then residing in Adams County, Ohio, and was then 63 years of age. His claim was allowed. He was born in Ireland in 1758. 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 1842 and is buried on Blue Creek. Andrew Yingling was a private in Captain Gameline's Company, Col. Moses Hazens Regiment, Continental Troops. He enlisted October 14, 1782, but the date of his discharge from the service is not shown. This regiment was known as "Hazen's Regiment of Canadians," "The Independent Canadian Regiment" and as "Congress's own Regiment." It was, composed of men from Pennsylvania, New York and the New England States. Mr. Yingling was a resident of Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio and settled just below Hanging Rock in 1798. He is lhe grandfather of James H. Yingling of the French Grant. Jesse Young was born January 14, 1751 and died September 2, 1804. He was in Col. Timothy Bedel's Company of rangers from the colony of New Hampshire. He enlisted June 19, 1775. In the expedition against Canada in 1777 and 1778 he was a Lieutenant. He entered this service December. 15, 1777 in Captain Wm. Tariton's Company, Col. Timothy Bedel. The regiment was raised by resolution of Congress. As a war commissioned otficer, he served tive months and two days. He was discharged as Lieutenant March 31, 1778. He served in Captain Luther Richardson's Company, Col. Timothy Bedel, from April 4, 1778, for eleven months and 27 days. He had a daughter Mary who married John Hurd and a daughter Charlotte Maria, who married Joseph Mills Glidden Smith. Mrs. Mary H. Bannon, wife of Hon. James W. Bannon, Mrs. Josephine Murtin of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Joseph Warren Smith of Los Angeles, Cal., and Gen. Jacob H. Smith of the Regular Army are descendants of this soldier. George Yost served for three years in Lieutenant William Beatty's Company, the 7th Maryland regiment; commanded by Colonel John Gunby, in the 216 - HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY. Revolutionary War. He is the great great-grandfather of Mrs. Frank L. Brown of Youngstown, Ohio, J. Huston Varner and Mrs. Anna Varner Sanford of Cincinnati, Ohio, on the Varner side. As to Revolutionary pensions. The act of September 29, 1789, gave to the wounded and disabled soldiers the pensions granted by the several states, for a period of one year. On July 16, 1790, Congress provided that the pensions paid by the states to wounded and disabled soldiers should be paid by the United States for one year. The act of March 23, 1792, required the soldiers to go before a court and produce a certificate from an ̊nicer of the regiment or company in which he served, that he was disabled, or he had to produce two witnesses to that effect. Also he had to have the evidence of two free holders of his vicinity as to his mode of life and employment and means of support of the twelve months preceding. 1 ne court was required to examine and report his disability to the preceding. The court was required to examine and report his disability to the secretary of the war. The act of February 28, 1793, required two surgeons to examine and report the disability. The judge of the court was required to make a recommendation in each case. The act of March 3, 1803, gave pensions to officers, soldiers, and sailors, disabled by wounds, and also to those who did not desert the service. The district judge took the evidence and forwarded it. The act was enlarged March 3, 1805. April 10, 1806, another act was passed for those wounded in the service. The procedure was the same as under the former acts, but expired in six years. The pension was $5.00 per month to a private and half pay to an officer. The act of March 18, 1818, gave to every officer and soldier who served nine months or longer and who was in need of assistance from his county, $8.00 per month for a private and $20.00 for an officer for life. So many claims were made under this act that on May 1, 1820, Congress passed "the Alarm Act" (a standing disgrace to our country), by which each person receiving a pension under its provisions was required to go before a court and take an oath as to his estate and income, and that he had not given away his property to bring himself within the act of 1818, and the pension was to be dropped, if this was not done. After the pensioner forwarded his evidence, the Secretary of War was required to revise the lists and drop all he did not deem indigent. This did not apply to any who had been wounded. The act of June 7, 1832, granted pensions to all the officers and soldiers who had served for one or more terms, a period of two years, whether in the continental line or militia. In ,the list herein given all whose pension certificates were dated prior to June 7, 1832, were pensioned under the act of March 18, 1818, and those who were placed on the pension roll at a date subsequent to June 7, 1832, received pensions under the law of that date. The celebrations of Independence Day for the first twenty-five years after the Revolutionary war were solemn and imposing affairs. At these the survivors of the Revolutionary war were honored by important places in the parades. processions, and in the seats at the public dinners. Whenever it was practicable, the soldiers of the Revolution were buried will military honors conducted by the nearest militia orginization. The last surviving Revolutionary soldier of Scioto County passed away November 2, 1856. The last surviving in the whole country died in 1869. The generations which knew them hardly appreciated their service. Now that the last of them has been dead for forty-six years, and that we begin to understand the greatness of our country,we appreciate their services. It is to be hoped that the people of Scioto County will see that the grave of every one of them is properly marked, preserved, and honored, once a year, on Memorial Day, so long as our Republic shall continue. THF WAR OF 1812 - 217 CAPTAIN DAVID ROOP'S COMPANY. Muster Roll of Captan David Roop's Company in the First Regiment of Ohio Volunteers, commanded by Colonel Duncan McArthur in the service of the United States, whose term of enlistment commenced October 1, 1812, and expired May 7, 1813.