Graham, Dixon warned Cpt. 13th Infantry Capt. It was credited as part of the Pennsylvania . Served not less than three months upon the above named 2ndTour a private in the company aforesaid. That between the 20thand 25thof Aprile in that year he was drafted under the command of Captain John Woods to go to New River that he served three months under Captain Woods on New River after which he was discharged and returned to Burnsides Fort. It seems likely that West and Wright were a part of the relief force mounted from Camp Union, as described by John Stuart and Matthew Arbuckle as having around 65 men from the local forts. That he was again drafted in the latter part of the summer or in the early part of the autumn of the same year 1781 from the County of Augusta and State aforesaid & was again command by Captain Thomas Hicklin and was attached to a Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel Vance; that he was marched accross the Blue Ridge at Rockfish gap, thence on by a place called Bowling green, thence on by Pages Ware House and thence on to Little York where Lord Cornwallis with his Army were then stationed; that he was at the Seige of York [28 Sep 19 Oct 1781] and at the taking of Lord Cornwallis and his army; that the British Army was marched out between two lines of the American Army to the place where they laid down their arms and then they returned through the same lines to their encampment in York Town, and on the next day they were marched out with their knapsacks on, and then took up their line of march under a strong escort or guard of the American Soldiers to the Barracks at Winchester Virginia; that he was one of the guard who escorted the prisoners to Winchester where he was discharged on the next day after his arrival having again served a tour of about three months as near as he now recollects. The 13th Virginia Regiment was authorized on 16 September 1776 by the Continental Congress for service with the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. That in the year 1781 he again entered the service on the 1stday of Aprile and continued in service until the 1stof November following. By the inclosed Return Your Excellency will be made Acquainted with the strength of the Garrison at this place.1 Genl Hand ordered me to send the Deserters from the Different Corps at Camp down by Capt. While he was there, the Shawnee attacked the Graham family. Militia Publisher Richmond, D. Bottom, superintendent of public printing Collection library_of_congress; americana Digitizing sponsor Sloan Foundation The 13th was prominent in the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor, then it moved with Gen. Jubal Early to the Shenandoah Valley and later was involved in the Appomattox operations. Journal of the American Revolution is the leading source of knowledge about the American Revolution and Founding Era. [H]e states that he was engaged in a skirmish with the Indians on Greenbrier River in said State of Virginia. I procured a substitute by the name of Joshua Boucher to whom I paid $50 to take my place for three months which he done. It seems likely that Thomas Wright is the militia captain generally in command at Byrnsides Fort during the Rev War years. Rockingham County Virginia to secure the marriage of Daniel Trout to Catharine Grub b.] This little statement was given in support of his his brother, Peter Dixons, pension application. I remained in the Station about Two or three weeks. [H]e recollects of no other injury received by the American Army in the aforesaid skirmish. Inside were three barracks, warehouses, officers quarters, a forge, kitchen, and powder magazines. Colonel Hill was promoted to brigadier general. He sided with the French after Braddocks defeat in 1755, taking part in the September 1758 victory over British and provincial troops under the command of Maj. James Grant. Washington liked Crawford, a fellow Virginian, and ultimately wanted to see him in control of all forces in the western region. 1.GW wrote Henry Laurens on 27 Feb. suggesting the reunification of the parts of the 13th Virginia Regiment at Fort Pitt and Valley Forge. I do not recollect the name of the Regiment I belonged to and the following officers are all that I recollect being in this Expedition General (Andrew) Lewis of Virginia. There destroyed the Indian Towns, destroyed their (the Indians) Corn and other property. I am with due respect, May it please your Excellency your Most Obed. That they marched on to Fort Chisel (Chiswell) where they met with Major Quirk or Kirk a Continental Officer who assumed the command over Major (Andrew) Hamilton, and thence they marched on to Kentucky to Colonel Logans Station where they remained until the three months draft expired when they were informed that the object of the draft was to go to Detroit (with George Rogers Clark) and a number of the men becoming dissatisfied deserted the next day but he remained and went on to Baughmans Station and remained until most of the men left the Station when he was permitted to return home having served five months in said tour; that he never received any pay for said Services when acting as a Spy and but $6 for his services while drafted. that sending the 13th Virginia companies at Valley Forge to Fort Pitt would result in similar demands being made by members of the 12th Virginia and the 8th and 12th Pennsylvania regiments. REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA: Jonathan Fowle 13-star flag 1 national color REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERA REPRODUCTION FLAGS "Grand Union" flag (Siege of Boston) . Their party suffered only slight wounds., After the Battle of Thompson Island, Brodheads troops proceeded to Conewago, where they found abandoned Seneca towns. Woods and served three months guarding the Country from the depredations of the Indians. (Russell's regiment was raised entirely in the West Augusta District and its successor counties, and was consequently known as the West Augusta Battalion.) It was again reorganized and redesignated as the 7th Virginia Regiment on 1 January 1781 to consist of two companies. Please add Mathias Shaner, Sargent in the 13th Virgina and a member of Captain James Sullivans Company commanded by Col. William Russel. The acquisition of Texas involved us in the Mexican War. Reprint (1st work). 40 miles from Fort Pitt; affidavit in file age 67 in Pendleton Couinty, virginia 1813 when disabled from Revolutionary War wounds; William Marteney filed From this service he was discharged but not in writing. The 13th Virginia Regiment was a United States infantry regiment during the American Revolutionary War. I was born on Wolf Creek near Greenbrier River then called West Augusta now Monroe County in the year 1753 and I have heard it frequent said that I was the first white child ever born in what is now the limits of Monroe County. Then returned home to Kentucky, and were discharged by Col Logan, at the Fort, in Month of January 1781. After remaining there some six or eight weeks he was marched back to Woodses fort near New River in Greenbrier County (Woods Fort, 4 mi NE of Peterstown now in Monroe County WV) and was kept employed in guarding Indians and Tories. I returned home to Greenbrier County in the State of Virginia the troops were discharged our tour of service was on this campaign three months. The fort was in the form of a trapezoid, about 150 feet on each side, with raised earthen bastions on each corner. In a letter to Washington, Brodhead described the incident: Ten miles this side of Conewago, Lieut. The said Gilmore crossed the River Kanhannay (Kanawha) for the purpose of hunting and was fiered upon and kild by the Indians. The unit was organized on 12 February 1777 at Fort Pitt in present-day western Pennsylvania to consist of nine companies of troops from the far-western Virginia counties (now parts of West Virginia and western Pennsylvania). The regiment was disbanded at Fort Pitt on 1 January 1783. The bill was then read a third time amidst a profound silence, and without the yeas and nays being called, and passed." The annexation was consummated on the 4th of July, 1845, by a convention of the people of Texas acceding to the terms of the Joint Resolution. The 13th Virginia Regiment in the Revolutionary War. The same promise had been made to the soldiers of Colonel Russell's 13th Virginia. The major under whomaffiantserved was Andrew Hamilton. Most of the regiment was captured at Charlestown, South Carolina on May 12, 1780 by the British and the regiment was formally disbanded on November 15, 1783. I was attached to Capt Uriah Springers company Col John Gibson Regt. John Hardin and advance guard discovered thirty or forty of the enemy descending the river in canoes. Stephen Watts Kearney's Co. Capt. He was confronted with the same issues that previous generals had faced before him: shortages of supplies, food, and men. old the 2ndday of November next in the year 1773 I settled with my Father on Muddy creek Greenbrier county and have lived there ever since. 1. The 11th Virginia Regiment was a Continental Army regiment that fought in the American Revolutionary War. This period of service was likely the same muster mentioned by several of these applicants, in 1781, when Thomas Jefferson ordered troops to send to George Rogers Clark for an expedition against Detroit. Travelled to a place near the Crab Orchard [in Lincoln County KY], we encamped at night. The 13th Virginia completed its organization during the summer of 1861 with men from Winchester and Culpeper, Orange, Louisa, and Hampshire counties, and one company from Maryland. Pattersons narrative was known. George McCormicks DAR record says that he served in the Virginia 13th Regiment under Colonels Crawford and Russell. The 13th Virginia Regiment was authorized on 16 September 1776 by the Continental Congress for service with the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Walking and history of bicycling. Wright, for many years. 2. James O'Hara's Company of Regulars, was a messenger for General Irvine; he later served as a Captain in the Allegheny County Militia and was a noted scout and Indian fighter with Samuel Brady[1]. To try and prevent this tragedy, some wives . Hill Monument completed in 1843 commemorating the first battle, or at least one of the first battles, of the American Revolutionary War? The American Heroes Channel announces its new Blood and Fury: America's Civil War TV show will premiere Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at 10:00pm ET/PT.The series delves into one of the bloodiest chapters in American history. GW visited Kiashutas camp in the fall of 1770 while on his journey to find bounty lands in the Ohio country, and in October 1774 Kiashuta visited GW at Philadelphia (Diaries description begins Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, eds. That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named Officers and Served as herein Stated. I shall be 77 yrs. 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Parran, Samuel D. Buck, William H. Harrison, Lewis N. Huck, William H. Sherer, Job N. Cookus, Abraham Smith, Robert White, Felix Heiskell, John B. Sherrard, This page was last edited on 11 December 2022, at 09:06. from Fort to Fort and give the alarm so that preparations might be made for defensive operations by the people that were forted and that those who had ventured out to work their corn might betake themselves to the Fort before the Indians would attack them. [B]ut peace being declared, [they were] disbanded in the now State of Kentucky and from there march[ed] home the last of May 1781 to Greenbrier County Virginia after serving a tower of three months. ==Summary== The 13th Virginia Regiment was authorized on 16 September 1776 by the Continental Congress for service with the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. 6 vols. 1862. . February 26. I remained thus forted and thus employed during the whole war we kept no guard at the Fort in the Winter Spring and fall we employed ourselves in hunting wild game. That he was a sergeant and acted as such during said three months tour, that he received his warrant as such, but not supposing that it would ever be of any service to him has long since lost or mislaid it and does not now remember to have seen it for at least forty years. He served to the best of his recollection under this draft three months. Joseph Marechal's Co. Capt. Dixon mustered for the 1778 trip, and ended up at Logans Station in Kentucky. I know versions of his diary exist elsewhere, but the war time entries can be found, Thank you for sharing that, Adam. At the time, and unknown to Hull, only 100 men of the 41st Regiment, along with 300 militiamen and 150 Indians, defended Fort Malden. He was concerned, however, that doing so might set an uncomfortable precedent, and he complained to Horatio Gates on 9 Mar. Booty to the value of $30,000 was taken. A Guide to the United States War Department, Revolutionary War Payrolls1776-1784 A Collection in the Library of Virginia Accession number 36989 Library of Virginia The Library of Virginia 800 East Broad Street Richmond, Virginia 23219-8000 USA Phone: (804) 692-3888 (Archives Reference) Fax: (804) 692-3556 (Archives Reference) I shoud have sent the whole of them But at the time of Capt. [T]hat he was drafted in the last of February in the year 1781 in the service of the United States and entered the service under Colonel (William) Preston, Major Quirk and Captain Andrew Hamilton of the Militia of the State of Virginia at Burnsides Station in Greenbrier County and march[ed] from there to what is now called Kentucky to join General Clark [George Rogers Clark] at the falls of the Ohio to go to New orleans [New Orleans] to assist the French agreeable to order of General Washington. And as for Crawford, he would be burned at the stake in 1782. . 4.White Eyes, or Koquetakeghton (c.17301778), a leader of the Turkey clan of Delaware Indians, was elected principal chief of the tribe in 1776. All rights reserved. The 13th Virginia Regiment was a United States infantry regiment during the American Revolutionary War. The Swopes settled on Wolf Creek. Crawford was experienced in frontier warfare, well-liked by his men, and had served as an officer under Gen. Hands squaw campaign the year prior. That as early as the 1stday of May in the year 1780 he again entered the service of his Country as before in Burnsides Fort and continued in service until the 1stof November following That he was commanded as before by the aforesaid Captain Wright. Junior or the II had served in the Revolutionary War as a private soldier in Captain Garland Kurnley`s Company of Albemarle Barracks Guards under Colonel Francis Taylor`s, 9th Virginia Regiment. The 12th Regiment was formed in February 1777. The 8th Pennsylvania, also stationed there, was commanded by Col. Daniel Brodhead. 1st Virginia Cavalry (5), 20th Virginia Cavalry (3) Old Tyke: Before Time: Confederate Cavalry (micro-Scale) . His expedition was one of several in Western Pennsylvania during the American Revolution. However, they had threats opening up on all fronts, and decided that discretion was the better part of valor. Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-13-02-0559, From Washington to Russell [30 March 1778], All correspondence between Washington and Russell, National Historical Publications and He this said declarant halted at said Garison untill the troops commanded by General Hann (Edward Hand) would arive this said declarant was to join General Hann to go against the Indians on the Sciote (Scioto River) now in the State of Ohio While he this said declarant lay at Point Pleasent, aforesaid Robert Gilmore a private (Lt. James Gilmore) in the Company that this said declarant belonged to was kild by the Indians. Archives. The 10th Virginia Regiment of the Virginia Line was initially raised on December 28, 1775 in western Virginia for service with the Continental Army. This is one of the new ones I discovered. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Thomas Quirk when they all wer marched, to Kentucky to Logans Station, and that said Peter afterwards volunteered and served a tour under Colonel Logan against the Indians NW of Ohio River. But Genl Clark having returned to Kentucky after an expedition to the Scioto in which the troops that this declarant belonged was to have participated in But arived to late for to join Genl Clark aforesaid in said expedition was disbanded by Major Hamilton who were their Commandant in the month of June 1778 and returned home to Virginia. In a strategic attempt to divert the enemys attention from these campaigns, Washington requested that Brodhead resume his expedition along the Allegheny. James Armstrong was in command.. In September 1778 Gibson attended a conference at which the first U.S. treaty of alliance was signed, with the Delaware Indians. And that he this deponant perfectly recollects of hearing the said Peter Dixon, state more than thirty years since, that he the said Peter, was drafted for the term of six months in Greenbrier County Virginia, in the War of the Revolution. My wifes gggggrandfather fought at the Battle of Brandywine. This undoubtedly contained whiskey and flour.