part of the State of Ohio. The regiment was disbanded at Fort Pitt on 1 January 1783. It seems he was mostly garrisoned at William Hamiltons fort on Muddy Creek. Richard Arell's Co. Capt. He started to the place of rendezvous on or about the 14thday of February and met at James Byrnsides the place of rendezvous on the 15thday of that month 1781. It seems likely that Thomas Wright is the militia captain generally in command at Byrnsides Fort during the Rev War years. American Farmers Forming at Concord. The major under whomaffiantserved was Andrew Hamilton. At the time, and unknown to Hull, only 100 men of the 41st Regiment, along with 300 militiamen and 150 Indians, defended Fort Malden. where they had been and that they had seen no signs of Indians but not thinking a family safe in such a situation advised him to leave his Cabbin and go to the Fort but he did not concent to do so and in a few hours after the Spyes left him the House was attact by a small party of Indians and some of them firing at the door which was shut the ball penetrated through the door and lodged in the boddy of Mrs. Bradshaw and wounded her so badly that she died that night and on Bradshaws firing his gun through the door from the inner side the Indians retired without doing any farther damage. 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. That he entered the service as an Indian Spy in the spring of the year 1776; that he was then just entering the 18thyear of his age; that at the time he entered the service as a Spy he was a private in the Company of Militia Commanded by Captain John Henderson; that he then resided in that part of Virginia which is now in the County of Monroe but whether it was then Botetort County or not he does not now know [present Monroe County WV formed in 1799 from Greenbrier County, which was formed from Botetourt and Montgomery counties in 1778]. Un concours pour mettre en avant des inventeurs africains-amricains Millers March, from the number of men who were on Commands, at the Small pox Hospital, & Employed as Artificers, we coud hardly mount a Serjts Guard. His expedition was one of several in Western Pennsylvania during the American Revolution. The fort was in the form of a trapezoid, about 150 feet on each side, with raised earthen bastions on each corner. They had marched [26 Jun 1778] some considerable time before we arived at said station. 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]. . 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) This was in Greenbrier County Virginia. I was there discharged, by my said Captain John Woods, discharged the last day of July or the first day of August 1778. Keeneys Fort long pre-existed Arbuckles so that could be Arbuckles Fort. John Sproull's Co. Lt. John Williams's Detachment Company not indicated 14th Infantry Regimental Staff Capt. GW ordered Gibson to take command of his former regiment, the 13th Virginia, in the spring of 1778 (see GW to William Russell, Sr., 28 May 1778), and before he retired from the army in January 1783 Gibson also commanded the 9th and 7th Virginia regiments. This is one of the new ones I discovered. Fort McIntosh was an early American log frontier fort situated near the confluence of the Ohio River and the Beaver River in what is now Beaver, Pennsylvania. I was drafted in this Campaign but owing to my situation being lately married I could not go with the troops. 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. 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. Entered Valley Forge with 442 men assigned and 175 fit for duty. I have been on other campaigns against the Indians which I cannot now by reason of my old age and consequent loss of memory detail to any person. Captain James Neal of the 13th Virginia [later the 9th Va]. Served under Generals Green, Muhlenburg, Col. Russell. Fought at White Plains, Brandywine and Germantown. American Revolutionary War: John Page (April 28, 1743 - October 11, 1808) was an American politician. Wright, which we know took place at Byrnsides Fort, who was then sent to Fort Chiswell, and then on to Kentucky: Living in Monroe County, West Virginia on Sept. 17, 1832. Benjamin' Harrison Company - 13th Virginia Regiment" of Fairfax, Virginia, USA, as well as other members of the Reed "Revolutionary War - Capt. It was again reorganized and redesignated as the 7th Virginia Regiment on 1 January 1781 to consist of two companies. The 13th Regiment was formed in February 1777 at Fort Pitt. Through its grants program, the NHPRC supports a wide range of activities to 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. His father was the quintessential frontiersman from French Indian War era, and its likely that Michael wasnt much different. Clark did so, in an epic way, and now was positioned within striking distance of the British fort at Detroit. The Settlers betook themselves to Cooks Fort on the 1st of May in that year and he entered on the duties of an Indian Spy on the same day and continued in Service the first of November following when cold weather coming on in all signs of Indians disappearing the Settlers left the Fort and returned to their habitations. A Choice Body of Men: The Continental Army on the Upper Ohio . 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. The 8th Pennsylvania, also stationed there, was commanded by Col. Daniel Brodhead. He retired September 30. John L. Fink's Co. Capt. John Griffee Isaac Fisher [pension application S39524] and James Claypale that they left Hamiltons Fort and traveld along what was then called Lewises Campaign why that was the rout that General [Andrew] Lewis had marched his troops from Greenbrier to the Battle of the Point fought against the Indians at the mouth of the Greate Kanahawa in the fall of 1774 [sic: Battle of Point Pleasant at the mouth of Kanawha River, 10 Oct 1774]. My self with two or three others did not. These documents include muster rolls, payrolls, strength returns, and other miscellaneous. This scouting party was under the command of Lieut. we got behind the army and returned home cant tell why we done so we did not desert some that went on to Kentucky got back home as soon as we did I think I was at least three months gone in this expedition. This ended in McIntosh eventually being relieved of command, being replaced by Col. Brodhead. Moylan's Light Dragoons, 1779. Gibson made an error when adding the figures of one row of the return, resulting in an incorrect total of 258. I request the favour of your Excellency to indulge Major Campbell with leave of absence, till he can wait on Congress to have the business adjusted, unless your Excellency United States Army Center of Military History, Bibliography of the Continental Army in Virginia, Grayson's Additional Continental Regiment, Thruston's Additional Continental Regiment, Rawling's Additional Continental Regiment, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=13th_Virginia_Regiment&oldid=1112805480, Virginia regiments of the Continental Army, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 28 September 2022, at 06:24. That he moved from the Eastern part of Augusta County in the year 1774 to Turkey Creek a tributary stream of Indian Creek now in the County of Monroe then he thinks called West Augusta and better known by the name of the Greenbriar [sic: Greenbrier] Country. He states that after the term of his service expired for which he was drafted he was discharged by his Captain Thomas Wright. The 11th Virginia Regiment was a Continental Army regiment that fought in the American Revolutionary War. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Early life . 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. Please add Mathias Shaner, Sargent in the 13th Virgina and a member of Captain James Sullivans Company commanded by Col. William Russel. 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. 13th NY Volunteers, 79th NY State Militia : Old Tyke: Before Time: Union Infantry (Micro . That as early as the 1stday of May in the year 1779 he again commenced his Services in Burnsides Fort and continued in service until the 1stof November following that he thinks it was in this year a party of Indians came into the settlement and Murdered William Bradshaws Wife the circumstances are these Bradshaw had remained at home with his Family and two of the Spys returning to Cooks Fort [on Indian Creek just below Greenville] called at his Cabbin to rest and informed him. And to spare them all at this time, GW wrote Gates, is impossible. On 6 Mar., Congress referred GWs letter of 27 Feb. to the Board of War, and it did the same on 13 Mar. Summary [ edit] 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. This undoubtedly contained whiskey and flour. description ends , 10:22526, 247, 253, 260; Russells undated letter to Congress is in DNA:PCC, item 78). In those days, you could avoid a military draft by hiring someone else to go in your place. While at Fort Pitt he was sent out on a campaign under the command of Col Gibson and Crawford. The fortress was constructed in 1778 under the direction of Lt. Col. Cambray-Digny, a French engineer, and named in honor of General Lachlan McIntosh. He then served back on the Greenbrier River at John Van Bibbers Fort, at what is present day Lowell, West Virginia now Summers County. that during the whole of the aforesaid time he was either actively engaged in scouting or in Garrison with an Imbodied Corps under the command of the aforesaid Officers and that he was not engaged in any civil pursuits during the aforesaid periods. (Van Bibber) agreeable to order of Colonel (William) Preston and Major James Henderson as he believes and left the Service in the month of December 1779 and that he resided in Green Brier, now Monroe County in the said State of Virginia. Among them were, James Alton, Swift Perry, and Edward Cornwell, all now dead; William Bushor, who moved to Kentucky, and James and JohnOHaraand Thomas Alterberry, whom he knows nothing of. he says the News of Burgoynes Surrender had not Reached there.4, Lt Cane was ordered down the Country to Bring up the Cloathing for the Remainder of the 13th Virga Regt now here, But as the Cloathing is not Yet Arrived, and the men Being in the most distressed Condition, I have now sent Capt. 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. List of battleships of the United States Navy, United States Army Center of Military History, http://www.history.army.mil/books/revwar/contarmy/ca-fm.htm, Bibliography of the Continental Army in Virginia, Grayson's Additional Continental Regiment, Thruston's Additional Continental Regiment, Articles incorporating text from Wikipedia, Virginia regiments of the Continental Army. This is a comprehensive list of Americans in the Revolutionary War. After fighting at First Manassas and in Jackson's Valley Campaign, it served in General Early's, W.Smith's, Pegram's, and J.A. [M[y Father and my self each had a settlement right of 400 acres of land the title to which we perfected[?] John Gibson (17401822) was a French and Indian War veteran and Indian trader who had settled near Fort Pitt. He again commenced his duties as a Spy on the 15th day of April 1777 and continued in service as such until the first of November following when he was discharged having served that summer six months and a half: that he again entered the service as an Indian Spy on the 15th day of April 1778 and continued in service until the first of November following making a tour of six months and a half: and again on the first day of May 1779 he entered the service as an Indian Spy and was discharged on the first day of November following having performed a tour of six months Service that summer making in the whole term of service as an Indian Spy which he served his Country two years and one month. On 25 Mar., GW wrote Gates that Our number of effectives is so reduced by innoculation that it is impossible to spare the few Men of the 13th Virginia Regiment just at this time. Instead, GW sent Russell to Fort Pitt to collect and take the command of by far the greatest part of the Regiment who are now stragling about that Country (see also GW to Russell, 30 March). Samuel Haring's Co. Capt. He is most noted for signing a treaty of alliance with the United States in September 1778. He was with the 13th VA. SUBMITTER INFO: When the said Genl Hann (Hand) discharged his troops in the month of November in the year seventeen hundred seventy seven when this said declarant after being Honorably discharged returned home. This one was also previously unknown to me, and discusses the same period of service: [H]e volunteered in the service of the United States in the month of March 1779 and served nine months in the State of Virginia against the Shaun (Shawnee) Indians. All rights reserved. 2. . [1] James was a dedicated soldier in the American Revolution, serving as 8th Company Captain of the 13th Virginia Continental Regiment, under Major General Nathanael Green. Rockingham County Virginia to secure the marriage of Daniel Trout to Catharine Grub b.] . Ive written about Christy before, who later became the first pastor of the historic Rehoboth Church. Wright, for many years. But then it was marched to the Lead Mines (Fort Chiswell) on Holston, and then to Logans Station in Kentucky. 13th Virginia Regiment - Brandywine Soldiers Category: 13th Virginia Regiment "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. It is with the utmost reluctance we address ourselves to your Excellency on this occasion (at a time when the necessities of the State require the utmost exertion of its members in its defence) to request that you will Prolong the Term in which we are to furnish said recruits, till the return of o[ur] Militia from Colo. Clarke, or at least till such time as [the]y have got into the Indian Country and may have drawn their attention to his operations. The regiment saw action in the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, and the Battle of Monmouth. that he was several times engaged in routing the picket guard of the enemy during the aforesaid tour. we [illegible word] turn out all together and work [each] others corn and potatoe patches in turn whilst we were at work, one or two would be detailed to keep a look out for the Indians and in this way we worked and watched in turn we always selected some one among us as a sort of leader or Captain. On 24 May 1778 the unit was assigned to the Western Department (Fort Laurens), and on 12 May 1779 it was reorganized and redesignated as the 9th Virginia Regiment. This article is converted from Wikipedia: List of British units in the American Revolutionary War. Subscribe now and get each blog post by email. Archives. [H]e states that he was engaged in a skirmish with the Indians on Greenbrier River in said State of Virginia. Enter your email address to get automatic notification of new posts to this blog. That the nature of his services as an Indian Spy was to leave Cooks Fort on Indian Creek now in the County of Monroe [near Red Sulphur Springs] and be out from three to four days each week and then return when others would go, the same length of time, that their practice was for two to go together & when they returned an other two would start out, that the Companion who was mostly with him was a man by the name of James Ellis that he does not know what has become of him but supposes he is dead as he was considerably older than himself.