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. [T]hat he first marched from Ben Bevers (Van Bibbers) ford (probably fort) to the part of Virginia known by the name of the Wilderness and continued scouting through the Wilderness to keep of [off] the Indians during said tower [tour] of nine months. Inside were three barracks, warehouses, officers quarters, a forge, kitchen, and powder magazines. Further complicating matters was the fact that Virginia unilaterally sent George Rogers Clark into the western territory in order to conquer for Virginia the entire Illinois Country. 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. History Organized from Augusta, Amherst, Caroline, Culpeper, Cumberland, Fairfax, Fauquier, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and King George Counties. This was in Greenbrier County Virginia. Arbuckles was built in 1774, and was a well-constructed military fort, with a stockade. 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. 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. (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. Companies recruited men from Hampshire, Berkeley, Botetourt, Dunmore, and Prince Edward counties. . Entered Valley Forge with 442 men assigned and 175 fit for duty. Service started: Unit (s): Service ended: James O'Neall was born in 1738, the son of Hugh and Anne (Cox) O'Neall. It's possible it was incorrectly annotated. The regiment saw action in the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, and the Battle of Monmouth. The fort was in the form of a trapezoid, about 150 feet on each side, with raised earthen bastions on each corner. On December 27, 1776 it was assigned to the Southern Department, then under the command of General . . modern editorial content, are copyright The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. The 13th Virginia Regiment, much of which was comprised of militia from the western counties, such Greenbrier, was stationed at Fort Pitt at this time. The Diaries of George Washington. Relationship: My wifes gggggrandfather. public. Interrogatory 1. He was drafted as a private in said company but if there were any stated time for the termination of his service he does not now recollect. 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. However, they had threats opening up on all fronts, and decided that discretion was the better part of valor. In May of 1778, Washington appointed Brigadier General Lachlan McIntosh, of Georgia, to succeed Gen. Hand in running the entire Western Department primarily Fort Pitt. In the evening moved to Camp Blair at Fairfax station with the Newtown Artillery and the 10th Virginia Infantry. Each of these expeditions ended up diverting men to stay and guard the mines, as they were constantly under threat by the local tory groups in the nearby mountains. Save Page Now. Militia Publisher Richmond, D. Bottom, superintendent of public printing Collection library_of_congress; americana Digitizing sponsor Sloan Foundation The 11th Virginia Regiment was a Continental Army regiment that fought in the American Revolutionary War. [T]hey crossed over Gauly [sic: Gauley] Mountain onto Rich Creek and down the said creek to Gauly [Gauley] River discovered some Indian sign on Rich creek came to Gauly river which was very rapid [illegible word] to cross they agreed to waid two and two together in order to support each other against the current of the water Jessee Aursbourn and James Claypole agreed to walk in front directly they stated they was washed down by the current both lost their Guns and Aursbourn was drownedd and never seen afterwards they then returned returned to their Garrision dureing all the periods that he has named he was he was engaged in defence of his countary either in Garrison with an embodied Corps under competent authority or out on spying parties and followed no civil persuit and endured much of the hardships of Indian hostilities. In the Lutheran church-yard, with the solemn burial-service of the Episcopal Church, [Pg 17] Mr. Holstein committed his remains to the grave. Iowans transformed the fertile prairies of the Midwest resources, involvement in the Civil War, legacy in film, into the most productive farmland in the world. This one was also a new find. 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. 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. Previous to his entering the army he lived in the county of Greenbrier, that part which is now called Monroe, and was employed by James Byrnside to pack articles of merchandise to Fort St. Laurence (Laurens). Lafayette helped [M[y Father and my self each had a settlement right of 400 acres of land the title to which we perfected[?] 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. history museum that tells the 300+ year story of how celebrates Iowa's rich heritage, including its natural. He served to the best of his recollection under this draft three months. The 169-year-old colony declared its independence from Britain. He then discusses the attack at Donnellys Fort. Their party suffered only slight wounds., After the Battle of Thompson Island, Brodheads troops proceeded to Conewago, where they found abandoned Seneca towns. Where and in what year were you born. Kiashuta, also known as Guyasuta and The Hunter (c.17221794), was a prominent Seneca chief who took part in many councils between the Iroquois and the British before the Revolutionary War. Girty was present at the torturing and killing of William Crawford by the Wyandots in Upper Sandusky in 1782. One who was King Cornstalk a Shawnee Indian in despite of the Commandant officer of the Garison General Hann deeming the above named expedition inadvisable abandened the expedition. He aided in retaking eleven American prisoners from the Indians after killing two Indians in the engagement. the United States, and research and development projects to bring historical records to the I shall be 80 yrs. Read the email, or read online! Inthe Library of Congress, Manuscript Division,inWashington, D.C., there are several muster rolls of the Thirteenth Virginia and the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiments, as well as that of a Virginia militia company, all of which served at Fort Pitt and accompanied [T]hat they traversed the country which included the head waters of big and little Stony creeks the head waters of the Indian draft a branch of Indian creek and the head waters of Wolf Creek; that the distance or space of country over which he had to travel was supposed to be upwards of thirty miles, that in performing the duties of a spy they had to carry their provisions with them it being against the nature of their Oath and instructions and also jeopardizing their own safety to make a fire at knight no matter how inclement the wether might be; and that during the whole time that he was engaged in the service as an Indian Spy as aforesaid he was not engaged in any civil pursuit. Revolutionary War, 1076: 783-802, 1077:860-867 (CSR); Heitman, Register, 249 The regiment moved by train to Manassas but was stationed on the unengaged right flank during the battle. He then served back on the Greenbrier River at John Van Bibbers Fort, at what is present day Lowell, West Virginia now Summers County. I highly recommend it. Its believed that such was the plan under which troops were being raised in these counties. The regiment saw much hard fighting during the war. 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. I shall be 77 yrs. I returned home to Greenbrier my place of residence after serving in this tour 30 days. The competing officers would engage in a power struggle in a letter writing campaign against one another to Gen. Washington. 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. I remained in the Station about Two or three weeks. [1] This is one of the new ones I discovered. . In the State of Indiana, Personally appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the peace in and for Warren County in said County, Peter Dixon, aged fifty years, who after being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he has been well acquainted with his Uncle Peter Dixon, who is an applicant for a pension, as this deponent is informed, for services rendered the United States during the War of the Revolution. I would doubt that they drove beef cattle, because they would have been using a wilderness trail to reach the destination. Reuben Gilder's Co. Capt. He states after he returned home from the tower aforesaid he removed to the County of Montgomery & State of Virginia and in the month of August 1778 he again entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in the company of George Parrish of the County of Montgomery & State aforesaid as an Indian Spy the Company to which he belonged was ordered to guard the frontiers on Knew River [New River] where they were attached to Colonel Taylors Regiment which was commanded by said Taylor. [I]n the year 1781 I was drafted & marched from Greenbrier County under Capt John Henderson. . It was originally Greenbrier County, and then Monroe County, and finally Summers County. I remained in service under the aforesaid officer at Fort Laurence Fort McIntosh Fort Pitt & fort Wheeling removing from the one place to the other until the close of the Revolutionary war. Aux Etats-Unis, des lves du primaire. 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. and further this deponant saith not. 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. He commanded frontier garrisons on the upper Ohio river at Fort Pitt (Pittsburg) and Fort Henry. Search For Your Ancestors in Historical Documents. preserve, publish, and encourage the use of documentary sources, relating to the history of Wright, for many years. 21 hrs Left WWI 13TH ENGINEER TRENCHART PAINTED BRODIE HELMET $110. [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.