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 13th Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in central and western Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Henry Baughman to protect a company of movers to Kentucky. 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. Through its grants program, the NHPRC supports a wide range of activities to Pattersons narrative was known. After having served the foregoing period and performed the foregoing services, he was discharged by Captain Woods and Henderson both signing a written discharge which discharge is either lost or mislaid. Each time they marched to Fort Chiswell, which existed for the purpose of guarding the lead mines, of which Chiswell himself was the first owner, hence the naming of the fort. I substituted in the place of a man whose name I have forgotten for nine months he haveing been drafted for that length of time. 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. It appears that Kincaid (who was a neighbor of James Byrnside) was part of the contingent who remained in western Virginia, rather than going on to Kentucky. Served not less than three months upon the above named 2ndTour a private in the company aforesaid. The 13th Regiment was formed in February 1777 at Fort Pitt. that he was several times engaged in routing the picket guard of the enemy during the aforesaid tour. 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. In or about the year 1782 I again volunteered under the same Captain Wright and marched to the relief of Doneleys forts on the frontiers of Greenbrier County with a force of about 45 men commanded by the said Captain Wright whilst at this fort the Shawnee Indians made an attack on the fort and killed 4 men we however repulsed them with several killed & wounded having fulfilled our tour we were discharged. The 8th Pennsylvania, also stationed there, was commanded by Col. Daniel Brodhead. Heard him the said Dixon relate whilst engaged as a Spy that a woman By the name of Butler kiled in Virginia and other circumstances in relation to his services as a spy heard him the said Dixon relate that he was urged by Col. Garham of Greenbrier Cty to watch his family till he could return from Court, and that he the said Dixon did watch accordingly and that said Dixon discovered there were danger from Indians, and warned the family of Col Graham who did not heed his the said Dixons warning he having previous to their being kild they the family aforesd refused to go to the fort that was close by & was murdered by the Indians the next morning.. The unit sustained heavy losses at the Battle of Cedar Creek and surrendered at Appomattox Court House with 10 officers and 52 men. Journal of the American Revolution also produces annual hardcover volumes, a branded book series, and the podcast, Dispatches. At the end of that year, their service was extended for the duration of the war. And after he returned home he went to the County of Botetourt County State of Virginia and in the month of September 1780 he again entered the service of the United States as a Volunteer in the company of Captain Alexander Hanley in the County aforesaid to serve a tower of six months, the company marched to the County of Montgomery & State aforesaid on Holston River where they were attached to Major Campbells Battalion and from that place they marched through North Carolina to South Carolina where they joined General Morgans [Daniel Morgans] Brigade and after they joined the aforesaid Brigade they marched to the Cowpens and that he was in the Battle of the Cowpens [January 17, 1781].. The 12th Regiment was formed in February 1777. Washington, D.C., 190437. Eileen Lloyd. Title: Twenty years around the world. Prussian, or Polish-into their regiment. This scouting party was under the command of Lieut. He took part in Lord Dunmores war against the Shawnee and Ottawa villages in 1774, receiving that November the speech He then lived in Greenbrier County Virginia. or, as presently, several Revolutionary records buried in a collection of agreat library. That would have been the 1778 trip to Kentucky. The regiment was disbanded at Fort Pitt on 1 January 1783. Fourth Connecticut Regiment of Infantry Continental Line. That in the spring of 1777 he entered the servis of his countary and served against the Indians as herein stated That he was living in Augustia [sic: Augusta] County Virginia in that part that is now the county of Greenbrier That oweing to the depredations committed by the Indians on the Inhabitants along the new settlements in Western Virginia the people were compelled to errect Fort for their protection and Government ordered a number of men to be stationed in each Fort or garrison for their defence in case they was attacked by Indians and to scout by turns on scouting and spying parties to watch the aproach of the Indians, For this purpose on the first of April 1777 he volinteered under the command of Captain William Hamilton [pension application R4513] and was stationed in a garrison scituated on Muddy creek and range and reconnoiter along the Medow river [sic: Meadow River] and cross over onto the waters of New River thence return to the Fort dureing this season they had no engagement with the Indians. Scott Keith The 11th Virginia Regiment was a Continental Army regiment that fought in the American Revolutionary War. 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. We are Sir Your most Obedt. Field officers at Valley Forge were Colonel William Russell, Colonel George Gibson, Lt. In a letter to Washington, Brodhead described the incident: Ten miles this side of Conewago, Lieut. Service started: Unit (s): Service ended: James O'Neall was born in 1738, the son of Hugh and Anne (Cox) O'Neall. Col. John Gibson which regiment was attached to the command of Gen. Lachlan McIntosh. The regiment was disbanded at Fort Pitt on 1 January 1783. (From http://www.myrevolutionarywar.com/states/va/va-13.htm), I didnt find my ancestor on your list, so here is his information, plus the names of the colonels he served under, in case you are still adding names to the site. 13th Infantry Capt. The said Gilmore crossed the River Kanhannay (Kanawha) for the purpose of hunting and was fiered upon and kild by the Indians. He was also, of all the known pension applications, the individual who was garrisoned in Byrnsides Fort the longest period of time, apparently serving there in 1774, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780 and 1781. 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. He is most noted for signing a treaty of alliance with the United States in September 1778. We feature smart, groundbreaking research and well-written narratives from expert writers. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Graham, Dixon warned Cpt. I was living on Wolf Creek when I was called into service and remained there until about the year 1790 when I moved to where I now live. [H]e states that he was engaged in a skirmish with the Indians on Greenbrier River in said State of Virginia. 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. 3 companies under Major Hamilton, includeing mine went to Chissels Mountain [sic] and from there towards Kentucky a part of the men indeed almost all of them went on to Kentucky. Private James Amberson, previously of Capt. He was with the 13th VA. SUBMITTER INFO: Travelled to a place near the Crab Orchard [in Lincoln County KY], we encamped at night. 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. +4 12 Ability Score Improvement 5 4 3 3 13th +5 13 Mystifying Argument (6th level) 5 4 3 3 1 14th +5 . Thomas Wright, of Greenbrier, for the alleged purpose of going against the Indians at Detroit, but was marched by Crytes (probably Crisswell) lead mines to the head of Holston, and thence to Logan Station, Ky., where it was decided that the troops were not to go to Detroit. Second Regiment of Connecticut Light Horse Militia, 1777. 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. Relationship: My wifes gggggrandfather. 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. 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. He commanded frontier garrisons on the upper Ohio river at Fort Pitt (Pittsburg) and Fort Henry. Benjamin' Harrison Company - 13th Virginia Regiment" of Fairfax, Virginia, USA, as well as other members of the Reed "Revolutionary War - Capt. That again in the Spring of the year 1777 he entered the service as an Indian Spy on the 15thday of April and was discharged as before on the first day of November following having that summer performed a tour of six months and a half; he again went into service as an Indian Spy on the 15thday of April 1778 and continued in said service until the first of November following having again performed a tour of six months and a half and that he again commenced his expedition as an Indian Spy on the first day of May 1779 and continued in service until the first day of November 1779 having performed a tour of six months that summer, making in all Two years and one months services which he performed as an Indian Spy. 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). (James) Graham of danger, which went unheeded, resulting in tragedy: He has heard him [George Dixon] long since relate the circumstance of King Cornstalk being kiled at Point Pleasant in virginia and his expedition to Kentucky with an Express. During the Revolutionary War, . 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. I am with due respect, May it please your Excellency your Most Obed. [I]t was in one of those trips to Fort St. Laurence that he substituted as above stated. That again on the first of May 1779 he valentered and served under the said Capt Hamilton untill the first of Sept. of the same year that he was stationed in Hamiltons Garrison and nothing occured this season worthy of notice that he frequently as was usual went out by turns to watch the paths that was thought most likely that Indians would attampt to pass through, That on the first of April in the year 1780 he entered the servis under Capt Hamilton and served untill the first of September of the same year and was stationed as before in Hamiltons Garrison that he recollects in the Spring of this year of going in company with William Morris Thos. Below is Georges own application narrative, which is pretty interesting. List of the revolutionary soldiers of Virginia. I would doubt that they drove beef cattle, because they would have been using a wilderness trail to reach the destination. 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) 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. On December 27, 1776 it was assigned to the Southern Department, then under the command of General . Escrito en 27 febrero, 2023. 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. It appears that there were musters at Byrnsides Fort for expeditions to Kentucky to assist George Rogers Clark in 1778, and also again in 1781. 40 miles from Fort Pitt; affidavit in file age 67 in Pendleton Couinty, virginia 1813 when disabled from Revolutionary War wounds; William Marteney filed Originally published .