Scioto County, Ohio - Chapter 6: Military History, 1903 (part 1 of 3)

Chapter 6: Military History

Revolutionary Soldiers who Resided in Scioto County, or who have Descendants Therein, or Whose Descendants are Interterested 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 Soldiers who Lost their Lives in the Service - Scioto County im the Spanish War of 1898-Four Young Patriots 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 Smith's 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 Wyman's 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.

Second Lieutenant, Second Regiment of Artillery, Colonel John Lamb; January 23, 1777, he was promoted to First Lieutenant and Adjutant; May 4, 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 Captain 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 EK. 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 HE. 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- 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 when 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.

Rey. 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 Dickinson 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 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 ot 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 Knsign of the 1lth 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 18, 1779, and retired February 12, 1781.

Thaddeus Bennett was a private in Captain Wm. Blain's 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 Greenup County, Kentucky, and Col. Frank Bennett of Greenup County, Kentucky, and Henry Lantz, of Scioto, Ohio.

Jonathan Bliss, served in Col. Hale's 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,

John Briggs served in Captain James Ross' Company, 8rd 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 Scull's 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 ist Tpytedawt in the 7th Pennsylvania regiment, Revolutionary War. His name appears on the list of Pennsylvania officers 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, ofi Huntington, West Virginia.

Asa Boynton, of Rowley, Essex Company, was a private in Capt. Richard Peabody's Company, Col. Edward Wrigglesworth's 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 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 Miles' 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 Ist Pennsylvania, January 17, 1781; transferred to 8rd Pennsylvania, January Ist, 1783, and served until June 8, 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 ina 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 Cole's 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 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 Shreye, 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, lst of January, 1777, to June, 1779. Died the 28th of July, 1828. 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 Rensselaer's Regiment of New York Militia. He served one month from January 1,1778,inaCompany from Massachusetts, from May, 1779 for four months in Capt. Noble's 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 his . 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. i

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 Wheelersbure.

} 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.

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 Proyincial 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 greatgreat-grandfather of George Drake Scudder, of Portsmouth, Ohio. 3

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, June 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 Countly, 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, 8rd 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 West's 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 re- _sided 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 seyen years and seven months in service in defense of his country. He was in the battle of Long [sland 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 otherwiss 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.

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 deeeased 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 smal] 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 sixtyfour years; in May, 1827, as seventy-one years; and in September, 1832, as seventy-six years, then living in Scioto County. About the 1st 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

Nathaniel Foster enlisted July or August, 1776 for one month as a private in Captain Ten Brook's 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 McCarly's 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 Barr's 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

J Charles Glidden was born in Maine May 29. 1744. and died in New Hamp- Shire August li 181i He was a sergeant in Captain Jeremiah Clough's Com- BPamy. Col Enoch Poor's regiment. He enlisted May 27. 1775, and served two months and eleven day= His wife was Alice Mills and they had a daughter. Betsy. who married Jeremiah Smith. They had a son. Joseph Smith He marfied Charlotte Maria Hurd and their children were: Joseph Warren. Mrs. Marr H. Bannon and Mrs. Josephine Murfin. widow of James O. Murfin.

y _ 'Samuel Gould. was im the Lexington Alarm Infantry of Captain Reuben Bautterfield's Company, Col David Green's Middlesex Regiment. which marched | @m the alarm of April 19th. 1775, from Dunstable to Cambridge. Lensth of seven days. He appears with gerade of private in Captain Zaccheus Company, Col. Brook's Resiment dated "Camp at White Plains," Oci776_ residence Dunstable. reported as having lost articles in battle ancestor of the late Orin B. Gould of Scioto County. ' Thomas Grosvenor enlisted May 3. 1775. 2nd Lieutenant. 3rd Connecticut. : wounded ai Bunker Hill. June 17. 1775: Captain 20th Contimental Infantry. Jan- _ Gary 1. 1776: Major 3rd Connecticut. January 1. i777: Lieutenant-Colonel. March 13, 1778; tramsferred to Ist Connecticut. January 1. 1781: Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant, May 29. 1882: retired Ist of January. 1783. Mrs. Louise Grosven- Ge Leste. wife of Phelps Chapman Leete. of Portsmouth. is a descendant of

Colonel Henry Jackson's Reziment from May 21. 1777 to May 22. 1780. from the 7 town cf Boston. Captaim Gawen Brown's Company. He also was in Lieutenant e: Thomas Turner's Company and Captain William Scott's Company of the same '' Fefiment. tt is recorded that he discharged his duties as became a soldier and hed not been absent without permission. He was promoted to Sergeant July 10. Wii. His age is given as 29 years on July & 1780: stature 5 feet inches. complexion light He had a son. Samuel Goddard. Junior. who was born in Sattou. Massachusetts, about 1774 and died at Norwich. Vermont. in 1844. The

Hammitt enlisted im the summer of July or August. 1775. for one & private in Capigin William McClanahan's Company. Col. Stevens from Abraham Bluford was also Captain of this Company for a time. He aalibel Sanke in ITTT. for three months in Captain McClanahan's Company. Col. not staied_ im the Virginia Militia. He enlisted in 17S] for two months in Capi. Reuben Slauchter's Company, Col. Aleock of Virginia. He was engaged in the battie of Great Bridse He resided at Culpeper. Virginia. at the time of his enlistment. He applied for a pension November 20. 1834. at which time he was @ resident of Scioto County. Ohio. He was born January 13, 1756. in Fauquier iz ty. Pennsylvania. He was the owner of 160 acres of land on Lovers Lane Township on which he died im i836. He is an ancestor of Wm. Burt and Mrs. Mary A. Barton. of Porismovth. O. Hallam Hempstead. the son of Nathanic! and Hannah (Beoth) Hempad. was born at New London. Connecticut. Jume 1. 1763. He served in the Ist Y . 3rd Resiment. Connecticut Militia. The Company was organized May The officers of the Company were: Captain John Hempstead. Lieutenant. en Dousias. Ensign Jophet Mason. He was married to Polly Barron and T2 to Marietta. Ohio. with his brother Giles. in August. 1802. His wife died ai Marietta. November 15. 1806. He then removed to Maysville. Kentucky. "re he resided for a short time. then removed to Portsmouth. Ohio, with his r su > children. ome som and three daughters. of a family of eleven. on, Hallam. became a resident of Pike County, his eldest daughter Clarissa. fed Nathan K. Clough. Maria married William Oldfield and Jane married Lodwick and many of their descendants are still living in Scioto County. died July 25. 1833. at Portsmouth. Ohio. and is buried in } Ohio. He was the great grandfather of Mrs. Mary m Pursell. Mrs. Marimette Gharky Rice and of Mrs. Jennie Hemp-

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 Malecolm'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 Hartley's 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 father 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, Reyolutionary 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. Lavina Adair, Mrs. John W. Overturf are his living representa-: tives. 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 & member of Capt. John William's 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, 2tb 10s, December, 1777, 1tb 18s 4d, and March, 1779, 4% 3s 4d. It does not appear that he ever drew this money and was absent, sick or a prisoner 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. Molster, of Washington, D. C., Mrs. Catherine C. Witherow, wife of William S. Witherow, of Greenup County, Kentucky.

Christopher Lauman was Ist Lieutenant in December, 1776, Third Battalion 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 David 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.

Elias Langham was a Revolutionary soldier.He enlisted February 19, 1777, under Lieutenant Richard C. Waters, Ist 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 Ist Artillery by General Nathaniel Green, by a letter which he 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 recieved his commission. After the war, he received five years full pay in lieu of 1-2 pay for life. He received a 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 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 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 and bridle, $25.00, all other property $10.00, making a total of $35.00. 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 Howell's 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 Shadrack 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 Taliaferro's Company and as Captain Thomas Minor's Company, 2nd Virginia Regiment, commanded at different times by Colonel William Brent and Colonel Gregory Smith, Revolutionary War. He enlisted February 18, 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. EH. Brown of Hast 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 first 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 himself, his wife Nancy, and his children: Naney, 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 first 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 hau $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.

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, O. 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 for a pension, said he fought for liberty and obtained it, and that was all he wanted. He was a member of Captain Thomas Clark's 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. a .

Moses McFarland was Captain of Nixon's Massachusetts regiment from May to December, 1775. He was Captain of the 4th Continental Infantry from January ist 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.

Thomas Parker's Revolutionary Record. ist 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. hier General 12th of March, 1813. Resigned Nov. 1, 1814. Died January

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 8rd Connecticut, May 1, 1775; Major-General Continental Army, June 19, 1775; retired June 8, 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 1/85, to Miss Hannah Plum, and had a large family.

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 Haston, 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 Highth street, Portsmouth, Ohio, and of Mrs.. James A. Maxwell.

Robert Rose was a Surgeon in the ist 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 Fairfield, 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

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. Bae ~ ;

Joseph Spencer, Colonel in the Léxington Alarm, April, 1775; Colonel 2nd Connecticut, May 1. 17735; Brigadier-General Continental Army, Jume 22, 1773; Major-General, August 9, 1776; resigned January 13, 1778; died January 13, 178% He is the ancestor of Miss Grace Cotten. Miss Mary Hannah Cotton, N. Y, and Mrs. Ethel Cotton Schwartz, wife of Wm. F. Schwartz.

the town of Wilbraham. He also served as a private in Capt. Abel Holden' Company of Light Infantry, 6th Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col, mouth, Ohian. He came to Ohio in 1986. His widow Sarah survived until 1 - and was a pensioner of the Revolution. She applied for a pension October 1851. then a resident of Scioto County, Q. 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 September 18 1779. and served ome month, eleven days as a private in tr. Virginia, for a term of eighteen months in the Patriot army, in a regiment - a During the following Winter, the regiment lay. ' the expired, ment until its defeat at the battle of Hanging Rock, South Carolina, Ausust the battle of Camden, S. C.. August 16, 1780 He then returmed to Petersburg, and was placed in Capiain Tripistt's Company. of Col _

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Joseph Stillwell, Ensign, First Regiment, Monmouth; Captain, First Regiment, Monmouth; Captain Commanding Guard at Sandy Hook, June, 1776: Captain, Colonel Forman's Battalion, "Detached Militia,'' July 18, 1776, New Jersey Militia. He was the great great-grandfather of George Drake Scudder ot 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 385 weeks, amount received 15th 15s. 5d. His name appears on the roll of Captain Moses Montague's Company, Colonel Israel Chapin's regiment to re-inforce Continental Army three months, October, November and December, 1779. Reuben Shumway 120 miles, 2tb 8d.

A roll of Captain Elijah Dwight's Company in Elisha Porter's regiment from Hampshire County, Masschusetts, for pay allowed in addition to Continental pay for services at New London, Connecticut. Reuben Shumway 85 mules. 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, 10ID 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.

Hliphalet 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 selectment 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 ist of January, 1777; First Lieutenant and Adjutant March 2, 1779. He was Captain October 30, 1780, and retired January 1, 17838. He died on the 15th of August, 1819. He was the ancestor of Mrs. Ada Barnard Harsha, wife of Paul Howard Harsha. F

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 Hyck'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 Fishburn's 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 Teachnar, 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,

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 Gratfton, 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 Dixon's 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 trom 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. He only lived in Scioto County until the 15th day of July, 1828. The place of his burial is not known. His children were Nathan Wheeler, Jr., Levi, Luther and Elmira Chaffin.

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. O., 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 a 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, 1827. 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 Louder's company of the state of Maryland, for a term of four months 'Che 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 Hleazer 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-

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. Gray's 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 Lient. 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.

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 Hngland States. Mr. Yingling was a resident of Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio and settled just below Hanging Rock in 1798. He is the 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. Tarlton's Company, Col. Timothy Bedel. The regiment was raised by resolution of Congress. As a war commissioned officer, he served five 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 Murfin 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

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.

to wounded and disabled soldiers should be paid by the United States for one year. ' & The act of March 28, 1792, required the soldiers to go before a court and produce a certificate from an oificer 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. 'lne 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, 1798, 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, 1882, 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 with military honors conducted by the nearest militia orginization. The

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.

The War Of 1812

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.

Recapitulation

total population of Wayne Township, at the outbreak of the war, was about but 400, The men of military age in the County were not, all told, over 649; so militia no record whatever has been preserved, The men rendezvoused at Martin Funk's home in the latter part of July, 1818, and went to Sandusky and returned. There was a general call in August, 1812, the year before but no rec- ord has been preserved. All that has been preserved as to the war of 1812, is the muster roll of Captain David Roop's Company of 42 persons who were in the service from May 1, 1812, until May 7, 18138. The Company went to Detroit, but does not appear to have been in any battles. It was in Hall's Surrender, August 15, 1812 and was paroled. It was in some skirmishes with the Indians but no one was killed. There were seven Noels in the Company. Daniel Noel was Fourth Sergeant of the Company. He survived until 1852, when he died and was buried in Greenlawn. His wife put up a monument to him which reads, "My husband Daniel Noel,' and has a marble coffin figured on top of it. She survived until December 138, 1893 and died in her ninety-sixth year. She drew a pension under the act of March, 1878, as his widow until her death.

In August, 18138, General William Kendall was Captain of a Troop of Horse which entered the service July 28, 1818, and served until August 28, 1813. Each man was paid 40 cents per day for his horse and most of them were paid for more than one month and one day. Some never paid for 17, 22, 25, 29 and 30 days respectively. Of those whose names are found on the roll, William Kendall, William Jones, the first school teacher, Nathan Glover, Samuel G. Jones, John Brown, Elijah Glover, David Gharky, and Benjamin Feurt, have sketches herein. James Munn of this Company, was the Revolvtionary soldier, Henry Sheely and Uriah White are well known to the columns of this work. The pay per month of the Company was Captain, $50.00; Lieu- _tenants, $33.33; Cornets, $26.66; Sergeants, $10.00; Corperals, $10.00; Musicians, $v.00; Farrier, $10.00; Privates, $8.00.

The Mexican War

In the times of the Whig party, Scioto County was Whig, and did not take much interest in the Mexican War. Edward Hamilton, a popular young lawyer and a Whig, undertook to raise 1 Company for the Mexican War, and did so. He raised Company D of the First Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Alexander W. Mitchell was Colonel, John B. Weller was Lieutenant Colonel, and Thomas L. Hamer, Major, succeeded by Luther Giddings. The Company was mustered in, June 1, 1846, to serve one year. Edward Hamilton was Captain, John K. Kidd was First Lieutenant, and John W. Maben Second Lieutenant, Charles Boyle and Cassander Hall were also Second Lieutenants. The men were mostly recruited from the furnaces and their names would now sound strange to the people of Scioto County. The Company was in two battles, Monterey, Mexico, September 21, 1846, and Ceralvo, Mexico, March 7, 1847. The regimen had 24 killed, 42 died of disease, total loss 66. Of Company D, Timothy Boyle was killed, September 6, 1846, in battle, James Davids was killed November 25, 1846, by accidental discharge of a gun. John W. Hewlett was killed September 21, 1846, at the battle of Monterey. William H. H. Canley, John Hstes, Alexander McHenry, William E. Stephens, Robert Walters and Hiram Wilson, died in the service Andrew J. Canley, Alfred Donaghue, Daniel Estes, Thomas Fought, David Fuller, Martin Hickle, Edward Reed, Henry Rice, Lawrence Rowley, John H. Slater, George D. Smith, Griffin Soward, Burrill Stephens, Thomas W. Sullivan and George W. Wooten were discharged for disability during the year for which the Company was enlisted. The roster of the Company will be found on pages 394 and 395 of Vol. 11, Ohio Roster. The regiment was organized June 23, 1846, at Cincinnati, Ohio. Captain Hamilton's Company was organized June 1, 1846, the second completed in the regiment. He marched his men about Portsmouth aftetr rendezvous and they were laughed at for their awkwardness. On June 11, 1846, the Scioto and Lawrence County Volunteers were encamped on the "common" near the town. On Wednesday, June 10, the Ross County Volunteers, 86 in number, left on the steamer, Ashland, for Fort Washington. On June 18, 1846, the Stark County Rangers were in Portsmouth. They came down by canal from Massilon. James Allen was then Captain.

The Portsmouth Company was to leave June 18. Iive companies went away from Portsmouth on the steamboat, New World. They stopped near Henderson, Ky., and went into a grove and celebrated the Fourth of July. At the celebration, Major Hamer and Captain Hamilton were two of the ora- tors. After the celebration was over, the soldiers bathed in the Ohio River. On July 18, 1846, the Portsmouth Company of the First Regiment was on the Mexican soil. On the 12th of November, 1846, they-were at Monterey, Mexico. After the battle of Monterey, during the war there waS a Company of Portsmouth Guards organized. Colonel Peter Kinney was captain, John Cook was First Lieutenant, L. N. Robinson was Second Lieutenant, Colonel O. F. Moore was Third Lieutenant, John Fryer and Colonel J. J. Appler were both Lieutenants at different times. Colonel S. E. Varner, John L. Ward, Charles C. Row, Uriah McCloud, John Barker, L. C. Damarin, George W. White, A. W. Buskirk, Martin Molster, Leonard C. Heaton, Joseph C. Gilbert and George W. Brown were also members of the company. It paraded 80 men. The men had dark blue swallow tail coats faced with white, with stars, on the tails and face, of the coats. Their trousers were dark blue,with white stripes down the seams. They had white waist and shoulder belts, bell crowned caps, with metal plates in front with white cord behind, looped under the chin, and with a drooping white plume. They were drilled by Captain John Scott, a West Point graduate and afterwards by Lieutenant Ernst, then stationed in Portsmouth as a recruiting officer. L. P. N. Smith was ensign and carried the banner. Lieutenant William Peck and Frank McCoy were fifers. Alexander Weatherwax was drummer.

During the Mexican War the total population of Wayne Township was not much over 2,000 and the County about 15,000. The males of military age in Scioto County, during the Mexican War were not over 1,200, consequently the amount of enthusiasm, can be figured from the above statements General Hdward Hamilton, for he was general of the militia, was the central figure in Portsmouth during this war. In July, 1846, he resigned as a member of the Town Council on account of going to war. The town presented him the flag for his Company, at the time he went into the war, President Zachary Taylor,- who made his acquaintance during the Mexican War, appointed him Secretary of the Territory of Oregon and on October 19, 1849, he resigned as Town Clerk on account of his intended removal. He left with the council the flag his Company carried through the Mexican War. He also resigned as Examiner of the public schools. E. W. Jordan was elected Town Clerk. Mr. Currie introduced a resolution to the effect that the Council would with pleasure accept the trust of the flag, which waved over the battlefield of Monterey. Peter Kinney, John L. Ward and James Malcomb were appointed to receive the flag. They reported they had received it, and placed it on the armory of the Portsmouth Guards. The editor of this work was unable to learn what finally became ofthis flag.

Civil War

At the opening of the War of 1861, there existed in Pértsmouth an organization known as Company A of the 15th Ohio Volunteer Militia. The Captain was George B. Bailey, the First Lieutenant, William H. Raynor. There was a vacancy in the Second Lieutenancy, and the Third Lieutenant was George W. Brown The first Sergeant was George O. Newman, the Fourth, Henry EH. Jones; the First Corporal was Thomas E. Sikes. Among the members of this Company were: Charles A. Barton, Silas G. Losee, H. C. Doddridge, Thomas Lawson, J. J. Musser, Thomas Yeager, Alfred Kinney, Henry W. Long, Thomas B. Lawson, John Micklethwait, Charles Soule, jr., Samuel Baird, Pat Pendergast, F. C. Gibbs, John J. Glidden, John F. Molster and John Kaps. This Company became Company G, First Ohio Volunteer Infantry, three months men.

On the 17th day of April, 1861, this Company was ordered fo Washington, D. C., and left on the "Bostona.'"' The Colonel of this First O. V. I. was Alexander McDowell McCook. On muster into service, the officers of Company G were George Bailey, Captain; William H. Raynor, First Lieutenant; Alfred Kinney, Second Lieutenant; George O. Newman, First Sergeant; and the other sergeants were Charles A. Barton, Henry E. Jones and Henry S. Cox. The Corporals were Thomas Sikes, Pat Pendergast, William S. With- | -erow, John J. Glidden, John F Molster and John Kaps. Thomas J. Cochran, David C Gates, Frank C. Gibbs, Van B. Hibbs, John Kaps, Pat Kendrick, William

The Civil War

The regiment was organized at Columbus, on the 18th day of April, 1841. It was ordered to Washington, D. C., and left Columbus on the morning of April 19th. It was mustered into the United States service, April 29, at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and on its arrival in Washington was assigned to General Schenck's Brigade of General Tyler's Division. It was engaged in the battle of Vienna, June 17, 1861, with the loss of nine killed and three wounded. It was engaged in the battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861, with a loss of three killed, two wounded and two missing. It was mustered out August 1, 1861.

Of the casualties of Company G, Lieutenant William H. Raynor (now General William H. Raynor of Toledo) was wounded and captured at the battle of Bull Run but escaped from the Richmond prison two months later. John R. T. Barnes, Eugene G. Burke, Thomas C. Finton, Joseph C. Smith, Philip Stroad and Daniel Sullivan were all killed at the battle of Vienna, Virginia, on the 17th day of June, 1861. David Gates and John Vollmer were wounded at the same battle.

On the 17th of April, 1861, Jesse J. Appler was raising a Company of three months' men, which afterwards became Company D, 22nd O. V I. It was mustered into service April 22, 1861. The Captain was Jesse J. Appler, then at the age of 48. Oliver Wood was First Lieutenant, John C Collins., Second Lieutenant.

John A. Turley as Captain, then at the age of forty-eight, raised Company G, of the same regiment. This Company was organized and mustered into service on the 27th day of April, 1861. The Company was composed of John A. Turley, original Captain, but made Lieutenant Colonel of the same regiment May 23, 1861, at which time George Wilhelm became Captain; Benjamin F. Fryer, First Lieutenant, Francis M. Miles; Second Lieutenant, Benjamin Wood was a private in this Company. Colonel William E. Gilmore, of Chillicothe, was the Colonel of the regiment, John A. Turley, Lieutenant Colonel and Julius A. Penn, Major; Thaddeus A. Minshall, lately Supreme Judge of Ohio, was Sergeant-Major. It was mustered into the service at different times. The regiment was first sent to Parkersburg, W. Virginia. On the way from Columbus, Ohio, to Raysville, Vinton County, there was a railroad accident in which four men lost their lives and fourteen others were so badly injured that they were never able to join the regiment. At Parkersburg, they proceded to erect fortifications. They marched from there to Three Locks and scattered a body of the enemy. The regiment had several small skirmishes with the enemy during its term of service. It was mustered out August 19, 1861.

On May 15, 1861, Captain John R. Hurd's Company of Kentuckians, which afterwards. became Company F, of the Second Kentucky Volunteer Infantry. left on the '"Bostona"' for Camp Clay. This Company was officered as follows: John R. Hurd, Captain, who was promoted to Major, January 25, 1862, and Jacob H. Smith. now a General of the regular army in the Philippines, the original First Lieutenant, was made Captain. John Milton Blair was also Captain before the Company was mustered out. Jesse C. Hurd was the First Lieutenant, and Cyrenius J. Coe. also, and James K. Miller were Second Lieutenants, James H. Forsythe was First Sergeant. Stephen G. Losee was a private in this Company, as was LaFayette Vancyoc. The regiment was organized at Camp Clay, Kentucky, and was mustered into the United States service for three years, on the 13th of June, 1861. The regiment was composed entirely of Ohio men. It operated first in West Virginia and afterwards, in Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama. It was mustered out of the service June 19, 1864, It had forty-eight killed in battle, twenty-seven died of wounds and forty-nine died of disease. -

This regiment was originally known as the 13th Missouri and was organized at St. Louis, Mo., April 9, to November 5, 1861, to serve three years. On May 29, 1862, the Secretary of War, by order, changed it to the 22nd O. V. 1.

it was made up from Ohio. Oliver Wood of Portsmouth was its second Colonel. He entered it August 21, 1861, at the age of thirty-six as Captain of Company B. He was promoted to Major, May 9, 1862 and to Colonel, September 18, 1862. He was mustered out November 18, 1864.

Col. Charles A. Barton was the original First Lieutenant. He resigned April 18, 1862 on Surgeon's certificate of disability. John W. Wallace was the original Second Lieutenant and John R. Foster was a Corporal.

Daniel Rodmer, Henry H. Cuppett, Noah Dixon, George H. Finney, Abraham Miller, Joseph and Craddock Phillips, Hugh D. Stewart and 'Albert H.-

The regiment participated in the following battles: Fort Donelson, Tenn. February 14-16, 1862; Shiloh, Tenn,, April 6-7, 1862; Corinth, Miss., (seige of) April 30 to May 30, 1862; Corinth, Miss. (battle of) October 3-4, 1862; Trenton, Tenn, December 26, 1862 and Little Rock, Ark. (Occupation of) September 10, 1868.

July 17, 1861, Captain W. C. Appler left Portsmouth with sixty Volunteers, on the Bostona, to join the 26th Regiment. These were afterwards mustered into Company I, of the 26th O. V. I. The officers of that Company were: Captain, Washington C. Appler, mustered in July 20, 1861, resigned October 30, 1861. The subsequent Captains were Emilius A. Heck, who resigned July 19, 1862, and Louis D, Adair, who served his whole three years. The originial First Lieutenant was William Ross, who was promoted to be Captain of Company C, April 11, 1862. He was succeeded by Samuel H. Hamilton, who was promoted to Captain of Company H, April 6, 1863. Benjamin F. Grafton was the third holding this office; he resigned November 6, 1864. Edmund C. Miller

Wiliam Colvin was the original Second Lieutenant and resigned March 16, 1862. William M. Young was the next, and was transferred to Company D, May 24, 1868. James A. Barr was the third holding the office, and he was made First Lieutenant and Quarter master June 15, 1862. Jacob Mathias was made Second Lieutenant April 1, 1868, and resigned November 6, 1864.

There were in this Company, of persons who would be remembered at this time in Scioto County,--Charles S. Cessna, Andrew B. McCall, Francis M. S. Purcell, musician, Louis Barbee, Robert L. Hibbs, Christian Hockenheimer, William Lightner, Jacob Nestler, Philip Rigrish and George B. Winkler.

This regiment was organized June 10, 1861, at Columbus, Ohio. At the expiration of its three years, the members of the 97th regiment, whose terms of service had not expired, were transferred to it. The organization, composed of veterans and recruits, was retained in the service until October 21, 1865. The original Colonel was Edward P. Fife. Ephraim, R. Hekley was the original Lieutenant Colonel. John T. Raper, of Chillicothe, who entered the service June 17, 1861, as a private, was mustered out October 21, 1865, as Adjutant.

This regiment was organized at Camp Chase, Ohio, in July and August, 1861. John W. Fuller was the first Colonel and was made Brigadier General May 22, 1864.

Mendal Churchill, brother of Mrs. Elisha Barton Green of Portsmouth, Ohio, was the second Colonel. He went out as Captain of Company E. He was made Major November 2, 1862; Lieutenant-Colonel March 19, 1864; Colonel, June 27, 1864 and discharged September 15, 1864. Henry G. Kennett, the original Lieutenant-Colonel was made Colonel of the 79th O. V. I. November 2, 1862.

Isaac N. Gilruth of the French Grant went out as Second Lieutenant of Company F. February 6, 1862 he was made Lieutenant of Company K, Captain of Company F. April 13, 1864, Major, January 28, 1865, Lieutenant-Colonel, May 29, 1865, and Colonel, May 31, 1865, iat not mustered. He was mustered out July 11, 1865.

James Skelton was enlisted as a private, was made 4th Sergeant and was made Sergeant Major of the Regiment in the spring of 1864. On June 27, 1864 he was made Second Lieutenant and the same day he lost his right leg at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain.

Company E was from Jackson, Lawrence and Gallia Counties. Mendal Churchill was the first Captain. General Samuel Thomas of New York City was the original First Lieutenant. He was promoted to Captain of Company H, March 31, 1862 and to Lieutenant-Colonel of the 64th United States Colored Troops, October 9, 1863.

Charles W. Green of Portsmouth was the original Second Lieutenant of Company E. He was made First Lieutenant March 27, 1862 and discharged September 4, 1864 on account of wounds received. Captain James Skelton has a separate sketch herein.

Worth was the third. William' H. Winters was the original First Lieutenant. He became Captain of Company I, June 16, 1862. James Boynton, James Skelton and Isaac R. Lacroix were Sergeants in the Company. Hamilton Harparee, after the War tried for murder, was a Corporal.

Demetrius McFann was promoted from a private to First Lieutenant of Company G, March 31, 1862 and antete of Company I, November 2, 1864. He resigned June 3, 1865.

Company A was from Portsmouth, Ohio. William W. Reilly was the original Captain. He entered the service August 2. 1861, at the age of thirty-six years and resigned December 20, 1861. Thomas Hayes was the second Captain. He was promoted from First Lieutenant March 17, 1862, and was killed May 22,

1863, in batttle near Vicksburg, Miss. He was much beloved and admired as a soldier and his ashes repose in Greenlawn, at Portsmouth, Ohio. Cyrus A Earnest was the third captain and was promoted from First Lieutenant and adjutant May 22, 18638. He was made Major May 31, 1865,-and breveted Lieutenant-Colonel March 138, 1865.

Jeremiah Hall was the original First Lieutenant. He resigned August 24, 1864. William B. Todd was the original Second Lieutenant and Henry McIntyre, of Portsmouth, Ohio, was the original First Sergeant He was made First Lieutenant and Adjutant April 27, 1868. John H. Peck was a Sergeant in this Company and Jonah Jeffords was a Corporal.

On July 31, 1861, Captain Samuel A. Currie had fifty names for a Company of infantry who went into Company A of the 33d Regiment, O. V. I.; this regiment was organized at Portsmouth, O. Joshua W. Sill was the first Colonel, and he was promoted to Brigadier General, July 16, 1862. Oscar F. Moore was the original Lieutenant Colonel, and he was promotetd to Coldnel July 16, 1862, and resigned July 20, 1864. Joshua V. Robinson was the original Major; he entered the service August 1, 1861,, and died March 23, 1862, at the pattle of Chickamauga. Benjamin F. Barger, was the third Major. He was promoted from Captain of Company G, September 20, 1868. Thomas Sikes, now of Huntington, W. Va., was the fourth Major; he was promoted from Captain of Company EB, May 13, 1865. F. B. Mussesy of Cincinnati was the original surgeon; he resigned October 24, 1862. John Mills Kendrick was the original Adjutant. He is now a Bishop in the Protestant Episcopal Church o. the United States, Albert G. Byers, was the original Chaplain of this regiment; he resigned September 16, 1862. Louis Terry was Commissary Sergeant.

Company A, was a Portsmouth Company. Samuel A. Currie was the Captain. He was mustered in August 5, 1861 and died April 16, 1862 at Shelbyville, Tennessee. The second Captain was George P. Singer, who served until the end of the war. John M. Higgins was the First Lieutenant, promoted from Second Lisutenant April 16, 1862. Sylvester Kellar was also a First Lieutenant, appointed Sergeant from private Sept. 20, 1863, First Sergeant, August 26, 1864, promoted to First Lieutenant January 26, 1865, Captain, May 3, 1865, but not mustered; mustered out June 27, 1865, as a veteran.

George W. Roby was Second Lieutenant, promoted from First Sergeant of Company G, August 11, 1864. John Hogan was the Sergeant of this Company, as was also Isaac N. Winkler and Louis Terry.

Company A lost thirty-two by death in the service, of whom eighteen were killed in battle, or died of wounds received in battle and the remainder died of disease.

Company E of this regiment was also a Scioto County Company. Van B. Hibbs was the original Captain; he was discharged March 2, 1863, for disability, and was succeeded by Thomas Sikes, who was promoted from First Lieutenant March 5, 1863. George W. Roby was also a Captain, promoted from First Lieutenant of Company G, May 18, 1865. George C. Winkler was a First Lieutenant, promoted to Second Lieutenant from Sergeant December 8, 1861; First Lieutenant March 2, 1863; Captain of Company I, August 11, 1864. Milton C. Peters was the original Second Lieutenant, resigned December 5, 1861. Reuben Slavens was a Sergeant. Luther R. Jones was a Corporal and Joseph N. Murray was a private. Samuel Slavens was a member of this Company and was executed June 18, 1862, by the rebels at Atlanta, Ga. Van B. Hibbs became a Colonel in another regiment and died November 10, 1869 at the age of thirty years. He is buried at Hillsboro, Ohio.

Company E lost thirty-two by death in the service, of whom nineteen were killed in battle, or died of wounds received in battle, and the remainder died of disease.

The 38rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry participated in the following battles: Perryville, Ky., October 8, 1862; Chickamauga, Ga., Sept. 19-20, 1863; Lookout Mountain, Tenn., November 24, 1863; Mission Ridge, Tenn., November 25, 1863; Resaca, Ga., May 13-16, 1864; Cassville, Ga., May 19-20, 1864; Kenesaw Mt., Georgia, June 9-30, 1864; Peachtree Creek, Ga., July 20, 1864; Jonesboro, Ga., August 31 to September 1, 1864; Atlanta, Ga., (with siege) July 28-September 2, 1864; Averysboro, N. C., March 16, 1865; Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21, 1865 and Goldsboro, N. C., March 21, 1865; Hoover's Gap, also numerous minor engagements; marched with Sherman to the Sea and through the Carolinas, ending up with the Grand Review at Washington City.

On July 17, 1861, Henry T. McDowell had recruited a Company, which afterwards became Company A of the 39th O. V. I. He was the original Captain and was promoted to Major on July 8, 1862, and afterwards to Lieutenant Colonel on October 1, 1862. He was mustered out July 28, 1865. John D. White, John R. Connell, Henry A Babbett, Oscar A. Carr and William H. Williams were also Captains of the same Company. John C. Musser was the original First Lieutenant. He became Captain of Company B, February 8, 1862. Bennett Davis was also a First Lieutenant as well as Silas O. Losee, Henry L. Colegrove and Peter Thompson. Louis Sontag was the original Second Lieutenant. He resigned February 22, 1862. William H. Newman succeeded him as Second °* Lieutenant, and served until his resignation. He became Captain of Company C, October 1, 1862, and resigned August 20, 1864. Elijah B. Fairchild, Addison H. Bowser, Homer Montgomery and Robert S. Pomeroy were also Second Lieutenants in this Company. Jonathan M. Mead, who entered this Company on July 16, 1861, became First Sergeant, and was mustered out July 9, 1865. Jonathan Rockwell, Homer Montgomery and Daniel H. Mead were also Sergeants. William H./Williams was a Corporal and served the entire time.

Henry H.. Bostwick, George L. Dodge, William Dixon, Samuel C. Glover, John M. McCurdy, Isaac F. Mead, Calvin Slattery, and Charles H. Walden were privates in this Company.

The 39th O. V. I. had more re-enlisted Veterans than any other regiment from Ohio The number was 530. This regiment saw as much hard service, if not more, and was in more battles than any regiment which was ever formed in Scioto County.

- The following are the killed in Company A, 89th O. V. I.: Barney Holberg, July 22, 1864, at Atlanta, Ga.; Jesse Johnson, June 23, 1864, at Kenesaw Mountain, Ga.; James M. Lindsay, May 14, 1864, at Resaca, Ga.; Elias J. Marshall, July 22, 1864, at Atlanta, Ga.; and Daniel Nye, July 4, 1864, at Nickajack Creek, Ga.

The following died in the service: William Urquhart, May 5, 1868, Corinth, Miss.; Robert Allen, July 3, 1868, Memphis, Tenn.; William Brush, July

22, 1864, Rome, Ga.; Ira Colegrove, August 12, 1864, of wounds received July 22, 1864, at the battle of Atlanta, Ga.; Isom Dawson, January 11, 1862, Palmyra, Mo.; William Dixon, April 27, 1862, Cincinnati, Ohio; William Ernest, June 7, 1862, St. Louis, Mo.; John Ferrell, February 15, 1864, Memphis, Tenn.; Fred Findeis, August 24, 1864, Marietta, Ga.; George Hopkins, June 3, 1862, of wounds received in battle May 28, 1862, near Corinth, Miss.; Nelson B. Hurley, November 18, 1862, Grand Junction, Tenn.; Jeremiah Lightner, April 20, 1862; Mound City, Ill.; Charles Montgomery, Jan. 26, 1865, Chattanooga, Tenn.; George W. Montgomery, May 31, 1865, Washington, D. C.; Thomas McNelly, March 31, 1864, Athens, Ohio; John Purtee, September 26, 1864, Marietta, Ga., of wounds received July 22, 1864, in the battle of Atlanta, Ga.; Christian Schaffer, August 7, 1868, Cairo, Ill.; Charles Siefort, July 11, 1862, Commerce, Mo.; Daniel H. Mead, August 22, 1864, Rome, Ga., of wounds received August 15, 1864, in action near Atlanta, Ga.; Joseph Music; Wilson G. Squires, January, 1864, at home on Veteran Furlough; and Henry Corwine, 1865, at Camp Denison, after serving four years and his discharge papers were made out.

The following were wounded: William Dresseler, July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga.; Archibald Henderson, October 4, 1862, Corinth, Miss.; Lt. Silas O. Losee, July 22, 1864; George Beck, October 4, 1862; L. D. Saunders, June, 1864; John Comer, July 22, 1864; Giles Dawson; John Schoonover, Bentonville, N. C., March 21, 1865; John Ferrill, October 4, 1862, Corinth, Miss.; Alex. Pitman, July 22, 1864; Johnathan Rockwell, July 22, 1864; John Quirk, July 4, 1864, Ruff's Mills: James W: Perry, March 3, 1865, Cheraw, S. C.; and James Andrews. The same bullet that killed James M. Lindsay on May 14, 1864, at Resaca, Ga., wounded Isaac F. Mead and Frank Dawson.

A history of this regiment has been written by Mr. John K. Duke, private in Company F, and this makes the task of the historian easy. This work was published in 1890, and is a most excellent history.

The regiment began to be organized in September, 1861, and its organization was completed February 6, 1862. Jesse J. Appler, of Portsmouth, was the original Colonel. He entered the service September 6, 1861, at the age of thirty years, and was discharged April 28, 1862.

General Wells S. Jones entered the service as Captain of Company A and was made Colonel April 18, 1862; he was wounded in the battle of Fort McAllister, Ga., December 13, 1864. He was made Brevet Brigadier General March 18, 1865, and was mustered out with the regiment August 11, 1865.

Robert A. Fulton was the original Lieutenant Colonel. He entered the service at the age of fifty-two, September 6, 1861. He served his full three years and was mustered out December 10, 1864. ,

Preston R. Galloway was the original Captain of Company K. He was made Major, March 18, 1865, Lieutenant Colonel June 20, 1865, and was mustered out with the regiment August 11, 1865.

The late Ephriam C. Dawes was the original Adjutant of the Regiment. He was promoted to be Major November 1, 1862. He was wounded in the mouth at the battle of Dallas, Ga., May 17; 1864, and was discharged October 25, 1864.

John A. Lair was an assistant Surgeon. He was promoted to be Surgeon November 17, 1864, and was mustered out with the regiment August 11, 1865.' James P. Bing was also an assistant Surgeon. He entered the service October 3, 1861 and resigned August 31, 1862.

William B. Stephenson was a private in Company E. He entered the service January 9, 1862. He was promoted to Sergeant-Major January 10, 1862 and to First Lieutenant and Adjutant November 1, 1862. Hé resigned May 14, 1864. '

George W. Cavitt of Jackson entered the regiment as a private in Company F. He was made Second Lieutenant January 1, 1862; First Lieutenant, April 28, 1862; appointed Adjutant May 22, 1864, and was mustered out December 31, 1864.

Dr. Joseph W. Fulton was the original Regimental Quartermaster. He entered the service September 6, 1861 at the age of forty-eight years and resigned December 11, 1862.

Frederick J. Griffith entered the service October 4, 1861, at the age of forty-one years as Captain of Company C. He was appointed Chaplain July 8, 1862, and resigned September 15, 1864.

Colonel George N. Gray, of Ironton, Ohio, entered tne service November 19, 1861, at the age of twenty-three as a private in Company D. He was appointed Sergeant November 21, 1861, and promoted to Sergeant Major December 5, 1861. He was made Second Lieutenant of Company I, January 9, 1862 and resigned January 9, 18638.

Company A from this regiment was from Pike County; Company B, commanded by Captain John I. Parrill was from Athens County and Company C was raised from Scioto and Lawrence Counties,