It seems likely that West and Wright were a part of the relief force mounted from Camp Union, as described by John Stuart and Matthew Arbuckle as having around 65 men from the local forts. that he was several times engaged in routing the picket guard of the enemy during the aforesaid tour. old the 15thof Sept. (Inst) am a native of Lancaster Pa. moved to Monroe Co Va. in 1776 [formed from Greenbrier County in 1799] (most likely 1778) during the war of the Revolution (cant tell in what year) I was employed by Burnside to drive packhorses loaded with provisions for McIntoshs campaign got my load at dry run. . Most of the regiment was captured at Charlestown, South Carolina on May 12, 1780 by the British and the regiment was formally disbanded on November 15, 1783. This narrative by Mr. Griffin pertains to the western theater of war during the Revolution. I believe the Brodhead expedition is mentioned in the following narrative by another member of the Greenbrier Militia, who mustered at Byrnsides Fort, in what was most assuredly 1778: The Winckleback application was known. The fortress was constructed in 1778 under the direction of Lt. Col. Cambray-Digny, a French engineer, and named in honor of General Lachlan McIntosh. The regiment saw much hard fighting during the war. A Guide to the United States War Department, Revolutionary War Payrolls1776-1784 A Collection in the Library of Virginia Accession number 36989 Library of Virginia The Library of Virginia 800 East Broad Street Richmond, Virginia 23219-8000 USA Phone: (804) 692-3888 (Archives Reference) Fax: (804) 692-3556 (Archives Reference) Reuben Gilder's Co. Capt. \ \x7 o .'X*- r, \ .^. Revolutionary War, 1076: 783-802, 1077:860-867 (CSR); Heitman, Register, 249 I was born on Wolf Creek near Greenbrier River then called West Augusta now Monroe County in the year 1753 and I have heard it frequent said that I was the first white child ever born in what is now the limits of Monroe County. Regt, which I Accordingly have done, Excepting those of the 13th Virga Regt and some who were sick. However, they had threats opening up on all fronts, and decided that discretion was the better part of valor. Benjamin' Harrison Company - 13th Virginia Regiment" of Fairfax, Virginia, USA, as well as other members of the Reed "Revolutionary War - Capt. 1778, having lost his entire right forearm due to an injury in the military service. The 12th Regiment was formed in February 1777. Woods and served three months guarding the Country from the depredations of the Indians. I would doubt that they drove beef cattle, because they would have been using a wilderness trail to reach the destination. The circumstances that brought a second tour of service, were as follows (towit) in the fall of the year 1780 I engaged in the company of Capt. Indeed, Company C, Capt. skeith@waynesville.k12.mo.us It appears that the force was then divided into two groups: one to assist Kentucky, and one to assist Montgomery County, Virginia with its Tory problem and guard the lead mines. He was confronted with the same issues that previous generals had faced before him: shortages of supplies, food, and men. Servt, W. Russell Colo. Commr Genl Muhlenbergs Brigade. Subscribe now and get each blog post by email. The headquarters of the western part of the Continental Army was Fort Pitt, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. February 26. It is with the utmost reluctance we address ourselves to your Excellency on this occasion (at a time when the necessities of the State require the utmost exertion of its members in its defence) to request that you will Prolong the Term in which we are to furnish said recruits, till the return of o[ur] Militia from Colo. Clarke, or at least till such time as [the]y have got into the Indian Country and may have drawn their attention to his operations. Previous to his entering the army he lived in the county of Greenbrier, that part which is now called Monroe, and was employed by James Byrnside to pack articles of merchandise to Fort St. Laurence (Laurens). Wright, which we know took place at Byrnsides Fort, who was then sent to Fort Chiswell, and then on to Kentucky: Living in Monroe County, West Virginia on Sept. 17, 1832. But he was about to be replaced. Ive written about Christy before, who later became the first pastor of the historic Rehoboth Church. Also competing for power in the region was Col. William Crawford, who commanded various militia units around Fort Pitt at this time. >"% '^' k:' * n^ >7-, %.^ ^^% ,x^^' - '^. This period of service was likely the same muster mentioned by several of these applicants, in 1781, when Thomas Jefferson ordered troops to send to George Rogers Clark for an expedition against Detroit. The 11th Virginia Regiment was a Continental Army regiment that fought in the American Revolutionary War. The regiment saw action in the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, and the Battle of Monmouth. Richmond : Virginia State Library and Archives, c1989. Its commanders were Colonels George A. Goodman, Ambrose P. Hill, James B. Terrill, and James A. Walker; and Majors Charles T. Crittenden and John B. Sherrard. Eileen Lloyd. They are divided up by state in alphabetical order. [B]ut peace being declared, [they were] disbanded in the now State of Kentucky and from there march[ed] home the last of May 1781 to Greenbrier County Virginia after serving a tower of three months. They were recruited to serve initially in the First Virginia Regiment. . That he enlisted for Eighteen months that he served out his time and was discharged at Buckades (Bouquets, I believe) Old fort on the Muskingham River . Through its grants program, the NHPRC supports a wide range of activities to They had other offensive plans, to take the war to the Indians. By mid-April, Washington recognized the difficulties Brodhead and his men faced. public. Girty deserted the American cause in March 1778, and thereafter he served as an interpreter for the British at Detroit, taking part in Indian raids on western settlers. Not only that, but he states that he joined a company commanded by Captain James Byrnside, and that they marched to Fort Pitt in 1777 and there joined Col. Brodheads command and built Fort McIntosh, on the Ohio River. 13th REGIMENT MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS 1 national color 2 state colors 14th REGIMENT MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS (see First Heavy Artillery) +4 12 Ability Score Improvement 5 4 3 3 13th +5 13 Mystifying Argument (6th level) 5 4 3 3 1 14th +5 . Washington liked Crawford, a fellow Virginian, and ultimately wanted to see him in control of all forces in the western region. that sending the 13th Virginia companies at Valley Forge to Fort Pitt would result in similar demands being made by members of the 12th Virginia and the 8th and 12th Pennsylvania regiments. His father was the quintessential frontiersman from French Indian War era, and its likely that Michael wasnt much different. description ends , 10:22526, 247, 253, 260; Russells undated letter to Congress is in DNA:PCC, item 78). 2 vols. virginia civil war reenactments 2022. Discharged here in August, 1780, his term of service calling for twelve months. To try and prevent this tragedy, some wives . Stirlings Division|Muhlenbergs Brigade| 13th Virginia Regiment. In the summer of 1783 [could be 1782] the month he does not recollect he was again called into the service as a drafted militia man under the same Captain A. That in the early part of the Indian War there was a Fort or Garrison erected on a plantation belonging to James Burnsides two miles north west from where he lived which was called Burnsides Fort. Drafted in February, 1780, under Capt. Tories from the nearby mountains had been threatening to take over the lead mines, and otherwise cause chaos. 3 companies under Major Hamilton, includeing mine went to Chissels Mountain [sic] and from there towards Kentucky a part of the men indeed almost all of them went on to Kentucky. He then discusses the attack at Donnellys Fort. when the time expired I applied for a discharge and was told by Col Gibson that I was in the regular service and to go about my business. In a strategic attempt to divert the enemys attention from these campaigns, Washington requested that Brodhead resume his expedition along the Allegheny. The National Historical Publications and In or about the year 1782 I again volunteered under the same Captain Wright and marched to the relief of Doneleys forts on the frontiers of Greenbrier County with a force of about 45 men commanded by the said Captain Wright whilst at this fort the Shawnee Indians made an attack on the fort and killed 4 men we however repulsed them with several killed & wounded having fulfilled our tour we were discharged. Went on to Fort McIntosh lay there a while and then moved on with the army to Fort Laurence (Fort Laurens). GW visited Kiashutas camp in the fall of 1770 while on his journey to find bounty lands in the Ohio country, and in October 1774 Kiashuta visited GW at Philadelphia (Diaries description begins Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, eds. James Armstrong was in command. 13th Infantry Capt. of Greenbrier County in the State of Virginia where I then lived for the defense of the Northwestern frontiers which were annoyed by the attacks of hostile Indians that we marched with a force of 100 men under the command of Captain Ben Harriss for Point Pleasant on the Ohio River near the mouth of the Kenhoura [Kanawha] river we arrived there with many of our men sic of the flux. These documents include muster rolls, payrolls, strength returns, and other miscellaneous. The Greenbrier Militia already had rendezvoused three days earlier at Byrnsides Fort, along with the Dixon brothers: [H]e entered the service of the United States of the following named officers & served as herein stated: that he was drafted in the month of February in the year 1781 under Captain John Henderson and Lieutenant John Woods and Major Andrew Hamilton had the command. This article is converted from Wikipedia: List of British units in the American Revolutionary War. with another letter from Russell on the same subject, but it postponed consideration of the Board of Wars report on the matter (JCC description begins Worthington Chauncey Ford et al., eds. I do not recollect the name of the Regiment I belonged to and the following officers are all that I recollect being in this Expedition General (Andrew) Lewis of Virginia. Stephen Watts Kearney's Co. Capt. Likewise, the Indians were somewhat divided in their loyalties, with the Delawares and Cherokee loosely hanging onto the Americans, and the Shawnee, and others, openly and actively engaging in warfare against the American settlers. John Sproull's Co. Lt. John Williams's Detachment Company not indicated 14th Infantry Regimental Staff Capt. The 13th Virginia Regiment was a United States infantry regiment during the American Revolutionary War . I then volunteered in the company of Captain Andrew Kinkade [Andrew Kincaid] Lieutenant James Calwell [James Caldwell] at Whitleys Station [on Walnut Flat Creek in Lincoln County] in Kentucky in the month of November 1780, in the Regiment or Battallion commanded, by Colonel Benjamin Logan, marched from thence to the Ohio river, crossed the same at the mouth of Licking, from thence we marched to the Old Chilicothe Indian Towns, thence to the head of the Miami. On 24 May 1778 the unit was assigned to the Western Department (Fort Laurens), and on 12 May 1779 it was reorganized and redesignated as the 9th Virginia Regiment. 1 13th Virginia Regiment (1777) 1.1 Officers 1.1.1 Senior Officers 1.1.2 Captains 1.1.3 Regimental Staff 1.2 List of Soldiers without linked profiles 2 Sources 13th Virginia Regiment (1777) Officers Senior Officers 1776-1778 Colonel William Russell Colonel George Gibson Lt. US 5th Maryland Regiment: War of 1812 : Wshingtnsnphw: Before Time: US Artillery: Field Guns, Foot Artillery, Horse Artillery, Limbers : . After the war Gibson served as a judge of the court of common pleas and a general in the Pennsylvania militia, and in 1800 Jefferson appointed him secretary of the Indiana Territory, an office he held until 1816. Patterson mentions fleeing Hamiltons fort at one point to Keeneys Fort because it was better fortified. But Genl Clark having returned to Kentucky after an expedition to the Scioto in which the troops that this declarant belonged was to have participated in But arived to late for to join Genl Clark aforesaid in said expedition was disbanded by Major Hamilton who were their Commandant in the month of June 1778 and returned home to Virginia. [I]t was in one of those trips to Fort St. Laurence that he substituted as above stated. George Washington tried to walk a tight-rope between the positions of both Virginia and Pennsylvania with respect to Fort Pitt. History Organized from Augusta, Amherst, Caroline, Culpeper, Cumberland, Fairfax, Fauquier, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and King George Counties. Home Battles 1775 to 1783 Campaigns Continental Army Continental Navy British Army Flags of the Revolution War Facts War Leaders Patriot Leaders British Leaders This scouting party was under the command of Lieut. The fort was in the form of a trapezoid, about 150 feet on each side, with raised earthen bastions on each corner. The circumstance of Gilmore being kild exasperated and enraged the Millitia to such a hight, that they fiered upon and kild four friendly Indians that had been several days in the fort (Murder of Chief Cornstalk on 10 Nov 1777). The study of history through the excavation of discarded items, exploring people's attics, flying drones, and stuff. I am with due respect, May it please your Excellency your Most Obed. Either Hamiltons Fort is the same fort as Arbuckles Fort, or Arbuckles Fort was gone by 1777. 2. The regiment moved by train to Manassas but was stationed on the unengaged right flank during the battle. Companies recruited men from Hampshire, Berkeley, Botetourt, Dunmore, and Prince Edward counties. Scott Keith The 13th Virginia was commanded byCol. Captain George McCormick served at the Battle of Brandywine in Colonel William Crawfords Virginia Regiment. Entered Valley Forge with 175 men assigned, 69 fit for duty. It reported 16 casualties at Cross Keys and Port Republic, 111 at Gaines Mill, 34 at Cedar Mountain, 46 at Second Manassas, 22 at Fredericksburg, and 36 at Chancellorsville. Thomas Jefferson, as Governor of Virginia, had written a letter to the officers of the Greenbrier County Militia, ordering the to raise 137 men of the county militia, once again for the purpose of joining George Rogers Clark, but this time it would be on a prolonged expedition in the west (i.e., taking Detroit). . For to march to Kentucky, for the purpose of joining General Clark on an expedition against the Indians North West of the Ohio River, That he the said Peter was marched, to Fort Chissell, and my Father George Dixon, was sent on an express to Kentucky, and that the said Peter was detained at said Fort until the Bedford Co militia arived, under the command of Major. The 13th Virginia Regiment was authorized on 16 September 1776 by the Continental Congress for service with the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. that they told him he must goe with them to Niagara, that he made his Escape; By going to hunt for his horse. Hble Servants. State Troops recruited men from Botetourt, Augusta, Hampshire, and Frederick counties and West Augusta District. . That the nature of his service was to guard the Fort and go out when commanded in pursuit of the Indians when they would make their appearance in the settlement that his companions in service was commonly Matthew Patterson and John Cantly who are long since Dead. That he moved from the Eastern part of Augusta County in the year 1774 to Turkey Creek a tributary stream of Indian Creek now in the County of Monroe then he thinks called West Augusta and better known by the name of the Greenbriar [sic: Greenbrier] Country. Gibson served as lieutenant colonel of the 13th Virginia Regiment from November 1776 to October 1777, when he became colonel of the 6th Virginia. The return includes three companies of the 13th Virginia Regiment and two companies of independent Virginia troops, a total of 256 men, including 15 commissioned officers, 28 noncommissioned officers, and 213 rank and file. At the end of that year, their service was extended for the duration of the war. The 13th Virginia Regiment was authorized on 16 September 1776 by the Continental Congress for service with the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He described their return journey in a letter: Three days were occupied in destroying standing corn and burning houses. Thomas Quirk when they all wer marched, to Kentucky to Logans Station, and that said Peter afterwards volunteered and served a tour under Colonel Logan against the Indians NW of Ohio River. The 13th Regiment was formed in February 1777 at Fort Pitt. Heres another soldier mustered under Capt. Craft's comments since in the first sentence, he refers to the "peace, security and national, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 2018, The 100 Best American Revolution Books of All Time, A Choice Body of Men: The Continental Army on the Upper Ohio, Virginias Independent Frontier Companies, Part 2 of 2, Perspectives on the Ten Crucial Days of the Revolution, This Week on Dispatches: Gene Procknow on Ethan Allen and Revolutionary-Era Newspapers. John Hardin and advance guard discovered thirty or forty of the enemy descending the river in canoes. It was originally Greenbrier County, and then Monroe County, and finally Summers County. The Indians broke in upon our encampment, and killed six of us and wound one, the remaining part retreated to the Station. Book excerpt: A definitive guide to veterans from Blair County, Pennsylvania who served in: Revolutionary War; War of 1812; Mexican War; Civil War; Spanish American War; and, World War 1. After remaining there some six or eight weeks he was marched back to Woodses fort near New River in Greenbrier County (Woods Fort, 4 mi NE of Peterstown now in Monroe County WV) and was kept employed in guarding Indians and Tories. In September 1778 Gibson attended a conference at which the first U.S. treaty of alliance was signed, with the Delaware Indians. Author: John Guy Vassar (1811-1888) Release Date: March 1, 2023 [eBook #70180] Language: English. While it is impossible to track every unit that fought in the Revolutionary War due to all the militia this is a good starting point for understanding where your ancestor may have fought and what they endured during the war. ==Summary== The 13th Virginia Regiment was authorized on 16 September 1776 by the Continental Congress for service with the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Before this it is believed he. Search For Your Ancestors in Historical Documents. It's possible it was incorrectly annotated. On December 27, 1776 it was assigned to the Southern Department, then under the command of General . made by the famous Mingo chief Logan, who was said to be the brother of Gibsons Indian wife. [While] waiting for the millitia troops from the County of Bedford to arive waited till the grew impatient of waiting, they determined on sending an Express to Kentucky when this declarant and six others of his company was detailed by said officer to Cary said express.