An Alphabetical List of Enlisted Men*
*The base list was reproduced from the archival publication;
PENNSYLVANIA
in the
War of the Revolution,
Battalions and Line.
1775-1783
Edited by John Blair Linn and William H. Egle MD,
Vol II Harrisburg: Lane S. Hart, State Printer, 1880.
This information is available via the Pennsylvania Archives are availabe online at footnote.com.
The VIRGINIA PENSION requests are from
VIRGINIA REVOLUTONARY PENSION APPLICATIONS
Abstracted and compiled by
John Frederick Dorman
Washington, DC 1958
Abbey, Edward, Virginia Pension Request #S.34621
He enlisted in Dec. 1777 for three years in the company of dragoons of
Capt. Frant Laroy under Major Washington in the 4th Regt. of Pennsylvania
Dragoons commanded by Col. Mayland and Lt. Col. White. Maj. Washington
acted as recruiting officer at Valley Forge and enlisted about 50
Virginians at the same time Abbey enlisted. He received a three month
furlough and then Joined Maj. Washington at Fredericksburg, Va.,
and marched to New Jersey to Join the 4th Regiment.
He was in engagements at Newrachell, Tapham (when Arnold deserted West Point),
and was discharged at Lancaster, Penn.
Acton, Thomas, July 18, 1777.
Adams, Jonathan, enlisted on June 5, 1778, under Captain Plunkett and Lt Erasmus Gill's companies
of the 4th troop of the 4th Regiment of the Dragoons in Trenton NJ.
He enlisted for 3 Years for the state of Penna on the Continental establishment.
He was at the Siege of York and the Capture of Cornwallis in Captain Heard's Company,
Colonel Bland's Regiment. At the end of his term he Again enlisted in 1781 in State of Penna.
under Captain Heard commanded by Col Bland; Gibb's Company in the Cavalry Regiment of the Penna line.
Believed to be born in Chester Pa. (from Mr. Nelson Swiger)
died in Harrison county, Virginia, April 21, 1835.
Akeley, John, March 13, 1778; Capt Plunketts company; discharged, 1783;
resided in Greenwood township, Mifflin county, in 1814.
Alburtis, John, June 12, 1778.
Anthony, George, June 12, 1778.
Austen, Thomas, Sergeant. (e.)
ASHBY, Fielding, see Virginia Pension Request #S.50249.
In the Spring of 1780 he volunteered for six months under Capt. Erasmus Gill
of the Continental Light Horse in Frederick County. The horses were pressed
for the use of the army and the uniform was furnished by the United States.
They marched against some Tories who were embodied near the Warm Springs.
The Tories dispersed and they returned to camp at Francis Stripling's in
Frederick County. They encamped thero until an officer in Col. Bland's
regiment of light horse, which was then encamped beyond James River,
came up to receive the horses of the company to which he belonged.
He was ordered by Capt. Gill to take a body of men and deliver the horses
to Col. Bland. Havlng delivered the horses, he was discharged. He served
four months. His lieutenant was William Hickman and Taliaferro Stripling was cornet.
Baker/Baer, Jacob, transferred to infantry August 19, 1777.
BARR, Isaac. Virginia Pension Request #S.41419.
14 Sept, 1820. Stokes Co, NC. Isaac Barr, aged 69, declares he enlisted
for two years in the Spring of 1776 under Capt. John Ashby in Fauquier
Co, Va, in the 3rd Virginia Regiment of Col. Thomas Marshall.
When his term of service had nearly expired he enlisted in a company of
cavalry of Capt. Pike for three years. He was appointed Trumpeter of the
company and served as such for some months until he received a fall from his
horse and injured his breast. He was reduced to a private soldier and served
until dlscharged in Philadelphia in the Spring of 1781. He was under Col.
White but a short time before his discharge Col. Washington succeeded to the
command of the regiment.
He was in battle at York Island, Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth.
Balitz, George, May 6, 1777.
Barney, Thomas, March 23, 1777, Court Martial 04/22/79.
Barry, John, May 11, 1777.
Basford, James, Aug 1, 1780; Second troop. (Link provided by Mr. David K. Tucker - [email protected])
Bassett, William, resided in Ripley county, Indiana, 1834, aged 81.
Bates, Thomas - from the Journals of the Continental Congress, Jan 16, 1781
Beach, Roswell, January 15, 1780.
Bedell, David, Oct 15, 1778; resided in Burke county, North Carolina, in 1834.
Benson, William.
Birch, Samuel, March 12, 1779; Second troop.
Black, Michael, April 23, 1778.
Blaine, Allaim, June 12, 1778 - 1782. DAR Vol 96 Mrs. Miriam Kauke Pierce. 95711
Alaim Blain (1758-1846) served as private in Capt. John Heard's company,
Col. Stephen Moylan's regiment of Light Dragoons, Continental troops.
He died in Delaware County, Ohio.
Bonham, Moses, June 5, 1778; died in Virginia, Nov, 1782; left a wife Rebecca.
Borlis, John.
Bowen, James from 4th Md to Plunket's troop discharged Oct, 1780, brother of Cornet Jehu.
Bowen, Sabritt/Sabrett, Sergeant, June 19, 1777, (Listed as Brown) served to end of war in Capt Gill's troop. d. Nov 11, 1811/12.
Boyd, Alexander.
Bradburn, Alexander.
Brewer, Daniel. May ll, 1778.
Broom, Samuel. June 2, 1779.
Brown, Archibald.
Brown, Sabritt (see Bowen above)
Bryan, Charles, corporal, April 1, 1780.
Bunhill, John.
Burchall, John.
Burtry, William.
Burne, Lawrence, corporal, Craig's company; to infantry, Aug 19, 1777.
Busby, Benjamin, February 13, 1777; farrier.
Busby, George.
Button, John.
Camp, Casper.
Carroll, John.
Casey, Morris, February 4, 1781.
Christian, Jacob, March 12. 1779.
Clarke, Naylor, August 1, 1778.
Clay, John March 30, 1777 Capt. Hopkins' Co (from Saffell's)
Coakley, Robert, May 23, 1777; promoted corporal.
Colley, Charles, Capt Heard's Troop, Va Pension S.34702
Collins, Robert, April 27, 1779.
Coon, Christian, Trumpet Major (see Kuhn below).
CROES, Joseph, Virginia Pension Request #S.39386.
17 Aug. 1818. Edgefield Dist, SC Joseph (X) Croes,
resident on Ninety-Six Creek near Cambridge in said district, aged 60,
declares he enlisted in Hanover Co, Va;,
In 1778 or 1779 in the company of Fent. Leroy in the lst Virginia
Regiment of Horse commanded by Col. Anthony White.
He served for four years and six months and was discharged ln Charleston, SC.
He was at the battle of Guilford Court House and also;
above Savannah with the Indians and was at the siege of York.
14 March 1821.
Joseph (X) Croes, late a private of Lt.Col. William Washington's regiment of
cavalry, declares he was in engagements at Cowpens, Guilford Court House and
Eutaws. He lost two of his fingers at the battle of Cowpens, was shot through
the leg at Guilford Court House and was cut with a saber on the head at the
Eutaws. He is worth nothing in the world but a few rags of homespun clothes.
He has no wife. He has three sons who have gone to the western country and do
not support him in any manner. He is 72 years of age and so crippled by wounds
he is not able to maintain himself by his trade of a hatter.
Crum, William, June 18, 1780; Second troop.
Cryder/Crider, David, July 10, 1777; trumpeter, sergeant (return 12/19/80).
Cunningham, Robert, January 26, 1781.
Curtis, John.
FOURTH CONTINENTAL LIGHT DRAGOONS (D E F G)
Dailey, Dauiel: Court Martial 04/22/79, Pardoned.
Daubury / Danberry, Nicholas, paid from June 12, 1778, to Aug 1, 1780.
Danbury / Danberry, William, June 12, 1778.
Darling, William (return 12/19/80).
Davis, John, corporal, Feb 1, 1782, to October 31, 1783.
Demund, Peter, March 13,1778.
Diddy, Jerry, discharged June 28, 1780.
Denton, William, August 1, 1780; died in New York, in 1794.
Dickey, James.
Dickson, John, February 9, 1779; resided in Dearborn county, Indiana, in 1834.
Dowling, Michael.
Duffield, Felix.
Dull, Abraham, sergeant, discharged October 7, 1780.
Eaton, Micajah.
Edwards, Charles, June 5, 1777.
Ent, William.
Estell/Estill, William, Aug 1, 1780.
Farshiers, Thomas, to infantry, Aug 19, 1777.
Field, Charles.
Fisher, Richard, Farrier Court Martial 04/22/79.
Ford, John, March 6, 1781.
Franey, James.
Franklin, Philip, to infantry, Aug 19, 1777.
Fullerton, Robert, Feb 12, 1781.
Gaines, Frederick, to infantry, Aug 19, 1777.
Gardner, Caswell, resided in Chester county, 1835, aged 78.
Garner, John Court Martial 04/22/79.
Garthon, Joseph Court Martial 04/22/79.
Garyin, Thomas.
Gassmyer, Peter.
Gibbons, Isaac, died in Shenandoah county, Virginia, Dec 2, 1826, aged 77.
Gilbert, William, corporal, resided in Louisiana.
Glauser, Michael.
Gold, Levi, August 1, 1780.
Grace, Aaron, Capt. Gill's company, 4th troop, in February, l8l9,
he was a resident of Philadelphia, aged 66; Pa pensioner, 1819.
Grace, George, March 1, 1778.
Graham, Edward, discharged April 23,1780.
Gray, Lynch, Court Martial 04/22/79, died in Baltimore county, Maryland, Sept 27, 1826, aged 67.
Grammer, Jesse, Feb 12,1779. (return 12/19/80)
Green, John.
Grinder, George I. (return 12/19/80)
Grover, Francis, February 12, 1780; deserted.
FOURTH CONTINENTAL LIGHT DRAGOONS (H I J K L)
Hagan, Francis.
Haler, George, Trumpeter, resided in Lebanon County, 1832, age 79.
Harley, Joshua; National Archives and Records Administration (NARA Microfilm M246, Roll 115), Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783,
Roll of Capt (Lt) Nicholas Ruxton Moore's Troop of the 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons, for 28 September 1778,
lists Joshua Harley as a private enlisted, 12 April 1777, for three years service from Maryland.
DNA Microfilm M881 Roll 47, Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War,
states Pvt Joshua Harley, Moore's Troop, 4th Regt, Lt Drag, was recruited from Maryland and duly discharged 26 April 1780, end of enlistment.
Heard, Bennett, April 4, 1777, Fifth troop.
Henderson, William.
Hewitt, Caleb, June 14,1777, sergeant Fourth troop.
Highlands, William, formerly of Ninth Virginia, Col. Muhlenberg;
with Col. Morgan, 1777 1779;
1779 enlisted in this regiment; discharged, 1783;
resided in Allegheny county, in 1820. Penn pensioner.
Hilbert,[Hilworth,] John, trumpeter, Feb 12, 1780, Fifth troop.
Hoagland, William, April 20,1778.
Holland, Jacob, resided in Monongalia county, Virginia, in 1832, aged 81.
Holtz, John.
Hooffnagle, George, Dec 26,1780; resided in Lancaster county, 1835, aged 71.
Hopkins, William, February 5,1777.
Housley, Jesse.
House, George, to infantry, August 19,1777.
Hyner, Joseph, April 11,1779.
Impson,Henry, August 1, 1780; discharged, 1783; Pa pensioner, 1816.
Jones, Godfrey.
Jones, John, Aug 1, 1780; Second troop.
Kainking, Daniel, to infantry, Aug 19,1777.
Keiley, John.
Kelly, Thomas - volunteered for 3 year enlistment in Continental cavalry in Winter of 1777.
Re-enlisted for 1 year at the end of 1780.
Died 1812, Clifty Creek, Pulaski County, Kentucky.
Served with Captain Dickerson's Rangers 1757 to 1759.
Source: The Kelly Family, 1972, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 72-86152.
Joseph Willis, oldest brother of Cornet Henry Willis III served with Kelly in Captain Dickerson's Rangers
Kencade, Andrew, corporal, March 15,1778.
Kendle, Clayton, June 12, 1778.
Keys / Keysleyt, Price, sergeant, March 4,1777.
From KEY AND ALLIED FAMILIES by Lane, 1931
Price Key served in said war as a private in Captain George Stubblefield's Company,
5th Virginia Regiment, commanded successively by Colonel Charles Scott and LtCol Josiah Parker.
His name appears on the pay rolls of that company covering the period from
Sept 28, 1776 to May 1, 1777 and on the company muster roll covering the period from
Aug, 1776 to May 31, 1777 dated June 11, 1777, which muster roll bears remark: Light Horse.
Price Keys served in The Revolutionary War as a corporal,
a sergeant and a quartermaster sergeant in Captain Moore Fauntleroy's troops,
4th Regiment Light Dragoons, commanded by Colonel Stephen Moylan.
A roll of that company dated Phillips, Sept 23, 1778, shows that he enlisted March 4, 1777,
for the war, and that he was recruited from Virginia.
Was mustered as a sergeant Sept 1, 1777, and as a quartermaster sergeant in Sept, 1778.
He was at Brandywine, Pa (11 Sept. 1777), Germantown (4 Oct 1777),
Monmouth (28 Jun 1778) and he served at Valley Forge (1777/78).
He was mustered out of the service 19 Oct 1781.
He sustained a wound to his shoulder in one of the battles.
Killpatrick, George, sergeant; to infantry, Aug 19, 1777.
King, John, (1st,) May 23,1779.
King, John, (2d,) trumpeter, May 23,1779 (return 12/19/80).
Kuhn/Koon/Coon, Christian, trumpet-major, Feb 4,1777. (return 12/19/80)
Lankford, Philip; Court Martial 04/22/79, (Langfet/Langfitt) See Court Martial, Aug 29, 1780
Larkins, James, sergeant, May 25,1777
Christine Henderson submitted the following information from the National Archives and Records Administration,
Revolutionary War Pension Application, file # R-6167:
From Somerset County, Pennsylvania, 15 December 1812;
I do hereby certify that James Larkins, A Sergeant, in the 4th Regt. Light Dragoons commanded by Colonal Stephen Moylan
in the Service of the United States of America, in the Revolutionary War,
whose duty it had been for some considerable time to range the lines of the enemy,
was on or near the middle of January 1782 severely wounded in the service of his country on the lines near Bacon's Ridge,
in the State of South Carolina, in his left thigh, with a shot having one of the main leaders and one of the large veins of his thigh cut in two,
thereby bleeding until his life was nearly dispaired of and by which together with old age joined to the sore fategues of seven years faithful service
in the defence of his country he is rendered nearly incapable of making a comfortable support for life and the subscriber being personally present
when the wound was received, and belonged to the....
Sworn by Felix Duffy (Duffield?) before JP John MItchell.
State of Ohio. Harrison County:
On the fourth day of February 1819, before me, Samuel Boyd, one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Harrison County,
personally appeared James Larkins, aged sixty one years, a citizen of the county aforesaid,
who being duly sworn according to Law, makes the following declaration for the purpose of obtaining relief
under the provisions of the act of Congress passed March 18, 1818,
entitled, "Act to Provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War";
That he enlisted near Tawney town in the State of Maryland on the 25th day of April 1777 in Capt. David Hopkins' Company,
4th Regiment Light Dragoons, commanded by Colonel Stephen Moyland of the Pennsylvania Line;
that Zebulon Pike was pay master, Henry Bedkin Adjutant and Patrick Bennett Quarter Master of said Regiment;
that after having been in the battles of Germantown, Brandywine and Monmouth under Capt David Hopkins,
after which he belonged to a detached Company of Dragoons under the command of Capt. John Herd at the siege of York, and capture of Cornwallis;
that afterwards he was transferred to another detached company of Dragoons under the command of Capt Erasmus Gill,
in which company he served in South Carolina in the Regiment aforesaid,
where he was wounded severely in the thigh; that he continued serving in said Regiment of Light Dragoons, until the 9th of March, 1783,
the time of the ratification of the definitive treaty of peace with Great Britain,
although he received a conditional discharge at Lancaster, Pennsylvania on the 22 September 1782,
signed by Jonah Hallett, then Adjutant of said Regiment of Light Dragoons, by order of Benjamin Lincoln, then Secretary of War;
that through time and accidents his discharge has been lost;
that he is infirm and in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country;
that he herewith transmits all the evidence in his power of the foregoing facts,
and that he hereby relinquishes all rights and title to any other pension from the government of the United States.
State of Ohio. Harrison County.
On this 31st day of July 1820 personally appeared in open Court being the Court of Common Pleas of said County,
in the fifth Judicial Circuit of Ohio, the same being a court of record, James Larkins aged sixty two years,
Resident in said Harrison County, who being first duly sworn according to law on his oath declares that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
He enlisted in the 4th Regiment Light Dragoons of the Pennsylvania Line commanded by Col. Stephen Moyland in Capt. David Hopkins Company on the 25th of April 1777
at Menockasa in Frederick County in the State of Maryland,
He was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, and at the capture of Lord Cornwallis;
that he served seven years successively in said Regiment
and was honorably discharged at Lancaster in Pennsylvania on the 9th day March 1783 by Jonah Hallett Adjutant of said Regiment
by order of Benjamin Lincoln Secretary of War.
That the date of his original declaration was the 4th of February 1819.
That he has received a pension certificate and that the number thereof is 11,558.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818;
and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof
with intent thereby to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act entitled
"Act to provide for certain personages in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War"
passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not nor has any person for me any property or securities,
contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in this Schedule hereunto annexed and by me subscribed,...."
(There follows schedule of assets/debits)
Lawson, Caleb, corporal, June 1, 1778; Fourth troop.
Leland, Patrick, to infantry, Aug 19, 1777.
Leagon, John, April 2, 1779.
Legore, John, April 2, 1779.
Le George, John. (return 12/19/80)
Lewis, Charles, May 1, 1780.
Light, John, corporal, April 8, 1778; Aug l, 1780; acted afterwards as forage-master;
resided in Lancaster county, in 1832, aged eighty.
Lippincott, Stephen, June 12, 1778; Third troop, (Pike's); discharged Sept 22, 1783.
Little, Thomas, Jan 18, 1778.
Longspit: Christian, to infantry, Aug 19, 1777.
Lott, Jeremiah, trumpeter, March 18, 1779.
Lucas, Richard, sergeant, July 4, 1777.
Lynn, John, Gill's company, Jan 1, 1780;
served until the end of the war; resided in Union county;
in Pennsylvania list of pensioners March 24, 1818.
FOURTH CONTINENTAL LIGHT DRAGOONS (M, N, O, P, Q)
Madding, Thomas was from Pittsylvania Co, VA and served in the 4th LD Dec 1777 to Dec 1780.
Prior to the 4th, he served in the 9th VA then in Dan'l Morgan's Rifle Reg't.
Maloney, Timothy, Aug 1, 1780.
Malone, John, resided in Washington county. 1820, aged 60.
Martin, Abraham, Nov 14, 1780.
Martin, Charles, sergeant, to infantry, Aug 19, 1777
Matherly, Israel enlisted as a private in Captain Vashel Howard's 5th Troop of the 4th Reg. on 13-APR-1777.
Listed as a casualty on 09-MAY-1777. (des'd)
McCarty, Dennis, farrier, Feb 19, 1777.
McCarty, William.
McCarty, Daniel, to infantry Aug 19, 1777.
McCrea, Gilbert, June 16, 1778.
McFarlane/McFarland, John, May 9, 1777. (return 12/19/80)
McHenry, Edward.
McKolt, George William, farrier.
McLaughlin, John; resided in Rowan county, North Carolina, in 1833, aged 81.
McQuaid, John, farrier.
Moore, Michael, July 4, 1781; from Cork, Ireland.
Montgomery, John; Captain Pike's Troop, Feb 25, 1781.
Morris, Benjamin
Morris, John, September 20, 1780 (return 12/19/80).
Morris, John, (2d,) June 12, 1778.
Mortimer, Robert, sergeant; discharged April 23, 1780.
Mullan, Jacob, died in Franklin county, Tennessee, Nov 4, 1833, aged 75.
Murray, Thomas.
Nogel, Henry.
Oldwine, Barnard, trumpeter.
Oldwine, Charles, March 12, 1781.
Orles, Thomas, to infantry, Aug 19, 1777.
Organ, Cornelius, born Sept 25, 1754 in Baltimore, MD. His family moved to Virginia after the death of his father.
Enlisted, Feb 12, 1776 into Capt John Brent's company of the Virginia 4th Regt of Foot, of Col Thomas Elliott.
In Dec '77 he enlisted into the Lt. Horse on Dec 22, 1777 for 3 years, belonging to the State of Virginia.
Listed as a Private, of Capt John Heard's troop of the 4th Dragoons, dated North Castle, (NY?), Sept 24, 1778.
His pension file states that he fought at the Battles of Brandywine and Germantown.
He was honorably discharged at Lancaster, PA, upon completion of his term of enlistment.
Reenlisted in the 2nd Regt of the Westchester County NY, Militia. (from NY Military in the Revolution)
He is also listed as a prisoner of war from May 4, 1781 to Sept 1, 1781.
Other members of the NY regiment included the brothers of his wife-to-be.
He married Rachel Barrett in 1782 in Bedford, Westchester Co, NY.
He and his wife removed from Westchester County to the present Town of Kent, Putnam Co, NY (then Dutchess Co).
He died at age 57 on Oct 6, 1818. He had nine children.
Patton, James, Jan 30, 1777.
Patton, Thomas.
Perrein / Perryen, William, June 10, 1778; Sixth troop.
Perry, Thomas, May 1, 1777
Pierce, Thomas.
Pitt/Pitts, Richard, enlisted December 23,1777 - See Court Martial, Aug 29, 1780
Quail, John, Dec 22, 1777.
Quarrell, James, Febr 20, 1777 (return 12/19/80)
FOURTH CONTINENTAL LIGHT DRAGOONS (R S T)
Raum, Jacob
Rex, Adam, to infarntry, Aug 19, 1777.
Riblet, Abraham, Peter, a private in Capt Jacob Klotz's Company of
Col Matthias Slough's Battalion of the Flying Camp in July of 1776. (Pa Archives 5th Series, Vol 7, Page 1061.)
Sept 9, 1778 a Corporal in Capt Herman Stout's Company 10th Penna, Col Richard Humpton. (Ibid 5th Series Vol 3, page 500.)
4th Dragoons (Ibid 5th Series, Vol 3, page 844).
Ranshaer, [Renshaw,] Bennett.
Richardson, Robert, June 12, 1778.
Roberts, Thomas, July 5, 1778; (return 12/19/80), captured in 1781; resided in Lancaster county, 1812.
Robertson, James.
Robeson, George, June 24,1777
Runnals, Thomas.
Sampson, Aaron
Satwell / Setwell, Solomon, Feb 17, 1780
Saylor, John (return 12/19/80).
Scott, John, discharged Sept 1, 1780.
Searles, Reuben, June 3, 1778.
Scott, Jeremiah (return 12/19/80)
Shannon, David, trumpeter, Sept 11, 1777; (return 12/19/80) discharged Aug 22, 1780.
Shell, Adam, taken prisoner and died in New York.
Shell, Ludwig
Sheppard, Robert, quarter-master sergeant, Feb 22, 1778; (return 12/19/80)
resided in Northampton county, 1835, aged 76.
Shetz / Sheetz, Casper.
Shields, James, Aug 1, 1778
Sight(s), Jacob, May 11, 1778, Capt David Plunket�s Troop
Singleton, John, Feb 24, 1777
Smith, Daniel, Jan 20, 1778
Sonal / Sorral, John, Sept 17, 1780.
Speeder /Speder /Spider, Jacob, May 1, 1777; Craig's company; (return 12/19/80) resided in Adams county, 1811.
Spooler, Jacob
Spicket, Daniel Locke enlisted in Ann Arundel, Maryland, on April 6, 1777,
serving in the company commanded by Capt. Vashel Howard under Col. Moylan.
Daniel Spicket was a Trumpeter and served until he was discharged in 1780.
At that time he enlisted in the ship Hetta (or Attic) of Philadelphia under a letter of marque
and served the rest of the war (except that he was captured during his naval service,
imprisoned, and escaped from a prison hulk).
Daniel came over with General Burgoyne's forces and deserted to the Revolutionary Army.
After the war he changed his name to Pickett and moved to Winchester, NH with his wife and infant son.
Sprackett, Thomas, April 12, 1778.
Stephenson, William, Philadelphia, Aug 15, 1782; Pike's company;
resided in Philadelphia, 1786; Penna pensioner.
Stout, David, June 5, 1778.
Straune, John.
Suttle, Strother, enlisted Dec 24, 1777, discharged Dec 24, 1780
Sutton, John, September 29, 1778.
Swan, Joshua, May 6, 1777.
Sypher, Peter, discharged August 16, 1780.
Taylor, John, corporal, May 4, 1777; living in 1792.
Taylor, William, resided in Trumbull county, Ohio, 1824, aged 84
Thomas, Edward, June 12, 1778.
Thomas, James, June 14, 1777.
Thompson, Ebenezer, August 9, 1780.
Thomson, James.
Thompson, Joseph, Surgeons Mate.
Thompson, William, Riding Master.
Thorn, Isaac 1777 _____?
FOURTH CONTINENTAL LIGHT DRAGOONS (W, Y & Z)
Wade, William
Walner, Nicholas, transferred to infantry, August 19,1777.
Walser / Walzer, John
Watts, Francis. Watts Online and Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice
Watson, Thomas W.
Wear, Ralph.
Wells, Enoch, corporal, transferred to infantry, August 19,1777.
Welsh, Patrick, November 1,1780.
Westvelt, Caleb, sergeant, June 14,1777.
White, Joseph, at Chesters Pennsvlvania: in Capt Moore
Fauntleroy's company, 8th September, 1777; at Monmouth;
discharged at Hackensack, September l5, 1780;
resided in Boggs township, Centre county, in 1820. aged 63.
Willson, Thomas, sergeant, August 1, 1780; resided in Orange county. New York. 1816
Winer, Henry, to infantry, August 19, 1777.
Wycoff, Cornelius, enlisted June 12 of 1778 in Trenton, NJ and served as a private in Capt John Heard's 1st Troop.
He was discharged in the spring of 1781 at Lancaster. He received his pension in March of 1818.
Young, John, (e,) May 1,1779.
Young, Joseph, (e,) March 18,1777.
Zell, John.
Zimmerman, William, Serjeant, Court Martial 04/22/79.
The men noted above as being transferred to the infantry were punished as a result of the sentences of a
General Court Martial, held the 7th, 12th and 16th inst: of which Col Sheldon was president.
See GENERAL ORDERS of Aug 19, 1777.
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