Pendletonians in Military Service Between 1775 and 1861
The number of Pendleton pioneers who
served in the Continental army during the Revolution, or in the
militia service, was undoubtedly very considerable, but our
present knowledge in the matter is exceedingly incomplete. No
record of the number appears to have been preserved, even in the
archives of Augusta and Rockingham. The following men are known
to have been in the American service.
Stratton, Seraiah, Captain
Bargerhoff, Nicholas
Bible, George
Hamilton, Garvin
Huffman, Henry
Keister, James
Lawrence, William |
Davis, Robert,
Major
Mallow, Henry
McQuain, Alexander
Rexroad, Zachariah
Rexroad, Henry
Teter Philip
Vance, John |
In 1840, the following Revolutionary
pensioners were living in this county. Their ages are also
given:
Charles Borrer, 83,
Thomas Deverick, Sr., 78
Michael Eagle, 79
Michael Hoover, 88
Thomas Kinkead, 76 |
William Lawrence, 73
Edward Morton, 76
Zachariah Rexroad, Jr., 79
George Rymer, Sr., 90
Eli B. Wilson, 84 |
In 1794 an army of 15,000 men, under the
command of Governor Henry Lee of Virginia, was sent to put down
the Whiskey Insurrection in Pennsylvania. Pendleton furnished at
least one company, and it was commanded by Captain James
Patterson. It was ordered that the names of the company be put
on record, and this was probably done but the list is not known
to be in existence. During the war of 1812, Captain Jesse Hinkle
led a company of Pendleton troops to Norfolk. The following are
the only names of Pendleton men in that war of whom we have any
knowledge:
Bolton, Jacob
Keister, Frederick
Calhoun, William
Lamb, Michael
Hevener, George |
McQuain, Duncan
Hinkle, Jesse
Captain. Nelson, Benham
Hoover Ines
Vandeventer, George |
Pendleton County
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West Virginia AHGP
Source: History Of Pendleton County West Virginia By Oren F.
Morton, Franklin, West Virginia Published By The Author, 1910.
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