Many records include addresses, dates of birth and death, burial places and other information. The 13th Virginia Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in central and western Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Then were marched through to the wilderness to Colonel Benjamin Logans Station (1 mi W of Stanford Courthouse) in Kentucky for the purpose of joining the troops commanded by General George R. Clark [George Rogers Clark] on an expedition against the Indians in the N.W. Eileen Lloyd. [T]hey crossed over Gauly [sic: Gauley] Mountain onto Rich Creek and down the said creek to Gauly [Gauley] River discovered some Indian sign on Rich creek came to Gauly river which was very rapid [illegible word] to cross they agreed to waid two and two together in order to support each other against the current of the water Jessee Aursbourn and James Claypole agreed to walk in front directly they stated they was washed down by the current both lost their Guns and Aursbourn was drownedd and never seen afterwards they then returned returned to their Garrision dureing all the periods that he has named he was he was engaged in defence of his countary either in Garrison with an embodied Corps under competent authority or out on spying parties and followed no civil persuit and endured much of the hardships of Indian hostilities. In response, the said Greenbrier Militia officers, Andrew Donnally, Samuel Brown, and Andrew Hamilton, penned the following response to Jefferson: A Letter from your Excellency of the 24th of December directing that 137 Men of the Militia of this County shoud forthwith be raised and sent to the County of Kentucky to join Colo. Clarke, and serve under him this ensueing Summer on an Expedition against the Indians in Consequence of which We have given orders to Draft that Number together with Proper Officers to Command them, amounting to 146 effective Men; so large a number out of a Militia scarcely 550 strong lying in a County exposed to the daily inroads of the Indians, fill[s] us with much uneasiness about the dangers we are like[ly] to suffer from this weakening of our Militia, especially at a time when we cannot expect to be reinforced from any of the interiour Counties, shoud any such danger arise. public. It seems Kincaid stayed back to protect against such an attack, as well as for regular ranging duty. 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. I am with due respect, May it please your Excellency your Most Obed. 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. 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. So just to clarify, there were two separate militia musters at Byrnsides Fort, for the Greenbrier Militia to march for Kentucky in order to serve in expeditions under George Rogers Clark: one in 1778, and one in 1781. That he entered the service of the United States, & served under the following named Officers, he was drafted for six months at the House or Station called, Burnsides Station [near present Salt Sulfur Springs in Monroe County WV], in month of February 1778, in the company commanded, by Captain John Henderson, Lieutenant John Woods. 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. John Gibson (17401822) was a French and Indian War veteran and Indian trader who had settled near Fort Pitt. He states that he was stationed at Byrnsides Fort for 30 days in 1779, or 1780, with 30 men. Arbuckles was built in 1774, and was a well-constructed military fort, with a stockade. I was living on Wolf Creek when I was called into service and remained there until about the year 1790 when I moved to where I now live. 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. Left Valley Forge in May 1778 for Fort Pitt. [I]n the year 1781 I was drafted & marched from Greenbrier County under Capt John Henderson. Clark did so, in an epic way, and now was positioned within striking distance of the British fort at Detroit. Reprint (1st work). It seems likely that Thomas Wright is the militia captain generally in command at Byrnsides Fort during the Rev War years. That as early as the 1stday of May in the year 1779 he again commenced his Services in Burnsides Fort and continued in service until the 1stof November following that he thinks it was in this year a party of Indians came into the settlement and Murdered William Bradshaws Wife the circumstances are these Bradshaw had remained at home with his Family and two of the Spys returning to Cooks Fort [on Indian Creek just below Greenville] called at his Cabbin to rest and informed him. A ,.^ : ^*> s amertcan CommontDealti^si LOUISIANA JISIANA ro ACCOMPANY vERT PHELPS MERICAN . He again commenced his duties as a Spy on the 15th day of April 1777 and continued in service as such until the first of November following when he was discharged having served that summer six months and a half: that he again entered the service as an Indian Spy on the 15th day of April 1778 and continued in service until the first of November following making a tour of six months and a half: and again on the first day of May 1779 he entered the service as an Indian Spy and was discharged on the first day of November following having performed a tour of six months Service that summer making in the whole term of service as an Indian Spy which he served his Country two years and one month. [1] James was a dedicated soldier in the American Revolution, serving as 8th Company Captain of the 13th Virginia Continental Regiment, under Major General Nathanael Green. The National Historical Publications and 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. Please add Mathias Shaner, Sargent in the 13th Virgina and a member of Captain James Sullivans Company commanded by Col. William Russel. That he was again drafted in the latter part of the summer or in the early part of the autumn of the same year 1781 from the County of Augusta and State aforesaid & was again command by Captain Thomas Hicklin and was attached to a Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel Vance; that he was marched accross the Blue Ridge at Rockfish gap, thence on by a place called Bowling green, thence on by Pages Ware House and thence on to Little York where Lord Cornwallis with his Army were then stationed; that he was at the Seige of York [28 Sep 19 Oct 1781] and at the taking of Lord Cornwallis and his army; that the British Army was marched out between two lines of the American Army to the place where they laid down their arms and then they returned through the same lines to their encampment in York Town, and on the next day they were marched out with their knapsacks on, and then took up their line of march under a strong escort or guard of the American Soldiers to the Barracks at Winchester Virginia; that he was one of the guard who escorted the prisoners to Winchester where he was discharged on the next day after his arrival having again served a tour of about three months as near as he now recollects. While he was there, the Shawnee attacked the Graham family. Revolutionary War, 1076: 783-802, 1077:860-867 (CSR); Heitman, Register, 249 he was a regular officer if the united states Army. The regiment would see action at the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston. [W]hen forted it was the custom (and we always pursued it) to live pretty much in common[?] [2] The original Companies B and E enlisted only for 6 months, the others for one year. The first commander of the Twenty-first was E. L. Dudley, of Lexington, who died February 20, 1862. John Sproull's Co. Lt. John Williams's Detachment Company not indicated 14th Infantry Regimental Staff Capt. He was also, of all the known pension applications, the individual who was garrisoned in Byrnsides Fort the longest period of time, apparently serving there in 1774, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780 and 1781. The 13th Virginia Regiment was a United States infantry regiment during the American Revolutionary War . Next, Littleton West discusses being drafted to go to Kentucky in the early 1780s, and that he couldnt go because he had gotten married by then, so he found a substitute. American Revolutionary War: John Page (April 28, 1743 - October 11, 1808) was an American politician. 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. George Washington tried to walk a tight-rope between the positions of both Virginia and Pennsylvania with respect to Fort Pitt. He served more than six months or perhaps seven. View, Print & Share. The regiment saw action in the Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, and the Battle of Monmouth. That he served in this year from the 1stof August until the 1stof November following, nothing of importance occured during this year. [T]hat he first marched from Ben Bevers (Van Bibbers) ford (probably fort) to the part of Virginia known by the name of the Wilderness and continued scouting through the Wilderness to keep of [off] the Indians during said tower [tour] of nine months. The unit was organized on 12 February 1777 at Fort Pitt in present-day western Pennsylvania to consist of nine companies of troops from the far-western Virginia counties (now parts of West Virginia and western Pennsylvania). Wright and being stationed at Byrnsides Fort, under Capt. Crawford was experienced in frontier warfare, well-liked by his men, and had served as an officer under Gen. Hands squaw campaign the year prior. history museum that tells the 300+ year story of how celebrates Iowa's rich heritage, including its natural. His name was Capt. Michael Swopes father was perhaps the first permanant settler in what is now Monroe County, West Virginia, and was likely the first white child born in Monroe County, in 1753 the second probably being John Byrnside in 1763. October 24, 1776 put in the "Continental establishment" in Captain Marshall's Company in the 13th PA regiment commanded by Col. Walter Stewart. 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. That the nature of his services as an Indian Spy was to leave Cooks Fort on Indian Creek now in the County of Monroe [near Red Sulphur Springs] and be out from three to four days each week and then return when others would go, the same length of time, that their practice was for two to go together & when they returned an other two would start out, that the Companion who was mostly with him was a man by the name of James Ellis that he does not know what has become of him but supposes he is dead as he was considerably older than himself. THE MEXICAN WAR. Thanks. Washington, D.C., 190437. This one was also previously unknown to me, and discusses the same period of service: [H]e volunteered in the service of the United States in the month of March 1779 and served nine months in the State of Virginia against the Shaun (Shawnee) Indians. Research genealogy for James Reed "Revolutionary War - Capt. All rights reserved. I highly recommend it. [I]t was in one of those trips to Fort St. Laurence that he substituted as above stated. William Crawford (2 September 1732 - 11 June 1782) was an American soldier and surveyor who worked as a western land agent for George Washington.Crawford fought in the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War.He was tortured and burned at the stake by American Indians in retaliation for the Gnadenhutten massacre, a notorious slaughter of Indians by militia near the end of the . I am happy to be informd by Major Campbell, that your Excellency intends shortly to have the divided and disagreeable situation of the 13th Virginia Regiment laid before Congress; that thereby that part of the Regiment here, and those over the Mountain at Fort Pitt may be joind together, and act accordingly at such place as your Excellency and Congress may think propper to direct.1, That the Soldiers of that Regiment had assurances by the Officers who enlisted them to be continued on that side of the Mountain, is a fact, perhaps unknown to your Excellency, but true it is such engagements drew in many married Men to enlist, who have since been forced down here, leaving their helpless Families in a most miserable condition. Captain James Neal of the 13th Virginia [later the 9th Va]. Served under Generals Green, Muhlenburg, Col. Russell. Fought at White Plains, Brandywine and Germantown. Journal of the American Revolution is the leading source of knowledge about the American Revolution and Founding Era. Pattersons narrative was known. This was in Greenbrier County Virginia. James Armstrong was in command.. On a second tour (1778) this said declarant was drafted from the Milletia of said County of Greenbrier in Virginia (at the station of Burnsides, in the Co of Greenbrier in the State of Virginia with his Brother Peter Dixon -detail from his statement for his brothers application) to go to Kentucky, (and there join General [George Rogers] Clark on a expedition to the Scioto now in the State of Ohio. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. We were stationed at Col Logans until General Clark returned to Kentucky from the Old Chilecothe [sic: Chillicothe] Indian Towns. That in the winter of the year 1781, he was drafted for a three months Tour to go as he was then told against the Indians on Cumberland River and on the 15th day of February of that year he together with about thirty others took up their march as they supposed for that place under the command of Captain John Henderson, Lieutenant John Wood and Ensign John Hall, their company was joined at Burnsides Fort by a company from the County of Greenbrier Commanded by Captain James Armstrong and another Company commanded by Captain Davidson, in the whole was under the command of Major Hamilton. I was detailed to wait on the sick and did not reach the point until after the Battle was fought with the Indians at Point Pleasant [October 10, 1774]. My self with two or three others did not. Born 1749. 21 hrs Left WWI 13TH ENGINEER TRENCHART PAINTED BRODIE HELMET $110. . During the Revolutionary War, . Mar 11, 2023 [Revolutionary War] Gold Pin Inscribed w/ KIA Officer's Name $225. 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. First settler of Wood County VA/WV, Parkersburg area. 3. In the spring of 1782 he was again drafted under Captain Archibald Woods. ==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. It appears that there were musters at Byrnsides Fort for expeditions to Kentucky to assist George Rogers Clark in 1778, and also again in 1781. The 10th Virginia Regiment of the Virginia Line was initially raised on December 28, 1775 in western Virginia for service with the Continental Army. 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. Entered Valley Forge with 175 men assigned, 69 fit for duty. 34 vols. Entered Valley Forge with 442 men assigned and 175 fit for duty. 40 miles from Fort Pitt; affidavit in file age 67 in Pendleton Couinty, virginia 1813 when disabled from Revolutionary War wounds; William Marteney filed He served in the U.S. Congress and as the 13th Governor of Virginia. List of battleships of the United States Navy, United States Army Center of Military History, http://www.history.army.mil/books/revwar/contarmy/ca-fm.htm, Bibliography of the Continental Army in Virginia, Grayson's Additional Continental Regiment, Thruston's Additional Continental Regiment, Articles incorporating text from Wikipedia, Virginia regiments of the Continental Army. That he again Forted and Scouted as an Indian Spy in the year 1777 from the 1stday of May until the 1stof November that he was stationed in Burnsides Fort under the command of the aforesaid Captain Wright. That between the 20thand 25thof Aprile in that year he was drafted under the command of Captain John Woods to go to New River that he served three months under Captain Woods on New River after which he was discharged and returned to Burnsides Fort. Transferred to 8th PA regiment commanded by Col. Daniel Brodhead by Commission of Captain to take rank from October 20, 1777 later major in 2nd, 8th and 13th Pennsylvania Line. part of the State of Ohio. Walking and history of bicycling. I shall be 80 yrs. This was across the river from the site of the James Graham cabin, which is still standing. That he entered the service as an Indian Spy in the spring of the year 1776; that he was then just entering the 18thyear of his age; that at the time he entered the service as a Spy he was a private in the Company of Militia Commanded by Captain John Henderson; that he then resided in that part of Virginia which is now in the County of Monroe but whether it was then Botetort County or not he does not now know [present Monroe County WV formed in 1799 from Greenbrier County, which was formed from Botetourt and Montgomery counties in 1778]. Travelled to a place near the Crab Orchard [in Lincoln County KY], we encamped at night. or, as presently, several Revolutionary records buried in a collection of agreat library. He states after he returned home from the tower aforesaid he removed to the County of Montgomery & State of Virginia and in the month of August 1778 he again entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in the company of George Parrish of the County of Montgomery & State aforesaid as an Indian Spy the Company to which he belonged was ordered to guard the frontiers on Knew River [New River] where they were attached to Colonel Taylors Regiment which was commanded by said Taylor.