| Revolutionary war, and as far as known their names and services will be recorded: Jeremiah York served under Capt. Springer in the Eight Regiment, Continental Line. Abraham Hiley served in this war, and afterward drew a pension of $80 per year. George Ewing served as ensign in a New Jersey Regiment, and drew a pension of $20 per month. Richard Avit enlisted at New Castle Penn., in the navy, serving on the ship “Alpea” under Commodore Hopkins, also on the black brig “Andariah” under Capt. Courtney, and in the army (artillery) three years under Col. Thomas Proctor. Silas Taylor enlisted from Pensylvania under Capt. Lenox. He was at Germantown, Chestnut Hill and the surrender of Cornwallis. Benjamin Rosecrans enlisted in New York under Col. Morgan and was at Short’s Hill, York Island, White Plains, Princeton, Trenton, Red Banks, etc., and often saw the great Washington, spoke to him, and once took him by the hand. David Harley enlisted at Philadelphia under Capt. Shay. He was captured by the British at Fort Washington, was paroled and afterward re-enlisted and fought at Long Island, etc. Terrence Connor enlisted in Virginia under Col. Daniel Morgan and served over three years. Thomas G. Alvey enlisted in Maryland under Col. Ramsey and was at Paramos. Lemuel Mallory served in this war, but where, was not ascertained. Thomas Rhodes was with the army of Gen. Gates. Doubtless others served, whose names could not be learned. A small squad of men from this county served in the war with Mexico, enlisting in various organizations that passed on the river. Their names cannot be given except that of Isaiah Cummings, who enlisted at New Orleans while there with a flat-boat. From the earliest time to the Rebellion the organization of the county militia had been maintained. Nearly all the leading citizens were at times officers. Samuel Connor was brigadier-general. The last war—the Rebellion—was so momentous in the issues involved, and so stupendous in the number of men and armaments engaged, that some events preceding the opening of the struggle will be noticed. |
| Revolutionary War Patriots of Perry Co., IN |
| The following information has been gleaned from Perry County histories and pension applications etc. |
| ALVEY, CPL THOMAS GREEN enlisted April 21, 1778 for three years, serving with Capt. Armstrong’s company of the Third Maryland regiment, commanded by Maj. Archibald Anderson and Col, Nathaniel Ramsey, the regiment being a unit of the First Maryland brigade under the command of Gen. William Smallwood. He was promoted to Corporal February 1, 1779 and was in the battles of Monmounth, Stony Point and Paramos and in the last name he was wounded in the side with a bayonet and three fingers of his left hand were shot off. His left arm was also hit by two buckshot. He was discharged at Annapolis April 24, 1782. |
| Born: 1745, St Mary’s County, Maryland; Died 12 FEB 1824, Perry County, IN; Burial: Lamb Cemetery, Tobinsport, Perry, IN. |
| AVITT, RICHARD served from the state of Pennsylvania. |
| Born: 1738; Died 12 Jun 1826, Perry Co., IN; Burial: Unknown, possibly Groves Cemetery, Rome, Perry, IN |
| AXTON, ROBERT served from state of North Carolina |
| Died: 1831; Burial: Unknown, Perry County, IN |
| BOLIN, PVT THOMAS enlisted as a substitute in 1781 or 1782 for a term of eighteen months at the time there was a draft to fill a militia company of the county. He was marched from his home county after enlistment Capt. Lacotes and Maj. Jesse Franklin to the encampment of Gen. Nathanel Green at Ashley Hill about ten miles from Charleston. Here he joined the company of Capt. William Lytel as a private, which was part of a regiment of North Carolina Malitia under the command of Col. Archibald Lytle. During his entire term of service he was in this regiment and it participated in no battles. He was stationed at Gen. Green’s encampment un the the British left Charleston when he was sent to James Island in Charleston Bay and remained there about a year. While on James Island he took sick and was sent in a brig to Wilmington, North Carolina. After being there a few weeks and still sick, he took furlough to his home in Wilkes County and was never called into service again, having served the full term of his enlistment. |
| Born: 12 JAN 1766, Wilkes Co., North Carolina; Died: 9 JUL 1851, Perry County, IN; Burial: Bolin Cemetery, Cannelton, Perry, IN. |
| CONNOR, PVT TERRANCE enlisted in Prince William County, Virginia in 1776 and served three years and two months as a private in Capt. Gallehue’s Company, Col. Daniel Morgan’s Virginia regiment, and was the the battles of Brandywine, Monmouth, and the storming of Stony Point. |
| Born: 1757; Died: 16 Dec 1841, Troy, Perry, IN; Burial: Connor Cemetery, Rome, Perry, IN. |
| CUMMINGS, PVT THOMAS was a private in Captain John Lewis’ Company, 2nd Virginia State Regiment, June and July 1778 during the Revolurtionary War. He was at the battle of Fort Sullivan, Charleston, South Carolina. |
| Born: 1754, Fauquier Co, VA; Died: Perry County, IN; Burial: Lower Cummings Cemetery, Derby, Perry, IN. |
| EWING, GEORGE Ensign int he regiment commanded by Colonel Dayton of the New Jersey line for the term of 2 years, 3 months from January 1776 to April 1778. He was with Washington at Valley Forge. |
| Born: 18 Mar 1754, Greenwich, Cumberland Co., New Jersey; Died: 15 Jan 1824, Perry County, IN; Burial: Cliff Cemetery, Cannelton, Perry, IN. |
| HARDY, DAVID served from the state of Pennsylvania |
| Born: 1744; Died: unknown; Burial: Unknown, Tobinsport, Perry, IN |
| HILEY, ABRAHAM Enlisted December 1776, Fayette Co., Penn. under Capt. John Corsap’s Rifle Company. Marched to Hagertown, MD, to Lancaster, Penn, to Trenton, NJ, joined Gen. Washington. The next spring marched to Germantown and sent foraging under Lt. Joseph Jones and was discharged by him in April or first of May 1778 at Valley Forge. Re-enlisted 1780, under Capt. Michael Catt in Fayette Co., Penn. Joined Gen Green at Guilford. Faught in Battles of Camden and Eutaw Springs, where he was wounded and discharged. Ented service again in July 1781 as a subtitute for Phillip Catt and was taken prisoner by Indians for three years. |
| Born: 27 Feb 1757, Hampshire Co., West Virginia; Died: 2 MAY 1836, Perry Co., IN; Burial: Hiley Cemetery, Harding Grove, Perry, IN. |
| KEPLER, JACOB was a soldier of the Revolutionary War. |
| Died: 12 Dec 1845; Burial: Groves Cemetery, Rome, Perry County, IN |
| KINDER, PETER served from the state of Indiana Territory. |
| Died: after 3 Aug 1818; Burial: Unknown, Perry County, IN |
| LAMB, PVT. JOHN enlisted as a private in the company of Capt. Barent J. Ten Eyck which company was a unit of the Second New york regiment. He served from May 5, 1778 to February, 1779. Later in the same year he re-enlisted and served three years in Capt. Cornelius Wiltse’s company of the Fourteenth regiment of Albany County, New York militia, commanded by Col. Peter Yates. |
| Born: 22 May 1757, Albany County, New York; Died 9 Apr 1811, Tobisnport, Perry, IN; Burial: Lamb Cemetery, Tobinsport, Perry, IN. |
| LANMAN, SGT. JAMES enlisted at Charleston, South Carolina in July 1776. He was an orderly sergeant in the First Regiment of South Carolina. Re-enlisted March 1781 in North Carolina, under Col. Nathaniel Greene, faught in the battles of Guilford Courth House, and Eutaw Springs, where he was wounded in the thigh.
Born: 11 JUN 1752, Fairfax County, Virginia; Died: 6 MAY 1841, Bristow, Perry, IN; Burial: Lanman Cemetery, Perry, IN. |
| Terence Connor In Perry county, Indiana, on the 16th ult, Terence Connor, aged 84 years, a native of Fairfax county, Va, but for the last thirty-five years a citizen of Indiana. Mr C. was a soldier of the Revolution, of Colonel Morgan’s regiment of the Virginia line. Jan 21 1842 Alexandria Gazette James Lanman in Perry county, Indiana, on the 9th of August, 1844, James Lanman a native of Fairfax county, Virginia, and a solider of the Revolution, aged 94 years JAMES LANMAN: In Perry county, Indiana, on the 9th of August, 1844, James Lanman a native of Fairfax county, Virginia, and a solider of the Revolution, aged 94 years – Sept 11 1844 Alexandria Gazette Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Illinois Schuyler County |
| MALLORY, LEMUEL enlisted in the summer of 1778, at the age of 15, for 8 months at Statford, Fairfield Co., Conn. as a privte under Capt. John Yates, a regiment commanded by Maj. Trobridge and Col, Heman Swift. Stationed at Horse Neck. Conn., discahrged at the end of his term. He re-enlisted March 1780 witht he Seveth Connecticut regiment, Conntinental Line under Lt. Salomon Pinto. and Ensign Ebenezer Daggett. a unit of Gen. John Stark’s brigade. Stationed at Nelson’s Point, New York. seeing no battles. While there he often saw Gen. Washington and was present at the execution of Maj. John Andre, the British spy. Discharged 19 NOV 1780. In the summer of 1781 he joined a militia company under Capt. Ephriam Curtis of the Connecticut militia having been called out to drive the British from New Haven and Fairfield which were being attacked and burned. After participating in these battles he was taken sick and returned to his home in Stratford. Conn. |
| Born: 22 May 1763, Stratford, Fairfield Co., Conn; Died: 16 Feb 1851, Rome, Perry, IN; Burial: Shoemaker Cemetery, Rome, Perry, IN. |
| MILLER, ALEXANDER served from the state of Pennsylvania in the 4th Co, 2nd Bn, Washington Co., PA Militia |
| Born: 1750; Died: 1820; Burial: Lamb Cemetery, Tobinsport, Perry, IN |
| PARKS, SAMUEL served Unknown |
| Born: 1759; Died: after 1842; Burial: Unknown, Perry County, IN |
| RHODES, THOMAS served from the state of New York. |
| Born: 1742; Died: 1835; Burial: Rhodes Cemetery, Lilly Dale Road, Anderson Twn., Perry County, IN |
| ROSENCRANS, BENJAMIN enlisted in Cap. William C. Seward Co. of the 7th Virginia regiment of the Continential line, commanded by Col. Daniel Morgan. He was in the battles of Short Hills, Long Island, White Plains, Princton, Trenton, Red Bank, You Island and was present at the surrender of Corwallis at Yorktown. Born: JUN 1747, New Jersey; Died: 6 MAR 1830 in Perry Co., IN; Burial: Family information: Tobinsport, Perry, IN. Section 33. |
| SHAVER, JACOB served from the state of Pennsylvania,3rd PA Inf. Regt. |
| Born: 1757; Died 9 AUG 1814, Hardin Co., KY; Burial: Walker Cemetery, Branchville, Oil Twn., Perry, IN |
| TAYLOR, SILAS served from the state of Pennsylvania. |
| Born: 1753-1755; Died: 12 Mar 1821; Burial: Unknown, Perry County, IN |
| TERRY, JOHN served from the state of Virginia. Lambert’s Co. 14th VA Regt. |
| Born: 1760; Died: 7 Dec 1842; Burial: Terry Cemetery, Gatchel, Perry County, IN |
| THRESHER, THOMAS served unknown; Born, Died Unknown; Burial: Possibly Thresher Cemetery, Perry Co., IN |
| TOBIN, GEORGE according to family tradition, joined the Revolutionary Army and served six years participating in the Battle of Cowpens. After the Revolution George migrated to Kentucky with the company led by Gen. William (Wild Bill) Hardin, the founder of Hardinsburgh, Breckinridge County. |
| George Tobin did not stay long at Hardin’s Fort but about the turn of the century, 1800, he crossed the Ohio and squatted on land that is now Perry County, Indiana and when Indiana was officially opened to settlement, he entered land and gave his name to the community known as Tobinsport. |
| Born: 1752; Virginia Died: 10 APR 1835, Tobinsport, Perry, IN; Burial: Lamb Cemetery, Tobinsport, Perry, IN. |
| WAPSHOTT, GRAVES served from the state of Virginia, Virginia line. |
| Born: 16 Jul 1750, London, England; Died: after 1832; Burial: Unknown, Perry County, IN. |
| WEATHERHOLT, PVT JACOB enlisted in the Ninth Virginia Regiment and served under Col. John Gibson until honorably discarged March 1, 1780. He reenlisted in 1781 in the Thirteenth Virginia Regiment and served three years, being discharged April 5, 1784. |
| In 1816, From Cloverport (then Joesville) ferryman Jacob Weatherholt piloted the family of Abraham Lincoln, then a lad of seven, along with his parents, Thomas and Nancy, across the Ohio River to Tobinsport, as the family left Kentucky to move to a newly-acquired farm in Spencer County (then Perry County), Indiana. (Source: Wikipedia, Cloverport, Breckinridge Co., KY) |
| Born: 1758, Virginia; Died: 23 Apr 1838, Breckinridge Co., KY; Burial: Lamb Cemetery, Tobinsport, Perry, IN. |
| WEST, NICHOLAS served from the state of Virginia |
| Born: 1752; Died: aft 13 Nov 1832 pension application, Perry County Probate at the age of 82; Burial: Unknown, Perry County, IN |
| WILCOX, ISAAC served from the state of New York. |
| Born: 27 Mar 1761; Died: 3 Sep 1839; Burial: Unknown in Perry County, IN, |
| WINCHELL, CPL JOHN served from May 7, 1778 to Feb 17, 1779 in the Fourth company of the Second regiment of the New York line under the command of Capt. Samuel T. Pell, the regimental commander being Col. Phillip Van Cortlandt. |
| Born: 1760 Dutchess Co., New York; Died: 14 Sep 1811; Burial: Lamb Cemetery, Tobinsport, Perry, IN. |
| YORK, JEREMIAH served from the state of Pennsylvania. |
| Born: 22 Jun 1762; Died: 10 Sep 1835; Burial: Unknown, Perry County, IN |