Mercer County
Ancestral Heroes
|
Name |
Rank
|
Born
|
Birthplace
|
Died
|
Death |
Buried |
HAMILTON, Hugh |
Private, 1st Battalion,
Cumberland Co., PA Militia, Capt. Thomas Askey's Company |
1761 |
Cumberland Co., PA |
1813 |
Mercer County |
|
HARPER, Daniel |
Private, Continental Navy,
served on the Andrew Doria under Commodore Smith |
abt 1738 or 1753 |
England |
14 Mar 1821 or 1831 |
Mercer County |
|
HARLAN, Jonathan |
Served
under Capt. Trussey Moore, fought at Valley Forge |
1755 |
Chester
Co. PA |
June 1841 |
Mercer
County |
|
HAYES,
David |
Private,
4th, PA Battalion |
16 Mar 1750 |
Mercer
County, PA |
14 Jan 1831 |
Mercer County, PA |
Morefield Cemetery |
HERRON, James |
Major |
1754 |
|
1829 |
Mercer
County |
|
HILL, Adam |
Private,
1st regiment, PA Line under Captain Boude |
abt 1740 |
Northern
Ireland |
8 Dec 1817 |
Sandy
Lake Twp, Mercer County |
on
a farm in a little graveyard, two miles east of Sandy Lake |
HOVER, Hendrick "Henry" |
Captain,
3rd Regiment under Col. John Rosencrans, his cousin, in New Jersey |
4 Apr 1740 |
Smithfield
Twp., Northampton, Col, PA |
19 Apr 1804 |
Shenango
Twp, Mercer County |
Corner
Church, Hubbard, Trumbull Co., OH |
HOWARD, Samuel |
Private,
4th battalion, Cumberland Co. Militia |
|
Mercer
County |
|
Mercer
County |
|
HUNTER, George |
Private,
PA Line, Capt. William Hudson's company, Col Samuel Culbertson's
regiment |
1754 |
Ireland |
1838 |
Mercer
County |
|
IRWIN,
Christopher |
|
|
Lackawannock
Twp |
|
|
|
JUNKIN, Joseph |
Captain,
Cumberland Co., Troups, Battle of Brandywine |
1750 |
Cumberland Co., PA |
1831 |
Mercer County |
|
JUSTUS, Benjamin |
Pvt. and Scout, 1775-83 |
1750 |
Chester Co., PA |
1799 |
Mercer County |
|
KASTER,
Benjamin |
|
|
came
to Hickory, 1802 |
|
|
Morefield Cemetery |
KLINGENSMITH, Daniel
"Block House Daniel"
|
Lieutenant,
Westmoreland Co. PA, First Battalion Co. Light Infantry under Capt.
Wiglery and Col. Truby, and Major Cribbs; Frontier Rangers under Capt.
Crisp. |
abt 1750 |
Westmoreland
Co., PA |
21 Oct 1822 |
Mercer
County |
Unknown,
most likely the Old Klingensmith Cemetery |
KOONCE, Joseph |
Officer
for the English; Captured and convinced to fight for Washington; served
with Washington willingly |
1752 |
Hesse,
Cassel, Germany |
1799 |
Bedford,
PA |
Old
Dutch Cemetery, Bedford, PA |
LEYDE, John |
|
1732 |
|
1810 |
Springfield
Township Mercer Co., PA. |
Old Amsterdam Cemetery,
Mercer Co., PA |
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