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 Mercer County Ancestral Heroes

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Birthplace



Died


Death Buried
PATTERSON, Andrew Gunner, Corporal, under Capt. Thomas Wiley, Col. Benjamin Flower 1828 Mercer County
PAXTON, Thomas Jr. Private, 6th battalion, Cumberland Co., PA Militia under Capt. William Straius and Col. James Dunlop 1761 Adams Co, PA 1851 Mercer County
PERRINE, William Private, then Sergeant, NJ Militia 20 Nov 1753 Middlesex Co., NJ 17 Dec 1838 Worth Township, Mercer County Perrine Cemetery, Worth Township
QUINBY, Samuel

Pvt, under Capt. David Howard; Capt. Benj. McCulloch, Capt Jacob Winter, Capt. Dart; Capt. Thomas Bay; & Capt. Geo Bruce

1753 or 1756 Hunterdon County, NJ 9 Sept 1842 Hickory with military honors, 10 Sept 1842, Oakwood Cemetery
RAMBO, Peter Private, 9th battalion, Lancaster Co. Militia under Capt. Ambrose Creain 1751 Wales 1821 Mercer County
RIDDELL / RIDDLE Edward bombardier, 3rd Company, PA Artillery under Hercules Courtenay 1745 or 1758 aboard ship on the Atlantic Ocean 1826 Mercer County
ROBERTS, Robert Morgan Reportedly fought in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown and White Plains (no record of service) abt 1743 Cecil Co., MD 28 Feb 1801 Stevenson Cemetery, Mercer County
ROSE, Andrew Private, Battle of Monmouth, moulded bullets and cannons for army, took Oath of Allegiance, Bucks Co, PA 1754 Philadelphia Aug 1815 Pine, Mercer County
ROSE, Isaac 4th Maryland Regiment; Washington County Militia more 1743 unknown, possibly - Doylestown, PA 7 Jun 1822 Wolf Creek Township, Mercer County Amsterdam Cemetery, Liberty Township
SHEAKLEY, John Ensign, Col. James Thompson's Second Battalion, Third Company, PA Troops 29 Jan 1755 York (now Adams) County, PA 25 Sept 1816 Sandy Creek Twp., Mercer County

Sheakleyville Cemetery 

(at the top of the hill)

SIMONTON, Alexander Sergeant, 1st PA regiment 1734 Ireland 3 Jul 1821 Mercer County
SIMONTON, William fought in Battle of Brandywine and Long   from Easton, PA   Clarksville Morefield Cemetery
SMITH, Abraham Private, PA Line under Captains Gaskins, Chatham, Morrow and Morrison, Col. Thomas Hadley 1755 Maryland 1837 Mercer County
SMITH, Thomas Private, PA Continental line abt 1742 5 Mar 1826
STEWART, William Lt. & adjutant, 2nd batt, Cumberland Co Militia under Capt. Wm. Donaldson, Col Moses Hazen's reg "Congress Own" 12 Aug 1738 Ft Stewart, Co. Donegal, Ireland 1811 Mercer, PA
WAKEFIELD, Thomas Private, Continental Army; fought at Valley Forge 1757 Mercer County 1844
WALDRON, Samuel V.  Private, NJ Militia; fought at the Battle of Brandywine and  at Camp Valley Forge with Geo Washington 27 Aug 1752 Amboy, NJ 23 Jan 1849 on a farm in Wolf Creek Township, Mercer County Waldron Cemetery,  Wolf Creek Township; grave is marked Sam'l Waldron, N. J. Con'l & Va. Rev War
WESTON, Edmund Private, Massachusetts Continental Line abt. 1745
WILLIAMSON, James Lieutenant, 12th Regiment, PA Continental Line, Col. William Cooke, wintered at Valley Forge 1754 PA 1818 Greenville, Mercer County
WHITE, Alexander 1748 Down Co., Ireland   Mercer Co. PA near Grove City in Mercer Co. PA
WILSON, Peter 20 Aug 1764 Ireland, settled in Jackson Twp in 1797 ref. 20 Jan 1843 Worth Twp., Mercer Co, PA Wilson Cemetery
WOOD, Charles Principal Field Armorer, 2nd PA Brigade 27 June 1860 Falmouth, Nova Scotia 4 Feb 1844 Harlinsburg Mercer Co.
WYATT, Nathan Corporal 135th Regiment, militia, Christy 27 Apr 1778 Virginia, m. Mary Pelksey Foltsie in Mercer Co., PA 4 Jun 1800 28 Dec 1862 DeKalb Co., IN Bear Creek Cemetery, Jackson Twp, DeKalb County, IN
YOUNG, John Private, 6th PA Regiment, under Col. Irwin 1746 Franklin Co., PA 1826 Mercer County
YOUNG, William Private, Cumberland Co., PA Militia.  Capt. Thomas Askey's company, Col. James Dunlop's battalion 1743 Maryland 1820 Mercer County

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