Revolutionary War Officers

Chester County

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Rev War era officers of the State of Pa - Chester County - with their dates of appointment. from PA ARCHIVES SERIES 2, Vol III, pg 644-48

Councillors

• John Mackey, Nov. 21, 1777
• Joseph Gardiner, Oct. 23, 1779
• John McDowell, Nov. 2, 1782
• Evan Evans, Oct. 28, 1785
• Richard Willing, Oct. 17, 1788

Censors

• John Evans, Oct. 20, 1783
• Anthony Wayne, Oct. 20, 1783
• James Moore (vice Evans dec’d), Dec. 13, 1783

Judges of the Courts Common Pleas

• Prothonotary to act as one, June 11, 1777
• Caleb Davis, Aug. 22, 1777
• William Clingan, Nov. 18, 1780
• John Beaton, July 26, 1782
• Daniel Griffith, June 25, 1784
• George Pierce, June 25, 1784
• Thomas Levis, Sept. 24, 1784
• Thomas Cheney, Oct. 13, 1784
• Philip Scott, Jan. 21, 1785
• James Moore, Oct. 31, 1785
• Persifor Frazer, June 16, 1786
• William Clingan, June 22, 1786
• Adam Grubb, Oct. 9, 1786
• Richard Hill Morris, Oct. 9, 1786
• John Pearson, Dec. 22, 1787
• Charles Dilworth, Sept. 16, 1788
• John Hannum, Sept. 16, 1788
• William Haslet, Feb. 16, 1789
• John Worth, Apr. 11, 1789
• David Mackey, June 5, 1789
• Robert Cooper, Oct. 28, 1789
• John Bartholomew, Aug. 28, 1790

Quarter Sessions

• William Clingan, (President), June 22, 1786

President Orphans’ Court

• William Clingan, June 22, 1786

Justices of Orphans’ Court

• William Clingan, Nov. 18, 1780
• John Beaton, July 26, 1782

Prothonotaries

• Benjamin Jacobs, (son of speaker), M’ch 22, 1777
• Caleb Davis, (vice, Jacobs, declined), June 20, 1777

Register of Wills

• Thomas Taylor, M’ch 25, 1777
• John Beaton, April 6, 1782
• Persifor Frazer, Apr. 8, 1786

Recorders of Deeds

• Thomas Taylor, M’ch 25, 1777
• John Beaton, April 6, 1782
• Persifor Frazer, Apr. 8, 1786

Clerk of Orphans’ Court

• Caleb Davis, July 11, 1777

Sheriffs

• Robert Smith, M’ch 29, 1777
• Charles Dilworth, Oct. 17, 1778
• Robert Smith, Nov. 21, 1778
• David Mackey, Oct. 16, 1779
• John Gardnor, Oct. 19, 1780
• William Gibbons, Oct. 20, 1783
• Ezekiel Leonard, Oct. 13, 1786
• Charles Dilworth, Oct. 17, 1789

Coroners

• David Denny, Nov. 21, 1778
• Allen Cunningham, Oct. 19, 1780
• Benjamin Rue, Oct. 12, 1782
• John Haper, Oct. 20, 1783
• Isaac Thomas, Oct. 14, 1785
• John Harper, Oct. 13, 1786
• John Underwood, Oct. 15, 1787
• Nicholas Scoffield, Oct. 17, 1789

Collectors of Excise

• Samuel Cunningham, Nov. 27, 1778
• John Christie, Apr. 22, 1783

Collector of Taxes

• Robert Young, Aug. 9, 1786

Justices of the Peace

• Isaac Davis, M’ch 31, 1777
• Evan Evans, M’ch 31, 1777
• James More or Moore, M’ch 31, 1777
• Benjamin Bartholomew, M’ch 31, 1777
• John Mackey, M’ch 31, 1777
• Wm. Gibbons, M’ch 31, 1777
• Joshua Evans, M’ch 31, 1777
• Isaac Pearson, M’ch 31, 1777
• Daniel Griffith, M’ch 31, 1777
• Patterson Bell, M’ch 31, 1777
• John Hannum, M’ch 31, 1777
• Robert Smith, M’ch 31, 1777
• Philip Scott, M’ch 31, 1777
• Thomas Lewis, July 25, 1777
• Thomas Boyd, July 25, 1777
• Robert Ralston, July 25, 1777
• John Hart, July 25, 1777
• Richard Reily, July 25, 1777
• William Evans, July 30, 1778
• William Clughan or Cloughan, Apr. 27, 1779
• Alexander Johnson, June 4, 1779
• David Mackey, Sept. 15, 1779
• John Pearson, M’ch 21, 1780
• David McKinney, Nov. 3, 1780
• William Haslet, Dec. 7, 1781
• Joseph Luckey, M’ch 8, 1782
• Isaac Taylor, M’ch 8, 1782
• David Mackey, M’ch 9, 1782
• James Moore, Nov. 6, 1782
• George Pierce, June 5, 1784
• Daniel Griffiths, June 5, 1784
• Thomas Levis, Sept. 24, 1784
• John Ralston, Oct. 1, 1784
• Thomas Cheney, Oct. 9, 1784
• William Clingan, June 22, 1786
• Adam Grubb, Oct. 9, 1786
• Richard Hill Morris, Oct. 9, 1786
• John Pearson, Dec. 22, 1787
• Charles Dilworth, Sept. 16, 1788
• John Hannum, Sept. 16, 1788
• William Haslet, Feb. 16, 1789
• John Worth, Apr. 11, 1789
• David Mackey, June 5, 1789
• Walter Finney, June 15, 1789
• Robt. Cooper, Oct. 28, 1789
• John Bartholomew, Aug. 8, 1790

Dedimus Potestatems

• James Moore, Nov. 21, 1778
• Eavan Evans, Nov. 21, 1778
• Patterson Bell, Nov. 21, 1778
• Philip Scott, Nov. 21, 1778

Deputy Surveyors

• Thomas Tucker, April 18, 1785

Auditors of Depreciation Accounts

• John Hannum, M’ch 3, 1781
• John Beaton, M’ch 3, 1781

County Lieutenants

• Robert Smith, March 12, 1777
• Charles Dilworth, M’ch 29, 1786
• Joseph McClellan, Apr. 13, 1787

Sub-Lieutenants

• Benjamin Brannon, June 11, 1777
• Col. Lewis Gronow, June 17, 1777
• Andrew Boyd, June 26, 1777
• Thomas Cheney, Oct. 16, 1777
• Thomas Strawbridge, Oct. 16, 1777
• Robert Wilson, March 11, 1778
• Thomas Levis, Apr. 2, 1778
• Thomas Cheney, March 30, 1780
• Lewis Gronow, March 30, 1780
• Andrew Boyd, March 30, 1780
• Thomas Levis, March 30, 1780
• Robert Wilson, March 30, 1780

Commissioners of Purchases

• Thomas Heslip, Feb. 21, 1778
• Samuel Culbertson, Feb. 21, 1778
• Samuel Futhey, April 2, 1778
• Col. Persifor Frazer, Apr. 1, 1780
• John Beaton, Apr. 29, 1780
• William Evans, May 30, 1780
• John Crosby, Junior, June 20, 1780
• John Hannum, June 27, 1780

Assistant Commissioner of Purchases

• William Evans, July 7, 1807 [or 1780?]

Issuing Commissary

• Henry Valentine, July 7, 1780

Paymaster of Militia

• John Beaton, June 21, 1777

Wagon Masters

• Thomas Boyd, Jan’y 8, 1778
• Andrew Boyd (vice Boyd died Sept. 1778), Oct. 2, 1778

Storekeeper at Downingstown

• Capt. Elijah Weed, Feb. 20, 1778

Purchaser of Flour

• David Watson, Apr. 6, 1780

Agents of Forfeited Estates

• William Evans, May 6, 1778
• Thomas Cheney, May 6, 1778
• Thomas Levis, May 6, 1778
• Patterson Bell, May 6, 1778
• John Hannum, Nov. 8, 1781

CHESTER BOROUGH OFFICERS

Chief Burgess

• David Coupland, M’ch 29, 1779

Ass’t Burgess

• William Evans, M’ch 29, 1779
• Robert Ferguson, M’ch 29, 1779
• William Kerlin, M’ch 29, 1779