Mercer County
Ancestral Heroes
|
| Name |
Rank
|
Born
|
Birthplace
|
Died
|
Death |
Buried |
| PATTERSON, Andrew |
Gunner, Corporal, under
Capt. Thomas Wiley, Col. Benjamin Flower |
|
|
1828 |
Mercer County |
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| 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 |
|
|
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| 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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