"The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time;
the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them."
- Thomas Jefferson
the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them."
- Thomas Jefferson
GJB Chapter Patriots
GJB Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution. Members of our Chapter are descended from the following Patriots.
Moses Allen
Moses Allen enlisted at Fauquier Courthouse, Virginia in April 1776. He was in the company commanded by John Chilton. The enlistment was for two years. Shortly before the enlistment was to expire, he enlisted for two more years. He served until 1780 when he was taken prisoner at the siege of Charleston. Part of the time he was a prisoner he was held on a prison ship. The balance of the time he was made to work on a fort which was built by the British on a small island in Charleston Bay. During high tide the island was under water. He was a prisoner until sometime in 1781 when he was exchanged for British prisoners held by the Americans. His health was so destroyed that he was not able to return to the army. He applied to General Muhlenburg for a discharge which he received. He was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth and at the siege of Charleston.
Derick Amerman
Robert Armstrong
Born on May 27, 1760 in North Carolina. He married Nancy Greene in North Carolina on June 22, 1787. During the Revolutionary War, Robert Armstrong was living with his parents on Crowder's Creek at Hornet's Nest, near King's Mountain, in Tryon County, North Carolina. This area, later in Lincoln County, is now in Gaston County, near the South Carolina border. Robert Armstrong enlisted in 1778 as a substitute for his father, a not uncommon practice. He fought in the Battle of Brier Creek on 3 March 1779 (where he lost his horse, his saddle and bridle, and his greatcoat) as well as other battle engagements.
Levi Ashbrook
Born Frederick Co., VA circa 1738, died 15 October 1794 in Hampshire Co., VA. He furnished supplies for the troops. He married twice: 1) Mary Pentecost 2) Mary Chenoweth
Richard Bailey/Bayley
Born in Mass., 9 May 1745; died in New Hampshire 1828. He was a private in N.H. Capt. Reuben Dows Company of Minute Men and in Capt. Archealeus Town's Co. Col Bridges 27th Regiment. He was married to Hannah Burbank.
John Baldwin
Gen. Joseph Bartholomew
Born in New Jersey, about 1766; died 3 Nov 1840 near Clarksville, McLean Co., IL. He was a general in the Indiana militia. He married 1) Christiana Peckinpaugh; 2) Miss McNaught.
Elisha Beall
Lt. Jacob Blasdel/Blaisdell
Born Amesbury MA, Feb. 8, 1754; died April 25, 1831 Cambridge, IN. Entered Revolutionary War on May 25, 1775 serving in Captain Phillip Tilton's Company & Captain Enoch Page's Company on march to Rhode Island.
Asa Briggs
George Brown
Born June 22, 1760 in Hardy Co., VA; died 1825, Richmond, Rush Co., IN. He served from Sept. 1777 to Oct. 1781 in VA Rgt. Promoted to Sgt. by Gen. George Washington. He was married to: 1) Margaret Rebecca Conrad; 2) Hannah John.
Thomas Brown
William Browning
Isaac Clason
Isaac Clason was born 18 April 1763 in Stamford, Connecticut to Stephen and Martha Whelpley Clason. Isaac’s 2nd great-grandfather, Stephen Clason first settled in Stamford in 1654. Isaac married Rachel June on the 3rd of January 1787 in Stamford. Private Isaac Clason served from 1780 to 1783. His service records were lost and years after his death his wife Rachel and his daughter Susan Clason Buxton made an appeal for his pension. According to testimony he served in coast guards under Capt. Charles Smith, a regiment of militia commanded by Col. Canfield in General David Waterbury's Division. During the final years of the War until April 1783 he was among those stationed at Fort Stamford, CT. Isaac Clason died 27 November 1829 and was buried in the Roxbury Cemetery, Stamford, as a Revolutionary Patriot.
James Cochran
Francis Cossart
Born circa 1713 in Bergen Co., N.J.; died after 1795 in Woodstock, York Co., PA. He was a member of the Committee of Correspondence for York Co., in 1775 and a member of the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention in 1776. He was married to Margaretta Van Nest.
Captain John Dougherty, Sr.
Born 1743 in Augusta County, Virginia and organized the first militia in Kentucky, having been ap-
pointed by Governor Benjamin Harrison. He served under General George Rogers Clark. Captain
Dougherty died in February 1828 and a memorial is placed at Stampers Creek Cemetery in Orange
County, Indiana.
Nathaniel Donham, Jr.
Born 1733 in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., NJ; died 1820, Clermont Co., IN. He served private in Matthias Ogden's 1st Rgt., NJ Continental Line. He was married to: 1) Mary Sutton; 2) Kezish Crosley.
LTC Henry Enoch II
Born 12 May 1732 in Virginia; died 14 July 1797 in Washington Co., PA. He served in the 1st Battalion PA Militia. He was married to Sarah X.
Henry Flesher
Capt. Henry Garrett
Born in Caroline Co., VA in 1745; died in Fayette Co., KY in 1815. He served in the Louisa Co., VA Militia and was a Clerk of the Committee of Safety in 1775.His wife was Mary Johnson.
Benjamin Hammitt
Born circa 1750; died 6 April 1790. Signed Oath of Allegiance in Oct. 1877. Served under Captain William McMechen in the Ohio County, Virginia Militia. He was married to Ruth Van Meter.
William Hamilton
Uriah Hanks
Born 4 May 1736 in Plymouth, Mass.; died 4 July 1809 in Mansfield, CT. He provided patriotic service by making gun locks in Mansfield. He was married to Irene Case.
John Hawes I
John Hoit
Born circa 1752; died 1832. He served as a corporal in New Hampshire. He was married to: (1) Hannah Rogers; (2) Abigail Clark
Private Christian Hoffman
William Hollis
Born in 1748. Enlisted in the South Carolina Militia in May of 1776 to serve under Capts. Francis Marion, Francis Boykins and Colonel Thomson and was in the battle at Sullivan’s Island. In 1777, he enlisted and served six months under Capt. Charles Lewis and Colonel Lacy. Afterwards, he volunteered on many occasions. At the battle of Cowpens, he was wounded by a saber. He was also with Colonel Cleveland on the Broad River and General Marion on the Pee Dee River. He received pension # S10 847 in Autauga County, Alabama for his service.
James Hord
William Jacob
John James
Born 1728 in New Britain Twp., Bucks Co., PA died March 1779. He served as a private in Capt. Henry Darrah's Co. He was married to Edith Eaton.
John Killingsworth
Born February 19, 1750; died after October 25, 1833. Served as musician Col Edward Buncombe’s 5th Regiment in the Continental Line; became a private in January 1778 and served for the duration of the war, regiment was captured by the British Army on May 12, 1780 at Charlestown, South Carolina and was officially disbanded on January 1, 1781. He was married to Sarah X.
John Knight
Military service date of February/March 1778 in the Massachusetts 1st Regiment as a private in rank.
John Wolfgang Odaffer
Born 21 June 1747 in Ansbach, Germany; died ante 28 March 1816 in Washington Co., Maryland. He was a private in Virginia serving in the American Light Horse Division under French General Armand. He was married to Elizabeth X.
Isaac Parmenter
Joseph B. Phillis II Pvt.
Born in Ireland on February 9, 1744 and died on April, 26, 1831. Private Phillis received land gifted to him from George Washington. He is buried at Burgettstown, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Phillis served as a private, 4th class, during the period of 1781-1783 under Captain Peter Kidd's 7th Company, 4th Battalion, Washington County Militia.
Absolem Pollard
Born in Virginia in 1760; died 29 29 Aug 1835 in Lancaster, Garrard Co., KY. He was a private under Captains Jones and Valentine. He was married to Leanna Banks.
John Edward Proctor
Zadock Putnam
Born 29 Dec 1752 in Sutton, Worcester Co., Mass.; died 2 Oct 1819 at Grafton, Worcester Co., Mass.
He served in Mass. (1) Capt. Joseph Warren, Lt Col Wheelock; (2) Also, fifer Minuteman in the Lexington Alarm, Capt. Luke Drury, Col Jonathan Ward. He was married to Abigail Elliott.
Captain Nathan Rawlings
James Sherill
Jacob Short
Born uncertain date but thought to have been around 1739 in Germany. He provided patriotic service by donating food. He was married to Eve Gottschalk.
Stewart Starrett
Born 1762 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland; died 28 Aug 1839. He is buried in the Hull Cemetery, just south of Terre Haute, Vigo Co., Indiana. He was married to Rebecca Evans. When his father was called to serve for six months of service in the army, Stewart answered the call and served as his substitute, serving with the Militia of Maryland.
Sylvester Tipton
Born in Virginia (now Hampshire County, West Virginia) around 1753. First married to Mary Stark said to be a niece of General Stark. Died about 1843. He was a school teacher by profession.
Ezra Washburn, Jr.
Born 1745, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., Mass.; died 16 April 1793 in Stafford, Windham Co., Ct. He was private in Mass. under Captain John Crawford, Col. James Converse. He was married to Lucy Fuller.
Lyle White
Archibald Wilson, Sr.
Benjamin Winslow
Served as a sergeant in Captain George Rogers's Company; service for four days; Company detached from 2nd Cumberland Company Regiment by order of Colonel Jonathan Mitchel to work on the fort at Falmouth in November 1775. Note: Benjamin would have been 58 years old.
Moses Allen enlisted at Fauquier Courthouse, Virginia in April 1776. He was in the company commanded by John Chilton. The enlistment was for two years. Shortly before the enlistment was to expire, he enlisted for two more years. He served until 1780 when he was taken prisoner at the siege of Charleston. Part of the time he was a prisoner he was held on a prison ship. The balance of the time he was made to work on a fort which was built by the British on a small island in Charleston Bay. During high tide the island was under water. He was a prisoner until sometime in 1781 when he was exchanged for British prisoners held by the Americans. His health was so destroyed that he was not able to return to the army. He applied to General Muhlenburg for a discharge which he received. He was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth and at the siege of Charleston.
Derick Amerman
Robert Armstrong
Born on May 27, 1760 in North Carolina. He married Nancy Greene in North Carolina on June 22, 1787. During the Revolutionary War, Robert Armstrong was living with his parents on Crowder's Creek at Hornet's Nest, near King's Mountain, in Tryon County, North Carolina. This area, later in Lincoln County, is now in Gaston County, near the South Carolina border. Robert Armstrong enlisted in 1778 as a substitute for his father, a not uncommon practice. He fought in the Battle of Brier Creek on 3 March 1779 (where he lost his horse, his saddle and bridle, and his greatcoat) as well as other battle engagements.
Levi Ashbrook
Born Frederick Co., VA circa 1738, died 15 October 1794 in Hampshire Co., VA. He furnished supplies for the troops. He married twice: 1) Mary Pentecost 2) Mary Chenoweth
Richard Bailey/Bayley
Born in Mass., 9 May 1745; died in New Hampshire 1828. He was a private in N.H. Capt. Reuben Dows Company of Minute Men and in Capt. Archealeus Town's Co. Col Bridges 27th Regiment. He was married to Hannah Burbank.
John Baldwin
Gen. Joseph Bartholomew
Born in New Jersey, about 1766; died 3 Nov 1840 near Clarksville, McLean Co., IL. He was a general in the Indiana militia. He married 1) Christiana Peckinpaugh; 2) Miss McNaught.
Elisha Beall
Lt. Jacob Blasdel/Blaisdell
Born Amesbury MA, Feb. 8, 1754; died April 25, 1831 Cambridge, IN. Entered Revolutionary War on May 25, 1775 serving in Captain Phillip Tilton's Company & Captain Enoch Page's Company on march to Rhode Island.
Asa Briggs
George Brown
Born June 22, 1760 in Hardy Co., VA; died 1825, Richmond, Rush Co., IN. He served from Sept. 1777 to Oct. 1781 in VA Rgt. Promoted to Sgt. by Gen. George Washington. He was married to: 1) Margaret Rebecca Conrad; 2) Hannah John.
Thomas Brown
William Browning
Isaac Clason
Isaac Clason was born 18 April 1763 in Stamford, Connecticut to Stephen and Martha Whelpley Clason. Isaac’s 2nd great-grandfather, Stephen Clason first settled in Stamford in 1654. Isaac married Rachel June on the 3rd of January 1787 in Stamford. Private Isaac Clason served from 1780 to 1783. His service records were lost and years after his death his wife Rachel and his daughter Susan Clason Buxton made an appeal for his pension. According to testimony he served in coast guards under Capt. Charles Smith, a regiment of militia commanded by Col. Canfield in General David Waterbury's Division. During the final years of the War until April 1783 he was among those stationed at Fort Stamford, CT. Isaac Clason died 27 November 1829 and was buried in the Roxbury Cemetery, Stamford, as a Revolutionary Patriot.
James Cochran
Francis Cossart
Born circa 1713 in Bergen Co., N.J.; died after 1795 in Woodstock, York Co., PA. He was a member of the Committee of Correspondence for York Co., in 1775 and a member of the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention in 1776. He was married to Margaretta Van Nest.
Captain John Dougherty, Sr.
Born 1743 in Augusta County, Virginia and organized the first militia in Kentucky, having been ap-
pointed by Governor Benjamin Harrison. He served under General George Rogers Clark. Captain
Dougherty died in February 1828 and a memorial is placed at Stampers Creek Cemetery in Orange
County, Indiana.
Nathaniel Donham, Jr.
Born 1733 in Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., NJ; died 1820, Clermont Co., IN. He served private in Matthias Ogden's 1st Rgt., NJ Continental Line. He was married to: 1) Mary Sutton; 2) Kezish Crosley.
LTC Henry Enoch II
Born 12 May 1732 in Virginia; died 14 July 1797 in Washington Co., PA. He served in the 1st Battalion PA Militia. He was married to Sarah X.
Henry Flesher
Capt. Henry Garrett
Born in Caroline Co., VA in 1745; died in Fayette Co., KY in 1815. He served in the Louisa Co., VA Militia and was a Clerk of the Committee of Safety in 1775.His wife was Mary Johnson.
Benjamin Hammitt
Born circa 1750; died 6 April 1790. Signed Oath of Allegiance in Oct. 1877. Served under Captain William McMechen in the Ohio County, Virginia Militia. He was married to Ruth Van Meter.
William Hamilton
Uriah Hanks
Born 4 May 1736 in Plymouth, Mass.; died 4 July 1809 in Mansfield, CT. He provided patriotic service by making gun locks in Mansfield. He was married to Irene Case.
John Hawes I
John Hoit
Born circa 1752; died 1832. He served as a corporal in New Hampshire. He was married to: (1) Hannah Rogers; (2) Abigail Clark
Private Christian Hoffman
William Hollis
Born in 1748. Enlisted in the South Carolina Militia in May of 1776 to serve under Capts. Francis Marion, Francis Boykins and Colonel Thomson and was in the battle at Sullivan’s Island. In 1777, he enlisted and served six months under Capt. Charles Lewis and Colonel Lacy. Afterwards, he volunteered on many occasions. At the battle of Cowpens, he was wounded by a saber. He was also with Colonel Cleveland on the Broad River and General Marion on the Pee Dee River. He received pension # S10 847 in Autauga County, Alabama for his service.
James Hord
William Jacob
John James
Born 1728 in New Britain Twp., Bucks Co., PA died March 1779. He served as a private in Capt. Henry Darrah's Co. He was married to Edith Eaton.
John Killingsworth
Born February 19, 1750; died after October 25, 1833. Served as musician Col Edward Buncombe’s 5th Regiment in the Continental Line; became a private in January 1778 and served for the duration of the war, regiment was captured by the British Army on May 12, 1780 at Charlestown, South Carolina and was officially disbanded on January 1, 1781. He was married to Sarah X.
John Knight
Military service date of February/March 1778 in the Massachusetts 1st Regiment as a private in rank.
John Wolfgang Odaffer
Born 21 June 1747 in Ansbach, Germany; died ante 28 March 1816 in Washington Co., Maryland. He was a private in Virginia serving in the American Light Horse Division under French General Armand. He was married to Elizabeth X.
Isaac Parmenter
Joseph B. Phillis II Pvt.
Born in Ireland on February 9, 1744 and died on April, 26, 1831. Private Phillis received land gifted to him from George Washington. He is buried at Burgettstown, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Phillis served as a private, 4th class, during the period of 1781-1783 under Captain Peter Kidd's 7th Company, 4th Battalion, Washington County Militia.
Absolem Pollard
Born in Virginia in 1760; died 29 29 Aug 1835 in Lancaster, Garrard Co., KY. He was a private under Captains Jones and Valentine. He was married to Leanna Banks.
John Edward Proctor
Zadock Putnam
Born 29 Dec 1752 in Sutton, Worcester Co., Mass.; died 2 Oct 1819 at Grafton, Worcester Co., Mass.
He served in Mass. (1) Capt. Joseph Warren, Lt Col Wheelock; (2) Also, fifer Minuteman in the Lexington Alarm, Capt. Luke Drury, Col Jonathan Ward. He was married to Abigail Elliott.
Captain Nathan Rawlings
James Sherill
Jacob Short
Born uncertain date but thought to have been around 1739 in Germany. He provided patriotic service by donating food. He was married to Eve Gottschalk.
Stewart Starrett
Born 1762 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland; died 28 Aug 1839. He is buried in the Hull Cemetery, just south of Terre Haute, Vigo Co., Indiana. He was married to Rebecca Evans. When his father was called to serve for six months of service in the army, Stewart answered the call and served as his substitute, serving with the Militia of Maryland.
Sylvester Tipton
Born in Virginia (now Hampshire County, West Virginia) around 1753. First married to Mary Stark said to be a niece of General Stark. Died about 1843. He was a school teacher by profession.
Ezra Washburn, Jr.
Born 1745, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., Mass.; died 16 April 1793 in Stafford, Windham Co., Ct. He was private in Mass. under Captain John Crawford, Col. James Converse. He was married to Lucy Fuller.
Lyle White
Archibald Wilson, Sr.
Benjamin Winslow
Served as a sergeant in Captain George Rogers's Company; service for four days; Company detached from 2nd Cumberland Company Regiment by order of Colonel Jonathan Mitchel to work on the fort at Falmouth in November 1775. Note: Benjamin would have been 58 years old.
