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State of Service: PA
Qualifying Service: Lieutenant
Birth: 1703 / / Ireland Death: 11 Jun 1786 East Pennsboro Twp / Cumberland / PA
Qualifying Service Description:
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Militia
Paid Supply Tax 1780, East Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Additional References:
Pub PA Archives, Colonial Recs, Transcript of Supply Rates for the County of Cumberland, for the Year 1779, Vol 11, pg 205, 208, 3rd Series, Vol 20, pg 148, 556
SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
NSDAR #671137A826
PA Archives, Muster Rolls relating to the Associators and Militia of the County of Cumberland, Vol II, pg 3
Spouse: Elizabeth Bertram Children: Thomas; Andrew; Elizabeth;
Note: The spelling on the war memorial is Galbreath for Jr. and Sr
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Author: Ernest Loran Sutton
James Galbraith was born in the North of Ireland in 1703, and died June 11, 1785, in East Pennsboro Township Cumberland County; he is buried in the Derry graveyard. He took up a tract of land in what is now Derry township, Dauphin County on Spring creek, not far from the Church Oleon, the warrant therefore being granted him March 13, 1737. The early Provincial records of Pennsylvania speak frequently of him, for he was prominent in military circles and served in 1742-43 as sheriff of Lancaster County where he was also justice of the peace for many years. He took an active part in the French and Indian war, serving as an officer from 1755 to 1763.
During the Revolutionary war, in which all his sons served, he was appointed County Lieutenant for Cumberland County, being too old for active duty in the field; his long experience as an officer gave him considerable prestige and authority, and he was frequently consulted during the Revolution on matters pertaining to the prosecution of that war.
In Christ Church, Philadelphia on April 6, 1734, James Galbraith Jr. married Elizabeth Bertram, She was born in 1714 in the North of Ireland, the only daughter of Rev. William and Elizabeth Bertram. She died on Feb. 2, 1799, in Derry Pennsboro Township, Dauphin County, PA. James is buried in same churchyard in Derry Pennsboro Twp. Earlier James gave the churchland to Rev. Bertram whose study next to the stone church is still standing with a glass cove to protect the wooden structure from elements. On the church burial wall is a plaque of the early settlers and Indian Fighters including James Galbraith, Jr.
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