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Author: Dr. John Garrison Inman
Henry Inman was born to Abram and Nellie Inman in Frederick County, Maryland, September 25, 1758. As a young boy Henry's parents, Abram and Nellie, moved their family to Westmoreland County in an area that will become Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. On March 9, 1775, at the age of 16 years Henry was drafted into the Pennsylvania Militia, Captain Henry Hoglan's company for service against the Indians who were allied with the British as the American Revolutionary War raged. They marched to Fort Pitt, and then they marched to Fort Montures ten miles below the Ohio River as they brought the Indians in Western Pennsylvania back under control. They marched back to their farms in Westmoreland County and were discharged September 9, 1775. Fort Montures is located in wild unclaimed territory in Pennsylvania. This area would become Allegheny County PA in 1788, then Beaver County PA in 1800. On March 25, 1776, Henry enlisted into Captain Simms' company and once again marched to Fort Montures to deal with the Indians in Western Pennsylvania. In early April as Pvt. Henry Inman and his unit arrived at Fort Montures the Indians escaped across the Ohio River into the area that will become Northern Beaver County. The unit remained at Fort Montures, keeping the Indians intact and spied on them. In August 1776, Pvt. Henry Inman's brother and Sgt. George Armstrong in Captain Simms' company at Fort Montures along the Ohio River took a canoe and descended down the Ohio in an effort to spy on the Indians. The Indians attacked the two men and killed them somewhere between Fort Montures and Fort Logstown. In September, 1776 Pvt. Henry Inman (and fellow soldiers) marched back to their farms in Westmoreland County and were discharged September 25, 1776 - his 18th birthday. On November 1, 1776 Henry Inman began moving to another area of Westmoreland County called Mt. Pleasant, which was completed November 7, 1776. On November 16, 1776, Henry, as a resident of Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County enlisted into the Pennsylvania Militia, - Captain Cherry's company - and marched against the Indians in Western Pennsylvania, leaving Westmoreland County marching to Fort Conenaugh. Just before they arrived there the Indians killed nine men. They encamped at the fort for one week, and then they pursued the Indians - chasing them into Westmoreland County and through the County before returning to the fort. In December they marched out of Fort Conenaugh for their farms in Westmoreland County. (Henry) is discharged December 18, 1776. On June 10, 1781, Henry, as a resident of Westmoreland County enlisted into the Pennsylvania Militia, - Captain Reed's company - and marched against the Indians in Western Pennsylvania, leaving Westmoreland County marching to Fort McIntosh on the Ohio River. Fort McIntosh is located about where Beaver, Beaver County is today. They then marched to Colonel Clarks Fort on Crooked Creek where they ran into an Indian ambush having several men wounded, one seriously. They then marched onto Fort Pitt. Near the end of July they marched out of Fort Pitt for their farms in Westmoreland County and were discharged August 10, 1781. Henry is 22 years old and a hardened veteran Indian fighter. Henry will again march off to war to serve in the War of 1812 at Erie.
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