Display Patriot - P-241843 - James H MARSHALL

James H MARSHALL

SAR Patriot #: P-241843

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State of Service: PA      Qualifying Service: Lieutenant
DAR #: A073824

Birth: 1729 Ireland
Death: 26 Feb 1805 / Adams / PA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. 1777, he served on the Committee of Safety.
  2. 1778, he served as a 1st Lieutenant in the company of Captain John Paxton, commanded by Colonel Joseph Jeffries of the Fifth Battalion, York County, Pennsylvania militia.
  3. 1779-1783, he paid a supply tax to York County to support the war effort.

Additional References:
  1. Martin, David and William H. Egle, Pennsylvania Archives Third Series, Volume XXI, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Wm. Stanley Ray, State Printer, 1897, pg 137, 282, 384, 602, 731
  2. Montgomery, Thomas Lynch, Pennsylvania Archives Sixth Series, Volume II, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1906, pages513-518
  3. Prowell, George, History of York County, Pennsylvania, Volume I: J.H. Beers, 1907, pg 279-282, 560-561

Spouse: Elizabeth Smith
Children: James; Samuel; Jane; Andrew; John; Elizabeth; Thomas; William; Paul;
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Burial:
Lower Marsh Creek Presbyterian Cemetery (C-0371720)
Location:
Gettysburg / Adams / PA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
45325
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
15086238
Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • Upright original stone
  • Photo used with permission of Compatriot David J. Harrity, George Washington Chapter, Virginia SAR


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Author: Peter Edwin Broadbent Jr

James Marshall was born about 1729, probably in Ireland. 

He married Elizabeth Smith before 1760, and they emigrated to Pennsylvania. Among their known children were:

  • James was born about 1760 and married Sarah Witherow.
  • Samuel married Miss McGeehan.
  • Jane married John McMunn.
  • Andrew was born in 1782 and married Mary Reed.
  • Elizabeth married Squire McGinley.
  • John was born on 8 October 1788 and married Mary McLean Coxe.
  • Thomas died young. 
  • William died young. 
  • Paul likely lived to young adulthood since Paul Marshall appeared in the 1779 and 1780 Hamiltonban Township tax lists as an unmarried or young man.
  • Elizabeth died young. 

The Marsh Creek area of York County was a center for Scots-Irish settlement, and they lived nearby on Middle Creek. James acquired 420 acres of land in Carroll’s Tract, apparently by unrecorded deed, in what became Hamiltonban Township, York County (and in 1800, became Adams County). The Marshall property, known as “Armagh,” was located southwest of what became Gettysburg, near Fairfield. They attended nearby Lower Marsh Creek Presbyterian Church. 

In 1777, James was appointed as one of York County’s two representatives to the Pennsylvania Committee of Safety (renamed the Council of Safety), responsible for organizing and equipping the Pennsylvania militia throughout the state. In 1778, he served as a First Lieutenant in Captain John Paxton’s 8th Company of the Fifth Battalion, York County militia. In 1779-1783, he paid the York County Supply Tax, levied to help pay for the military during the Revolution. 

James wrote his Last Will and Testament on 30 September 1803, which was probated on 5 March 1805 [Adams County, Pennsylvania Will Book A, p. 255, Will No. 186]. 

The Patriot died on 26 February 1805 at age 76 and was buried in Lower Marsh Creek Presbyterian Cemetery. His widow, Elizabeth, died in 1809.
A descendant recalled that “He was a man of courtly manner, dressing in knee breeches and gold shoe buckles,” while his “very pretty” wife Elizabeth frequently wore “black silk with a soft white tulle across her breast.” 

Sources:

  1. Pennsylvania Archives, 6th Series, Vol. II, p. 513-518
  2. Pennsylvania Archives, 3rd Series, Vol. XXI, p. 137, 282, 384, 602, 731
  3. George Prowell, History of York County, PA, Vol. I, p. 279-282 and 560-561 (J.H. Beers 1907)
  4. The Marshalls – Their Origins typescript, located in the attachments to the 1959 DAR application of Virginia Lee Smith (Nat. No. 474436) based on James Marshall
  5. James J. Fritz, Historic Architecture of Adams County, PA, Book 3, pages 228-229)

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