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State of Service: NJ/NY/PA
Qualifying Service: Private
Henry McWhorter was born 13 November 1760 in New Jersey. His father having died prematurely, Henry and his brothers were "bound out" to work for their board and clothing. Henry was apprenticed as a millwright and mastered his trade at an early age.
Henry McWhorter married Mary Fields, on 1 August 1783 in Bucks County, PA. Mary Fields was the daughter of Walter Fields, Henry & Mary Fields McWhorter had three children: John, Thomas, & Walter Fields McWhorter
While living in Orange County, New York, Henry McWhorter enlisted as a minuteman at the age of 15 in Capt Wisner's Company. They marched to Fort Constitution on the North River and attached to Col Livingston's Regiment of State Militia. At the end of four months, the regiment was disbanded. During a twenty-two month span, Henry McWhorter volunteered six more times. He was with the Flying Camp, at the Battle of Long Island, at the Battle of White Plains, and he also served as a Ranger against the Indians.
He was granted a pension of $73.33 a year for twenty-two months' service in New York, New Jersey and the Pennsylvania Line; however, his allowance was reduced to $60.00 a year, on the grounds that four months of his enlistment had been employed against the Indians.
In 1786, Henry & Mary Fields McWhorter, by wagon moved their small family to the wilds of western Virginia and settled on McKinney's Run, a branch of Hacker's Creek, Harrison County, (W)VA . He built a hewn log house measuring 18'X24' with a chimney built inside the walls as protection from Indian attacks. He constructed the first gristmill in Lewis County in 1793. The McWhorter Cabin is situated at Jackson's Mill, the location of Thomas (Stonewall) Jackson's boyhood home.
Henry McWhorter died 4 Feb 1848 and is buried at McWhorter Church Cemetery,
Harrison County, WV
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