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State of Service: MD/PA
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service / Private
Author: Ryan Fuller
William T. Whitlatch was born on April 20, 1761 in Harford County, Maryland. His parents came to America in 1748 or 1749 from London, England and records indicate they returned to England after the Revolutionary War. Most of the information on William's service is obtained from a Revolutionary War pension application in 1833 that awarded him $80 annually. His pension affidavit provided the following information about his service: William was hired as a substitute for Captain Simpson's Militia Company in Washington County, MD in September 1779. During that time he volunteered to go west as part of Gen. McIntosh's western army at Ft. Pitt, PA and Ft. Laurens in what is now Ohio. In April 1780, Gen. McIntosh sent a letter to William's officers that additional troops were not wanted. History states that this was due to Gen. Washington cancelling a planned expedition by Gen. McIntosh to capture Ft. Detroit in present day Michigan. William was dismissed from camp in May 1780 with eight months of service. He then married Nancy Anne Veech in September 1780 in Harford County, MD. In 1781 William and Nancy moved to the southwestern frontier of Pennsylvania, which is now Greene County. In the spring of 1782 he was hired as a substitute for Capt. Pigman's Militia Company. William indicated in his pension letter that each militia company furnished 2 men as Indian Spies. He was chosen and went out on the frontier in March 1782 and remained until the last week of October 1782. In March 1783, he again hired on as a substitute for Captain Pigman's Militia Company and served as an Indian Spy until October or November of 1783. The Indian Spies worked in pairs to observe and report on the movement of Native Americans in their assigned area. Most of the Native American tribes were allied with and supplied by England. William's pension application indicated that he was based out of Ankrom's Fort on the Ten Mile Creek in southwest Pennsylvania. William stated he reported to Captain Pigman and Captain Crawford at that fort. He wrote that the Native Americans would generally go to their winter camps in late fall and return to harass the frontier settlements in the spring. The history of Greene County, PA showed that many settlers were killed by Native American raiding parties during the time of the Revolutionary War. William and Nancy made their homestead in a 16ft by 14ft cabin on 160 acres in Greene County, Pennsylvania and had seven children. Their youngest, Nancy Whitlach, was born in 1800. She went on to marry Daniel Fuller Jr. in 1822 as his parents, Daniel Fuller Sr. and Nancy Young, came from Ireland in their youth. Supplemental pension application letters from various parties describe William as a hardworking, industrious man and a lifelong supporter of the Whig Party. Toward the end of his life he suffered from an ailment that left him nearly blind. William died March 14, 1846 at the age of 84 years old and is buried in a marked grave at the Old Ironside Cemetery located in Greene County, PA. Find a Grave # 102212042.
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