Display Patriot - P-333893

James IRWIN

SAR Patriot #: P-333893

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: PA Qualifying Service: Private

DAR #: A060509

Birth: 14 Apr 1758 / York / PA
Death: 09 Nov 1843 Cincinnati / Hamilton / OH

Qualifying Service Description:

Private in in Capt John McClelland's company of Westmoreland Co., PA milita, enlisting in Aug 1776 and serving for 4 months.
Private in Capt James Maxwell's company in the Second Battalion of Cumberland Co., PA militia, enlisting in Nov 1777, and was engaged in the Battle of White Marsh.
Assistant Commissary in the Western Department of the Continental Army, reporting to Col George Morgan, from 1779 to 1781. Tasked with procuring and milling wheat and shipping it in 100 pound kegs from Mercersburg to Pittsburg (about 160 miles over the Appalachian Mountains).

Additional References:

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. DAR Patriot Index. 3 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press 2003
White, Virgil D, abstractor. Genealogical Abstracts of Rev War Pension Files. Waynesboro, Tenn.: National Historical Publishing Company 1990
Cincinnati Daily Gazette. (Obituaries).Cincinnati, Ohio, 1827-1850
Pension Number S*W3689

Spouse: Margaret Piper
Children: William; John; James; Archibald; Matthew; Mary; Jane

Members Who Share This Ancestor
None^*

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Instead the information provided is best effort, and from volunteers who have either researched grave sites, service records, or something similar.
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Burial:

Spring Grove Cemetery_(C-0371145)

Location:

Cincinnati / Hamilton / OH / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

43543

Grave Plot #:

Garden LN, Section 54, Lot 45, Space 9

Grave GPS Coordinates:

39.171292 / -84.523687

Find A Grave Memorial #:

78963220

Marker Type:

SAR/DAR

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

19 Apr 2014

Comments:

Photo used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

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Author: Michael J. Blum
He was born on April 14, 1758, in York County, Pennsylvania. He served as a volunteer at the battles of Princeton and Trenton and was later commissioned to the western division of the army.
He Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio November 9, 1843, age 86 years. His remains were moved from the Presbyterian grounds March 30, 1854. His widow applied for a pension January 2, 1844, at Mercersburg, PA. Buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Lot 45, Section 54, under the family of "Torrence" Obelisk.
{ Works Progress Administration (WPA) Revolutionary War Veteran burial records in Ohio; Cincinnati-Hamilton County Public Library, History/Genealogy department.}
He married Margaret Piper December 5, 1787. He applied for a pension on August 29, 1832, in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and was a resident of Mercersburg in Franklin County. When traveling west to view the country, he became ill and Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio November 9, 1843, age 86 years.
Revolutionary War Soldiers, Buried in Hamilton County, Ohio”; Little Miami Publ. Co. Milford, Ohio, 2010. By DAR, Cincinnati Chapter.

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