Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-08-28

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lie married Sarah, daughter OF Edward
Shippen, of Lancaster. He took very PROM
ineiit part In tho French aud Indian wars.
lie commanded the troops at Fort Augusta
(Sunbury) tor several years, aud participa-
ted In a number Of engagements. ne occu.
pied high civil positions also. He died at
his country seat "Tinian," after tbe revolu-
/ tionary war
CART. JOHN uAMBRiaHr.
(I)Capt John Hambright com mniauded one
OF tho companies at Fort Augusta, under Col.
| Burd. lie also participated In several battles.
| He moved 30 Lancaster about the commence
ment OF the Revolution. ~ IN probable
that he was q resident OF this county before
| that period. Col II. A. Hambright, now a
retired officer In Lancaster city, isa relative
| of Capt Hambrigbt
| (s) DR.. Richard Thompson, was one OF the
judges In Lancaster, and practitioner o.
medicine of renown In the county and prov
ince. He was large real estate owno' u,
Lancaster. He was connected WIN re'oia Al
| prominent families IN the county put ! no
| not know whether there are any VI MS ue'
scendents living here now.
| (D "Hunter's Fort stood near the pre-
sent town Of Dauphin, above Harrisburg.
o Capt Jsss sga sasanoa Tas ynso '1 Hosa ssn
| fwbo owned tho farm of jacob u. Shuman
and the surrounding Land In Manor town
| shin He wasau Indian trader. He died in
| Octobcr E35.) Capt James Patterson was
| bora there In Ills.
| In 1887 he married Mdry, daughter OF
| George Stewart, esq, who settled In Donegal
| upon land now owned by A. n. Cassei, esq,
| at Marietta He WAS Justice OF the peace,
aud member Of tho Legislature when ho died
| In 1893. In l7is Capt Patterson purchased
| one hundred and fifty acres OF land from his
brother-in-law, James Lowroy, Indian trader,
which was part OF James Le Torts nine hun
dred acres, and laid back of the presen,
| s'Shock's Station,' above Marietta. lie had
| a trading post here In l7ID he sold the land
TO Lazarus Lowrey. Capt Patterson moved
To the Juniata valley in 1850 aud settled
where the present village of Mexico stands.
Here he erected fort and defended himself
bravely from the attacks ot the Indians, and
struck back at them whenever he got a
chance Settlers in every direction were
fleeing over the mountains To escape the Jury
of tue savages, and the Indians we're captur-
ing block house after block house
\ REMARKABLE CtRCuNsTANCE.
1t is a remarkable circumstance aud credit
able to the courage aud skill as marksmen
that Patterson and his son william lad,
refused TO abandon their fort, but preferred
to stand aud night the "red skins" Capt
James Patterson was Lieutenant In Brad
docks army, and was at the battle OF "Brad-
dock g defeat In the fall OF 1855 Col. John
Armstrong defeated the Indians and de-
stroyed their town at kittaning, after which
the Indians rallied and made a hssty march
over the mountains 10 capture Fort Augusta,
then only partially built. Capt. Patterson
took his company and marched to Fort
Augusta, aud completely foiled the Indians
His son, Lieutenant William Patterson, then
a minor. marched with the company Mira
Judge Hays Ia a descendant OF Capt VIM.
Patterson In 1907 Col. Burd detailed Capt
J. Patterson To take command at Fort
Hunter.
In the spring OF 1865 he marched with
several other psuies, from Fort Augusta
To Fort bedford to Join Gen. Forbes army.
lie marched under the immediate command
of Col Burd, who was under Col. Boquet,
then in charge of the advance forces of Gen.
Forbes army.
AT Loyal Harmon, on the 1ith day OF
October, l15S, the French and Indians at
tackled the troops who had cut timber around
their encampmenL The French aud Indians
lost nearly two hundred, tho Pennsylya-
mans about sixty.
II may be remarked here that Birnabas
Hughes was the first person who carried the
news of the victory from tho battle ground
to Philadelphia lie was entrusted with a
number otletters from officers to their friends
Col. Washington commanded tho Virginia
troops in this battle.
KEPT AN OLD LANCASTER TAVERN.
Capt Ludwig Stone who afterwards kept
the tavern on North Queen street Lancaster,
where the postoffice building stands, com.
manded one of the companies under Col,
Buru, at Loyal Harmon. He was the father of
Frederick Stone, afterwards sheriff of Lam
caster county, George Patterson. the sixth
child of Capt. j. r., married Jane Burd
daughter of Col. James Burd) August Is,
l7S3. Mr. Patterson who has charge of the
iron works at Safe Harbor, is adescendant of
this family.
0l) Col. James Galbraith, (mdrried Eliza
beth, daughter ol Rev. William Bsrtfam,
who resided at the Swatlra, and was the
pastor of Old Derry church, He was sheriff
OF Lancaster county IN lIIi, and one of the
Judges of the court Of the county. He moved
To the Swatard about 100. lie took very
active part in protecting the settlers along
the frontiers from the savages lie raised a
company Of volunteers aud ranged along the
mountains. His son Bartram was lieutenant
at Fort Hunter. He furnished supplies for
Fort Augusta, and took them up To the fort
in batteaus in command ol Capt Daniel
Lowry. lie was III the saddle day and
night in the service and refused to seek
safety with others in their flight down the
river. he was appointed commissioner by
the governor aud council To perform some
very important duties with the Indians, aud
the erection of forts lie moved from the
Swatara to the river where III trrsburg stands,
from thence he moved to Pennsboro, Cum
berland county, Pa. Although very old
inau when the revolutionary war took place,
he acted as lieutenant OF Cumberland county
for a short time, and sent several sous to the
army, all OF whom attained distinction on
the battlefield.
The late Judge Gibson, the Hon. WIN. A.
Galbraith, of Erie, and the Carpenters
(doctor) Of Lancaster, are descendants OF
James G Galbraith.
PRE-REvoLUTIoNARY TIMES.
l2) Col wilkins arrived in Philadelphia
with the Royal Irish regiment in 1865
or FIT and marched rom thence to
P,ttsburg and thence by ~ater down
the Ohio, and up the Mississippi to
Kaskaskia, where he took possession of
the French fort there and Fort Chartres and
Fort Edward. He acted as governor of the
Illinois country just captured from the
French, lie established courts aud the full
machinery of a civil government The
famous DR.. John Connolly the half brother
of Capt James Patterson, who was also born
In the Manor this county, was one of large
number of adventurous spirits who accom-
panied Col. Wilkins in this campaign. A
number oil Indian traders from this county
also went with MIN. Benz. Graz, was com
msary to furnish fresh beef. The famous
Col. Morgan was there. When the Revolu-
ton came on the Americans were compelled
to capture this county from the British.
| (i3) Alexander Baggs was born near the
| present village OF Bainbridge. He com.
msnded a company in the dying horse in its
march through New Jersey. lie had i'm
mediate command of some light horse which
guarded Gen. Geo. Washingtons quarters in
| his Jersey campaign.
| lie married AltH, daughter OF Hermannus
aud Ann Airicks (the latter became the
| second wife Of Col Alex. Lowry) Mrs. Boggs
was tho aunt of the late Hermannus and
Hamilton Alrlcks, of Harrisburg. After MIR.
| Boggs sold the Bear tavern at Elizabethtown
he moved to his farm above Marietta, now
owned by the Engles, and from thence h,