The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-05-11
ANOTHER SON OF THE REVOLUTION.

MIR. George wilson,, president OF the
Lafayette County Bank, now wears the
blue and yellow button Of the Society OF
of the Revolution in his button
hole. He was received into the society In
the right of the following ancestors:
1st. Great-great. grandfather, Peter Mil
Ter, born in Neu Saarwerden, now Alsace-
Lorraine; son of a German farmer, who
fled from the religious wars and came to
Philadelphia in 1741 and apprenticed his
son Peter to the printing trade alongside
of Benjamin Franklin. At h z OF As
Peter entered the Revolutionary army as
a private in Captain Burkhardt's Co., Sd
battalion, Pennsylvania militia. His
brothers, John and George. rose to the
position of general officers, n were
killed in the Revolution, one being In
command OF Fort Washington at one
time. At its surrender he was basely
murdered by q Hessian officer whilst q
prisoner of war. He had fought undo
the immortal Wolfe at Quebec and had
taken part 10 fifteen pitched battles.
Peter Miller also lost three out of four
ons In b Revolution. One Of his daugh-
tiers married Josiah Fox, who built "Old
I~ronsides." the Constitution, the most
ned vessel OF the fret half century
OF our history.
I'd. In the right Of his great-grand-
father, Captain Thomas Stokeley; lborn
In Edenton, N. G., 1855, moving to Della
ware and then to Pennsylvania. He was
in the Lochray expedition of 177S, and
was taken captive and In prison in
Canada, and cruelty treated by the In
dians aud British; but he said of the two,
British captivity was the worse. The
prison was under ground. dimly lighted
and the ceiling not high enough for a man
to stand upright In, He was one OF the
most obstinate and determined men ever
known, and he got his men to run around
on all fours several hours a day for exer-
else and to keep up their health and
strength. having in view an attempt &c
escape. He succeeded in this, and started
afoot with his men to reach Fort Pitt, bui
was re-takeu and exchanged.
Sd. In the right OF his great grand
father. Thomas Posey, who began as a
captain IN Capt. VIM. Daingerfieid's Vir'
ginia regiment. Was made captain OF
company OF Daniel Morgan's celebrated
regiment Of picked Virginia rifiemen
raised by Wasbington's special command
and when the major was killed, Posey wal
promoted to the place. He commanded
the regiment in Morgan's absence during
much of the war. At Monmouth he wal
under Lafayette. Irving says he was tn,
first general officer In the British work.
at Stony Point. Robert T.. Lee, in his edi'
ton of his grandfather's history OF tn,
Revolution, tells how Posey, in a terribl.
night surprise back OF Savannah, organ
lied Wagner's men, and by his GOODNESS
and bravery beat the British and Indians
was six feet, two or three inches, anC
powerfully built, with blue eyes, lighI
brown or chestnut hair, and very hand
some. At Saratoga he was ip Morgan.
regiment, whose sh~arpshooters did sucl
terrible service in destroying the Brit
ish officers, and mainly contributing
to force BurgOyne to surrender. He saw
service under Greene and Lee all through
the Carolina's, and his descendants have
his signature at the bottom OF his memo
randa OF the prisoners, arms, &c., at thu
surrender OF Rurgoyne and CORVALLIS
with the statement; ~ had the pIeasur,
to see the above armies, Burgoyne's ant
Cornwallis', surrender and lay down theiI
arms" At the close OF the war he wa,
a hrigadier general; after the war he wa.
second territorial governor of Indiana
acknowledgements OF Kentucky anC
senator from louisiana.
Mr., Wilson has a right, also, through
Colonel street and y Colonel Waldy, O
Virginia, and through Captain Ensigl
Joseph MOntfOrt, of North Carolina, ant
and through some OF the Stokes of tn,
latter state. Whether his direct ancestor
Wilson, was ~ the Revolution or not, III
has not been able TO learn. tie was borI
On the Atlantic, on Q vessel, both parents
dying an the voyage. Arriving at Phila
delphia, he was adopted by . ya4ni
Quaker girl, who later aPprentioed hin
to a halter. either because he was to,
young, or from his Quaker pri nciples, h
was not in the war, OF else as a private
his record being obscure, has been lost
lie married ths dasgnisf oi petar Mile
above mentioned.
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