branch death_date battles birth_date article_title name
brigadier general 17 february 1814 american revolutionary war 04 february 1755 john lacey -lrb- general -rrb-
 john lacey
john lacey -lrb- general -rrb-

john lacey -lrb- february 4 , 1755 -- february 17 , 1814 -rrb- was an american military officer during the american revolutionary war .
he was appointed a brigadier general in the pennsylvania militia by the pennsylvania supreme executive council in january 1778 .
a native of buckingham township in bucks county , pennsylvania , lacey was a member of local militia unit which was incorporated into the pennsylvania line of the continental army .
he served as a captain under colonel anthony wayne on the canadian frontier in 1776 , but he and wayne got along poorly and lacey resigned his commission and went home .
in 1777 , he served as a lieutenant colonel in a bucks county regiment of militia , during which he fought at germantown , and matson 's ford .
he gained such a reputation for skill and courage that pennsylvania supreme executive made him a brigadier general in the pennsylvania militia on january 9 , 1778 .
he commanded the american forces in the battle of crooked billet .
he was 59 years old when he died .
later , several communities were named in his honor , including lacey park , pennsylvania and lacey township , new jersey .
the gen. john lacey homestead was added to the national register of historic places in 1980 .
