Dunmore's War
1774
In Brief
This war was so named because Lord
Dunmore was then Governor of Virginia, and participated in this
struggle.
The Indians killed a few settlers in 1773, but the fighting did
not become active until 1774, and ended that same year.
Most of the fighting was near the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers, but
some was at other places. The Battle of Point Pleasant was ther
hardest fight in the War, in which about 75 were killed and 140
wounded on each side.
More than 2,000 fighters were furnished by Berkeley, Hampshire,
Frederick and Shenandoah Counties and many came from other
Counties and places.
The Princiipal Commanders in theis War were General Andrew Lewis,
Colonels Angus, McDonald, and Fleming, and Captains Daniel
Morgan, James Wood, Michael Cresap, Mathew Arbuckle, Buford,
Murray and Charles Lewis.
The Names of the
Soldiers on the Pay Rolls
at Romney and Winchester.
(Parital Listing)
Capt. Michael Cresap, Sr.'s Roll:
Michael Cresap, Sr., Capt.; Michael Cresap, Jr., Lt.; Thomas Wearing, Ens.; Daniel Cresap, Jr.,Sgt.; Cyrus McCrackin, Sgt.; William Workman; John Chinworth; Thomas Forshee; Thomas Chane; Francis Chaine; Charles Boman; Thomas Todd; Edward Todd; John Pearsefull; Philip Saunders; James Downand; Jesse Pigman; John Williams; Peter Daniel; London Trotter; Mark Lee; Peter Lee; William Ogle; Isaac Coyler; Moses Huffman; James Belford; Henry Dennis; Andrew Hynes; Charles Poak; Robert Mosely; Richard Dickinson; John Hargess, a guide or spy; William Bracken; Joseph Hughes; John Virgin; James Taylor; Anthony Sells; John O'Neal; John Conner; Joseph Lock; Jacob Ahrsom; Andrew Fairly; Joseph Cockrain; Thomas Matthews; William Matthews; Rd Lee; George Hinch; Michael Creswell; Paul Armstrong; Richard Adams; Frederick Bargar; James Martin; James Caudy, Drummer; Jacob Dick, Abram Thomas; Joseph Beckett; Daniel Deskin; Michael Johnson; Robert Blackburn; Freeman Battershell; Abraham Tegarden; John Dean; David Williamson; Samuel Moore; Isaac Pritchard; John Hughes; William Wiseman; Joseph Cresup, Lt.; Patrick Muckelroy, Ens.; Jacob Newland, Sgt.; JamesBuchanan, Sgt.' Thomas Mason; Thomas Gilleland; Charles Morgan; James Johnson; George Vest; David Brandy; John Lyon; John Philips; Isaac Adams, Jacob Fry; Matthew Stephenson; Joseph Brashear; Richard Brashear; Thomas Brown; William Hawkins; Lewis Bennett; John Malchi Sallady; Ninean Tawnahall; Philip Shover; Conrad Mercerly (?); David Soloman; Thomas Cisko; William Robinson; Michael Delow; John Ferrell; George Peoples; John Winkfields; George Peck; Andrew Robins; Samuel McKenny; enjamin Kelly; James Wilson; Thomas Burnes; John Glase; Herman Connosly; James Blackburn; Stephen Flurity; John Thomas; Henry Coffman, Robert Hustead; Jeremiah Arnold; Valentine Baker; John Fitzpatrick; Samuel Blackburn; Daniel Cristy; Uriah Wegins; Aldeander Scott; James Blaire; Charles Magin; Jospeh Cockrane; John Nicholas, Jr., Lt.; Jacob Newland; William Stockwell.
Sources:
Virginia's
Colonial Soldiers - by: Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck
History of Grant and Hardy Counties, West Virginia - by: E.L.
Judy
History of Hampshire County West Virginia - by: Hu Maxwell and
H.L. Swisher
