Revolutionary Patriots Who Settled in Mercer County
We
find quite a number of the names of Revolutionary soldiers among the
pioneers and early settlers of Mercer county scattered in various
parts. The following is an imperfect list of the veterans, gathered
from the most reliable information, and, if any are omitted, it is not
from design, but for lack of knowledge on our part:
WILLIAM SIMONTON,
from Easton, Pa., was in the battles of Brandywine and Long Island, in
the former of which he was badly wounded. He settled on a "donation"
tract, two miles south-east of Clarksville, about 1806, where he lived
until his death. His remains lie in Moorfield Cemetery.
DAVID HAYES,
who was one of the first school teachers in the western part of the
county, settled a tract north of Mr. Simonton, about 1802. He died on
his farm, and is also buried in Moorfield Cemetery.
GODFREY CARNES settled on a tract two miles north-west of Sharpsville, in 1801. He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, at Sharon.
CAPTAIN JAMES DUNCAN, of the Revolutionary army, settled four miles north-west of Clarksville. He is buried on his own land.
BENJAMIN KASTER settled in Hickory township, about 1802. His remains lie in Moorfield Cemetery.
PETER WILSON
settled in Jackson township, in 1797. He was originally from Ireland.
He built one of the first mills in the county, in 1797-98.
DANIEL HARPER settled in Lake township, in 1797, and planted one of the earliest orchards in the county.
WILLIAM EGBERT settled in Sandy Lake township, about 1800. He opened one of the first blacksmith shops in the county.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM FINDLEY settled in Findley township in 1799.
JOSEPH JUNKIN also settled in Findley township in 1805 or '06.
CHRISTOPHER IRWIN, JOSHUA COOK, JAMES YOUNG, and a man named DUMARS,
all Revolutionary soldiers, settled in Wilmington township at an early
day. Mr. Dumars was living on his claim as late as 1840.
SAMUEL WALDRON settled in Worth township.
JOHN PERRY and WILLIAM DAUGHERTY settled in Pine township.
WILLIAM GILL settled in Liberty township.
JOHN CARMICHAEL
settled in Worth township. He was a native of Scotland, and was drafted
into the British army, and served under Wolfe, at Quebec, 1759, where
the heavy firing made him quite deaf. He was an old man when he came
with his sons to Worth township, in 1802.
JAMES WILLIAMSON was an early settler in Otter Creek.
MARTIN CARRINGER was the first settler in Perry township.
BENJAMIN STOKELY,
the first settler in Cool Spring township, and one of the first in the
county, served in the United States army during the Whiskey
Insurrection.
(Source: Combination Atlas of the County of Mercer, 1873. G.M. Hopkins & Co. Philadelphia.) | 
(Source: History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, pg. 431) | MORE VETERAN SETTLERS
Benjamin Stokely, John Carmichael; Peter Wilson, in 1797
William Gill; Daniel Harper, in 1797
Captain William Findley, in 1799
William Egdert, in 1800
Godfrey Carnes, in 1801
Benjamin Kaster, in 1802
Jacob Junkin, in 1806
Captain Samuel Quinby, in 1808
and Captain James Duncan, William Simonton, David Hayes, Captain Abraham DeForest; Joshua
Cook, James Young, Mr. Dumars, Christopher Irwin, Samuel Waldron, John
Perry, William Dougherty, Captain Cyrus Beckwith, Archibald Titus,
Garrett Cronk, William Nickle, Captain John Elliott; John
Morford, William McCalimans |
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