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Militia
Veterans
Essary, John-
He was born 7/5/1744 in Delaware Co., PA. He was a lieutenant in the
Delaware
Co. (PA) Militia, listed on the company rolls 8/7/1798. He came to
Clark
Co., IL., c1819, from Jefferson Co., KY. He died 11/17/1828. He also
served
in the Revolutionary War (See Revolutionary War soldiers).
Shaw,
Joseph- He was born
12/25/1773, in PA. He moved to Jefferson Co., KY. He commanded Kentucky
troops in 1791 during Gen. St. Clair's campaign
against
the Indians in western Ohio. Another record has him on the roster of
Isaac
Robert's Regiment of Militia, as a captain of his own company. The
regiment
served in the territory south of the Ohio in 1794. He participated in
several
engagements with the Indians on the Miami River, as well as with Gen.
Harrison
at the battle of Tippecanoe, 11/7/1811. He later lived in Clark Co.,
IN.,
and Knox Co., IN. before settling in Clark Co., IL., in 1818. He lived
on a farm in Walnut Prairie from 1818 to October, 1847, before moving
to Marshall. He was elected county commissioner 4/26/1819. He died in
February,
1848. He was wounded and scarred during a battle at Fort Wayne, IN.,
fighting against the Indians.
Unsell, Frederick- He
served under Genl. St. Clair in 1791, in 1788 or 1789 and was living in
Harrison Co VA. For more, read about him on the Revolutionary War
rosters.
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