Revolutionary War Veteran
Appears on the petition submitted in Sep 1776 to the Secretary of the Commonwealth of PA requesting that ammunition and supplies be provided to the Indians, with the hope that the Indians would then not go to the enemy (the British) for ammunition and supplies.
Served as a Private, in 1780, 1781 and 1782, in the 7th Class of Captain Robert Means Company in Colonel Alexander Brown's 8th Battalion of the Cumberland County, PA Militia, who were charged with protecting the settlers from Indian attacks. Was present at the surrender of Cornwallis.
The family came from Lewistown (Mifflin) PA to Limestone Township (Warren) PA in 1806 and settled on the Allegheny River at the mouth of Tidioute Creek, on a tract of 400 acres surveyed by John Spangler. He was the first settler there.
After a few years he sold this land to his son, Thomas, and moved across the river to the same sized acreage in what is now Limestone Township where he farmed, lumbered and rafted.
Known to have owned a whiskey still.
Recently (September 2023), I discovered a "new" record, revealing that Richard (and brother Thomas) had served with the Continental Line. According to family tradition, he (and probably Thomas) served at the Battle of Yorktown, October 1781.
Appears on the petition submitted in Sep 1776 to the Secretary of the Commonwealth of PA requesting that ammunition and supplies be provided to the Indians, with the hope that the Indians would then not go to the enemy (the British) for ammunition and supplies.
Served as a Private, in 1780, 1781 and 1782, in the 7th Class of Captain Robert Means Company in Colonel Alexander Brown's 8th Battalion of the Cumberland County, PA Militia, who were charged with protecting the settlers from Indian attacks. Was present at the surrender of Cornwallis.
The family came from Lewistown (Mifflin) PA to Limestone Township (Warren) PA in 1806 and settled on the Allegheny River at the mouth of Tidioute Creek, on a tract of 400 acres surveyed by John Spangler. He was the first settler there.
After a few years he sold this land to his son, Thomas, and moved across the river to the same sized acreage in what is now Limestone Township where he farmed, lumbered and rafted.
Known to have owned a whiskey still.
Recently (September 2023), I discovered a "new" record, revealing that Richard (and brother Thomas) had served with the Continental Line. According to family tradition, he (and probably Thomas) served at the Battle of Yorktown, October 1781.
Revolutionary War Veteran
Appears on the petition submitted in Sep 1776 to the Secretary of the Commonwealth of PA requesting that ammunition and supplies be provided to the Indians, with the hope that the Indians would then not go to the enemy (the British) for ammunition and supplies.
Served as a Private, in 1780, 1781 and 1782, in the 7th Class of Captain Robert Means Company in Colonel Alexander Brown's 8th Battalion of the Cumberland County, PA Militia, who were charged with protecting the settlers from Indian attacks. Was present at the surrender of Cornwallis.
The family came from Lewistown (Mifflin) PA to Limestone Township (Warren) PA in 1806 and settled on the Allegheny River at the mouth of Tidioute Creek, on a tract of 400 acres surveyed by John Spangler. He was the first settler there.
After a few years he sold this land to his son, Thomas, and moved across the river to the same sized acreage in what is now Limestone Township where he farmed, lumbered and rafted.
Known to have owned a whiskey still.
Recently (September 2023), I discovered a "new" record, revealing that Richard (and brother Thomas) had served with the Continental Line. According to family tradition, he (and probably Thomas) served at the Battle of Yorktown, October 1781.
Appears on the petition submitted in Sep 1776 to the Secretary of the Commonwealth of PA requesting that ammunition and supplies be provided to the Indians, with the hope that the Indians would then not go to the enemy (the British) for ammunition and supplies.
Served as a Private, in 1780, 1781 and 1782, in the 7th Class of Captain Robert Means Company in Colonel Alexander Brown's 8th Battalion of the Cumberland County, PA Militia, who were charged with protecting the settlers from Indian attacks. Was present at the surrender of Cornwallis.
The family came from Lewistown (Mifflin) PA to Limestone Township (Warren) PA in 1806 and settled on the Allegheny River at the mouth of Tidioute Creek, on a tract of 400 acres surveyed by John Spangler. He was the first settler there.
After a few years he sold this land to his son, Thomas, and moved across the river to the same sized acreage in what is now Limestone Township where he farmed, lumbered and rafted.
Known to have owned a whiskey still.
Recently (September 2023), I discovered a "new" record, revealing that Richard (and brother Thomas) had served with the Continental Line. According to family tradition, he (and probably Thomas) served at the Battle of Yorktown, October 1781.
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Richard Arters, Died 1825, age 87
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