Benjamin Harrison.
Benjamin Harrison commanded a company at Point Pleasant In July, 1775, he was appointed Captain of a company of Minute Men. In 1778, he was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of Militia for Rockingham County. He was a native af Loudon County, Virginia. He was the founder of Harrisonburg, Va. He died in 1819.
SOURCE: The Battle of Point Pleasant, A Battle of the Revolution, October 10th, 1774, Mrs. Livia Nye Simpson-Poffenbarger, The State Gazette, Point Pleasant, W.V., 1909
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