Benjamin Harrison. Benjamin Harrison commanded a company at Point Pleasant In July, 1775, he was appointed Captain...
The Battle of Point Pleasant A Battle of the Revolution October 10th, 1774
The Battle of Point Pleasant A Battle of the Revolution
October 10th, 1774
Biographical Sketches of the Men Who Participated
By
Mrs. Livia Nye Simpson-Poffenbarger
The State Gazette, Publisher
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
1909
Dedication
This little volume is dedicated to the memory of the brave colonists who, successful at the battle of Point Pleasant, had fought the opening battle of the Revolution, in preserving the right arm of Virginia for the struggle with the Mother Country; thus making possible the blessings of liberty we now enjoy as a Nation.
MRS. LIVIA NYE SIMPSON-POFFENBARGER.
Copyright, 1909,
By Mrs. Livia Nye Simpson-Poffenbarger.
John Smith. Ensign John Smith, of the battle of Point Pleasant, left sons, Abraham, of Rockingham Co.,...
James Robertson. James Robertson, (by some authors written Robinson), with Val. Sevier, discovered the Indians before the...
Col. Joseph Crockett. Nothing can be truer than that God provides men for the hour. Among the...
Sampson Mathews Sampson Mathews, Commissary of Col. Charles Lewis’s Regiment, was called “Master Drover of the Cattle.”...
George Mathews. George Mathews was born in Augusta County, Virginia, in 1739, and died August 30, 1812....
Gen. Andrew Moore. Andrew Moore, a lawyer by profession, was born in Conniscello, Augusta, now Rockbridge, County,...
Joseph Mayse. Joseph Mayse, who participated in the Battle of Point Pleasant, was from Bath County, Virginia....
John Campbell. Captain John Campbell, a younger brother of Arthur, a lieutenant at Point Pleasant, was a...
Arthur Campbell. Arthur Campbell, a cousin of Gen. Wm. Campbell, was born in Augusta County, Va., in...
