William was born in Cumberland County, Virginia to Joseph and Joanna (Read) Hill, March 3, 1769. His father died when he was about five years old and after a few years his mother remarried. Her new husband was a widower...
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John King, 1740-1813
John was born December 5, 1740 in Chestnut Level, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to Ann (McLaughlin) and Robert King. Robert had emigrated from Ireland and purchased a tract of land which he farmed, and he was an elder...
William A. McDowell, 1789-1851
William Anderson was born to Matthew and Elizabeth Hay (Anderson) McDowell in Lamington, New Jersey, May 15, 1789. His elder brother by nine years was John McDowell. His parents were born in the American Colonies and...
James Inglis, 1777-1819
On the night of September 13, 1814, the British commenced bombarding Fort McHenry in Baltimore’s harbor. Francis Scott Key was viewing the cannon and rocket fire from the deck of a ship. The grand display of explosions...
Philip Milledoler, 1775-1852
Philip Milledoler was born in Rhinebeck, New York (about a hundred miles north of New York City), to John and Anna on September 22, 1775. John had emigrated from Berne, Switzerland and married Margaret Mitchell, March...
Drury Lacy, 1758-1815
Drury Lacy was born to William and Elizabeth (Rice) Lacy in Chesterfield County, Virginia, October 5, 1758. William was a farmer whose money management skills were not the best, but despite fiscal challenges, Drury was...
