John Blakely is listed on Ancestry.com as being killed on the battlefield. He was from Pennsylvania.
Category: Brandywine
The Battle of Brandywine took place on September 11, 1777. At the end of August, General Howe brought his army south by sea, threatening Philadephia. On September 10th, Howe’s forces attacked the American troops blocking his way to Philadelphia at Brandywine. In a day long battle, the British vanquished the American forces. The Americans, however, were able to extract their army.
Locke, John
I came across your site while researching my (5) Great Grandfather John Lock. He was at the Battle of Brandywine according to a history book in the town where he settled after the war. (Lewisburg Ohio). He is buried at Roselawn Cemetery in Lewisburg.
I have the following info: He joined the Maryland Flying Camps July 1 1776 at 21 yrs of age, and just after Brandywine (where he is alleged to have suffered a bad wound) he was moved into the 8th VA regiment under Capt Jonathon Clark. In April 1778 he was made a Corporal. He was in and out of different regiments and under various commands as men were dying often. He fought all the way to Yorktown and resigned as a Captain in the 29th Regiment MD in 1811. He died in 1818. I also have a copy of his will and an inventory of all his belongings at the time.
Yours Truly,
Kevin E Locke
Son of the American Revolution
Holtz, Jacob
According to the attached application for the Sons of the American Revolution submitted by a distant cousin (William LeRoy Holtz) and subsequently approved on 1/9/1926, my 3rd great grandfather Jacob Holtz fought at the battle of Brandywine.
His rank and battalion are mentioned in the document.
Kansas Society SAR Application for Jacob Holtz (link to the pdf file)
– Carol Sullivan
Crawford, William
Colonel William Crawford, Virginia regiment
McCormick, George
I didn’t find my ancestor on your list, so here is his information, plus the names of the colonels he served under, in case you are still adding names to the site. Thanks. Eileen Lloyd
Captain George McCormick served at the Battle of Brandywine in Colonel William Crawford’s Virginia Regiment. He served as Captain at the battle of Germantown in Colonel William Russell’s Virginia regiment. George McCormick’s DAR record says that he served in the Virginia 13th Regiment under Colonels Crawford and Russell.
Pugh, Jonathan
An ancestor of mine – 2nd Lieutenant Jonathan Pugh’s service history lists him as being wounded at Brandywine 11 Sep 1777 in the “Historical Register of officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution” by Francis Heitman.
This service history lists him as part of the the 5th PA under Col Magaw until capture at the Battle of Fort Washington Nov 16, 1776. Released at the end of 1776, it is unclear which unit he was attached at Brandywine.
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Shaner, Mathias
Please add Mathias Shaner, Sargent in the 13th Virgina and a member of Captain James Sullivan’s Company commanded by Col. William Russel.
-Dan Edgar
Platt (Plott), John
I just found your website and I have a name to add.
My great grandfather (8 generations) John Platt (Plott). He was in Capt. Gelwick’s 1st co. 8th Bn. and was injured at the Brandywine Creek Battle. In the retreat he stepped on a bayonet point which rendered him unfit for further duty. He was from York Pa. Both he and his brother Joseph fought.
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Kathleen Muffie-Witt
Wheeler, William Sr.
Hello, I would like you to add William Wheeler Sr., Born 1750, was orphaned and died 11 Sep 1777 at Brandywine. He arrived in Maryland in 1774. He had one son, unknown if he was married or widowed, son’s name is William Wheeler, Jr born 1772 in Pennsylvania.
Shellie King
Polk, William
There were several NC Regiments as part of the NC Continental Troops at Brandywine, Germantown, and Valley Forge.
Here’s a history of one member of the 9th NC Regiment, William Polk:
William Polk was a major in the 9th Regiment, North Carolina Line, one of the regiments engaged in the Battle of Brandywine that month (Sept. 1777) and afterward in the Battle of Germantown, where he was seriously wounded. He and his regiment were with Washington at Valley Forge, following which the North Carolina regiments, weakened from illness and expiring enlistments, were reduced in number from ten to three, and William Polk was rendered a supernumerary office.
Source: http://www.jamesmannartfarm.com/libbell
“The Papers of Archibald D. Murphy” William Henry Hoyt (editor), North Carolina Historical Commission, Raleigh, 1914, vol II, pp. 400-410. (“… containing William Polk’s autobiographical reference to being in both the Battle of Brandywine and the Battle of Germantown, where he was wounded.
One of my g-g-g-g-uncles Thomas Francisco was a Private in the 9th NC. He died in the spring of 1778 from sickness contracted at Valley Forge.\
Paul Sisco