Individual Details
John Minter Jr.
(1755 - 1 Jun 1835)
John Minter's statement in his application for Rev War pension.
I was born in the year 1755 in Culpepper Co in Virginia. About the year 1770. I moved to a place near Connelsville (now forty miles from Pittsburgh) then in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania and remained there during the Revolution. During the Revolutionary War I served as Captain of a company of militia in that part of the county. I am now aged and my memory has become treacherous. I recollect that I had been duly commissioned, but I cannot tell at present from what authority I received it, whether from the state of Virginia or Pennsylvania. But I suppose from the circumstances of the state of Virginia claiming jurisdiction over that part of Pennsylvania it came from Virginia. Soon after the commencement of the revolutionary war Gen Hand(?) was commander at Pittsburgh and he conducted an expedition to the west of there. He had some regular troops with him, but mostly volunteers. I went with my company with Genl Hand. I do not recollect the precise no. of troops but I should suppose there were as many as 3 or 400 men. We marched to the west against the Indians. We marched as far as the Cuyahoga river and to a place within 30 miles of the place where Cleveland now stands. We surprised the Indians generally and therefore there was no severe skirmishes with them. I saw during the expedition 15 Indians Killed. From the Cuyahoga river we returned to Pittsburgh after being absent five or six weeks. After that I went with some of my men with GenL. ? in an expedition against the Tories near the Samuel Hill to a place called then Beasonton now called Union Town. We took the leader of the Tories there by the nane of McCarty. I was in service this time only a week or two. Some time after this , I went again into the service with my company in the expedition under Genl MCIntosh. I marched with and in the command of my company from Pittsburgh with Genl McIntosh first to the mouth of Big Beaner River where we built another Fort. I was in the service this time the greater part of the summer and before I was discharged there was a considerable snow on the ground. I do not recollect the length of service this time but I believe it was 4 or 5 months. I have long lost my commission with ???. I have no documentary evidence and know of no person whose testimony I can procure who can testify to my service. After the revolution I moved from Pennsylvania to Harrison County Kentucky where I lived upwards of twenty years. About the year 1808 I moved from there to Delaware County where I now live.
I hereby relinquish all claims whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
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John Minter
John received Pension number S9027 but died about 3 years after receiving it.
I was born in the year 1755 in Culpepper Co in Virginia. About the year 1770. I moved to a place near Connelsville (now forty miles from Pittsburgh) then in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania and remained there during the Revolution. During the Revolutionary War I served as Captain of a company of militia in that part of the county. I am now aged and my memory has become treacherous. I recollect that I had been duly commissioned, but I cannot tell at present from what authority I received it, whether from the state of Virginia or Pennsylvania. But I suppose from the circumstances of the state of Virginia claiming jurisdiction over that part of Pennsylvania it came from Virginia. Soon after the commencement of the revolutionary war Gen Hand(?) was commander at Pittsburgh and he conducted an expedition to the west of there. He had some regular troops with him, but mostly volunteers. I went with my company with Genl Hand. I do not recollect the precise no. of troops but I should suppose there were as many as 3 or 400 men. We marched to the west against the Indians. We marched as far as the Cuyahoga river and to a place within 30 miles of the place where Cleveland now stands. We surprised the Indians generally and therefore there was no severe skirmishes with them. I saw during the expedition 15 Indians Killed. From the Cuyahoga river we returned to Pittsburgh after being absent five or six weeks. After that I went with some of my men with GenL. ? in an expedition against the Tories near the Samuel Hill to a place called then Beasonton now called Union Town. We took the leader of the Tories there by the nane of McCarty. I was in service this time only a week or two. Some time after this , I went again into the service with my company in the expedition under Genl MCIntosh. I marched with and in the command of my company from Pittsburgh with Genl McIntosh first to the mouth of Big Beaner River where we built another Fort. I was in the service this time the greater part of the summer and before I was discharged there was a considerable snow on the ground. I do not recollect the length of service this time but I believe it was 4 or 5 months. I have long lost my commission with ???. I have no documentary evidence and know of no person whose testimony I can procure who can testify to my service. After the revolution I moved from Pennsylvania to Harrison County Kentucky where I lived upwards of twenty years. About the year 1808 I moved from there to Delaware County where I now live.
I hereby relinquish all claims whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
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John Minter
John received Pension number S9027 but died about 3 years after receiving it.
Events
| Birth | 1755 | Culpeper Co. VA , PA Militia Rev War | |||
| Marriage | Abt 1775 | Elizabeth Crawford | |||
| Death | 1 Jun 1835 | Radnor , Ohio |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Crawford (1757 - 1829) |
| Child | Sarah C Minter (1776 - 1854) |
| Child | William Minter (1779 - 1859) |
| Child | John Minter Jr (1780 - 1860) |
| Child | Valentine Minter (1785 - 1821) |
| Child | Mary "Polly" Minter (1787 - 1828) |
| Child | Elizabeth Minter (1789 - 1855) |
| Child | Ophelia "Effie" Minter (1793 - 1850) |
| Child | Margaret "Peggy" Minter (1794 - 1859) |
| Child | Nancy Minter (1796 - 1858) |
| Child | Lucy Ann Minter (1799 - 1864) |
| Father | John Oliver Minter (1718 - 1797) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Michaux Morgan (1725 - 1798) |
| Sibling | Anthony Morgan Minter (1747 - ) |
| Sibling | Phillip Evans Minter (1748 - 1796) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Minter (1749 - 1813) |
| Sibling | Agnes Evans Minter (1753 - ) |
| Sibling | Judith Minter (1754 - ) |
| Sibling | Jane Minter (1761 - 1817) |