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ROCKINGHAM COUNTY.
Augustine Preisch, Jr. Peter Euler
Conrad Preisch
Jacob Kissling William Mchel
Jacob Bens
Jacob Risch
A.dJ am THTerman
J«hn Ermentraut
Michael Mallo
Corad Loevenstein
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Schaefer
Christopher Ermentraut
Martin Schneider
Jxo.hn tB.ens
In closing this chapter it will be of interest to record the
fact that the part of Augusta County now known as Rock-
ingham furnished at least one company of soldiers in Dun-
more's War, and that this company took part in the famous
battle of Point Pleasant, October 10, 1774. This company
was commanded by Captain, later, Colonel William Nalle, who
Hved in East Rockingham, and was, in 1778, made one of
the first justices of Rockingham County.-^ It is also a fact of
special interest that it was a Rockingham man, Valentine
Sevier, who, with James Robertson, later known as the father
of Middle Tennessee, first discovered the presence of the In-
dians early on that fateful morning at Point Pleasant. Seyier
was a younger brother of General John Sevier, and was born
in Rockingham in 1747. In 1773 he went to the southwest,
and was thus a member of Captain Evan Shelby's company in
1774. He and Robertson went out before day at Point Pleas-
ant to hunt turkeys, and thus discovered the Indian army.
He was a captain in the Revolution, and took part in the battle
of King's Mountain. After other military services, in which
he rose to the rank of militia colonel, he removed to Clarks-
ville, Tenn., where he died in 1800.
Among the other captains who took part at Point Pleasant,
as given by Thwaites and Kellogg, were Benj. Harrison, John
Skidmore, Joseph Haynes, and Daniel Smith.
Benjamin Harrison (1741-1819) was a son of Daniel Har-
25. For a list of the men in Captain Nalle's company, see the muster
roll in the Appendix. This muster roll is copied from Thwaites and Kel-
logg's Documentary History of Dunmore's War, page 405.
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Augustine Preisch, Jr. Peter Euler
Conrad Preisch
Jacob Kissling William Mchel
Jacob Bens
Jacob Risch
A.dJ am THTerman
J«hn Ermentraut
Michael Mallo
Corad Loevenstein
X HauC/-.hI.ri• s^topth- er *^v TT
J^oh, n _, , .
mark
Schaefer
Christopher Ermentraut
Martin Schneider
Jxo.hn tB.ens
In closing this chapter it will be of interest to record the
fact that the part of Augusta County now known as Rock-
ingham furnished at least one company of soldiers in Dun-
more's War, and that this company took part in the famous
battle of Point Pleasant, October 10, 1774. This company
was commanded by Captain, later, Colonel William Nalle, who
Hved in East Rockingham, and was, in 1778, made one of
the first justices of Rockingham County.-^ It is also a fact of
special interest that it was a Rockingham man, Valentine
Sevier, who, with James Robertson, later known as the father
of Middle Tennessee, first discovered the presence of the In-
dians early on that fateful morning at Point Pleasant. Seyier
was a younger brother of General John Sevier, and was born
in Rockingham in 1747. In 1773 he went to the southwest,
and was thus a member of Captain Evan Shelby's company in
1774. He and Robertson went out before day at Point Pleas-
ant to hunt turkeys, and thus discovered the Indian army.
He was a captain in the Revolution, and took part in the battle
of King's Mountain. After other military services, in which
he rose to the rank of militia colonel, he removed to Clarks-
ville, Tenn., where he died in 1800.
Among the other captains who took part at Point Pleasant,
as given by Thwaites and Kellogg, were Benj. Harrison, John
Skidmore, Joseph Haynes, and Daniel Smith.
Benjamin Harrison (1741-1819) was a son of Daniel Har-
25. For a list of the men in Captain Nalle's company, see the muster
roll in the Appendix. This muster roll is copied from Thwaites and Kel-
logg's Documentary History of Dunmore's War, page 405.
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