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A HISTORY OF
rison of Rockingham; father of Peachy Harrison, grandfather
of Gessner Harrison. He was a colonel in Mcintosh's cam-
paign (1777), and led troops in 1781 to aid Lafayette against
Cornwallis. John Skidmore, who was wounded at Point
Pleasant, was a soldier in the French and Indian War and
one of the first justices of Rockingham County. Daniel Smith,
though living at this time in Southwest Virginia, was prob-
ably a son of Colonel Daniel Smith of Rockingham. Joseph
Haynes was a resident of Rockingham or of some section ad-
jacent. In Felix Gilbert's day book before me, covering sev-
eral years from December 5, 1774, the names of Capt. Jos.
Haynes, Capt, John Skidmore, and Capt. Benjamin Harrison,
as well as the name of Capt. William Nalle, frequently appear.
Evidently they were all frequent customers at Gilbert's store,
which, as shown above, was not far from Harrisonburg. It
is reasonable to suppose, therefore, that a number of the men
in the companies commanded by Harrison, Skidmore, and
Haynes were also from Rockingham, though the rolls of these
companies seem not to be preserved. ^^^
26- For additional particulars regarding Harrison and Smith, the reader
is referred to Waddell's Annals of Augusta, Boogher's Gleanings of Vir-
ginia History, and Thwaites and Kellogg's Documentary History of Dun-
more ' s War. In the last may also be found a sketch of Valentine Sevier, Jr.
rison of Rockingham; father of Peachy Harrison, grandfather
of Gessner Harrison. He was a colonel in Mcintosh's cam-
paign (1777), and led troops in 1781 to aid Lafayette against
Cornwallis. John Skidmore, who was wounded at Point
Pleasant, was a soldier in the French and Indian War and
one of the first justices of Rockingham County. Daniel Smith,
though living at this time in Southwest Virginia, was prob-
ably a son of Colonel Daniel Smith of Rockingham. Joseph
Haynes was a resident of Rockingham or of some section ad-
jacent. In Felix Gilbert's day book before me, covering sev-
eral years from December 5, 1774, the names of Capt. Jos.
Haynes, Capt, John Skidmore, and Capt. Benjamin Harrison,
as well as the name of Capt. William Nalle, frequently appear.
Evidently they were all frequent customers at Gilbert's store,
which, as shown above, was not far from Harrisonburg. It
is reasonable to suppose, therefore, that a number of the men
in the companies commanded by Harrison, Skidmore, and
Haynes were also from Rockingham, though the rolls of these
companies seem not to be preserved. ^^^
26- For additional particulars regarding Harrison and Smith, the reader
is referred to Waddell's Annals of Augusta, Boogher's Gleanings of Vir-
ginia History, and Thwaites and Kellogg's Documentary History of Dun-
more ' s War. In the last may also be found a sketch of Valentine Sevier, Jr.
