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| Monongalia County Militia of Virginia | |
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 A Map of Monongalia County, Virginia in 1776 (purple area). Note the areas of modern-day counties that fall under the jurisdiction of Monongalia County at the time. | |
| Active | 1775-1782 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Allegiance | Virginia, Continental Congress |
| Type | Local Militia of Frontier Riflemen |
| Size | approx. 1,000 men |
| Part of | Virginia Militia, Western Department of the Continental Army |
| Equipment | Kentucky Longrifle |
| Engagements | Clark's Illinois Campaign, McIntosh Expedition, Crawford Expedition, Western Theater of the American Revolution |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Thomas Gaddis William Haymond Zackquill Morgan |
The Monongalia County Militia was a component of the Virginia militia during the American Revolutionary War. It was based in Monongalia County, Virginia. It mostly fought invading Indian tribes who crossed the Ohio River as well as local Tories loyal to the British Crown, but it is said to have participated in George Rogers Clark's Campaign in 1779 and other expeditions against hostile Indians.[citation needed]
Size and Composition
[edit]According to Thomas Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia, the company consisted of about 1,000 men.[citation needed] The number of companies is unknown, but according to Glenn Lough's Now and Long Ago: A History of the Marion County Area, companies were stationed in local civilian forts across the frontier of Monongalia County: such as Prickett's Fort near Fairmont, West Virginia; Fort Paw Paw near Rivesville, West Virginia; and Kerns Fort near Morgantown.[1][self-published source] The band of 1,000 men from the backwoods of western Virginia and Pennsylvania all hailed from Monongalia County, Virginia: made up of modern-day counties of Monongalia, Marion, Barbour, Harrison, Tucker, Randolph, and several others in north central West Virginia; and Washington, Greene, and Fayette counties of Pennsylvania.[2][page needed]
Combat Chronicle
[edit]The unit of Monongalia County Militia took part in the defense of the territories of western Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania from the beginning of the war in 1775 to the final Indian Battle on the eastern side of the Ohio River at Fort Henry in 1782. Their companies drove invading Indian parties away from their local forts and homesteads, countered Indian attacks on nearby Fort Pitt in present-day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and defended the Backcountry area from Tory attacks and British interference in the early years of 1775 and 1776. It is noted that while Monongalia County Militia as a whole did not serve at the important Battles of Saratoga, men of the unit did; such as Zackquill Morgan and David Morgan, who joined Daniel Morgan's Rifle Regiment at the time.[3] Later on, threats of a Tory uprising in late 1777 and early in the year 1778 kept many elements of the unit at home. Two American leaders, Simon Girty and Alexander McKee, defected to the British Army in an attempt to hire Indians to attack American settlements in the Monongahela and Ohio Valleys.[4] Meanwhile, a small contingent of men from Monongalia County marched with Clark in his Illinois Campaign of 1778-1779. The Tory threat was diminished following several small skirmishes, and the Americans had a firm grasp on the western British and Indian territories.[4] At the same time, other detachments fought with General McIntosh in his invasion of Indian towns in the lands West of the Ohio River, notably at the Siege of Fort Laurens when frontier units attempted to control Northwestern Indian Territories during McIntosh's Campaign in 1778 into early 1779. Monongalia County Militia participated in 1782 in strength in Crawford's Expedition, another failed attempt to take British Fort Detroit.[5] From 1780 onward, for Monongalia Militiamen, the Revolution was spent doing the typical frontiersmen duties of fighting off Indian and Tory invaders. Over time, several of the local civilian forts of Monongalia County were attacked: some stood the test of time and kept fighting for freedom, while many others were ransacked and destroyed by adversaries.[5] Fighting on the frontier during the American Revolution arguably ended in 1782 after the last elements of Americans invaded Indian territories West of the Ohio River, and the Second Siege of Fort Henry was lifted.[3]
Fort Commands
[edit]List of civilian and military forts located in then-Monongalia County and/or under command of Monongalia County Militia:[6][3]
- Fort Burris-Built 1766 in Star City area of Morgantown, West Virginia
- Fort Butler-Built 1774 on Roaring Creek in Preston County, West Virginia.
- Fort Cobun/Coburn-Built 1770 near Dorsey's Knob of Morgantown, West Virginia.
- Fort Coon-Built 1774 on Coon's Run of the West Fork River.
- Fort Currence/Fort Cassino-Built 1774 near village of Crickard in Randolph County, West Virginia.
- Fort Dinwiddie-Built 1769 at Stewartstown, West Virginia.
- Fort Edwards-Built 1772 near Boothsville, West Virginia.
- Fort Harrison-Built 1773 near Crooked Run in Monongalia County, West Virginia.
- Fort Jackson-Built 1774 on the Ten Mile Creek in Harrison County, West Virginia.
- Fort Kerns-Built 1772 on Deckers Creek near Morgantown, West Virginia.
- Fort Martin-Built 1773 on Crooked Run of the Case district in present-day Monongalia County, West Virginia.
- Fort Morgan-Built 1772 in the vicinity of the city of Morgantown, West Virginia.
- Fort Morris-Built 1774 along Bog Run in Preston County, West Virginia
- Fort Nutter-Built 1772 on the Elk Creek of Harrison County, West Virginia.
- Fort Paw Paw-Built 1781 in Rivesville, West Virginia
- Fort Pierpont-Built 1769 in Union District of Monongalia County, West Virginia, four miles from Morgantown.
- Fort Powers-Built 1771 on Simpson's Creek of Bridgeport, West Virginia.
- Fort Prickett-Built 1774 near Fairmont, West Virginia.
- Fort Statler-Built 1770 on Dunkard Creek in Clay District of Monongalia County, West Virginia.
- Fort Stewart-Built 1773 on Stewart's Run near village of Georgetown, West Virginia.
- Fort Warwick-Built [unknown] in Huttonsville District of Randolph County, West Virginia
- Fort Westfall-Built 1774 near Beverly of Randolph County, West Virginia.
References
[edit]- ^ https://revwarapps.org/b111.pdf
- ^ "History of Monongalia County, West Virginia, from its first settlements to the present time". Library of Congress.
- ^ a b c Lough, Glenn (1969). Now and Long Ago: A History of the Marion County Area (Reprinted ed.). Parsons, West Virginia: McClain Printing Company (published 1994). pp. 288–314. ISBN 0-87012-513-3.
- ^ a b Lough, Glenn (1969). Now and Long Ago: A History of the Marion County Area (Reprint ed.). Parsons, West Virginia: McClain Printing Company (published 1994). pp. 354–355. ISBN 0-87012-513-3.
- ^ a b "Founders Online: Session of Virginia Council of State, 10 November 1778".
- ^ http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/history/military/forts.txt