Andrew Small

Questions - was he born in Scotland or Northern Ireland? What year did he come to America? How long did he live in Hanover Township? Was it East Hanover Township? Which other Scots-Irish families did he live near in Pennsylvania, since others also migrated to Franklin, Warren County, Ohio, namely Ainsworth.

His children married Maxwells and Campbells in Franklin, Ohio. I believe Maxwell and Campbell had come with the Dutch families from Monmouth County, NJ.

Andrew Small was born in Scotland on. Feb. 17, 1756, of Scotch Presbyterian parentage. He, with his brother James, came to the United States, and settled in Hanover Township, near Harrisburg ,Pa., where they remained until the Revolutionary War broke out, when Andrew enlisted under General Richard Montgomery, he being just 18 years of age , at the time. He served all through the war, being in some of the worst engagements, was with Montgomery when he scaled the heights of Abraham, at Quebec, on December 31, 1775 and was with Washington at Valley Forge during the awful winter when Washingtons army had so little" to eat, and less to wear. It is said that Andrew Small often told how, during that siege at Vallev Forge, he had taken the leather from his boots and cooked it in various ways that he might have sufficient nourishment to keep the body together.

After the close of the war, Mr. Small and his family decided to go West, and in 1795 they packed their belongings in wagons, and the start was made for the West. When they reached Bedford Fort, which is now Pittsburgh, Pa., the horses were sold and the family embarked with their belongings, on a flat boat bound down the Ohio River. The river at the time was very low, and the men folk had to tow the boat until they were part of the way, when the river began to rise, caused by some heavey rains up the valley, and the river became such a torrent

that it nearly capsized their boat and made landing very difficult; but finally they succeeded in making a landing at Columbia near Cincinnati. It was told that when the landing was made, Mr. Small called the entire group of folks together and prayer was held, using a large white log as an alter. Here it was that thanks were given unto God for his safe keeping them during their journey, and asking his continued guidance and safe keeping as they traversed this strange land.

After a years rest, under the protection of Fort Washington, Mr. Small and his family started up the Great Miami river, following a surveying party that had blazed a trail along this river, using the rude cabins for the shelter of his family, that these survyors had abandoned, until they reached Clear Creek, in Franklin Township, Warren County, where Mr. Small settled upon a section of land.

Mr. Small cultivated this section of land for several years until he took up school teaching he being the first school teacher in Warren County.

Mrs. Small, his wife , not being a very robust woman, it fell to the lot of the children to work the farm, with such help as could be secured, which consisted of two men who were paid the sum of twelve and one-half cents each day.

God blessed this home with six girls and three boys, Mary, Catherine, Agnes, Susannah, Jane, Elizabeth, Daniel, Andrew, and John.

The clothing for these boys and girls were made from homespun, and the shoes from dear skins, and it is told that they wore out their shoes so fast, that sometimes it was impossible to keep them all shod, and upon one occasion, the son James, rather than stay in the house, went out during the winter and slid on the ice in his bare feet.

Andrew Small lived to the age of 84 years, passing from this life to the great beyond, on March 1st 1840. He was buried beside his beloved wife, in the cemetery in Piqua, located on Wood Street, between Wayne and Downing Streets, where they rested until that cemetery was condemmed, when their remains were removed to the beautiful Forrest Hill Cemetery, at Piqua, Ohio, where they now rest.

Dates of births of the children of Andrew Small, Are as follows;

1. Mary Small, born March 30th.at 5 o'clock A.M. died April 21, 1836.
2. Daniel Small, born March 30,1788, at 7 o'clock P.M.
3. Catherine Small, born October 9,1790 at 9 o'clock P.M.
4. Agnes Small, born Oct.1,1792, at 8 o'clock A.M.
5. Andrew Small, born July 25, 1794
6. Susannah Small, born May 23, 1796, at 7 o'clock
7. James Small, born March 28, 1799, died 1889.
8. John Small, born died 1887.
9. Elizabeth Small, born October 9, 1803

Source: http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~smalljd/lines/as-ml.html

• Birth: Feb. 17, 1756 York County, Pennsylvania, USA
• Death: Mar. 1, 1840 Miami County, Ohio, USA
• Burial: Forest Hill Cemetery Piqua, Miami CountyOhio, USA

Find A Grave

• Created by: Anne England
• Record added: Nov 24, 2011
• Find A Grave Memorial# 80916552
• Military service: soldier on PA line S3945, War for Independence - Between 1775 and 1780 - Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
• Residence: Cumberland, Pennsylvania - 1780
• Residence: Cumberland, Pennsylvania - 1781
• Residence: Cumberland, Pennsylvania - 1787
• Residence: Montgomery County, OH - 1810
• Residence: Miami, Ohio, United States - 1820
• Residence: Washington, Montgomery, Ohio, United States - 1830
• Residence: Ohio - 1833
• Residence: Andrew moved, also son John & his family, Miami Co, OH - 1833
  • Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Mar 21 2019, 0:19:00 UTC