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About Col. David Kilgore
- KILGORE, DAVID Ancestor #: A065775
- Service: PENNSYLVANIA Rank(s): CIVIL SERVICE, CAPTAIN
- Birth: 2-28-1745 PENNSYLVANIA
- Death: 7-11-1814 WESTMORELAND CO PENNSYLVANIA
- Service Source: PA ARCH, 5TH SER, VOL 3, PP 307, 313, 318, 319, 323, 326, 327; OLD WESTMORELAND, HIST & GEN OF WESTMORELAND CO, PA, VOL 1, NO 3, FEB 1981, P 18
- Service Description: 1) COL DANIEL BRODHEAD, 8TH REGT, CONT LINE
- 2) JUROR, 1782, WESTMORELAND CO
RESIDENCE Created: 2002-03-27 23:23:55.3, Updated: , By: Conversion 1) County: WESTMORELAND CO - State: PENNSYLVANIA
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1) SARAH MICKEY
Headstone shows June 11
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71146043/david-kilgore
- Col David Kilgore
- BIRTH 30 Jan 1745
- Newville, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
- DEATH 11 Jun 1814 (aged 69)
- Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA
- BURIAL
- Middle Presbyterian Cemetery
- Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
- MEMORIAL ID 71146043 · View Source
Pictures added by Susan Carrington Kilgore Wiley
David Kilgore was an early settler in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. He signed the Hannastown Declaration in May of 1775, an early statement of independence, an early manifestation of oncoming revolt. He served in the Revolutionary War and fought in the battle of Brandywine, Germantown, Trenton and Princeton. Legend says that during the winter of 1778-1779, he came home and sold 30 acres of his farm with a mill on it and used the money to buy shoes and clothes for his suffering company and never troubled the government for reimbursement. That has not been proven. It has been said that he was at Valley Forge but he was "absent sick" for the entire winter of Valley Forge. David Kilgore recruited a company of 50 men in 1776 to serve on the home front for the defense of the western frontier. He was commissioned Captain in August of 1776. Captain David Kilgore's company involuntarily became part of the Continental Line in December of 1776, serving in the New Jersey campaign. He submitted an unsigned resignation and received a discharge from George Washington. After the war he became a member of the militia and was promoted to the rank of Colonel. As part of that organization David Kilgore followed, without successfully engaging, the indians which had attacked and burned Hannastown. He was also a volunteer in the War of 1812. He traveled only as far as Baltimore and was discharged.
Colonel David Kilgore ended his days on his beloved land where he had first set his claim in 1767. He was a man of great character, ability and energy, a man of determination and courage who became part of the fabric of Mt. Pleasant Township, Westmoreland Co PA
Parents
- James William Kilgore, 1701–1771
- Elizabeth Jack Kilgore, 1717–1792
Spouse
- Sarah Mickey Kilgore, 1745–1830 (m. 1767)
Siblings
- Benjamin Kilgore, 1738–1802
Patrick Jack Kilgore, 1744–1808
Photo William Kilgore, 1756–1823 Jesse Kilgore, 1763–1823
Children
- Daniel Ezekiel Kilgore, 1768–1850
- Sarah Kilgore Hull, 1774 – unknown
- John Kilgore, 1780–1847
- Martha Kilgore, 1781–1814
- Jesse Kilgore, 1785–1852
Had 7 sons and 3 daughters, per History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Ancestry.com.
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DAR# A065775
- Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Mar 23 2020, 6:23:12 UTC
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Col. David Kilgore's Timeline
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February 28, 1745
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Newville, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States
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| 1764 |
June 14, 1764
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| 1766 |
1766
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Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States
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| 1768 |
November 22, 1768
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Cumberland Valley, Cumberland County, PA, United States
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1774
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Pennsylvania, USA
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1777
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Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States
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January 11, 1780
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Pleasant Unity, Westmoreland County, PA, United States
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1781
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Pennsylvania, USA
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| 1785 |
May 18, 1785
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Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA
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