Statewide County PA Archives Military: Rev War.....Wright, Aaron ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lynn Beatty klbeatty@redrivernet.com July 31, 2006, 11:31 am Excerpts From Journal Of Aaron Wright Pa. Archives, 2nd Series, Vol 10, page 27: The journal of Aaron Wright, New York Historical Magazine, 1862, page 209, states that Capt. Lowdon's company was sworn in at Northumberland, June 29, 1775, after which we've chose our officers & lay there until the 7th of July, when we got orders to march next morning. When on parade our first lieutenant came & told us he would be glad if we would excuse him from going, which we refused, but on consideration we all concluded it was better to consent....In the evening we chose a private in his place. The next morning we marched on board the boats, &c. July 13, reached Reading, where we got our knapsacks, blankets, &c." They left Reading on the 20th of July, & were at Bethlehem on the 1st of August; reached North River, opposite New Windsor, Aug. 20. On the 24th, marched through Litchfield, Conn. crossed the Connecticut River near Hartford on the 26th & reached Dudly, Mass., on the 30th of August. One the 31st they marched to Weston, & stayed all night; thence through Framingham, Watertown, to Cambridge; then to Prospect Hill. As the return, ante, of Aug. 18, 1775, includes 9 captains & 27 lieutenants, the field officers who arrived on the 17th, may have included this company before its arrival, or Aaron Wright may have been with rear arrivals. Capt. John Lowdon resided, when he raised this company, on his farm called "Silver Spring", adjoining now the town of Mifflinburg, in Union County. (page 17 Battalion of Riflemen) McMurtrie, John "December 1, 1775, John McMurtrie, of Capt. Chambers' company, killed John Penn by his rifle going off when he says he did not know it was loaded." - Wright's Journal