Military: William Critchfield, Pvt., Virgina Company, Rev. War Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Maggie Critchfield USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all noticesand submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- File S9242: William Crihfield or Critchfield was born in 1758 in New Jersey. While living on Patterson's Creek in Hampshire County, Virginia he was drafted the last of February 1778, served as a private in Captain Moses Hutton's Virginia Company and was discharged September 1, 1778 at Wheeling, VA.. He enlisted in September 1778 as a substitute for Cornelius Hogland at Hampshire Co. VA, served as a private in Captain Johnston's Virginia Company under Major Van Meter and in Captain Archibald Wiggins Company and was discharged December 20, 1778. In October 1781 he moved from said Hampshire County, to Somerset County, Pennsylvania where he was allowed pension on his application executed December 4, 1837. Soldier had a brother Joshua and his cousin Nathaniel Critchfield was a resident of Knox County, Ohio in 1837. William Critchfield was a resident of Milford Twp. Somerset Co. PA aged 79 years when applied for Pension. He would not apply for pension before this because he did not like to appear on pension rolls, but now he is old and unable to work. Signed William Crichfield December 1837. There is no further data on file as to his family.