Francis KING b Armagh NI 30 Jun 1747, emigrated via Baltimore in July 1774. He farmed in the Cumberland Valley on the Juniata River of Pennsylvania until the close of the Revolutionary War in 1783. He was a Valley Forge the winter of 77/78, Shows on muster roll data sheet of Continental Army Captain Matthew Henderson Company, 9 PA Regiment, 2nd Division, 3rd PA Brigade as Private Rank and File. personal ID PA01038 muster roll January 1778 name on roll without comment February 1778 name on roll without comment March 1778 name on roll without comment April 1778 name on roll without comment May 1778 Sick at French Creek Hospital June 1778 name on roll without comment. He died "of wounds 15 Sept 1784 in a military hospital near were the village of Carlisle now stands." He was the father of William KING, cabinet maker, of Georgetown, DC 1795 to 1854. Fred C McCutcheon ggggs Carol C-H wrote: > On Monday, we in the US will observe Memorial Day, to honor all those > men and women who died while serving our country. > http://www.usmemorialday.org/backgrnd.html > > If you have an ancestor or family member who died while serving, please > send a memorial post to this list about him or her, and please add the > name of the ancestor or family member to the subject line "Memorial Day". > > Your listowner, > > Carol C-H <cch@netdoor.com> http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/ > > ==== KING Mailing List ==== > List webpage - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/k/king.html > Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > >