James Loughry (1730 - 1805)

Born 1730 in York, Pennsylvania, Colonial America

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Died 23 Sep 1805 at about age 75 in Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Maj. James Loughry served during the French and Indian War.

Enlisted : 1757

Discharged : 1764

Service : For Great Britain In Colonel Hance Hamilton's Provincial Troops and Colonel John Penn's Regiment.

Major James Loughry served with 1st Pennsylvania Regiment, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Enlisted : August 9, 1776

Discharged : 1779?

Service : For the United States in the 1st Pennsylvania Regiment

When Major James Loughry was born in 1730, in York, Pennsylvania, Colonial America, his father, Jeremiah Loughry Sr., was 25 and his mother, Mary Murphy, was 20. He had at least 5 sons and 1 daughter with Elisabeth Rieser. He lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1799 and Union Township, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States in 1800.

James Loughry took up 200 acres of land, warrant date of survey, November 9, 1750. In 1757 he was with Provincial Troops under Colonel Hance Hamilton, and in 1 758, June 1 st, we find him at Fort Littleton on the paid list of Colonel Hance Hamilton's men. Vol. 2, Second Series, Penn. Arch. He was Major in I 798. From Penn. Arch., Vol. 1, Fifth Series, pp. 179-280. In 1776, August 9th, he was in Captain J. Parr's Company, having enlisted for three years. He was Lieutenant in 1754. 20 Loughry Genealogy He was living in Indiana Co. in 1798, and was an elder in Kent Presbyterian Church prior to 1834. Caldwell, in his History of Indiana Co.r states that Bethel Presbyterian Church is seven miles southwest from Indiana and was organized in 1790. Rev. Joseph Washington Henderson was the first pastor, 1798 to 1823. He was originally of York Co., Pa. Major James Loughry was one of the first elders. At a meeting, when the pastor asked for persons to sign the temperance pledge, five persons came forward and signed. Major Loughry was the first name on the list. This was Kent or Bethel Church. He had at least 5 sons and 1 daughter with Elisabeth Rieser. He lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1799 and Union Township, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, United States in 1800.

He died on 23 September 1805, in Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 75.

Sources

• Jewett, J. A. (Julia Ann). (1923).A brief genealogy of the Loughry family of Pennsylvania. St. Louis, Mo.

• "United States Census, 1800", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR4-YHL : Fri Oct 06 22:35:21 UTC 2023), Entry for James Loughry, 1800.