Lochry's Defeat

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: [unknown]
Surname/tag: American_Revolution

Lochry's Defeat, also known as the Lochry massacre, was a battle fought on August 24, 1781, near present-day Aurora, Indiana, in the United States. The battle was part of the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783). - Wikipedia]

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Persons identified by British documents as participating in a battle known as Lochry's Defeat.

I have stricken the names already identified.

Killed

• Col. Archibald Lochrey
• Capt. William Campbell
• Ens. Ephraim Ralph
• Ens. Ralph(?) Maxwell
• Ens. Cahill
• Sergt. Galaher
• Sergt. Evens
• Sergt. Ebenezer Burris (accidental self-inflicted knife wound)
• Sergt. Forsyth
• Sergt. James Black
• Sergt. Allison
• Corp. Paton
• John Gibson
• John Young
• Robt. Dongan
• John Straiton
• John Burns
• William Hudson
• John Pheasant (probably Pershing)
• Zenis Hardon
• John Milligan
• John Corn
• Mathew Lamb
• Joseph Baily
• John Smith
• Wm. Cain
• Adam Erwin
• Peter McLin
• Archibald Askin
• David Ellinger
• George Butcher
• Peter Berkman
• Josia Brooks
• John Row
• Jonas Peter
• J. McRight
• John McKimby^[1]

Prisoners

• Major Craigcraft
• Capt. Stokly
• Cap. Orr (Robert Orr, Wash. Twp.)
• Cap. Shannon (Donegal Twp.)
• Lt. Robinson^[2]
• Lt. Isaac Anderson
• Lt. Craig*
• Lt. Scott^[2]
• Lt. (Malikia) Baker
• Ens. Hunter
• Ens. Guthrie^[2][3]
• Qr. Mr. Wallace (William or Richard Wallace)*
• Sergt. Trimble
• Sergt. McCloud
• Patrick Johnson
• Richard Fleming
• Robert Watson
• Abn Anderson
• Mcl Hare
• Wm. Mars
• John Sense
• Mcl Miller^[4]
• Patrick Murphy
• Jas. Cain (should be Kean)
• Jas. McPherson
• Wm. Martial
• Peter Conoly
• John Farrell
• Denis McCarthy
• Solomon Atkill
• John Lavear
• Mathias Fisher
• George Dice
• John Porter
• John Smith
• Adam Owing
• Saml Le Fever
• John Hunter
• Joseph Erwin
• Manassa Coyl
• Hugh Steer
• John Cat
• Valantine Lawrence
• Jacob Lawrence
• Christian Fast
• Charles McLin
• William Noach
• Henry France
• Abm Highly
• George Mason
• Wm. Witherenton
• Eairy Cuighly
• Thos. James
• Thos. Atkinson
• John Stackhouse
• Wm. Clark
• Elishia Risley
• James Dunseith
• Danl. Cain
• Wm. Think
• Robert Wilson
• Isaac Lewis
• Alex Burns
• Hugh More
• George Bailey
• James Dougherty

1. ↑ There might be a discrepancy with the record. John McKinley was present burned at the stake with Colonel Crawford.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} SAR Application 50794 has is in regards to Joseph Robinson. This is a different Joseph Robinson, but has the payment to Lt. John Scott, Adjunct John Guthrie, and Lt. Joseph Robinson after their escape from Canada.
3. ↑ Adjunct in another list
4. ↑ Could be the son of Robert Miller who died in 1775.

Sources

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Lochry
• http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=803&p=topics.Military.amerrev.general
• http://books.google.com/books?id=b040AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA73&lpg=PA73&dq=hugh+gallagher,+lochry&source=bl&ots=3C1a2_k1xX&sig=0QPHdQufx2jwSpvGL1KScPyTpxc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=d2PGUqz9MYXboAThkYHoCA&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=hugh%20gallagher%2C%20lochry&f=false