Our Harrison Township Revolutionary War Patriots buried at First Universalist Cemetery are: James Wood 1761-1840 and Peter Rush 1754-1819.
These notes are from the Rush Book gathered by Garst Darke Genealogy. Peter Rush’s wife was Mary Slaughter. They had 8 children: Phillip, Jesse, Elizabeth, Catherine, Asa, Margaret, Phoebe and Isaiah. From the Beers book we read the following Rush brothers came to Darke County: James, Henry, Andrew, and John Hiller, a brother-in-law. Others included George, Peter, John, Moses, Aaron, Henry Hardy (brother-in-law), Archibald Bryson and James Bryson, both brother-in-laws.
Rush was a Soldier in the American Revolutionary War. He was in the Bedford County Pennsylvania Militia with a rank of Private. He volunteered for service in 1782.
Peter Rush was born in 1754 in Pennsylvania and died in 1819 in Darke County Ohio.
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James Wood
James wife was Jemina. He had 10 children.
James served in the American Revolutionary
War. He was in the Virginia Militia with a rank of Private. He
served from March 2, 1779 and discharged in August 1783
being wounded twice.
James was born on July 4, 1761 in North Carolina and died
on January 15, 1839 in Darke County Ohio.
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