Robert Applegate

26 March 1835. Allegheny Co., Penn. Robert Applegate of said county, aged 76, declares he served as a militia man for four months in McIntosh's campaign in the company of Capt. John Crow in the 8th Regiment of Pennsylvania militia under Col. Broadhead and Col. Joseph Beeler. They rendezvoused at Fort Pitt, crossed the Allegheny, and marched to a place one mile below the mouth of Beaver Creek where they erected Fort McIntosh. During this march a light skirmish took place between the vanguard of the army and some Indians. They then march to the Tuscarawas River and erected Fort Lawrence [sic]. A company of regulars was left there under Col. Gibson and the rest returned to Fort McIntosh and were dismissed.

He volunteered under Capt. Joseph Ogle and Col. Broadhead and went to an Indian town on the Muskingum called Coshocton. Col. Stephen Bayard had charge of a division of the army. They then marched to New Comers-town [sic] where a treaty was concluded with the Indians. The army was disbanded at Wheeling.

He was born 13 March 1759 in Princeton, N.J. He lived in Yohghioghany Co., Va., at the time of his service and has lived there ever since. It is now Allegheny Co., Penn.

24 April 1837. Allegheny Co., Penn. Robert Applegate makes a declaration similar to his previous ones but adds that at Fort Lawrence [sic] he helped to carry logs to build a horse [house] in the fort for Col. Gibson to live in that winter.

Robert Applegate of Allegany Co., Penn., private in company of Capt. Minton in Virginia Line for 15 months, was placed on the Pittsburgh, Penn., pension roll at $50 per annum under the Act of 1832. Certificate 31122 was issued 8 June 1837

CLOSE