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Facts and Events
| Name |
Capt. Peter Perchment |
| Alt Name |
Peter Parchment |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
1749/1756 |
, Pennsylvania |
| Marriage |
12 Apr 1790 |
Wilkins, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United Statesto Mary Elizabeth Powell |
| Death? |
12 Feb 1844 |
Wilkins, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Burial? |
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Beulah Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USABeulah Cemetery |
| Reference Number? |
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92 |
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Peter Perchment
- From the Pittsburgh Gazette, October 16, 1957
- Captain Peter Perchment, whose son built the Inn in 1826, was born in Bedford in 1749.
- He enlisted in the 13th Virginia Regiment of the Continental Army on January 1, 1777, for a term of three years and took part in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown.
- He was wounded in a battle with the Indians at what is now Coshocton, Ohio, on February 8, 1779 and was the first wounded man carried into Fort Pitt.
- Later he helped to survey Frankstown Road, for which he was paid in pounds and shillings, and his name appears on a petition to erect Allegheny County from Westmoreland, which was approved by an act of legislature on September 24, 1788.
- He became the father of two sons and 10 daughters and when he died in 1844 at the age of 95 he was buried in Beulah Cemetery.
- Peter Perchment Jr., who built the present Morning Star Inn, is also buried there with four members of his family who died in a black diphtheria epidemic in 1861.
- Washington-Irvine Correspondence: - Page 31 -
- January 22nd, 27th 1779 - Samuel Sample, an assistant quartermaster, sent by Colonel Gibson from Fort Laurens to Coshocton, for corn and other articles, had one man killed, and another deperately wounded, by treacherous Delawares. The man killed was John Nash, of the thirteenth Virginia regiment; killed 22 Jan 1779. The man wounded was Peter Parchment, of the same regiment as Nash; wounded on the 27th Jan 1779; he finally recovered.
Other Sources
!Source: Nat. Archives, Wash. D.C. Petition to be placed on Pennsion list under the Act of 18th March 1818. Dated 2 May 1828. He was in the army for 3 years. Discharged because of wounds. Farmer. Has 5 daughters.
Marriage date: Nat. Archives- Petition for wife for Peter's pension. Dated 21 Jun 1844, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Mary- age 75. Married 12th or 13 of April 1790.
Death date: source, same as above, died 12 Feb 1844 in Allegheny Co.
Beulah Cemetery record URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~njm1/beulah.htm
References
- Consul Willshire Butterfield. Washington-Irvine Correspondence: The Official Letters which Passed Between Washington and Brig.-Gen. William Irvine and Between Irvine and Others Concerning Military Affaris In The West From 1781 To 1783. (Madison, Wisconcin: David Atwood, 1882)
Page 31.
- January 22nd, 27th 1779 - Samuel Sample, an assistant quartermaster, sent by Colonel Gibson from Fort Laurens to Coshocton, for corn and other articles, had one man killed, and another deperately wounded, by treacherous Delawares. The man killed was John Nash, of the thirteenth Virginia regiment; killed 22 Jan 1779. The man wounded was Peter Parchment, of the same regiment as Nash; wounded on the 27th Jan 1779; he finally recovered.
- Find A Grave.
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