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Facts and Events
References
- ↑ Coxtree/Juniata County Military History, Url: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~milliken/jottings/mili tary.html
Juniata Co. Military History. - ↑ In the Second War with Great Britain or the War of 1812, a
company of about fifty men was recruited in Juniata and Mifflin
Counties by Captain Mathew Rodgers, great-grandfather of the
late Mrs. Noah Hertzler and Robert A. Robinson, both of Port
Royal. This company belonged to the regiment of Pennsylvania
Militia commanded by Colonel Reese Hill and served from May 5,
1813 until November 5, 1813, or six months enlistment.
John Rice, son of Peter Rice, and grandson of Zachariah Rice,
also became members of one of this company by serving as a
substitute for Jacob Kepner who lived on the farm near Church
Hill now owned by Hugh Sarver. He was the last survivor of
Perry's Victory on Lake Erie, which took place September 10,
1813. No doubt this was one of the contributing factors in the
naming of Perrysville.
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