Person:John Wilkins (27)

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From "Papers Read Before the Lancaster County Historical Society", Volumes 18-19, by Lancaster County Historical Society:

John Wilkins, Jr (John, Robert), was born in 1733, moved to Carlisle in 1763, when he was appointed a lieutenant for Cumberland County. in 1773 he entered into the mercantile business in Bedford. At the outbreak of the Revolution he organized a company of associates, and in 1776 was commissioned s captain, and as such piayed a prominent part in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown. In 1783 he moved to Pittsburgh and opened a store at the northeast corner of Fourth and Wood streets. Upon the organization of Allegheny county, he was appointed one of the Associated Judges of the Court, serving as a member of the supreme executive council in 1790. He was chief burgess of Pittsburgh, commissioner of public buildings. and County Treasurer from 1794 to 1803. He died in Pittsburgh in 1809, and was survived by General John and Hon. William Wilkins. The former was born in 1761; was an offlcer in the Revolution: Brigadier General during the Whiskey Insurrection, and was prominent in the history of Western Pennsylvania. He died in 1816. survived by a son. John, who married Rachael Howard, and a daughter, Janet.

Hon. William Wilkins was born 1779. He was a Judge of the United States District Court for western Pennsylvania. In February 1810. when the population of Pittsburgh was 4,800, the "Bank of Pittsburgh" was organized and Judge William Wilkins was elected its first President. and his portrait hangs on the walls of the bank, at this time. In September, 1817 James Monroe, the flfith President of the United States,visited Pittsburgh and was entertained by Judge Wilkins at his elegant home.