Officer History
 
  Date   Rank   Unit   Military Action   Position   Status
  13 Mar 1776   Lieutenant Colonel   Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment        
 
  27 Aug 1776   Lieutenant Colonel   Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment   Long Island    
 
  26 Oct 1776   Lieutenant Colonel   3rd Pennsylvania Battalion        
 
  16 Nov 1776   Lieutenant Colonel   3rd Pennsylvania Battalion   Fort Washington    
 
  1 Jan 1777   Lieutenant Colonel   4th Pennsylvania Regiment        
 
  3 Jan 1777   Lieutenant Colonel   4th Pennsylvania Regiment   Princeton    
 
  12 Mar 1777   Colonel   8th Pennsylvania Regiment       Commander  
 
  12-13 Apr 1777   Colonel   8th Pennsylvania Regiment   Bound Brook   Commander  
 
  10-23 Aug 1777   Colonel   8th Pennsylvania Regiment   Neshaminy Encampment   Commander  
 
  11 Sep 1777   Colonel   8th Pennsylvania Regiment   Brandywine   Commander  
 
  19 Sep 1777   Colonel   8th Pennsylvania Regiment   Paoli   Commander  
 
  4 Oct 1777   Colonel   8th Pennsylvania Regiment   Germantown   Commander  
 
  2 Nov - 10 Dec 1777   Colonel   8th Pennsylvania Regiment   Whitemarsh Encampment   Commander  
 
  19 Dec 1777 - 19 Jun 1778   Colonel   8th Pennsylvania Regiment   Valley Forge Encampment   Commander  
 
  8 Mar 1778 - Oct 1783   Colonel   8th Pennsylvania Regiment   Fort Pitt 1778, Garrison Duty   Commander   Assigned To Fort Pitt May 1778 - May 1781
 
  Dec 1778 - Jan 1779   Colonel   8th Pennsylvania Regiment   McIntosh's Ohio River Expedition   Commander  
 
  11 Aug - 14 Sep 1779   Colonel   8th Pennsylvania Regiment   Brodhead's Expedition   Commander  
 
  1 Jan 1781   Colonel   1st Pennsylvania Regiment       Commander  
 
  Oct 1783   Colonel   1st Pennsylvania Regiment       Commander   Discharged
 
 
  Post-War Offices Held
 
  Date From   Date To   Office Name   Notes
  14 October 1788   23 October 1789   Representative, Pennsylvania General Assembly, Berks County, PA  
 
  25 October 1789   1800   Surveyor General, Pennsylvania  
 

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