Military History of Francis Murray  (c. 1731 - 11/27/1816)

Original Member

  Officer History
 
  Date   Rank   Unit   Military Action   Position   Status
  15 Mar 1776   Captain   Pennsylvania Musketry Battalion         Murray's Company
 
  27 Aug 1776   Captain   Pennsylvania Musketry Battalion   Long Island     POW
 
  9 Dec 1776   Captain   Provisional State Battalion         Exchanged
 
  26 Dec 1776   Captain   Provisional State Battalion   Trenton, NJ (I)    
 
  3 Jan 1777   Captain   Provisional State Battalion   Princeton    
 
  10 Jan - May 1777   Captain   Provisional State Battalion   Morristown Encampment, 1777    
 
  24 Jan 1777   Captain   Provisional State Battalion   Quibbletown (New Market), NJ    
 
  1 Mar 1777   Captain   Pennsylvania State Regiment of Foot        
 
  Mar - Nov 1777   Major   Pennsylvania State Regiment of Foot   New Jersey Campaign, 1777    
 
  15 Mar 1777   Major   Pennsylvania State Regiment of Foot       2nd Major  
 
  11 Sep 1777   Major   Pennsylvania State Regiment of Foot   Brandywine    
 
  4 Oct 1777   Major   Pennsylvania State Regiment of Foot   Germantown    
 
  2 Nov - 10 Dec 1777   Major   13th Pennsylvania Regiment   Whitemarsh Encampment    
 
  12 Nov 1777   Major   13th Pennsylvania Regiment        
 
  19 Dec 1777 - 19 Jun 1778   Major   13th Pennsylvania Regiment   Valley Forge Encampment    
 
  21 Feb 1778   Major   13th Pennsylvania Regiment   Newtown, PA     POW
 
  Dec 1780   Major   2nd Pennsylvania Regiment         Exchanged; Deranged
 
 
  Post-War Offices Held
 
  Date From   Date To   Office Name   Notes
  1783   1790   Lieutenant, Bucks County, PA  
 
  1813   27 November 1816   Associate Justice, Bucks County, PA  
 

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