Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Illinois
Peoria County
Peoria County
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Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Illinois
Peoria County
Name: Phineas Bronson
was born in Enfield, Connecticut, November 9, 1764, and died in Peoria county, Illinois, October
24, 1845, and is buried in the Princeville cemetery, where a tombstone, upon which is inscribed,
"A Soldier of the American Revolution," tells the story of service. He served in the Third Company
of the Second Regiment under Major Benjamin Walbridge and Col. Zebulon Butler. He was
pensioned.
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Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Illinois
Peoria County
Name: William Crow
was born in Rockingham county, Virginia, in 1758, and died in Peoria county, Illinois, January 25,
1854. He is buried in a private cemetery in Limestone township, near Pottstown. He was
pensioned.
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Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Illinois
Peoria County
Name: John Dusenberry
came from New York, where he served in the war in the Third regiment with Col. Rudolphus
Rietzman, enlisting in January, 1776. He was first Lieutenant and then Captain of his company.
He was wounded at the battle of White Plains, but again served from December, 1777, to March,
1778. He served under Col. David Van Schaik, Col. Philip Van Courtland, and Gen. Samuel
Parsons, for two years under Lafayette. He came to Illinois, residing in Peoria, where he died
September 26, 1833, aged 81 years. "New York in the Revolution."
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Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Illinois
Peoria County
Name: James Harkness
was a "Minute Man," marching on the first alarm from Pelham, Massachusetts, in Capt. Candless'
company, Col. Benjamin Woodbridge's regiment, serving eleven days; he re-enlisted for eight
months; and again in June, 1778, serving as corporal and sergeant in Capt. Joseph Perkins'
company, Col. Nathaniel Wade's regiment. He was born June 21, 1756, and died at Harkness
Grove August 18, 1836, and is buried in the Harkness cemetery, near Trivoli, Peoria county.
"Massachusetts Soldiers in the Revolution."
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Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Illinois
Peoria County
Name: Paulette Maillet
was born in 1753 at Mackinac, Michigan. He was an Indian trader and was the founder of Peoria
in 1778. Hearing of the defeat of Thomas Brady at St. Joseph, Michigan, in 1777, he decided to
revenge the killing of men by the British and Indians. With an armed force they marched to St.
Joseph, where they fought like tigers and captured the fort. He returned to Peoria, but lost his life
in a quarrel with a Frenchman in 1805. The place of his burial is not known. "County History."
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Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Illinois
Peoria County
Name: John Montgomery
was in the Virginia line of troops. He was born in Virginia in 1764 and died in Peoria county,
Illinois, January 26, 1845, and is buried in the Princeville cemetery. "A Soldier of the Revolution"
is inscribed on his tombstone. He was pensioned.
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Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Illinois
Peoria County
Name: Zealy Moss
was a wagonmaster and assistant quartermaster in the Virginia troops. He onlisted in Loudoun
county in the spring of 1777 and served two years. He re-enlisted in 1780 and served to the close
of the war. He was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, March 5, 1755, and died in Peoria county,
Illinois, October 30, 1835, and is buried in Springdale cemetery, Peoria. He was pensioned.
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