Matthew McCoy

---

---

Husband Matthew McCoy ¹

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1782 ?
         Buried: 

---

         Father: John McCoy (Abt 1705/1710-1781) 1 2
         Mother: 

---

---

---

Wife

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

       Marriage: 

---

Children

---

---

General Notes: Husband - Matthew McCoy

---

Revolutionary War: He spent five years as an officer in the 7th Battalion of Cumberland County Militia commanded by his neighbor, Col. Frederick Watts. He was listed as a Lieutenant in the company of Capt. Frederick Taylor in July of 1777 and January and May of 1778. In May and December of 1780 the militia rolls indicate he had been advanced to the rank of Captain and placed in command of his own company. What, if any, active service he saw is unknown.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 489.

2 C. E. McCoy & R. M. Bell, John McCoy, His Children and Grandchildren (Romney, IN: Privately published, 1990), Pg 1.