Capt. James Carnahan and Catherine Potter

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Husband Capt. James Carnahan ^{1 2 3}

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           Died: 1786-1787 - ? Westmoreland Co, PA
 Cause of Death: Drowning
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         Father: John Carnahan (      -      ) 4
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Wife Catherine Potter ^{1 3}

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         Father: Samuel Potter (      -1811) 1 5 6
         Mother: Susanna Poe (      -      ) 1 6

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   Other Spouse: Dr. Matthew McClanahan (      -      ) 1 3 7

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Children

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1 M John Carnahan ⁹

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            AKA: John Cornahan 8
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Elliott (      -      ) 8

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2 M Dr. James Carnahan ^{1 3 9}

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            AKA: Dr. James Cornahan 8
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General Notes: Husband - Capt. James Carnahan

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He was a lieutenant in Captain Joseph Erwin's company of the Pennsylvania Rifle regiment. He was subsequently at times a captain in the Second, Eighth and Thirteenth Pennsylvania regiments, Continental Line. He served from March, 1776, until 1781.

He lived in the northern part of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. At the close of the Revolution he returned to the county, and in the winter of 1786-87 he was drowned in the Allegheny river.

He entered the Revolutionary service as a second lieutenant, in Miles' Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment, March 16, 1776, but had the misfortune to be captured at the battle of Long Island, August 26, 1776. After his exchange he was promoted to be first lieutenant and captain, and served till the close of the war.

1 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 402.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. I (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 136.

3 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 316.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. I (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 159.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 109.

6 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 315, 374.

7 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 602.

8 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 423.

9 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1020.