James Carothers and Unknown

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Husband James Carothers ^{1 2 3}

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           Born:  - Ireland
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           Died: 18 Feb 1801 - Sewickley Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 4
         Buried: 

       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Catherine Potter (      -      ) 1 3 5 6

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Wife Unknown

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General Notes: Husband - James Carothers

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He emigrated from Ireland to America, and eventually settled on a farm situated on the Little Sewickley Creek, Sewickley township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, about three miles north of what later became the family homestead.

A native of Ireland, he emigrated to Pennsylvania before the Revolution. He first settled in Lancaster County, where he enlisted in Captain Thomas Boude's company, 5th regiment, Pennsylvania Line. He was wounded at Green Springs, Virginia, July 6, 1781. After the Revolution he settled on the Little Sewickley Creek, Sewickley township, Westmoreland County, and became a farmer.

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

2 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 667.

3 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 310, 316.

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

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

6 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 351.