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He was colonel of a regiment in the Revolutionary war. Seven of his sons and one son-in-law, named Johnson, served in the Continental Army.

In October, 1764, he was appointed justice of the peace and of the Court of Common Pleas, under the Colonial Government, and continued in same office upon the adoption of the constitution of 1776. Served in the General Assembly in 1877-78-79. During the year 1779 was appointed sub-lieutenant of York County, to organize the county militia, and in March 30, 1780, was appointed one of the three commissioners to seize the personal effects of Tories in York County. For a short time after the Revolution he was president justice of the Court of Common Pleas.

He was appointed sub-lieutenant of York County. He served in that office from January, 1781, to April, 1783, during which time he paid to various captains of companies $2,136 in government money.
He commanded the Fifth Battalion of York County for three years, and was one of the framers of the constitution of 1790. For his services in the army he obtained a free patent for a tract of land three leagues square, on part of which Dillsburg is built, and on another part is a valuable ore bank. He was also granted a tract of land in Washington County, Pennsylvania, now known as "Dillwood," He married a second time. Late in life he moved to Fairfield, Adams County, where he died and was buried.

Andrew H. Dill, at one time a prominent candidate for governor of Pennsylvania, was a great-grandson of Col. Matthew Dill.