JAMES GALLOWAY, SR.
In the January issue of the QUARTERLY in
the con-
tribution entitled, "Revolutionary
War Soldiers Buried
in Clark County, Ohio," there is
on pages 95-96, a sketch
of James Galloway, Sr., which contains
a number of
errors. These are due evidently for the
most part to
errors in previous sketches in county
histories and to a
confusion of the name of James
Galloway, Sr., with
other Galloways by the name of James.
The following
sketch is by Dr. W. A. Galloway, of
Xenia, and is
authentic in every particular:
James Galloway, Sr., was born in
Cumberland County, Penn-
sylvania, May Ist, 1750, and resided
there until the War of the
American Revolution. The monument
marking his grave gives
1775 as the date of his removal from
Pennsylvania to Kentucky,
where he settled on lands adjacent to
Stony Creek in the present
bounds of Fayette County.
The military record in the War of the
Revolution shows
three enlistments: 1776, 1777 and 1779,
all of which were
served under Pennsylvania officers. For these services he sub-
sequently drew a United States pension.
He was married in Cumberland County,
Pennsylvania, to
Rebekah Junkin on October 29, 1779. Seven children of this
union survived, one of whom was given
the name of James. The
suffixes "Sr." and
"Jr.," designating them, became necessary be-
cause of their later extensive public
relations. James Galloway,
Sr., was Treasurer of Greene County,
Ohio, from the date of its
organization, 1803 to 1819. His son,
James Galloway, Jr., was
Deputy Surveyor, by appointment, for
Virginia Military Lands
which lay between the Scioto and Little
Miami Rivers.
James Galloway, Sr., participated in
many Kentucky Indian
skirmishes, the most notable of which
was the disastrous battle
of Big Blue Licks, August 19, 1782. In October following, he
joined General George Rogers Clark's
punitive expedition against
the Shawnees at Old Chillicothe. Considerable "Indian prop-
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