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Peter Coger

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Partner	Date of Birth	Children
Mary Mucklewain		Catherine Coger Phebe Coger

Person Events

Event Type	Date	Place	Description
Birth	1753
Death

Notes


Descendants of Peter Coger Generation No. 1 1. PETER1 COGER was born 1753 in Probably Rockingham Co., VA. He married MARY "POLLY" (WAYNE) MUCKLEWAIN September 03, 1781 in Rockingham Co., VA (Source: Family Group Sheets - Audra Rickey Wayne - 1980.), daughter of GEORGE MUCKLEWAIN and NANCY RECTOR. Notes for PETER COGER: Born in PA in 1753. In infancy came to Hawksbill, Shenandoah County, Virginia, and enlisted in the Revolutionary Army from Rockingham County. He served as a private in the company of Captain Ragan and Lieutenant Harrison in the regiment of Colonel Skillern, his service extending from 1777 to 1781. He was at Point Pleasant when Chief Cornstalk was killed. He applied for pension from Lewis County, Virginia, December 3, 1832, and in support of his claim are affidavits of John and Isaac Mace, Tunis McIlvane, and Robert Hamilton. He names a long list of Revolutionary officers with whom he had seen service. Served under General George Rogers Clark in his historic conquest of the Northwest Territory in the Illinois Expedition. Peter also served during the siege of Yorktown and the British surrender there in 1781. Lived in Botetourt Co., VA until 1794 when they moved to Franklin Co., VA where they lived on the Blackwater River. In 1817, the family moved to Randolph Co., VA and settled on the Elk River near the mouth of Holly River. They bought land from Jeremiah Carpenter and obtained a land grant from the Commonwealth of Virginia for a larger tract. U.S. Revolutionary War Pension Records for Lewis Co., VA list Peter as age 81 in 1833, and living with Adam Starcher. Adam Starcher was married to Peter's daughter, Phoebe. Revolutionary War Record of Peter Cogar 9 March 1837. Braxton County, Va. Tunis McWane, aged 75 years sometime this fall by the best information he can get, having no register of his age, declares he has been well acquainted with Peter Coger from the days of their youth, about the time he was 10 years of age. Peter Coger and his brother Jacob Coger were absent at times from the neighborhood where they resided in Rockingham Co., Va., during the Revolutionary War and upon their return he was informed by them they had been in the army. It was the general understanding of the neighborhood they had been on the expedition to the Illinois Country commanded by Gen. George Rogers Clark. Peter Coger served in the militia on several occasions, once under Capt. George Cresman in Rockingham Co., Va. McWane was born and raised in Rockingham County. He believes he was at the siege of York in 1781. 8 April 1837. Lewis Co., Va. Isaac Mace declares he has been acquainted with Peter Coger from his youth and believes he served a number of tours as private in the militia. He often heard Peter Coger talk of having been in the army under Col. George Rogers Clark and Mace served a tour of six months with him in 1777. They both volunteered in Augusta County. Peter Coger went under Capt. Ragen and he under Capt. Hopkins. They commenced their march from Augusta County in July or August to Staunton and from Staunton to the Warm Springs and to the Sevanah Fort, now called Lewisburg, and then to the Big Kanawha and to Point Pleasant, at which shortly after their arrival Cornstalk was killed. 29 May 1837. Lewis Co., Va. Peter Coger, aged upwards of 80, makes a similar statement of his service under Capt. Ragan. In April 1778 he again entered service in company with his brother Jacob under Capt. Abraham Bowman. Both he and his brother Jacob volunteered for one year, expressly to join the expedition undertaken by Col. George Rogers Clark against the British and Indians in the Illinois Country. By arrangement with Capt. Bowman he and his brother joined the regiment at Wheeling. At the time he volunteered he was a citizen of Rockingham Co., Va. They embarked on board the keel boats at Wheeling and descended to the falls of the Ohio and landed at the falls and built cabins on the island. They left a number of families and some soldiers for their protection. From "Historical, Genealogical and Biographical Account of the McElwain- Wayne Family" by Audra Rickey Wayne, 1980.

Descendants of Peter Coger

Generation No. 1

1. PETER1 COGER was born 1753 in Probably Rockingham Co., VA. He married
MARY "POLLY" (WAYNE) MUCKLEWAIN September 03, 1781 in Rockingham Co., VA
(Source: Family Group Sheets - Audra Rickey Wayne - 1980.), daughter of
GEORGE MUCKLEWAIN and NANCY RECTOR.

Notes for PETER COGER:
Born in PA in 1753. In infancy came to Hawksbill, Shenandoah County,
Virginia, and enlisted in the Revolutionary Army from Rockingham County.
He served as a private in the company of Captain Ragan and Lieutenant
Harrison in the regiment of Colonel Skillern, his service extending from
1777 to 1781. He was at Point Pleasant when Chief Cornstalk was killed.
He applied for pension from Lewis County, Virginia, December 3, 1832, and
in support of his claim are affidavits of John and Isaac Mace, Tunis
McIlvane, and Robert Hamilton. He names a long list of Revolutionary
officers with whom he had seen service.

Served under General George Rogers Clark in his historic conquest of the
Northwest Territory in the Illinois Expedition. Peter also served during
the siege of Yorktown and the British surrender there in 1781. Lived in
Botetourt Co., VA until 1794 when they moved to Franklin Co., VA where they
lived on the Blackwater River. In 1817, the family moved to Randolph Co.,
VA and settled on the Elk River near the mouth of Holly River. They bought
land from Jeremiah Carpenter and obtained a land grant from the
Commonwealth of Virginia for
a larger tract.

U.S. Revolutionary War Pension Records for Lewis Co., VA list Peter as age
81 in 1833, and living with Adam Starcher. Adam Starcher was married to
Peter's daughter, Phoebe.

Revolutionary War Record of Peter Cogar

9 March 1837. Braxton County, Va. Tunis McWane, aged 75 years sometime this
fall by the best information he can get, having no register of his age,
declares he has been well acquainted with Peter Coger from the days of
their youth, about the time he was 10 years of age. Peter Coger and his
brother Jacob Coger were absent at times from the neighborhood where they
resided in Rockingham Co., Va., during the Revolutionary War and upon their
return he was informed by them they had been in the army. It was the
general understanding of the neighborhood they had been on the expedition
to the Illinois Country commanded by Gen. George Rogers Clark. Peter Coger
served in the militia on several occasions, once under Capt. George Cresman
in Rockingham Co., Va. McWane was born and raised in Rockingham County. He
believes he was at the siege of York in 1781.

8 April 1837. Lewis Co., Va. Isaac Mace declares he has been acquainted
with Peter Coger from his youth and believes he served a number of tours as
private in the militia. He often heard Peter Coger talk of having been in
the army under Col. George Rogers Clark and Mace served a tour of six
months with him in 1777. They both volunteered in Augusta County. Peter
Coger went under Capt. Ragen and he under Capt. Hopkins. They commenced
their march from Augusta County in July or August to Staunton and from
Staunton to the Warm Springs and to the Sevanah Fort, now called Lewisburg,
and then to the Big Kanawha and to Point Pleasant, at which shortly after
their arrival Cornstalk was killed.

29 May 1837. Lewis Co., Va. Peter Coger, aged upwards of 80, makes a
similar statement of his service under Capt. Ragan. In April 1778 he again
entered service in company with his brother Jacob under Capt. Abraham
Bowman. Both he and his brother Jacob volunteered for one year, expressly
to join the expedition undertaken by Col. George Rogers Clark against the
British and Indians in the Illinois Country. By arrangement with Capt.
Bowman he and his brother joined the regiment at Wheeling. At the time he
volunteered he was a citizen of Rockingham Co., Va. They embarked on board
the keel boats at Wheeling and descended to the falls of the Ohio and
landed at the falls and built cabins on the island. They left a number of
families and some soldiers for their protection.

From "Historical, Genealogical and Biographical Account of the McElwain-
Wayne Family" by Audra Rickey Wayne, 1980.

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