ZACHARIAH ARCHER
Was born in the County of Downs, Ireland, in 1752. He came to America when twenty years of age, and enlisted in 1776 from Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, in Capt. William Peebles' company of the Pennsylvania rifle regiment, commanded by Col. Samuel Miles. He was transferred to the Pennsylvania State Regiment with Capt. Matthew Scott and Col. Walter Stewart. Zachariah Archer was in the battles of Long Island, Trenton and Brandywine. He came to Illinois in 1819, and died in 1822; is buried in the Walnut Prairie Cemetery, in Clark County.
Was born in the County of Downs, Ireland, in 1752. He came to America when twenty years of age, and enlisted in 1776 from Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, in Capt. William Peebles' company of the Pennsylvania rifle regiment, commanded by Col. Samuel Miles. He was transferred to the Pennsylvania State Regiment with Capt. Matthew Scott and Col. Walter Stewart. Zachariah Archer was in the battles of Long Island, Trenton and Brandywine. He came to Illinois in 1819, and died in 1822; is buried in the Walnut Prairie Cemetery, in Clark County.
ZACHARIAH ARCHER
Was born in the County of Downs, Ireland, in 1752. He came to America when twenty years of age, and enlisted in 1776 from Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, in Capt. William Peebles' company of the Pennsylvania rifle regiment, commanded by Col. Samuel Miles. He was transferred to the Pennsylvania State Regiment with Capt. Matthew Scott and Col. Walter Stewart. Zachariah Archer was in the battles of Long Island, Trenton and Brandywine. He came to Illinois in 1819, and died in 1822; is buried in the Walnut Prairie Cemetery, in Clark County.
Was born in the County of Downs, Ireland, in 1752. He came to America when twenty years of age, and enlisted in 1776 from Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, in Capt. William Peebles' company of the Pennsylvania rifle regiment, commanded by Col. Samuel Miles. He was transferred to the Pennsylvania State Regiment with Capt. Matthew Scott and Col. Walter Stewart. Zachariah Archer was in the battles of Long Island, Trenton and Brandywine. He came to Illinois in 1819, and died in 1822; is buried in the Walnut Prairie Cemetery, in Clark County.
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