U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Gates, Horatio (d. 1806) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Aler's History of Martinsburg and Berkeley County, West Virginia by F. Vernon Aler, 1888 Printed for the Author by The Mail Publishing Company, Hagerstown, MD. CHAPTER VIII. Historical Pen Sketches of the Early Residents of Berkeley County by the late Hon. Chas. James Faulkner. Pages 87-88, HORATIO GATES A Major General in the army of the United States. He was a native of England. He was with Braddock at the time of his defeat, 1755, and was shot through the body. He then purchased an estate in Berkeley County, Virginia, where he resided until the commencement of the American war in 1775, when he was appointed by Congress Adjutant General, with the rank of Brigadier General. The success which attended his arms in the capture of Burgoyne in October, 1777, filled America with joy. Congress passed a vote of thanks, and ordered a medal of gold to be presented to him by the President. August l6th, 1780, he was defeated by Cornwallis at Camden. He was superceded by General Greene, but in 1782 restored to his command. After peace, he retired to his farm, called "Traveler's Rest," in Berkeley County, where he remained till 1790, when he went to reside at New York. He died on the 10th of April, 1806, aged 77 years. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Berkeley County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/berkeley/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------