U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Kerney, John ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128-129, JOHN KERNEY Was born in Berkeley county. The following extract is taken from an original certificate executed on the 17th of June, 1791, by William Darke, late Lieutenant Colonel commanding in Virginia Line, now in the possession of the writer of this sketch: "I was, and am well acquainted with Captain John Kerney, of the county of Berkeley, Virginia; he engaged in the American service as first Sergeant to a company in July, 1775, in Col. Hugh Stevenson's regiment of infantry; he was taken prisoner at Fort Washington, suffered a long and painful imprisonment after which he continued in the American army and behaved as a brave and distinguished soldier, 'til he was appointed a lieutenant in a State Regiment, commanded by Col. Joseph Crockett, after which he succeeded to the command of a company in said regiment, and served until it was disbanded, which was not until the end of the war. During his whole service, he merited the esteem of his superior officers, and of his country." Subsequent to the war, he returned to the county of Berkeley, held the position of a justice of the peace and member of the County Court, until about the year 1805 he emigrated to Kentucky, where he died. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------