U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephenson, Hugh (d. 1776) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Page 141, COL. HUGH STEPHENSON Of the Revolutionary Army, born in Berkeley county. In June 1775, under a resolution of Congress, he raised a company of volunteers in Berkeley county to serve one year in the Continental Army. William Henshaw, Geo. Scott and Thomas Hite were elected Lieutenants of this company. Among the privates were Robert White, afterwards Judge of the General Court of Virginia; Joseph Swearingen, Gen. Samuel Findlay, Maj. Henry Bedinger, Maj. Michael Bedinger, Abraham Shepherd and Nathaniel Pendleton, Esq., of New York. A few days previous to the departure of this company for Boston, Lieut. Hite resigned his commission and Abraham Shepherd was elected Lieutenant in his place, by the unanimous vote of the company. The company marched to Boston in July, 1775. Before the expiration of its term of service General Washington recommended to Congress the raising of a rifle regiment, which was accordingly organized by the appointment of Hugh Stephenson as colonel, Rawlings as lieutenant colonel. Otho H. Williams was the senior captain of the regiment. In August, 1776, Col. Stephenson died and was succeeded in the command of the regiment by Col. Rawlings. Stephenson's will, now on record in the County Court of Berkeley, bears date the 20th of July, 1775, to which there is a codicil annexed, bearing date the 3rd of March, 1776, and executed at "Roxbury Camp, New England." The will was presented for probate on the 20th of November, 1776. Among the executors appointed by the will is the name of his half brother, Col. Wm. Crawford — the bravest of Indian fighters, whose sad and excruciating death is mentioned in another part of these sketches. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------