. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . unty. He was with Washingtonduring the Jersey campaign of 1776,—at Trenton andPrinceton. His battalion was at Brandywine andGermantown, and the conduct of Col. Greenawaltduring the former engagement received the commen-dation of the commander-in-chief for efficiency andgallantry, especially in the protection of the Conti-nental supplies. He was appointed, May 6, 1778, oneof the agents for forfeited estates. At the close of thewar he retired to his farm, aud, like many more o
. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . unty. He was with Washingtonduring the Jersey campaign of 1776,—at Trenton andPrinceton. His battalion was at Brandywine andGermantown, and the conduct of Col. Greenawaltduring the former engagement received the commen-dation of the commander-in-chief for efficiency andgallantry, especially in the protection of the Conti-nental supplies. He was appointed, May 6, 1778, oneof the agents for forfeited estates. At the close of thewar he retired to his farm, aud, like many more ofthe brave officers of that struggle for independence,poorer in purse, but conscious of having done his dutyto his country. The Assembly of the State appointedhim one of the commissioners to take subscriptionsfor the Continental loan, Dec. 16, 1777, aud duringthe darkest hour of the struggle lie did effective ser-vice in collecting blankets, food, and forage for thehalf-starved and half-clad army at Valley Forge, andfor most of which he was never recompensed. Butsuch was the fate of many who sacrificed their for-. ^p-L BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. 273 tunes on the altar of liberty. Col. Greenawalt reacheda good old age, honored, loved, and respected by hisneighbors and fellow-citizens. He died, Feb. 28,1802, at Lebanon, aged seventy-seven years. was twice married : first, to the WidowUhland, of Muddy Creek, who died the same year;secondly, to Margaret Foeser, born May 10, 1735;died May 10, 1806. They had a large family of chil-dren. (See Greenawalt record.) GEN. JOHN Harrison, the son of Issac and Sarah Har-rison, was born in Hanover township, Lancaster (nowDauphin) Co., Pa., on the 8th of January, 1775. Hereceived a good education, brought up on his fathersfarm, and at his majority engaged in the manufactureof iron. He served as county commissioner from1807 to 1810, and in 1814 marched as a private inCapt. Thomas Mcllhennys company of volunteers tothe d
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