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the benediction, he pulled off his gown, and stood wearing a full military uniform ; going to the door, he ordered the drums to beat, and assembled his men ; marching to the re- lief of Charleston, South Carolina, his regi- ment, known as the "German regiment," gained a high reputation for discipline and courage; he took part in the battle of Sulli- van's Island, shared in the Southern cam- paign, and was made brigadier-general; he was engaged at Brandywine, German- town, ^lonmouth, Stony Point and York- town, where he commanded the First Light Infantry Brigade, and he was promoted to major-general at the end of the war, and before the army was disbanded; on return- ing to civil pursuits, he took up his residence in Philadelphia; was elected a member of the Pennsylvania council: in 1785 was vice- president of the state under Franklin; was three times elected to congress, and in 1801 was elected United States senator, but re- signed to accept appointment by President Jefferson as revenue supervisor for Penn- sylvania; in 1803 ^^ ^vas made collector of the port of Philadelphia; he died October I, 1807; his statue appears in the capitol in Washington City.

Jones, John PauU born in Kirkbean, Scot- bnd, July 6, 1747; at the age of twelve he went to sea, and while on his first voyage visited his brother William in Fredericks- burg, Virginia; he followed the sea, and in 1/73 came to \'irginia to settle the estate of his brother, who had died the previous year; he resided in Fredericksburg about two years, and during this time (December 22, 1775) received his appointment as lieu- tenant in the navy from the continental con- gress, as first lieutenant of the '"Alfred," on

board which ship, before Philadelphia, he "hoisted with his own hands the flag of freedom the first time it was displayed ;" as captain of the "Ranger," in Quiberon Bay, February 14. 1778, he claimed and obtained from Monsieur La Motte Picquet the first salute the flag of the new republic received from a foreign power; his daring exploits at sea are matters of familiar knowledge; he continued to serve until the independ- ence of his adopted country was acknowl- edged, and peace was restored, and at the time of his death (July, 1792) he was the senior officer in the United States navy; in 1838. Janette Taylor, of Gosport (Ports- mouth), \"irginia, sister of John Paul Jones, and other heirs, memorialized the governor and council of the state, asking a land bounty allowance for the services of their illustrious kinsman; on December 21 01 the same year, as shown by the records of the Virginia state land office, they were allowed 3,985 acres, as being the amount due for the services of John Paul Jones *'as a captain in the continental navy, equal in rank to a brigadier-general in the conti- nental line, for a service of seven years and ten months and eleven days;" in 1908 the remains of John Paul Jones were brought back from France for final interment in the United States.

Hickman, William, born in King and Queen county, Virginia, February 4, 1747; he was educated as an Episcopalian, but united with the Bapjtist church in 1773, was licensed tO' preach three years later, after visiting Kentucky in the early part of 1776, where he preached the first sermon deliv- ered in the new settlement; in 1784 he set- tled in Fayette county, Kentucky, and

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