born in Aberdeen, died of wounds received at the battle of
Princeton, also served with distinction in the Braddock and Forbes
campaigns in western Pennsylvania. His life was a strenuous one, full
of exacting and unselfish work for others, and as Judge Goolrick says
in his "Life of Mercer," he "is entitled to the gratitude of all
liberty-loving America." Mercer county, New Jersey, was named in his
honor. John Armstrong (1725-95), born in the North of Ireland of
Scottish ancestry, served in the French and Indian War (1755-56), was
Brigadier-General in the Continental Army (1776-77), and Delegate to
the Continental Congress (1778-80, 1787-88). Colonel James Livingston
(1747-1832), by his timely shot drove the British warship "Vulture"
from her anchorage in the North River "thus securing the capture of
Andre, effecting the discomfiture of Arnold's treason, and assuring
the safety of West Point, the key of the Revolution." James Chrystie
(1750-1807), born in or near Edinburgh, joined the Revolutionary Army
and served with high reputation till the end of the war. On the
discovery of Arnold's plot at West Point he was entrusted with a
delicate mission by Washington, which he executed successfully. His
son, Lieutenant-Colonel James Chrystie, earned a name for himself at
the Battle of Queenstown in the war of 1812. William Davidson
(1746-1781), born in Pennsylvania of Scottish parentage or descent,
was a Brigadier-General in the Revolutionary Army, and was killed in
the fight at the ford over Catawba River, January 31, 1781. Congress
voted five hundred dollars for a monument to his memory, and Davidson
College, North Carolina, is named in his honor. General William
Macpherson (1756-1813), born in Philadelphia of Scottish parents, was
in the British service at the time of the Revolution, but resigned and
joined the colonies, and served faithfully under Washington. Major
Robert Kirkwood was killed in the battle against the Miami Indians in
1792, the thirty-third time he had risked his life for his country.
Lachlan McIntosh (1727-1806), of the family of MacIntosh of Borlum,
was born in Badenoch, Inverness-shire, and came to America with his
father who settled in Georgia. He volunteered his services on the
outbreak of the Revolution, becoming General in 1776. He was second in
command at Savannah and took part in the defence of Charleston.
McIntosh county, Georgia, is named after his family, "whose members
have illustrated the state,