Pennsylvania Cincinnati Military History - Ash Swamp (Plainfield), NJ

Officer History

Date	Rank	Unit	Military Action	Position	Status
20 Mar 1776	First Lieutenant	Pennsylvania Musketry Battalion			Murray's Company

27 Aug 1776	First Lieutenant	Pennsylvania Musketry Battalion	Long Island		Murray's Company; POW

1 Jul 1778	First Lieutenant	6th Pennsylvania Regiment			Exchanged

Dec 1778 - Jun 1779	First Lieutenant	6th Pennsylvania Regiment	Middlebrook Encampment

Apr - Oct 1779	Captain	6th Pennsylvania Regiment	New Jersey Campaign, 1779	Company Commander

10 Apr 1779	Captain	6th Pennsylvania Regiment		Company Commander	To Rank From 10 Aug 1776

Dec 1779 - Jun 1780	Captain	6th Pennsylvania Regiment	Morristown Encampment, 1779	Company Commander

Apr - Oct 1780	Captain	6th Pennsylvania Regiment	New Jersey Summer Campaign	Company Commander

16 Apr 1780	Captain	6th Pennsylvania Regiment	New Bridge / Paramus, NJ	Company Commander

21 Jul 1780	Captain	6th Pennsylvania Regiment	Blockhouse - Bergen Heights	Company Commander

Dec 1780 - Jun 1781	Captain	6th Pennsylvania Regiment	Morristown Encampment, 1780	Company Commander

15 May 1781 - 14 Dec 1782	Captain	6th Pennsylvania Regiment	Southern Campaign	Company Commander

6 Jul 1781	Captain	6th Pennsylvania Regiment	Green Spring / Jamestown	Company Commander	Wounded

Jan - Nov 1782	Captain	6th Pennsylvania Regiment	Carolina Campaign	Company Commander

1 Jan 1783	Captain	3rd Pennsylvania Regiment

Jun 1783	Captain	1st Pennsylvania Regiment

3 Nov 1783	Captain	1st Pennsylvania Regiment			Retired

Post-War Offices Held

Date From	Date To	Office Name	Notes
16 June 1789	17 August 1791	Justice of the Peace, Chester County, PA

17 August 1791	17 September 1820	Associate Judge, Chester County, PA

Military History of Walter Finney (c. 1747 - 9/17/1820)