William Ross

1760 - 1821  (~ 60 years)

• Name	William Ross
  Born	May 1760	, Chester, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Died	1821	Rossville
  Person ID	I6891	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2001

  
  

  Father	William Ross
  Mother	Jean Nesbit
  Family ID	F2782	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Alice (Elsie) Mateer,   b. 15 Jul 1769, Allen Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania ,   d. 8 Aug 1828, Rossville, York, Pennsylvania  (Age 59 years)
  Children	+ 1. James Ross,   b. 24 Apr 1791,   d. 7 Nov 1867, Rossville, Pennsylvania  (Age 76 years)   2. William Ross,   b. 29 May 1793   3. Elizabeth Ross,   b. 1794   4. John Ross,   b. 1797,   d. See Notes   5. John Ross,   b. 1803,   d. See Notes   6. Margaret Ross,   b. Jan 1809
  Family ID	F2626	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  During the Revolutionary War William was a private in Capt. William Dodds' Company of York County Militia in 1781, and while his brother Alexander Ross was stationed with his division at York, William took his place at the camp while Alexander came home to put out his grain. William was a major of the Warrington Rangers which did service in the Indian Wars of 1794 and colonel of the First Battalion of Rifelmen which he helped to organize during the Second War with England. It was in his time that the name of the town of Warrington Square was changed to Rosstown and later to Rossville. He was appointed justice of the peace for Warrington Township for life and was sheriff of York Co., and one of the earliest postmasters. Major Ross built a tannery at Rossville and a stone dwelling house on the old York Road in ---------- References: "A Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart families of Pennsylvania", Blanche T. Hartman, 1929, p 56. McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis McTeer, 1975, p 53.