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| Affiliation | Democratic-Republican |
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| Name | Isaac Anderson |
| Address | Chester County
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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November 23, 1760
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| Died | October 27, 1838
(77 years)
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| Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
Jul 15, 2007 02:55pm |
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| Info | ANDERSON, Isaac, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born at “Anderson Place,” in Charlestown Township (now Schuylkill Township), near Valley Forge, Chester County, Pa., November 23, 1760.
Served on the first Chester County Committee of Safety.
As a mere youth was the carrier of dispatches between the headquarters of the Revolutionary Army under General Washington at Valley Forge and the Continental Congress then in session at York; served three terms of service in the Revolutionary War before attaining the age of eighteen and ultimately became an ensign in the Fifth Battalion of Chester County Militia; commissioned on May 24, 1779, as first lieutenant, Fifth Battalion, Sixth Company.
Converted to Methodism in 1780 and sporadically served as a Methodist minister.
Justice of the peace in Charlestown Township 1799-1801
PA State House (DR-Chester County) 1801
U.S. Representative (DR-PA) 1803-1807
Engaged in agricultural pursuits and sawmilling.
Presidential Elector (DR-PA) 1816
Died at “Anderson Place,” Charlestown Township, Pa., October 27, 1838; interment in the family burying ground near Valley Forge, Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pa.
[Link]
Wayne C. Woodward, Congress: The Chester County Line, pp. 43-47. |
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