[Believed to be son of Col. Benjamin Chambers]
Col. James Chambers was a distinguished soldier of the Revoluntionary War enlisting June 25, 1775. He was with the first of George Washington's troops to reach Boston on August 7, 1775. His half brothers William and Benjamin, Jr. along with his only son, Benjamin who was 11 years old at the time.
He assumed command of the lst Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line in the Continental Service and was promoted on March 12, 1777.
He took part in most of the battles of 1776 & 1777 and continued to command until he retired January 17, 1781. He took part in the battle of Brandywine, where he was wounded on Sept. 11, 1777, he opposed the Hessians at Chadd's Ford, and in May 1778 the battle of Monmouth.
During the Whiskey Insurrection in 1794 he was the Brigadier General in command of the 3rd Brigade and marched to western Pennsylvania where the mere display of military force proved sufficient to restore order.
He enlisted July 19, 1763 as a Lt. in Captain Samuel Lindsay's Company of Foot. After his retirement he founded Loudon Forge, the first iron works in Franklin County. He was the first Justice of the Peace for his township, after the erection of Franklin County in 1784, being commissioned for 7 years from Jan 4, 1785 and on the 12 of November 1795 Governor Mifflin commissioned him one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Franklin County, Associate Judge of the Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery, Judge of the Orphans' Court, of the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, and Justice of the Peace. Chambersburg, Pa was named for his father, Benjamin. It was known as Falling Spring, Pa prior to the change of name.
He was a member of the Society of the Society of the Cincinnati, a member of the order of Masons (founder of the Chambersburg Lodge and it's Master until he resigned in 1894).
He was buried with full military honors.
He donated the land on which the Chambersburg Academy was built.
Col. James Chambers was a distinguished soldier of the Revoluntionary War enlisting June 25, 1775. He was with the first of George Washington's troops to reach Boston on August 7, 1775. His half brothers William and Benjamin, Jr. along with his only son, Benjamin who was 11 years old at the time.
He assumed command of the lst Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line in the Continental Service and was promoted on March 12, 1777.
He took part in most of the battles of 1776 & 1777 and continued to command until he retired January 17, 1781. He took part in the battle of Brandywine, where he was wounded on Sept. 11, 1777, he opposed the Hessians at Chadd's Ford, and in May 1778 the battle of Monmouth.
During the Whiskey Insurrection in 1794 he was the Brigadier General in command of the 3rd Brigade and marched to western Pennsylvania where the mere display of military force proved sufficient to restore order.
He enlisted July 19, 1763 as a Lt. in Captain Samuel Lindsay's Company of Foot. After his retirement he founded Loudon Forge, the first iron works in Franklin County. He was the first Justice of the Peace for his township, after the erection of Franklin County in 1784, being commissioned for 7 years from Jan 4, 1785 and on the 12 of November 1795 Governor Mifflin commissioned him one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Franklin County, Associate Judge of the Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery, Judge of the Orphans' Court, of the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, and Justice of the Peace. Chambersburg, Pa was named for his father, Benjamin. It was known as Falling Spring, Pa prior to the change of name.
He was a member of the Society of the Society of the Cincinnati, a member of the order of Masons (founder of the Chambersburg Lodge and it's Master until he resigned in 1894).
He was buried with full military honors.
He donated the land on which the Chambersburg Academy was built.
[Believed to be son of Col. Benjamin Chambers]
Col. James Chambers was a distinguished soldier of the Revoluntionary War enlisting June 25, 1775. He was with the first of George Washington's troops to reach Boston on August 7, 1775. His half brothers William and Benjamin, Jr. along with his only son, Benjamin who was 11 years old at the time.
He assumed command of the lst Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line in the Continental Service and was promoted on March 12, 1777.
He took part in most of the battles of 1776 & 1777 and continued to command until he retired January 17, 1781. He took part in the battle of Brandywine, where he was wounded on Sept. 11, 1777, he opposed the Hessians at Chadd's Ford, and in May 1778 the battle of Monmouth.
During the Whiskey Insurrection in 1794 he was the Brigadier General in command of the 3rd Brigade and marched to western Pennsylvania where the mere display of military force proved sufficient to restore order.
He enlisted July 19, 1763 as a Lt. in Captain Samuel Lindsay's Company of Foot. After his retirement he founded Loudon Forge, the first iron works in Franklin County. He was the first Justice of the Peace for his township, after the erection of Franklin County in 1784, being commissioned for 7 years from Jan 4, 1785 and on the 12 of November 1795 Governor Mifflin commissioned him one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Franklin County, Associate Judge of the Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery, Judge of the Orphans' Court, of the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, and Justice of the Peace. Chambersburg, Pa was named for his father, Benjamin. It was known as Falling Spring, Pa prior to the change of name.
He was a member of the Society of the Society of the Cincinnati, a member of the order of Masons (founder of the Chambersburg Lodge and it's Master until he resigned in 1894).
He was buried with full military honors.
He donated the land on which the Chambersburg Academy was built.
Col. James Chambers was a distinguished soldier of the Revoluntionary War enlisting June 25, 1775. He was with the first of George Washington's troops to reach Boston on August 7, 1775. His half brothers William and Benjamin, Jr. along with his only son, Benjamin who was 11 years old at the time.
He assumed command of the lst Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line in the Continental Service and was promoted on March 12, 1777.
He took part in most of the battles of 1776 & 1777 and continued to command until he retired January 17, 1781. He took part in the battle of Brandywine, where he was wounded on Sept. 11, 1777, he opposed the Hessians at Chadd's Ford, and in May 1778 the battle of Monmouth.
During the Whiskey Insurrection in 1794 he was the Brigadier General in command of the 3rd Brigade and marched to western Pennsylvania where the mere display of military force proved sufficient to restore order.
He enlisted July 19, 1763 as a Lt. in Captain Samuel Lindsay's Company of Foot. After his retirement he founded Loudon Forge, the first iron works in Franklin County. He was the first Justice of the Peace for his township, after the erection of Franklin County in 1784, being commissioned for 7 years from Jan 4, 1785 and on the 12 of November 1795 Governor Mifflin commissioned him one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for Franklin County, Associate Judge of the Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery, Judge of the Orphans' Court, of the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, and Justice of the Peace. Chambersburg, Pa was named for his father, Benjamin. It was known as Falling Spring, Pa prior to the change of name.
He was a member of the Society of the Society of the Cincinnati, a member of the order of Masons (founder of the Chambersburg Lodge and it's Master until he resigned in 1894).
He was buried with full military honors.
He donated the land on which the Chambersburg Academy was built.
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