Lt. Joseph Pinhorn

I represent Joseph Pinhorn. I was a gentleman and a lieutenant in the West Florida Royal Foresters, a company of light cavalry raised by Gen. John Campbell in March 1780 and commanded by Adam Chrystie. We fought against the Spanish at such notable battles as Baton Rouge, Mobile, and the Siege of Pensacola. Robert Farmar’s journal of the siege of Pensacola has this entry for April 12, 1781: “The enemy was seen reconnoitering upon the opposite Hills. A few Indians went out and had a skirmish with them. As Lt. Pinhorn was going out he received a shot in the head. … 8 o’clock p.m.: Lt. Pinhorn died of his wound.”

Sources: 7, 8, 28, 30, 32, 64

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