Private Philip B. Travis was a soldier with the Captain Hewitt Company of Colonel Butler’s Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment during the American Revolution. Travis enlisted in 1778 and served on the frontier.

Travis would serve for one year from March 1778 to March 1779. He was wounded and taken prisoner during an engagement with the British and Native Americans at the Battle of Wyoming, also known as the Wyoming Massacre, in July 1778. He was also wounded in the Battle of Wyalusing, also in 1778. Travis was a pensioner when he died at Roxbury.

Philip B. Travis is buried at the Second Old School Baptist Church in Roxbury in Delaware County, New York.

His original grave marker notes that he died on December 30, 1851, while a new marker at the base of the old one notes that he was a veteran who was born in 1761 and died in 1848. Several lineage books for the Daughters of the American Revolution note that he died in 1848.

RIP Philip B. TravisPrivate Philip B. Travis was a soldier with the Captain Hewitt Company of Colonel Butler’s Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment during the American Revolution. Travis enlisted in 1778 and served on the frontier.

Travis would serve for one year from March 1778 to March 1779. He was wounded and taken prisoner during an engagement with the British and Native Americans at the Battle of Wyoming, also known as the Wyoming Massacre, in July 1778. He was also wounded in the Battle of Wyalusing, also in 1778. Travis was a pensioner when he died at Roxbury.

Philip B. Travis is buried at the Second Old School Baptist Church in Roxbury in Delaware County, New York.

His original grave marker notes that he died on December 30, 1851, while a new marker at the base of the old one notes that he was a veteran who was born in 1761 and died in 1848. Several lineage books for the Daughters of the American Revolution note that he died in 1848.