"PARKINSON, BENJAMIN, a distiller of WA Co., was one of the party which tarred and feathered Robert Johnston in Sept. 1791. He was appointed to a committee at the Aug. 21, 1792, meeting at PG, attended the July 23, 1794, meeting at MC and was at BF. At CF he was offered command, which he refused, stating he was not a military man but superintended the attack on NH. He was with the group which took McFarlane's body home. He signed the amnesty but was excepted under the terms of the proclamation of Nov. 29, 1794. He surrendered to Gen. Morgan but avoided confinement. He was not present at his trial in PH where he was charged with treason for being at Neville's. On May 5, 1795, the grand jury returned a true bill. He was granted a full free pardon of the treason on March 3, 1797. He had one still seized by Robert Johnston on Nov. 14, 1794. He was bn in PA, was a Federalist, and had been a JP. He was president of the MC Association. He was buried in MC graveyard. (1:11, 117, 119; 4:268, 269, 275, 279, 283, 303; 5:204,; 6:95, 96; 11:18, 53; 11:v2p17; 12:46; 20:58; 21:24:26:29:194)"
Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania - Page 1424
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