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Joost Harbogh (Yost Harbaugh or Yost Herbach) immigrated about 1736 to Maxatawny township, Philadelphia (now Berks) County, Pennsylvania and died in April of 1762. Descendants lived chiefly in Pennsylvania, Ohio and California.

Biography of Col. James Williams, 1740-1780, the highest ranking officer who died from wounds suffered at the Battle of Kings Mountain (October 7, 1780) during the American Revolutionary War.