John Ormsby (Pittsburgh)

John Ormsby (Pittsburgh)

John Ormsby (1720–1805) was a soldier in the French and Indian War, Pontiac's Rebellion, and the American Revolution, and among the first settlers of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The son of the Anglo-Irish landed gentry, he emigrated from Ireland to the Thirteen Colonies in 1752. After Pontiac's Rebellion, he received a land grant from King George III, and established a homestead on the banks of the Monongahela River. He established extensive economic and merchant interests in Bedford, Pennsylvania, and at the head of the Ohio River.

Read more about John Ormsby (Pittsburgh):  Family, Military Career, Land Grant, "Father" of The South Side, Death, Memorials and Legacy

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