John Ross (1744–1809)
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Portrait of John Ross by David Martin, (1768). Ross is in the uniform of a lieutenant of the 34th Foot Grenadier Company
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| Born | 1744 Scotland |
| Died | July 1809 Talavera, southwest of Madrid, Spain |
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 Great Britain
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| Service/branch |
 British Army
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| Years of service | 1762–1789 ?–1809 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| Commands held | 34th Regiment Grenadier Company 2nd Battalion, King's Royal Regiment of New York |
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French and Indian War
American Revolutionary War
John Ross (1744–1809) was a British Army officer in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. He is best known for commanding a mixed force of approximately 600 (some sources say 1750) regulars, Loyalists, and Indians in a raid into upstate New York on October 24, 1781 that culminated in the Battle of Johnstown, one of the last battles in the northern theater of the American Revolution. After the war, Ross was instrumental in settling Loyalist refugees in what is now the Kingston area of eastern Ontario.
Ross was born in Scotland in 1744. He was commissioned lieutenant in the 34th Regiment of Foot in July, 1762, and was present for the capture of Havana that year and then went on to garrison West Florida. In 1764, following the conclusion of the French and Indian War he was sent to the Illinois Country as an emissary to the French Commander at Fort de Chartres. On this trip he mapped the Mississippi Valley from New Orleans to de Chartres. He was promoted to captain in March, 1772.
In 1780 Ross was given the temporary rank of major to organize the second battalion of the King's Royal Regiment of New York (Royal Yorkers) at Lachine, Quebec. Later that year the second battalion was sent to occupy and fortify Carleton Island in New York's Thousand Islands.
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