Kammala wannan jumla: A lokacin da yake matashi ya kasance mai aikawa da sakonni tsakanin hedkwatar rundunar juyin juya hali karkashin Janar George Washington a Valley Forge da kuma
Majalisa, sa'an nan a zaman a York, Pennsylvania. Ya yi aiki sau uku a cikin Yakin Juyin Juya Halin Amurka kafin ya kai shekaru goma sha takwas, a lokacin da ya zama ensign a cikin Fifth Battalion na Chester County Militia. An ba shi izini a ranar 24 ga Mayu, 1779, a matsayin laftanan na farko, Fifth Battalion, Company na shida. Ya yi aiki a matsayin mai adalci na zaman lafiya a Charlestown Township na shekaru da yawa, kuma ya kasance memba na Majalisar Wakilai ta Pennsylvania a 1801.