Ebenezer Denny

Ebenezer Denny
Ebenezer Denny
1st Mayor of Pittsburgh
In office
1816–1817
Preceded byWilliam Steele,
as Chief Burgess of Pittsburgh Borough
Succeeded byJohn Darragh
Personal details
Born(1761-03-11)March 11, 1761
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
DiedJuly 21, 1822(1822-07-21) (aged 61)
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service Continental Army
 United States Army
Years of service1778–1783, 1784–1792, 1794
RankCaptain (US Army), Major (Militia)
Battles/warsAmerican Revolutionary War
Northwest Indian War

Ebenezer Denny (March 11, 1761 – July 21, 1822) was a soldier during the American Revolutionary War whose journal is one of the most frequently quoted accounts of the surrender of the British at the siege of Yorktown. Denny later served as the first Mayor of Pittsburgh, from 1816 to 1817.