Display Patriot - P-108367

John BANNING

SAR Patriot #: P-108367

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State of Service: DE Qualifying Service: Civil Service / Patriotic Service

DAR #: A005759

Birth: 1739 Dover / / DE
Death: 15 Feb 1791 Dover / / DE

Qualifying Service Description:

MEM. OF COMM, JP, 1778,
MEM OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 1781

Additional References:

Graves of Delaware Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution. Vols. 2 and 3. Mary F. Richards, preparer. 1983-85
Delaware Archives
- Military Vol 1, pg 569 and 607
- Military and Naval Records Volume 2, pg 986
- Rev War Records, Volume 3, pg 1240
Delaware Tombstone Inscriptions: 700 Revolutionary Soldiers in Three Counties by Raymond Clark Jr, pg 20

Spouse: Elizabeth Alford Casson
Children: Sarah; John Alford;

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Burial:

Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery_(C-0371348)

Location:

Dover / Kent / DE / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

1982145

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

11900112

Marker Type:

SAR/DAR-Raised Vault with Marble Slab

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

4 Jul 2013

Comments:

Marked by DAR in 2008; marked by SAR 7/4/2013
Photo published by permission of Troy Foxwell

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Troy Lee Foxwell

John Banning was born in Kent County in 1740, married to Elizabeth Alford Casson between 1781 to 1785 and had two children, Sarah Banning born in 1787 and John Alford Banning born in 1790. John was elected to the Committee of Correspondence in Kent County in 1775 and then became a Private in Capt. Thomas Rodney's Dover Light Infantry Company in 1776. John then served in the 1st Delaware General Assembly as a member of the Legislative Council in 1781. He died February 15th, 1791.

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