The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
No contemporary proof of service has been located.
Official roster III: Soldiers of the American Revolution who lived in the State of Ohio. Wilbur R. Branthoover, compiler. Veterans Affairs, Ohio. Reprinted by the Ohio Society Daughters of the American Revolution (OHSDAR). 1959
Spouse: Anna Maria/Mary Sweadmer Children: Sarah Eleanor; David; Peter; William S; Adam; Nancy Ann; Mary Samantha;
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Andrew Bussard was born in March 1724 in Alsace Lorraine, Germany, the son of Peter and Mary Samantha [surname indetermined] Bussard.
He married Anna Maria (Mary) Sweadner on 3 June 1777. She is also buried in Stumpf Cemetery. They had seven known children:
Sarah Eleanor was born in 1781 and married Henry Joseph Clapper.
David was born on 2 April 1785 and married Elizabeth Parks.
Peter was born on 11 April 1787 and married Catherina Heutschu.
William S. was born on 22 February 1789 and married Catherine Helm.
Adam was born on 24 November 1790 and married Hannah Margaret Smart.
Nancy Ann was born on 16 December 1792 and married Heinrich Reichelderfer.
Mary Samantha was born in 1794 and married John Albert Prough.
Andrew’s gravestone states he served in the Pennsylvania Militia, but no records can be found.
He came to Saltcreek Township, Pickaway County, Ohio before 1801. Andrew’s Last Will and Testament was signed on 4 July 1821 in Pickaway County, Ohio.
“An early squatter on the place now owned by Samuel Strous was Andrew Bussard. He died at the home of his son-in-law, Henry Reichelderfer, at the advanced age of ninety-nine years and nine months.” History of Franklin and Pickaway Counties, Ohio.
Andrew died on 16 December 1823 and was buried in Stumpf Cemetery.
Sources:
SAR Patriot Research System P-126383
Pickaway County Probate Court # 0-1759
A Genealogy of Some Pioneer Families Originating in Pickaway County, Ohio and Vicinity
Research by descendant Don Grossman
DAR Official Roster III, Soldiers of the American Revolution that Lived in the State of Ohio, Pg. 59
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