Display Patriot - P-134675 - Nicholas CLEMMENS/CLEMONS
Nicholas CLEMMENS/CLEMONS
SAR Patriot #:
P-134675
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.
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Author: Dr. Michael Bernard Gunn
This biography was edited and augmented by PRS staff.
Nicholas Clemmons was born on 17 March 1749 in Germany.
Washington County, Pennsylvania's tax records first list Nicholas Clemens as a resident who owns 150 acres of land. However, he has no horses or livestock.
A military muster role for the 2nd class of Private in the Strabane Township company of Captain William Leet, in the 3rd Battalion of Washington County, Pennsylvania, for 4 April 1782 lists Nicholas Clemons. The battalion was commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel David Williamson. From Captain Leet’s pension deposition, we know that he took command of the company in the spring of 1782 and was assigned to take over command of a western fort, where they encamped. In May and June, the company became part of the disastrous Crawford Expedition. The Crawford Expedition, also known as the Sandusky Expedition and Crawford's Defeat took place in 1782 on the western front of the Revolutionary War. It was one of the final northern battles. The campaign was led by Colonel William Crawford, a former officer in the Continental Army who was killed in action. We find him listed again in Captain William Leets’s company of Washington County in the roll dated 13 July 1782 as Nicholas Clements, a Private of the 2nd Class.
Nicholas’s name appears in Washington County deeds between 1784 and 1815. Several of the deeds, including one from 1814 was between “Thomas Jefferies and Nicholas Clemmons and Elizabeth, his wife.” The names of Nicholas and Elizabeth/Elisabeth are found under both Clemons, Clemmons Clemens. No deeds were found after 1818,
There are family legends that suggest he served as a Private and Cook in the Revolutionary War, and Cook for George Washington during the entire War. Clearly, that is not the case. In fact, no contemporary records show any service outside of the western part of Pennsylvania and Ohio. Another says he immigrated to the American Colonies in 1775 as an indentured servant and bought his freedom with his wife by serving in the Revolutionary War. At this point, these stories can’t be taken seriously.
He married Elizabeth Getts in about 1777, and they had the following known children:
Elizabeth was born about 1780 and married Peter Conkel.
Daniel was born on 17 February 1787 and married Barbara Stambaugh.
George was born in 1794 and married Anna McKibbon.
Susannah was born on 24 March 1796 and married High Baird.
The Patriot died on 15 May 1834 and was buried at Lake Park Cemetery, Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio.
Sources:
Montgomery, Thomas Lynch, Pennsylvania Archives Sixth Series, Volume II, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1906, pages 98, 109, 121.
VA tombstone. Cemetery number # -41760
Find-a-Grave Memorial # -66747250.
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