Display Patriot - P-137008

Peter COMFORT

SAR Patriot #: P-137008

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: PA Qualifying Service: Private

Birth: abt 1768 prob / / PA
Death: 04 Dec 1832 bur McKinghtstown / Adams / PA

Qualifying Service Description:

Private 1783 to 1790 in the 4th Company, 5th Battalion, Philadelphis militia under Captain John Cope

Additional References:

Patriot Graves and Biographies Report by compatriot Richard A. McGeary, member 180419.
Record of Burioal Place of Veteran, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of military Affairs Form MAGO-41-200M-6-35.

Spouse: Catharine XX;
Children: Peter;

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Burial:

Flohrs Lutheran Church Cemetery_(C-0372199)

Location:

McKnightstown / Adams / PA / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

1651930

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

39.876000 / -77.339670

Find A Grave Memorial #:

6873562

Marker Type:

SAR Stake;

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

07 Oct 2023

Comments:

Image taken and provided with permission from Compatriot Richard McGeary (PA) member 180419.

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

The cemetery entrance is on Flohrs Church Road, directly across the road from Flohrs Lutheran Church near the intersection of Old Route 30. The grave is parallel to Old Route 30 near the northwest corner of the cemetery.

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Richard Alan McGeary

Peter Comfort was born in 1768, likely in Adams County, Pennsylvania.

He served from 1783 to 1790 in the 4th Company, 5th Battalion, Philadelphia Militia, under Captain John Cope of Franconia Township, Pennsylvania. He began his patriotic service at the young age of about fifteen.

Peter married Catharine, whose surname is unknown. She was born in 1769 and died in 1846. They had several children, including a son named Peter, who was born in 1808.

The Patriot died in 1832 and was interred at the Flohrs Lutheran Church burial yard.

On 7 October 2023, the Continental Congress Chapter, Pennsylvania Society, marked Peter Comfort's grave at Flohrs Lutheran Church Cemetery in McKnightstown, Franklin Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. Private Comfort was honored with a musket Volley, a wreath laying, and the Sons of the American Revolution grave marking. The Regents of the Gettysburg, Colonel Richard McAlister, and Donegal-Witness Tree Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution all participated in the grave marking ceremony, as did the Children of the American Revolution Chapter President. The ceremony, open to the public, was observed by about 50 people, including SAR, DAR, and CAR members and many members of Flohrs Lutheran Church.

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