Display Patriot - P-151369

Thomas DUNLAP

SAR Patriot #: P-151369

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

DAR #: A034817

Birth: 1763 / Lancaster / PA
Death: 07 Feb 1839 Chippewa / Beaver / PA

Qualifying Service Description:

1780, he served as a Private in the company of Conrad Snider, commanded by Colonel James Johnston, Cumberland County Militia.
1781, he served in the company of Captain John Rea, same regiment.
Probably not the same man who served in 1777 in Captain John Jack's company - too young.
Probably not the same man who served in 1780 in the company of Captain Abraham Furrey of York County, as he was already serving in Snider's company in Cumberland.

Additional References:

Montgomery, Thomas Lynch, Pennsylvania Archives Fifth Series, Volume VI, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1906, pg 86-87, 105, 517 - 519, 575

Spouse: Elizabeth Fowler
Children: Thomas A; Robert; John;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child	View Application Detail
1963-05-31	PA	Unassigned	Donald R Inman (89141)	John
2023-05-05	MD	106915	Damon S. Chilcote (226373)	Thomas

Burial:

Mount Pleasant Cemetery_(C-0371738)

Location:

New Galilee / Beaver / PA / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

46653

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

63009045

Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Original upright stone.

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Donald R. Inman
Thomas Dunlap, eldest son of John Dunlap, was born in a tavern in Lancaster, Pa. the 14th of May 1763. He served as a private in the York County Pa. Militia guarding prisoners of war from Yorktown to Reading in Berks County Pa. under Captain Abraham Furey’s payroll, 16th of July to 16th of September 1781. He moved to McKeesport, Pa. and married Elizabeth Fowler the 20th February 1794 at Mt. Pleasant, Pa. by the Rev. James Powers D.D. In March of 1796 he moved to Chippewa Township and served in Wayne’s war against the Indians and received for his services 160 acres of land. He commanded in the Blockhouses at Logstown, Raccoon, Georgetown and New Brighton all in Beaver County, Pa. under Captain James Sample. For this tour of duty he served 18 months.

Thomas Dunlap was the father of nine children: John, Robert, James, Nancy, Thomas, Eliza, Joseph, David and Cynthia. Thomas died in Beaver County, Pa. the 9th of February 1839 at aged seventy-five years, eight months and twenty-six days. He is buried in the cemetery at New Galilee, Pa.

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