Display Patriot - P-164639 - Gorg/George GATES/GETZ

Gorg/George GATES/GETZ

SAR Patriot #: P-164639

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State of Service: PA      Qualifying Service: Ranger
DAR #: A044447

Birth: 08 Sep 1759 / / Germany
Death: 30 Nov 1842 Powhatan / Belmont / OH

Qualifying Service Description:

Northampton County, PA Militia; Ranger on the frontier under Major Daniel Boone


Additional References:
  1. PA Archives
    • 3rd Series, 1897, Vol XXIII, pg 293
    • 5th Series, 1906, Vol IV, pg 597 & 652
    • 6th Series, 1907, Vol VI, pg 223

Spouse: Maria Sybilla Steheli/Stiehl;
Children: Mary; Daniel; Valentine; Henry; Sevilla; John; Susanna; Solomon;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1963-11-19 IA Unassigned Newell Lauvousier Gates PhD (83324) John   
1965-09-09 IA Unassigned Terrell Gates (91318) John   
1982-08-17 VA Unassigned Thadeus Lee Hartman (120751) John   
1992-06-04 VA 215551 John Hess Johnson (137164) George   
Location:
York Twp / Belmont / OH / USA
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Comments:
  • photo used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSA
  • A very small cemetery near Powhatan Point, with only a few tombstones


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Author: Dr. Michael Bernard Gunn
Born on September 8, 1759 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania to father Johannes Andres Getz. He served as a Private in the Northampton County Militia and as a Lt. and Captain in Lancaster County; George was a private on a muster role of Captain Lewis Starcher's Company of the 6th  Class of the 2nd  Battalion of Northampton County's Militia from January l, 1780 to November 18, 1780; He was with Captain Gantz in April 1783 in the Fourth Battalion of the Lancaster County Militia. He married Maria Seville Stiehl (1761-1852) in 1782 in PA; children: Magdalena b. 1782, Mary b. 1786, Daniel b. 1788, Valentine b. 1789, Susannah b. 1790, Henry b. 1795, George b. 1797, Solomon b. 1798, Seville b. 1801 and John b. 1806. Born in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, he was married in Lancaster County, PA. He appears to have served in the Revolution in both counties. Three of their ten children were born in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Five were born in Washington County, PA, and two were born in Belmont County, Ohio. He was an early settler in York Township, Belmont County. He died there on November 28, 1842 at 83 years of age and buried at Boger Cemetery, York Township, Belmont County, OH. MI Inscription: “Ranger on the Frontier - PA. Served Under Maj. Daniel Boone Yorktown - Revolutionary War.” Cemetery notes and/or description:
A very small cemetery near Powhatan Point, with only a few tombstones. Thomas L. Montgomery, ed., Archives of Pennsylvania, 5th Series, Volume VIII, (Harrisburg, PA: 1906), pp. 134, 135, 439, 440. 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.
SAR Ancestor # P-164637. Has an original tombstone & a new tombstone.
 

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