Display Patriot - P-165175 - Andrew GEIST

Andrew GEIST

SAR Patriot #: P-165175

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.
 

State of Service: PA      Qualifying Service: Sergeant / Patriotic Service
DAR #: A044077

Birth: 26 Jan 1755 Frederick Twp / Philadelphia / PA
Death: 19 Dec 1849 Greenbrier / Northumberland / PA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. He served as a Sergeant in the Company of Captain Andrew Graff of the Lancaster County Militia in 1776
  2. During the Revolution, he paid a supply tax in 1779 in Lancaster County and then again in 1780 in Berks County
  3. Teamster Cons't Line (see #262804 National Number Verification); in the Battle of Brandywine; in Philadelphia Co Militia
  4. Captain ANDREW GRAFF, LANCASTER CO MILITIA, 1776 PAID SUPPLY TAX 1779, LANCASTER CO; 1780, BERKS CO

Additional References:
  1. DAR RC #956840 cites PA ARCH, 3RD Series, Volume 17, pg 655, 656; VOL 18, pg 373, 377; 5TH Series, Volume 7, pg 1072
  2. Geist Relation, pg 215," The Geist Relation - 100 Years in America" comp by A Frank Ceist (9-5), printed by The Valley Citizen, Valley View PA, 1940, pg 925
  3. DAR RC # 930134
  4. Montgomery, Thomas Lynch, Pennsylvania Archives 3rd Series, Volume XVII, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1906. Pages 655-656
  5. Montgomery, Thomas Lynch, Pennsylvania Archives 3rd Series, Volume XVIII, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1906. Pages 373, 377
  6. Montgomery, Thomas Lynch, Pennsylvania Archives Fifth Series, Volume VII, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1906, pg 1,072

Spouse: (1) XX Dornmeier; (2) Marie Christiana Snyder
Children: Abraham; Peter; Elizabeth; John; Samue; Salome; Christina; Andrew; Mary; Susanna; George
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1985-01-18 KS Unassigned John Leslie Zimmerman (125177) Peter   
1993-08-30 AZ 210144 John Edward Forsythe (141262) Elizabeth   
1995-09-05 AZ 204905 Kevin Michael Forsythe (145122) Elizabeth   
1997-11-24 KS 200640 Keith Eugene Burgess (149283) Peter   
2003-09-15 FL 16454 James Daniel Schwartz (161005) Abraham   
2017-02-28 PA 73371 Timothy Alan Spence (201657) Christina   
2024-10-18 PA 111165 Richard Robert Willoughby (231456) George   
2024-10-18 PA 111166 Robert Clark Willoughby (231457) George   
2024-10-18 PA 111167 Christian Reid Makana Willoughby (231458) George   
Burial:
Himmel Church Cemetery (C-0372562)
Location:
Rebuck / Northumberland / PA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2165695
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
13983165
Marker Type:
upright, aged, legible
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • Image provided with permission from Mark Weitzel, Find-a-Grave member # 47233373. The headstone appears to be contemporary to the Patriot's death
  • find-a-grave has hs name as Andreas Geist Sr


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

From the town of Rebuck, go east on State Road 3010. The cemetery sits north of the road just east of Millcreek Road



Author: Keith Eugene Burgess
Andrew Geist the fifth son of Christoph Geist, was born 26 January 1755 in Frederick Township, Philadelphia County, now Montgomery County, PA. He died 19 December 1849 in Greenbrier and was buried in Himmel’s Church cemetery.
Andrew was a teamster for the Pennsylvania County Militia in the Revolutionary War and served under General George Washington at the battle of Brandywine on 11 September 1777. Realizing that the battle would be lost, he quickly took out his pocket knife and cut the harness loose from his best horse and escaped being captured.
The following winter 1777-1778, the Continental Army was encamped at Valley Forge. The Geist home was only 15 miles away. The three Geist soldiers went home for winter quarters.

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Additional Information:
  • No DAR RC# in ACN 200640; used DAR RC # 956840
  • ACN 200640 has birthplace as / Montour/ PA


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