Display Patriot - P-166080 - John GILCHRIST

John GILCHRIST

SAR Patriot #: P-166080

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: Major
DAR #: A044527

Birth: 1731 Paxton Twp / Lancaster / PA
Death: 03 Sep 1795 / Fayette / PA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Major, also 2nd Lieutenant and Captain
  2. 5th Battalion and 4th Battalion, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Militia under LTC Thomas Murray

Additional References:
  1. History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Vol 2, 3rd Series, Egles, pg 214
  2. Pennsylvania Archives, Fifth Series, Vol VII, pg 357, 363 409, 510, 996, 999
  3. Centenial Settlement, Formation and Progress of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, George H Morgan, pg 175
  4. DAR Patriot Index, pg 267

Spouse: Margaret Cowden
Children: Matthew; Martha;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1956-06-19 PA Unassigned John McLaughlin Mellon (80868) Martha   
1965-03-16 PA Unassigned James Calhoun Humes (83749) Margaret   
1972-06-26 MT Unassigned Ralph Lee Gilchrist (103278) Matthew   
1981-10-05 WI Unassigned Matthew Gilchrist Von Hobe (111043) Matthew   
2021-07-30 KS 98411 Shane Alexander Hills (220007) Mathew   
2021-07-30 KS 98412 Zachary Thomas Stoll Hills (220008) Mathew   
Location:
Laurel Hill / Fayette / PA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:

Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
Marker Type:
vertical stone
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

He is included with other Revolutionary War Soldiers in a memorial in the Paxton Presbyterian Churchyard (Find-a-Grave # 91183806)



Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

To find it West Crawford Av. Out of Connellsville, PA toward Leisenring for 6 ½ miles. You will come to a Y in road, bear to right toward Rt 51. Continue 1 3/10 mile, to Laruel Hill Presbyterian Church, on right




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