Display Patriot - P-173529 - Luther HALSEY

Luther HALSEY

SAR Patriot #: P-173529

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: NJ      Qualifying Service: Adjutant-Lieutenant
DAR #: A049811

Birth: 10 May 1753 / 1758 Morristown / Morris / NJ
Death: 28 Feb 1829/1830 Cincinnati / Hamilton / OH

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. 1777-1779, he served as an Adjutant under the command of Colonel Israel Shreve of the 2nd New Jersey Regiment
  2. Early in 1779, he served as a Lieutenant in the company of Captain John Hollinshead, commanded by Colonel Shreve
  3. 1780-1783, alternating as an Adjutant with the rank of Lieutenant in the same company, which was at times led by Lieutenant-Colonel William DeHart. The Regiment was at first Colonel Shreve, later led by Colonel Elias Dayton and Lieutenant-Colonel John Cummings

Additional References:
  1. Rev War Pension/Bounty Land file S44921
  2. Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Rev War. Micropublication M881, rolls 604, 639. Washington: National Archives
  3. The Official Roster of the Soldiers of the American Revolution Who Lived in the State of Ohio, Volume ll, Compiled by Mrs. Orville D. Dailey. Greenfield, Ohio: The Greenfield Printing & Publishing Co, 1938
  4. Craig, Robert D. Revolutionary Soldiers in Hamilton County, Ohio. Salt Lake City, 1965

Spouse: (1) Sarah Foster; (2) Demans Foster; (3) Abigail Foster
Children: Abigail Foster; Sarah; John Taylor; Isaac;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1978-03-20 MD Unassigned Thomas McKown Cook III (114505) Abagail   
1991-12-20 MD 213887 Douglas Morrell Cook (138245) Abigail   
1992-01-31 MD 213886 Thomas McKown Cook IV (138244) Abigail   
Burial:
Spring Grove Cemetery (C-0371145)
Location:
Cincinnati / Hamilton / OH / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
43543
Grave Plot #:
49, sect 36
Grave GPS Coordinates:
39.169463 / -84.524189
Find A Grave Memorial #:
18121508
Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:
06 July 2019

Comments:
  • Photo used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR
  • A bronze tablet was placed on a large granite boulder listing some of the Revolutionary War soldiers buried at the Cemetery during the Bicentennial. Memorial is across road where Sections 113, 115 and 116 join to the North end of Woodland Preserve - 39.1672739, -84.5349940
  • SAR Grave Dedication Date: 7/6/2019 where this Patriot's name was dedicated


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Michael John Blum

Luther Halsey served as an Aide de Camp to Major-General LaFayette of the Continental Army, New Jersey Regiment.

Born on May 10, 1758, in Morristown, New Jersey. He was a student in Princeton when war broke out, when he and his whole class with Dr. Witherspoon, their president, entered the service, in which he remained until the war was over. He was a sergeant, Adjutant 1776, in the Morristown County, New Jersey Militia.

He received a land grant from the government for his services and was one of the original members of the Society of Cincinnati whose first was George Washington. Married Sarah Foster, Demans Foster & Abigail Foster. He lived in Newburgh, New York, before coming to Ohio in 1825 with his son-in-law.

He died on February 28, 1830, in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was buried first in the 12 Street Presbyterian Cemetery, then reinterred on March 1, 1859, to Spring Grove Cemetery, Lot 49, Section 36, Grave B1; on family stone with Baker, No marker.

 

Sources:

  1. SAR and Volume 71, page 26, No 70070 DAR. Lin.
  2. Revolutionary War Soldiers, Buried in Hamilton County, Ohio; Little Miami Publishing Co., Milford, Ohio, 2010. By DAR, Cincinnati Chapter.
  3. The Society of the Cincinnati p. 224
  4. Spring Grove Cemetery Records. Microfiche. Now also available online, http://www. Springrove.org.
  5. Hamilton County Recorder’s Office. Veterans’ Graves Registration Cards. (Cards are located at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.)
  6. Works Progress Administration (WPA) Revolutionary War Veteran burial records in Ohio; Cincinnati-Hamilton County Public Library, History/Genealogy department.



Author: Anonymous

The following biography of Luther Halsey was posted at findagrave.com

Revolutionary War Veteran. Born in New Jersey, he was the son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth Halsey. He left school at Princeton College in 1775 and enlisted with the 2nd New Jersey Regiment as a Sergeant in the Second Battalion. He was promoted to Lieutenant and Adjutant under Colonel Israel Shreve in 1777. Halsey later served as an aide-de-camp on the staff of General George Washington. He was discharged at the close of the war and was brevetted as Captain for his meritorious service. He lived in Newburgh, New York after the war and then moved west to Ohio to claim land that was granted to him for his service during the war. He settled in Cincinnati and died from consumption in 1830. He was buried at the Presbyterian Burial Grounds. The cemetery was closed for development and he was removed to Spring Grove Cemetery in 1859.

 

Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 02 September 2019), memorial page for Capt Luther Halsey, Sr (10 May 1758–28 Feb 1830), Find A Grave Memorial no. 18121508, citing Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by K Guy (contributor 46886706).

 




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