Display Patriot - P-186102 - Solomon HOWARD

Solomon HOWARD

SAR Patriot #: P-186102

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: VT/CT      Qualifying Service: Private
DAR #: A058139

Birth: 12 Feb 1762 Hebron / Tolland / CT
Death: 07 Oct 1834 Mill Creek Twp / Hamilton / OH

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. 1777, he served as a Private in the company of Captain Augustus Collins, commanded by Colonel Ely on a nine-month tour
  2. 1780, served in the artillery company of Captain Mott, commanded by Colonel Lamb, Continental Regiment, on a nine-month tour
  3. 1781, served in the company of Captain Charles Nelson, commanded by Colonel Benjamin Wait, Vermont Militia, for six months
  4. 1782-1783, served in the company of Captain Stilwell, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Grosvenor, later Colonel Zebulon Butler, of the 1st Connecticut Regiment on a nine-month tour

Additional References:
  1. Rev War Pension file S/W7789
  2. Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Rev War, Micropublication M881, roll 172, 897. Washington: National Archives
  3. Nelson, S.B. and J.M. Runk, comp. History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio. Cincinnati, Ohio: S.B. Nelson & Co, 1894

Spouse: Anna Cary
Children: Cyrus; Anna;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1978-07-20 OH Unassigned Charles Eliot Howard II (114386) Cyrus   
Burial:
Wesleyan (aka Cummingsville) Cemetery (C-0371706)
Location:
Cincinnati / Hamilton / OH / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
44017
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
39.159340 / -84.546510
Find A Grave Memorial #:
166412274
Marker Type:
SAR
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
18 Oct 2015

Comments:
  • His name appears on a multi-Patriot granite monument.
  • Photo used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

The cemetery is located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Colerain Avenue and Hoffner Street with an entrance at 4003 Colerain Avenue. 



Author: Michael J. Blum

Solomon Howard was born on 12 February 1761 in Hebron, Connecticut.

He was still residing there when he enlisted in and served nine months under Colonel Eby at New London to build forts. Early in the fall, he was ordered to Rhode Island during General Spencer’s campaign in 1777, from there to Norwalk, Connecticut, and then to New London. As a Private in the Connecticut troops, he was one of the soldiers on guard when Major Andre was hung. He re-enlisted at Lyme, Grafton County, New Hampshire, in 1781 and again at Hebron, Connecticut. He served in the battle of Bunker Hill in 1781 under Colonel Waite as well as nine months on the Canadian frontier and at West Point, New York.

On 6 November 1783, he Married Anna Cary at Lyme, New Hampshire. He moved to Cincinnati, Hamilton County, in 1806 and bought two acres of land in 1819 in College Hill near Linden Avenue, where the Presbyterian Church later stood. He applied for a pension on 13 August 1832 while living in Mill Creek Township, Hamilton County, aged 71. His one-story frame house once stood at 5749 Hamilton Avenue and was relocated across the street. Later still, this house was moved to North Bend Road, where it has been shingled over and is still in use. As the Howard family became established in College Hill, they built a replica of their New England house at 1340 Groesbeck Road.

The Patriot died on 7 October 1834 in College Hill. His remains and his wife were moved to Buried in Wesleyan Cemetery (Colerain Ave. at Hoffner St.) in 1891, section D, lot 17, near a family stone, although there is no stone for Solomon.

 

Sources:

  1. Works Progress Administration (WPA) Revolutionary War Veteran burial records in Ohio; Cincinnati-Hamilton County Public Library, History/Genealogy department.
  2. Revolutionary War Soldiers, Buried in Hamilton County, Ohio”; Little Miami Publ. Co. Milford, Ohio, 2010. By DAR, Cincinnati Chapter.
  3. SAR Ancestor #P-186102

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