Display Patriot - P-229458 - George KILLINGER

George KILLINGER

SAR Patriot #: P-229458

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: Private
DAR #: A065830

Birth: 1757 Lebanon Twp / Lancaster / PA
Death: 21 Mar 1842 / Smyth / VA

Qualifying Service Description:

Pvt under Lt Weir, Capt Patrick Hay's 2nd Co, Colonel John Rogers' 8th Battalion, Lancaster Co, PA militia


Additional References:
  1. Pension Number R5919
  2. PA Archives, Series 5, Vol 7, pg 866, 867
  3. NARA, Record Group 5, Roll 1982, several documents related to Pension R5919
  4. Peden, Revolutionary Patriots of Lancaster Co. 1775-1783, pg 149

Spouse: Mary Margaret Wampler
Children: Elizabeth; Margaret; George Washington; Catherine; Ann;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1987-02-04 CA 229848 Jack Wilfred Schroeter (125961) Elizabeth   
1987-09-22 VA 225282 William Allen Veselik (129255) Michael   
2011-08-09 IL 43147 Gerald R Steffy (109855) Elizabeth   
2017-02-10 IL 71578 David Lynn Miller (201374) Margaret   
2017-09-22 VA 77322 Nicholas David Miller (204695) Margaret   
2017-09-22 WA 77327 Patrick Allan Miller (204734) Margaret   
2017-09-22 WA 77328 Joshua Daniel Ronald Miller (204735) Margaret   
2017-09-22 WA 77329 Adam Richard Miller (204736) Margaret   
2018-03-30 IL 80368 Jacob Alan Sims (207007) Margaret   
2019-08-02 AR 86498 Jack MacGregor Campbell (175224) Margaret/Peggy   
Burial:
Royal Oak Cemetery (C-0144295)
Location:
Marion / Smyth / VA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2314633
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
36.843553 / -81.496444
Find A Grave Memorial #:
54674272
Marker Type:
Low stone (original); Veterans flat bronze marker
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • Markers may be hidden under decaying leaves
  • photo used with permission of John Britton, GPS pulled from gs photo provided by John Britton


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
  • near Peter S. Killinger (an upright monument easily seen in the cemetery) 29 Feb 1808 – 1 Jan 1888
  • (From the Peter Killinger stone look southward toward the bluff, the two George Killinger markers are about ten feet down a gentle slope maybe hidden by decaying leaves)


Author: David Lynn Miller
George W. Killinger of Pennsylvania & Virginia was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on August 15, 1756 to Johann Michael and Catherine Heilman Killinger. He died in Marion, Smythe County, Virginia on March 21st, 1842 and is buried in Royal Oak Cemetery.
George was a first-generation American, his father having been born in Hasselbach, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in 1731 and coming to America some time before 1755, when he married George’s mother, Catherine Heilman, in Pennsylvania. George’s father received a patent from the Penns, proprietors of Pennsylvania, dated September 9. 1765, for 1,000 acres of land along what is now the Berks and Dauphin pike, in Londonderry township. Dauphin county (now North and South Annville Townships, Lebanon county), and he built his home on the banks of the stream called Killinger's Run. They had four children: Andrew, George, Michael and John.
George’s father Michael also served in the war under Captain Balzer Orths in 1st Company, 2nd Battalion Lancaster County Militia.
George first served in 1779 in Captain Martin Weaver’s Company of the 6th Class of the 4th Battalion, Lancaster County Militia, attaining the rank of Private, 2nd class.
He also served in the 8th Company, 1st Battalion, Lancaster County Militia, under Lieutenant Colonel John Rogers and Major Abraham Latcha. He was elected Ensign of the 1st Battalion Lancaster County Militia and served under Captain Robert McCallen and Lieutenant Samuel Weir.
In 1781, George married Mary Margaret Wampler and they had twelve children, four boys and eight girls: Elizabeth (1782), Katherine (1783), Mary (1784), George (1787), Michael (1789), Molly (1793), John (1797), Jacob (1798), Sally (1800), Christina (1803), Ann (1805) and Peter (1808).
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Additional Information:
  • DAR cite
    • EL - MARGARET WHO MARR ROBERT CROW WAS DAU OF PATRIOT'S 1ST WIFE MARY MARGARET WAMPLER, NOT HIS 2ND WIFE ELIZABETH X
    • PENSION APP WAS REJECTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS "FOR FURTHER PROOF AND EXPLANATION."


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