Display Patriot - P-233640 - Simon LAUCK/LOUCKS

Simon LAUCK/LOUCKS

SAR Patriot #: P-233640

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: VA Qualifying Service: Private

DAR #: A071749

Birth: bef 1760 Winchester / Frederick / VA
Death: 21 Feb 1815 Winchester / Frederick / VA

Qualifying Service Description:

Pvt, Capt Danniel Morgan, Rifle Co., VA

Additional References:

White, Virgil D, Genealogical Abstracts of Rev War Pension Files, pg 2024
Boogher, Gleanings of VA Hist, pg 171
DAR Patriot Index, pg 425

Spouse: Catherine/Katherine Starr
Children: Phillip; Elizabeth;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
2000-12-06	NY	7934	Alexander Stewart Barnes (154827)	Elizabeth
2002-04-12	AZ	12569	Larry Ray Lichtenberg (157847)	Phillip
2012-10-03	WA	49160	David Senna Raese (137102)	Philip
2013-05-14	WY	52972	Rollin Clark Mead II (187283)	Elizabeth
2019-07-19	WY	87417	Rollin Cary Mead (212324)	Elizabeth
2019-07-19	WY	87418	Nathan Cole Mead (212325)	Elizabeth
2019-07-19	WY	87419	Brian Parker Mead (212326)	Elizabeth

Burial:

Centenary Reformed UCC (aka German Reformed Church) Cemetery_(C-0371484)

Location:

Winchester / Winchester City / VA / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

2171393

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

19051696

Marker Type:

Horizontal Headstone

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

08 Jun 2019

Comments:

per Find-a-Grave - The Reformed Church Cemetery is part of the larger Mt Hebron complex

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

GPS data on findagrave.com for grave site and cemetery are the same for practical purposes

Photo: 1 of 2

Photo: 2 of 2

Author: Dale Edward Corey

Simon Lauck was born 1760 in Pennsylvania. It is not known who his parents were, but he had 2 brothers (Peter and Abraham) and 1 sister (Catherine Elizabeth) who migrated to Virginia with him. Records in the St. Daniel's Lutheran Church north of Robesonia, Pennsylvania support the fact that the Lauck family was in Pennsylvania. It further states that the family moved to York, Pennsylvania and then into the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. It is believed they came to Virginia in the early 1770s. His brother Peter served in the Revolutionary War and his sister was married to Jacob Sperry who also served. Simon enlisted in Captain Daniel Morgan's Company of Riflemen in 1775. He participated in the Beeline March from Winchester, Virginia to Cambridge, Massachusetts where they joined General George Washington's Army. He then went with the unit to the Battle of Quebec. He is not listed among the prisoners and is thought to have escaped and returned to Winchester. He reenlisted in 1777 as shown by the rosters of the regiments organized by Colonel Daniel Morgan. Simon was a gunsmith, learning his trade in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. In 1782, he met and married Catherine Starr. They had 6 children, the first of which was born in 1783 in Lebanon as shown on census records. After moving to Virginia, he opened a gunsmith shop. In 1790, he built a log house at 311 South Loudoun Street in Winchester to house his family and the shop. He became famous for the "Simon Lauck Rifle" which he made with his sons John & William. Simon and Catherine had 5 sons and 1 daughter. Simon Lauck, Philip Lauck, Jacob Lauck, John Lauck, William Lauck and Elizabeth Lauck (married Jacob Bogers). Simon died 21 Feb 1815 in Winchester, Frederick, Virginia and is buried in the Centenary UCC Reformed Cemetery next to his brother Peter.

DAR Patriot Index: Nat'l Soc. DAR; 1966; Pg. 425; "Loucks, Simon: b. a 1760 d 2/21/1815; m. Katherine Starr; Pvt. VA" (a= before). "Winchester, VA and Its Beginnings"; Mrs. K.G. Greene: 1926;: Lists fourteen men as being among those from Winchester who served as privates in Capt. Daniel Morgan's Co. List includes the name of Simon Lauck. GRAVE: The grave is beside that of Peter Lauck. Simon's gravestone is broken off with only a short stub remaining. The D.A.R. bronze marker mentioned gives Simon Lauck's name, is close to that stub.

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