Display Patriot - P-236709 - Johann/John Michael LINDENMUTH/LINDEMUTH
Johann/John Michael LINDENMUTH/LINDEMUTH
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P-236709
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State of Service: PA
Qualifying Service: Colonel / Civil Service / Patriotic Service
Author: James DeChant Long
Biography of John Michael Lindenmuth, Jr. born 25 April 1737 in Boedigheim, Germany (Ancestor Number A070537). His family emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1752, sailing on the ship “Brothers” from Rotterdam, Captain James Mohr commanding. The family landed in Philadelphia on 21 September 1752 after a 13 week voyage and lived with two farmers during the winter. In the spring of 1753 they bought a farm near Schuylkill, three miles from the Blue Mountains, in what is now Schuylkill County. They supported themselves with the farm for three years when the Indian War began to “troubled us”. The Indian problems grew and Pennsylvania began recruiting 1000 men willing to fight against the Indians and the French. In 1758 he enlisted in the 2nd Battalion of the PA Regiment and fought in the French and Indian wars marching the length of Pennsylvania several times escorting supplies to the western Pennsylvania posts and forts. This was part of the massive British assault upon the French weak spots in North America in 1758. This was the reason John Michael Lindenmuth joined the expedition under Brigadier General John Forbes to capture Fort DuQuesne. This was accomplished late in 1758. After a period back on the farm he reenlisted to serve in the Revolutionary War and served as a Major in the PA Battalion in 1775-1776. He was promoted to Colonel of the 3rd Battalion in 1777 and again in 1778. After defending his nation he returned to the farm where he died in December 1812. COL Lindenmuth kept a personal journal during his entire military service time, and in it also recorded the births, deaths and marriages of his family. He had 2 children by his first wife and 14 children by his second wife. Through the journal the hardships and experiences of one more soldier who marched across Pennsylvania in 1758 can be told.
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