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: RI
Qualifying Service: Civil Service
Old stone is contemporary with death of the Patriot. Stone appears to be in a wild or abandoned area, no SAR/DAR marker visible
Inscription - Sacred to The Memory of Abrm. Mathewson Esq. who died May 4th 1801 AE at 64y, 01m 02d
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Find-a-Grave: map coordinates have not been set for this cemetery
The only description found regarding the location of the cemetery reads "located about two miles southerly from Porters Corners on the east side and about half a mile from the highway."
Author: Mark Andrew Davis
David Baker was born about 1740, possibly in Germany, as his descendants said he spoke German but lived first in Pennsylvania and could have been born there. He was, by trade, a blacksmith.
During the American Revolution, he enlisted in March 1776 as a waggoner in the Company of Captain Valentine Payton (later Captain John Ashby) of the 3rd Virginia Regiment of the Continental Line, commanded by Colonel Thomas Marshall. In 1777, he was a Corporal in the Company of Captain John Thornton, where he also served as a waggoner. He was discharged on 12 February 1778 at Valley Forge.
He was married to (unknown, but records suggest it could be Elizabeth) Wolf/Wulff. His known children: George, born in 1777 at Rockridge County, Virginia; Jacob and William (both appear on a deed record with brother George). Additionally, a family record from 1867 listed sons John and Henry.
The Patriot died about 1816 in Virginia; although family records list his death as being in 1813 at Claiborne County, Tennessee, his place of interment is unknown.
Sources:
Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783. Micropublication M246, Washington: National Archives.
Gwathmey, John H., Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution: Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, 1775-1783, Virginia. Richmond: Dietz Press, 1938, page 33.
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