Display Patriot - P-245818

John MCCORMICK

SAR Patriot #: P-245818

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State of Service: VA/PA Qualifying Service: Private

DAR #: A075651

Birth: 30 Aug 1754 / / VA
Death: 18 Apr 1837 Connersville / Fayette / IN

Qualifying Service Description:

CAPTs ROBINSON, SHELBY, MCCALL, MAJ BLEDSOE; COLs CHRISTIE, CULBERTSON

Additional References:

Pension Number: S*W9557

Spouse: Catherine Drennen
Children: Samuel

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
1957-02-18	WA	Unassigned	Charles W Rowe (81878)	John
1978-07-28	AZ	Unassigned	Don Mortimer Blanche (114214)
1978-11-28	OH	Unassigned	Ray Mortimer Blanche (114975)	John
2017-04-28	NC	74371	Samuel Lewis McCormick III (202424)	Samuel
2018-12-14	TX	84172	Mark Garland Morgan (209890)	Catherine

Burial:

Connersville City Cemetery_(C-0071080)

Location:

Connersville / Fayette / IN / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

197784

Grave Plot #:

Section 2, south half of Lot 12

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

5512063

Marker Type:

VA Vetrical

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

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Author: Mark Garland Morgan

John was a Patriot of the American Revolution, having served 3 terms from 1776 to 1780 as a Private in the Continental Army, first in Virginia (in what is now east Tennessee) and then in Pennsylvania. After the war he lived in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, until 1795 along with his wife, whom he married in 1785, and their 14 children.

At that point, the family moved to Butler County, Ohio, and then to Preble County in the same state until 1813 when they emigrated to what is now Fayette County, Indiana, as one of the first European settlers in the new Northwest Territory region. He and his family were instrumental in establishing Indianapolis as the capital of Indiana in 1820.

John was granted a pension for his military service beginning in 1832. He lived in Fayette County until his death in 1837. Additionally, his wife Catherine Drennen MCormick, received a pension for his service after his death beginning in 1844. John was buried in the Connersville City Cemetery (Section 2, south half of Lot 12).

Cemetery notes: The first city cemetery was on the east bank of the river opposite 3rd Street. When the river started encroaching on the cemetery, the graves were removed and moved to the northeast corner of 7th Street and Western Avenue. This area proved to be too small and on October 8, 1851 ten acres were purchased bounded on the east by Grand Avenue and on the west by Western Avenue. The graves from 7th Street were moved to the new cemetery. Additional acreage was purchased and the present size is 14 acres.

CHILDREN:

Sarah, b. 22 Apr 1786; Anna, b. 6 Sep 1787; Samuel, b. 23 Sep 1789; John, Jr., b. 15 Sept 1791; William, b. 27 Sept 1793; Joseph, b. 7 Sep 1795; James, b. 5 Dec 1797; Elizabeth, b. 29 Mar 1800; Jane, b. 4 Jun 1802; Robert, b. 19 Jun 1804; Lewis, b. 9 Jun 1807; Catherine, b. 20 Dec 1808; David, b. 24 Jan 1811; Mary, b. 9 Jun 1813.

SOURCES:

Revolutionary War Pension File W.9557

United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, Indiana, 1836, 1841, 1848

A Bicentennial Souvenier [sic] Book of Fayette County, 1976, Indiana, p. 32

Roster of Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution Buried in Indiana, 1938, Vol I, p. 269

Roster of Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution Buried in Indiana, 1980, Vol III, pp. 68-69

Find A Grave Memorial #5512063

United States War Department Headstone Applications, 1932

US Census, 1830, Fayette County, IN, p. 35

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