Display Patriot - P-254687 - Michael MYERS

Michael MYERS

SAR Patriot #: P-254687

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State of Service: NY      Qualifying Service: Lieutenant Colonel
DAR #: A083917

Birth: 01 Feb 1753 Auville / Essex / NJ
Death: 17 Feb 1814 Herkimer / Herkimer / NY

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Lieutenant Colonel: Third Regiment, CAPT Tiebout, Colonel Gansevoort, LTC Visscher
  2. Severly wounded in the Battle of Johnstown in 1781

Additional References:
  1. SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
  2. Pension Number: S*W.16661

Spouse: Catherine Herter
Children: Nancy; Catherine/Katherine; Michael; Peter Michael; Henry M; Mary Christine; Anna; Matthew; Margaret; Helen A;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1942-10-06 MN Unassigned John Harper Swensen (60448) Nancy   
2022-09-16 RI 103289 Keith Robert Fairbank Jr. (223812) Peter   
Burial:
Oak Hill Cemetery (C-0035777)
Location:
Herkimer / Herkimer / NY / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
65485
Grave Plot #:
Section 6
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
88116999
Marker Type:
Monument
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

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Additional Information:
  • DAR lists the patriots service as Sergeant
  • Find-a-Grave has a memorial marker that has the patriot as a Major General, which, according to notes on the application of John Harper Swensen, NSSAR # 60448, occurred after the war. Commissioned Brigadier General of Herkimer County Militia 25 Mar 1797


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