Display Patriot - P-258805 - Peter KEMPER

Peter KEMPER

SAR Patriot #: P-258805

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: Captain / Patriotic Service
DAR #: A064523

Birth: 25 Jan 1744 Germantown / Fauquier / VA
Death: 23 Jul 1829 Walnut Hill / Hamilton / OH

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. 1773-1780, he served as a Private and Ensign in the Virginia Militia
  2. Captain at the Siege of Yorktown
  3. NSDAR cites: 1783, he paid a supply tax to aid the war effort

Additional References:
  1. Hening, William Waller, The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia from the First Session of the Legislature, in the Year 1619, Vol XI, Virginia. Richmond: George Cochran, Printers, 1823, pg 112-129
  2. Fauquier County Historical Society, A Magazine of History and Biography of Fauquier County, pg 472
  3. Official Roster lll, Soldiers of the American Revolution Who Lived in the State of Ohio. Painesville, Ohio: The Painesville Publishing Co, 1959
  4. NSDAR cites:
    • Gott, John Kenneth, Fauquier County, Virginia Court Records, 1776-1782: Heritage Books, 1993, pg 31, 55
    • 1783 Fauquier County, Virginia Personal Property/Land Tax Records, pg 21, roll 110

Spouse: (1) Isabella Nichols/Nicholls; (2) Susan Ball Fisher
Children: Nathan; John; Nancy; George;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1961-09-14 LA Unassigned Clarence B. Kemper Jr (87408)   
1967-11-27 MO Unassigned George William Wood (94787) John   
1973-10-24 IL Unassigned Stanton Lee Luker (105471) John   
1981-03-27 VA Unassigned Richard Harrison Kemper (116852) John   
1988-03-31 TN 222956 Robert Mitchell Kemper Jr (131011) Nathan   
1990-12-13 VA 216807 Joseph Marvin Kemper (136040) Nathan   
1999-06-18 TX 3702 James Arthur Wilson (150625) Nathan   
2000-01-14 TX 5418 John Thomas Wilson (153041) Nathan   
Burial:
Spring Grove Cemetery (C-0371145)
Location:
Cincinnati / Hamilton / OH / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
43543
Grave Plot #:
Section 38, Lot 9, Space 6
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
17949679
Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • Large monument
  • His grave was removed from the Kemper Family Burial Ground in Walnut Hills to Spring Grove on June 14, 1864.
  • Photo used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Michael J. Blum
He enlisted in Captain Fauquier’s company, Virginia Militia. He later became a Captain. At the siege of York he was injured by a British grapeshot.
Buried first in Walnut Hills Cemetery in June 14, 1864 moved to Spring Grove Cemetery June 14, 1864, Lot 9, Section 38, Grave 6. Family stone obelisk.
In 1844 members of the Cincinnati Horticulture Society formed a cemetery association because of a concern by many community leaders over the lack of proper interment facilities in the area. On August 28, 1845, the original 220 acres were dedicated as a cemetery.
Spring Grove Cemetery Records. Microfiche. Now also available online, http://www. Springrove.org.
Cincinnati Daily Gazette. (Obituaries).Cincinnati, Ohio, 1827-1850.
There is a Kemper family obelisk at the site.
Many families reburied their ancestors at Spring Grove because of the quality of perpetual care provided, the beauty and serenity of the grounds. On May 15, 1976 a bronze tablet was placed on a large granite boulder listing some of the Revolutionary War soldiers buried at the Cemetery. This memorial is across the road where Sections 113, 115 and 116 join to the North end of the Woodland Preserve. [Lat. 39.1672739 Ln. -84.5349940.]
Hamilton County Recorder’s Office. Veterans’ Graves Registration Cards. (Cards are located at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.)
DAR ancestor #A064523
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