Display Patriot - P-259297 - Jacob KEPLER

Jacob KEPLER

SAR Patriot #: P-259297

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
 

State of Service: PA      Qualifying Service: Soldier
DAR #: A132015

Birth: 29 Apr 1741 Philadelphia / Philadelphia / PA
Death: 12 Dec 1845 / Perry / IN

Qualifying Service Description:

MILITIA MAN OF THE 1ST BATT. NORTHAMPTON CO


Additional References:
  1. SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
  2. Pennsylvania, Rev War Battalions and Militia Index, 1775-1783
  3. MILITIA MAN OF THE 1ST BATT. NORTHAMPTON CO

Spouse: Mary Jane Keplinger
Children: Mary Jane;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1991-09-19 IN 226315 Joe Rhonald Groves (128456) Mary Jane   
Burial:
Groves Cemetery (C-0047497)
Location:
/ Perry / IN / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
85238
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
112314965
Marker Type:
SAR Lug in concrete
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
5 Apr 2014

Comments:
  • Photo displayed courtesy of James C. Arnold, INSSAR
  • GPS by Ed Hitchcock, Daniel Guthrie Chapter INSSAR: N 37 Degrees 56.227' W 86 Degrees 30.688' Elevation: 441 ft


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
  • This cemetery is located in Sec 29 T6S R1W North of Rome turnoff on Hwy 66 about 2 1/4 miles. 
  • A red roofed barn is on the right side of the highway. On the left hand side of the highway just north of the barn is a path up the hill.  
  • Take this path about 400 yards and then turn left in the woods
  • The cemetery has some old fencing around it or straight across from the barn on the highway, go into the woods and look for an abandoned road that goes to the right and it wil take you to the front of cemetery. 
  • Either way it is very steep and overgrownThis is in Tobin Township


Author: SFC James Claude Arnold USA (Ret.)

Jacob Kepler was born April 29, 1741 near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  He served in the First Battalion of the Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Militia serving under General St. Clair.

Through family history of the Kepler family we have learned that Jacob Kepler served at Valley Forge with General George Washington and personally saw General George Washington kneeling and praying for his soldiers in the snow during their encampment in the winter of 1777/1778.  It is also stated Jacob Kepler was taken prisoner by the British and was paroled in New York in 1781.  Jacob Kepler died at Rome, Indiana, December 12, 1845 and was buried in the Groves Cemetery at Tobin Township.

He married Mary Jane Keplinger and they had at least one child, Mary Jane.

 


Send a biographical sketch of your patriot!

Patriot biographies must be the original work of the author, and work submitted must not belong to another person or group, in observance with copyright law. Patriot biographies are to be written in complete sentences, follow the established rules of grammar, syntax and punctuation, be free of typographical errors, and follow a narrative format. The narrative should unfold in a logical manner (e.g. the narrative does not jump from time period to time period) or have repeated digressions, or tell the history of the patriot's line from the patriot ancestor to the author. The thinking here is that this is a patriot biography, not a lineage report or a kinship determination project or other report published in a genealogy journal. The biography should discuss the qualifying service (military, patriotic, civil) of the patriot ancestor, where the service was rendered, whether this was a specific state or Continental service, as well as significant events (as determined by the author) of the patriot's life. This is the entire purpose of a patriot's biography.

Additional guidelines around the Biography writeup can be found here:

Send your submission1, in a Microsoft Word compatible format, to patriotbios@sar.org for inclusion in this space

1Upon submission of a patriot biography, the patriot biography becomes the property of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, and may be edited to conform to the patriot biography submission standards.


© 2025 - National Society of the American Revolution (NSSAR)