Display Patriot - P-263509 - Lemuel ORTON

Lemuel ORTON

SAR Patriot #: P-263509

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State of Service: CT      Qualifying Service: Private
DAR #: A084333

Birth: 05 Mar 1761 Litchfield / Litchfield / CT
Death: 30 Sep 1832 / Delaware / OH

Qualifying Service Description:

PVT, CAPTS JOSIAH STODDARD, HOAGLAND, WADSWORTH, COL ELISHA SHELDON, LIGHT DRAGOONS, 2ND REGT, CT


Additional References:
  1. Pension Number *W4753
  2. CT in the Rev. pg 276, 636

Spouse: Sibbel/Sibel/Sybil Peck
Children: Harriet; John Jamison; Burr; Elisha Birdseye; Charlotte; Mary/Polly
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1973-07-24 OH Unassigned Robert Sumner Ulrich (105380) Harriet   
2018-01-19 OH 77443 Garrett William Gleim (161513) Elisha   
Burial:
Saint Johns Episcopal Church (aka Saint Johns) Cemetery (C-0375812)
Location:
Worthington / Franklin / OH / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
43092
Grave Plot #:
Row 12 - Grave 33
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
17831863
Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

photo used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR



Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

The cemetery is located behind (east of) Saint Johns Episcopal Church on the southeast corner of the intersection of High St / Village Green Drive SE and E Dublin Granville Rd (OH-161)



Author: Dr. Michael Bernard Gunn

Born March 5, 1761, Litchfield, Connecticut. He served 5 yrs as Pvt under Col Elisha Sheldon and Capts Stoddard, Hoagland, Wadsworth, 2nd Regt Continental Light Artillery, Conn Troops. He was at the battles of Brandywine, Monmouth, Frog's Neck and Young's at Tarrytown. Was shot in the head, but not entirely disabled. He married Sibbel Peck in 1785, (1761-1850); children: John, Lemuel, Harriet, Mary and Burr. Pensioned Sept 21, 1818. Amount $1,290.66, annual allowance $96.00. Settled in Conn and lived there several yrs. Later moved to Ohio and settled on a farm north of Worthington. He died September 29, 1831 and was buried at St. John’s Episcopal Church Cemetery, Plot Row 12 Grave 13, 700 High Street, Worthington, Franklin Co., OH. MI: "Lemuel Orton. Jr. died Sept 29, 1831, in the 71st year of his age." GM by Revolutionary Grave Committee with bronze marker May 30, 1912. Ref: Compare Natl No. 69,100, Vol 70, p 39, and Natl No. 70,281, Vol 71, p 102, D. A. R. Lin. Further information: Delaware and Columbus Chap. 20th-27th Annual Reports DAR. Senate documents (United States Congress, Senate). Government Printing Office: Washington, DC. Has a tombstone and a SAR marker.


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per Find-a-Grave and DAR DoB 05 Mar 1760/1761, Litchfield, Litchfield Co., CT



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