Display Patriot - P-270428 - Samuel PIERCE

Samuel PIERCE

SAR Patriot #: P-270428

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: CT      Qualifying Service: Private
DAR #: A091591

Birth: 1759 / / CT
Death: 12 Jun 1828 / Darke / OH

Qualifying Service Description:

Captains Robert Warner, Hart; Colonels. Willice, Demot


Additional References:
  1. Rev War Graves Register. Clovis H. Brakebill, compiler. 672pp. SAR. 1993
  2. SAR Rev War Graves Register CD. Progeny Publishing Co: Buffalo, NY. 1998

Spouse: Dorcas Brooks
Children: Rachael;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
2012-07-09 AR 48359 Lance Florian Myers (176247) Rachael   
Burial:
Wesleyan (aka Cummingsville) Cemetery (C-0371706)
Location:
Cincinnati / Hamilton / OH / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
44017
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
39.159340 / -84.546510
Find A Grave Memorial #:
166412334
Marker Type:
Memorial Plaque
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
18 Oct 2015

Comments:
  • photo used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR
  • Memorialized at Wesleyan Cemetery Grave Marking 18 Oct 2015
  • No entry for grave of patriot found in Find-A-Grave in September 2020


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Michael B. Gunn
Born in 1759 in Connecticut, Samuel Pierce enlisted in Middletown, Connecticut, in May, 1777, under Colonel Wullys, joining his Regiment at Old Orchard on the North River. He was in Many battles. In 1781, he was detached from his Regiment to Colonel Dermont’s Regiment, under Captain Robert Warner and Captain Hart; Colonels Willice and Dermont, which was a part of the command of General Lafayette opposing Gen. Benedict Arnold in Virginia. He was also at the siege of Yorktown and the surrender of Lord Cornwallis on October 19, 1781.
 
In 1782, he married Dorcus Brooks in Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut. In 1783, he left Connecticut for the Northwest Territory. He went to Marietta, Ohio, in 1805, Gallipolis in 1810, then Preble County in 1812, and Hamilton County, Ohio in 1814 or 1815. He applied for a pension in Hamilton County, Ohio and lived there in 1820, and was on the 1820 Revolutionary War pension list. In 1827, he moved near Mill Creek (Darke/OH) in Hamilton County. He died in a cabin in Miami Township, Hamilton County, Ohio on June 12, 1828.
 
He was originally buried at Roll Cemetery, on the west fork of Mill Creek with no headstone. His body was later moved to Wesleyan Cemetery (Colerain Ave. at Hoffner St.).
 
References: 
 
S. A. R. Fur infor Cincinnati Chap. 19 R. R. W. [Revolutionary War Graves Register. Clovis H. Brakebill, compiler. 672pp. SAR. 1993.
 
Also SAR Revolutionary War Graves Register CD. Progeny Publishing Co: Buffalo, NY. 1998].
 
Daughters of the American Revolution of Ohio. The Official Roster of the Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Ohio. Columbus, Ohio: F.J. Heer Printing Co., 1929.
 
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. DAR Patriot Index. 3 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press 2003.
 
Craig, Robert D. Revolutionary Soldiers in Hamilton County, Ohio. Salt Lake City, 1965.
 
Carey, Samuel F. Index to Ohio Pensioners of 1883. College Hill, Hamilton County, Ohio, 1887.  Pension Files. Waynesboro, Tenn.: National Historical Publishing Company 1990. 
 
Allan, Geraldine. Papers. Private collection. Faulwetter, Irma. Papers. Cincinnati Historical Society Research Library. 
 
Name is on a Memorial Monument for the Revolutionary War Patriots at Wesleyan Cemetery, 4100 Colerain Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45223-2684. 
 

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