Display Patriot - P-270575 - Samuel PEARSON/PIERSON

Samuel PEARSON/PIERSON

SAR Patriot #: P-270575

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: Private
DAR #: A087172

Birth: 1762 / Morris / NJ
Death: 06 Nov 1839 / Hamilton / OH

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. 1777-1780, served as a Private in the company of Captain William Britten (and replacement Captains), commanded by Colonel Oliver Spencer of the New Jersey Continental Line. 1780, he was wounded
  2. 1781-1783, service in the company of Captain Jonathan Holmes, commanded at various times by Colonel Elias Dayton, Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Barber, and Lieutenant-Colonel John Cummings

Additional References:
  1. Rev War Pension file S40266
  2. Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Rev War. Micropublication M881, roll 123, 610. Washington: National Archives
  3. The Official Roster of the Soldiers of the American Revolution Who Lived in the State of Ohio, Volume ll, Compiled by Mrs. Orville D. Dailey. Greenfield, Ohio: The Greenfield Printing & Publishing Co, 1938
  4. Official Roster lll, Soldiers of the American Revolution Who Lived in the State of Ohio. Painesville, Ohio: The Painesville Publishing Co, 1959
  5. Hamilton County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society, Hamilton County, Ohio Burial Records. Hamilton County, Ohio Burial Records. Vol.11, Columbia Township. Edited by Mary H. Remler. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1998

Spouse: Rebecca Demint
Children: Lewis; Elizabeth; Rebecca; Jonathan; Samuel; Jesse; Sarah/Sally;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1980-07-16 OH Unassigned William Howard Miller (117288) Lewis   
1989-03-10 IN 220864 Norman Ray Patmore (132602) Lewis   
1989-08-11 TN 219835 James Clayton Ferguson (133411) Lewis   
1989-08-31 OH 219894 Steve William Roehm (133464) Lewis   
Burial:
Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian (aka Pleasant Ridge) Cemetery (C-0374211)
Location:
Pleasant Ridge / Hamilton / OH / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
42737
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
17956852
Marker Type:
DAR plaque;
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • Damaged upright stone with DAR plaque affixed.
  • Photo used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Michael J. Blum

Samuel Pierson was born in 1753 in New Jersey.

He was less than 16 years old when he enlisted in the spring of 1777 as a Private in the 5th Regiment of the New Jersey Continental Line and served for the duration. He was with Washington at Valley Forge and was severely wounded in the battle of Monmouth. He was at Yorktown when Cornwallis surrendered. He also served in Continental Army, New Jersey 4th Company, 3rd Battalion under Colonel Spencer.

After the war, he returned home to Morris County, New Jersey, where he met John Cleves Symmes, who had just purchased 211,000 acres of land, now part of Hamilton, Warren, and Butler Counties in Ohio. Samuel bought 640 acres for Continental dollars. In 1792, accompanying other adventures, he floated down the Ohio River to Cincinnati, Ohio, and settled on his 640 acres in Sycamore Township. He applied for a pension in Hamilton County on 19 June 1818 at the age of 57. He helped fund the building of the first Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati at Fourth and Main Streets.

The Patriot died on 6 November 1839, “in the 78th year of his age.” He was buried in Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Cemetery, Lot 19, Section G, Grave 4, 5950 Montgomery Road, Columbia Township.

Sources:

  1. Hamilton County Recorder’s Office. Veterans’ Graves Registration Cards. (Cards are located at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.)
  2. Works Progress Administration (WPA) Revolutionary War Veteran burial records in Ohio; Cincinnati-Hamilton County Public Library, History/Genealogy department.
  3. Revolutionary War Soldiers, Buried in Hamilton County, Ohio”; Little Miami Publ. Co. Milford, Ohio, 2010. By DAR, Cincinnati Chapter.

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