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State of Service: NC
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
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Author: William Thomas May
John Jacob Pirkle was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on 7 January 1734, the son of a German immigrant, Jacob Pirkle (Birkel or Purtle), who emigrated from Freiburg, Baden, Germany. John Jacob died about 1810 in Rockingham County, North Carolina. He married Charity Dibbs sometime before 1760 in or near North Carolina.
John served as a Private in the Revolutionary War, as evidenced by Private Invalid Regiment Warrant No. 13622. In an affidavit from his son William, Pirkle served in the Battle of Guilford Courthouse and the Battle of Little Raft Swamp. He also provided supplies for the war effort that are documented by receipts for the monies paid to him for those supplies.
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