Display Patriot - P-272606 - Casper/Gasper POTTER/POTTERF

Casper/Gasper POTTER/POTTERF

SAR Patriot #: P-272606

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State of Service: MD/VA Qualifying Service: Private

DAR #: A091538

Birth: 19 Dec 1759 / Lancaster / PA
Death: 04 Oct 1836 Gasper Twp / Preble / OH

Qualifying Service Description:

NSDAR cites PVT, CAPTs JOHN BANNERD, JAMES BUCHANAN, CHARLES CAMPBELL, COLs JOHN BOYER, SAMUEL LEWIS, MD, VA

Additional References:

Pension Number *S17024
BLWT # 49468-160-55

Spouse: (1) Susannah Ridenour; (2) Nancy Jane Hays Longnecker
Children: Joseph; David; Susanna; Gasper; Samuel; Rosanna; Sarah; Elizabeth

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
1967-09-20	CA	Unassigned	John Wesley Cline Jr (96127)	Joseph
1977-05-27	AZ	Unassigned	Richard Fouts Coffman (113226)	Joseph
1977-05-27	SC	Unassigned	Richard M Coffman (113227)	Joseph
1993-05-26	GA	212349	Harry William Bishop (139576)	Elizabeth
1998-01-03	PA	208454	Wallace Mcdowell Shelby (142706)	Sarah
2008-02-05	FL	30826	Anthony Baker Leisner (170986)	Joseph
2008-02-05	FL	30827	William David Leisner (170987)	Joseph
2013-11-03	OH	55427	Arthur Lee Block (189161)	Joseph
2015-08-18	GA	65673	Herbert Lawrence Dennis (195996)	Joseph
2017-06-23	TX	75530	Joseph Anthony Slonaker (203380)	Gasper

Burial:

Mound Hill (aka Mound Hill Union) Cemetery_(C-0372500)

Location:

Eaton / Preble / OH / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

42226

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

8560571

Marker Type:

1776 Marker

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Image 1 used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR
Image 2 provided with permission from, Earl Park, Find-A-Grave contributor # 47246099
MI: "Revolutionary Soldier, 1759-1836" Gasper Potterf. By his grave, a stone, "His Wife, Susannah Ridenauer, 1768-1831."
per Find-A-Grave "This cemetery has two (2) parts, the old or east, and the new or west. You cannot see one from the other, for the woods. The, east part is off, SR 122 or West Main St., and the West part is off Camden Rd. On your map, it shows it all one. Someone, unaware of this, would never find a later burial, if buried in west part."

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

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Author: Charles Edwin Finley
Casper Potterf was born 19 Dec 1759 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. His name is variously given as John Casper Potterf or Casper Potterf. He moved to Maryland in about 1768. He served three months as a private in the militia of Frederick County, Maryland in Captain John Bannard's company, enlisting in 1777. He reportedly spent the winter at Valley Forge with George Washington. In 1781, he enlisted to serve three months as a private in in Captain James Buchanan's company in Colonel John Boyer's regiment in or near Rockbridge County, Virginia.

He was in a skirmish in Edmund's Hill near the Dismal Swamp. In 1781, he served another 3 months in the same militia in Captain Charles Campbell's company and Colonel Samuel Lewis' regiment.

He was at Yorktown when Cornwallis surrendered 19 Oct 1781 and guarded prisoners at Winchester Barracks. Gaspar Potterf died 4 Oct 1836 at the age of 76 and is buried in Preble County, Ohio.

He married Susana Ridenour in 1784 and they had 13 children:

Jacob (1786-1852)
Elizabeth (1790-1869)
Joseph (1792-1859)
Susannah (1793-1845)
Sally Sarah (1795-1874,
John (1799-1831)
Anna Maria (1801-1902)
David (1802-1874)
Rosanna (1805-1875)
Jefferson (1807-1852)

He moved to Preble County Ohio in 1806 with his wife Susanna, who died Dec 71831 after 47 years of marriage.

In 1832, at the age of 72, he married Nancy Jane Hayes in Preble County. They had three children:

Gaspar T. (1833-1898)
Squire James, (1834-1904)
Nancy Jane, 1836-1890)

Author: Dr. Michael Bernard Gunn

Born on December 19, 1759 to Parents Hermanus(1719-1763) and Maria Barbara Anspach (1748-1838) Bardorff in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He served in the Revolutionary War. He married 1) Susannah Ridenauer (1766-1831), 2) Nancy Jane Hayes (1799-1876); children: Jacob, Susanna, John, Elizabeth, Joseph, Nancy, Magdalena, Sarah, Anna, David, Jefferson, Gasper, James & Nancy Jane. He Died on October 4, 1836 and Buried at Mound Hill Cemetery, Eaton, Preble Co., OH. MI: "Revolutionary Soldier, 1759-1836" Gasper Potterf. By his grave, a stone, "His Wife, Susannah Ridenauer, 1768-1831." Ref: Mary P Mitchell, Eaton, OH. SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ., 2002) plus data to 2004. Has a tombstone and a 1776 marker.

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