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.
photo used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR
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Author: Michael B. Gunn
Born in 1750 in Pennsylvania. He served as a Private 3rd Class in the Pennsylvania Militia under Captain Philip Mathews’ Company, Colonel James Purdy’s 7th Battalion 3rd Division of Frontier Rangers, Cumberland County, PA Militia. He married Margaret Garvin (1751-1835); children: Margaret, John, Samuel, Isaac, William, Sarah. Robert, Luther, Nathan, Joshua, James and Hannah. He is listed as one of the early settlers of Smith Township, Belmont Co., OH. John was killed during a horse race in 1825 from St. Clairsville to Powhatan, his horse ran off the track and under a low hanging tree branch that knocked him off the horse killing him instantly. He died on October 12, 1825 and buried at Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Centerville, Belmont Co., OH. Cemetery notes and/or description: A small cemetery, more than a acre in size and in good condition. J.A. Caldwell, History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, p. 395. Pennsylvania Archives, Fifth Series 5, Vol. VI, p.501. Information provided by 3rd Great- Granddaughter Joan Conrad Rogers. Applications with burial data. Benjamin Franklin Chapter, OHSSAR Ancestor # P- 274162.
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