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State of Service: PA
Qualifying Service: Private / Patriotic Service
Birth: 25 Jun 1755 / Bucks / PA Death: 25 Apr 1836 / Harrison / OH
Qualifying Service Description:
CAPTs NICHOLAS PATTERSON, JOHN STOUT, MELINGER COLs ARTHUR IRWIN, ANDREW KEELIN
PAID SUPPLY TAX, 1781
Additional References:
Official roster III: Soldiers of the American Revolution who lived in the State of Ohio. Wilbur R. Branthoover, compiler. Veterans Affairs, Ohio. Reprinted by the Ohio Society Daughters of the American Revolution (OHSDAR). 1959
Pension Number *S4097
DAR cites PA ARCH, 3RD Series, Volume 13, pg 150, 153
Spouse: Mary Ann Children: William; Jacob; Samuel;
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Author: Michael B. Gunn
Born in June 1755. He served as a Private in the Pennsylvania Militia and the Pennsylvania Line, was under Captain Manus Yost’s Company of the 1st Regiment of Foot Pennsylvania Line and with Bucks County, Pennsylvania Militia. He married Mary Ann__(1760-1835); children: Ann, John, Jacob and Samuel. His last name is spelled Richey, Ritchy and Richie. He left Bucks County after the War and lived in Washington County, PA, then moved to Archer Township, Harrison County in the northeast quarter of Section 9, Township 11, and Range 5 which is now the Harrison County State Park. He was one of the incorporators of the Ridge Presbyterian Church and when he died on April 25, 1836 was buried in the Cemetery at this church; Ridgeview Cemetery in Scio, Archer Township, Harrison County, OH 43986. Cemetery notes and/or description: The cemetery is located on west side of Hanover Ridge Road (County Road 17) at its intersection with Keyser Road (Township Road 239). The cemetery was established in 1818 and is 2.02 acres in size. The cemetery is maintained by the Archer Township Trustees. Charles Hanna, Historical Collections of Harrison County, in the State of Ohio, (New York: Privately Printed, 1900) pp. 52, 229, 366. Thomas L. Montgomery, Ed., Archives of Pennsylvania, Fifth Series, Volume II, (Harrisburg, Pa.: 1906), pp. 394, 427, 432. Pension Rolls of 1835, The mid-Western States, (Baltimore MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994), p. 257. No stone.
Author: Dr. Michael Bernard Gunn
RICKEY, JACOB. Born in 1755. He served with Pennsylvania in the Revolutionary War. He married ___; children: . He died in 1836 in Harrison County, OH and is buried at the Ridge Church Cemetery, Harrison County, OH. Official roster III: Soldiers of the American Revolution who lived in the State of Ohio. Wilbur R. Branthoover, compiler. Veterans Affairs, Ohio. Reprinted by the Ohio Society Daughters of the American Revolution (OHSDAR). 1959. Gravesite unknown.
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