Display Patriot - P-279523 - Christian RICHARDS/RITCHART/RITCHHART/RITSCHARD

Christian RICHARDS/RITCHART/RITCHHART/RITSCHARD

SAR Patriot #: P-279523

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State of Service: VA      Qualifying Service: Private / Civil Service
DAR #: A095819

Birth: abt 1744 Oberhofen / Aargua / SWITZERLAND
Death: bef 02 Feb 1807 / Ross / OH

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Pvt - Cpt. Jacob Holeman, Shenandoah Co., VA Militia
  2. Juror, 1778

Additional References:
  1. Brumbaugh, Rev War Records, VA, Vol 1, pg 607-609
  2. Gilreath, Shenandoah Co. Minute Book, 1774-1780, pg 23

Spouse: (1) Maria Elizabeth Pentz/Bentz; (2) Sophia XX/Timmons;
Children: Henry/Heinrich; Jacob; Anna; Christian; Abraham; John;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1996-04-22 UT 203995 Eric Dan Richhart (146368) Henry   
1997-11-10 UT 200895 Jared Daniel Richhart (149131) Henry   
2010-02-26 UT 38280 Dakota Lance Mudrow Richhart (176356) Henry   
2014-12-19 UT 62011 Daniel James Richhart (193285) Henry   
2016-09-23 CO 71318 Delbert Arthur Ritchhart (199976) John   
2021-07-09 CO 97929 Ryan Sterling Cantrell (219686) John   
2021-07-09 CO 97930 Kurt Wilhelm Wimer (219687) John   
2021-07-09 CO 97931 Lucas Stephen Wackowski (219688) John   
2021-07-09 CO 97932 William Glenn Wackowski (219689) John   
2021-07-09 CO 97933 Joshua Theodore Wackowski (219690) John   
Burial:
Springbank Cemetery (C-0371406)
Location:
Yellowbud / Ross / OH / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
206441
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
26801185
Marker Type:
SAR
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • Photo used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR
  • Vertical VA with SAR marker


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Dr. Michael Bernard Gunn

RITCHHART, CHRISTIAN (Ross County) [39.48306 -83.01613] Christian was born in 1737 or 1744 in Oberhoffen, Switzerland. He served in the Dunmore (now Shenandoah) County Virginia Militia and served in Captain Jacob Holeman’s Company. He married 1) Maria Elizabeth Pentz/Pence (1748-1803) on December 1, 1767 in Berk County, Pennsylvania, They came to Ross County. Ohio before his indenture deed of 1803 to Elisabeth and Philip Minear. Later, in Ross County, Ohio, he married 2) Sophia Timmons who was a widow; children: Maria Elisabeth b. 1768, Christian/Christly b. 1770, Mary Magadilina b. 1776, Jacob b. 1778, John b. 1782, Henry b. 1782, Barbara b. 1783, Catherine b. 1785, Abraham b. 1786, Frederick b.1805 and Anne b. 1807. He died before February 2, 1807 in Union Township, Ross County, Ohio. ,Christian is buried in the Springbank Cemetery, Yellowbud, located North of Chillicothe on State Route 104 in Union Township, Ross County, Ohio 45601. Cemetery Notes: Springbank is an active cemetery on route 104 in Ross County. It is well cared for. Close to the Ross and Pickaway County line, just beyond the little community of Yellowbud. The cemetery is located in Union Township, Ross County, Ohio. DAR Patriot Index, Part lll, p. 2452: lndenture Deed. from Christian Richhart to Philip and Elisabeth Minear, I0 Dec I803 recorded 14 Dec 1803). Deed Book 4. p. 44-45, Recorder"s Office, Ross County Courthouse, Chillicothe, Ohio; Probate Court, Ross County: File #6648. Administration-2 Feb 1807; Revolutionary War Records, Virginia, p. 607 & 608; [State DAR Bible Records. Ohio State reference material at the Historical Society]. Has a VA tombstone, an SAR & 1776 marker.


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DAR cites Birth: CIRCA 1744 - OBERHOFEN, AARGAU, SWITZERLAND



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