Display Patriot - P-282247 - Philip/Phillip RAUSH/ROUSH/ROUSE

Philip/Phillip RAUSH/ROUSH/ROUSE

SAR Patriot #: P-282247

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: VA      Qualifying Service: Private
DAR #: A098986

Birth: 18 Mar 1741 / Northampton / PA
Death: 01 Mar 1820 Cheshire / Gallia / OH

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. DUNMORE CO MILITIA; Captain JACOB HOLEMAN
  2. Pvt in John Vanetten's Companny, 7 mo Volunteers, Northampton Co, PA Militia
  3. Was at the battle of Nescopeck, Sep 10, 1780

Additional References:
  1. Roster of Rev War soldiers buried in Ohio. Wilbur R. Branthoover, compiler. Veterans Affairs, Ohio. Reprinted by OHSDAR. 1929
  2. "History of The Roush Family in American (1928), pg 83; "Military Service of Nine Brothers in the Cause of American Independence (1971), pg 2
  3. Pennsylvania Archives, Fifth Series
    • Vol IV, pg 342
    • Vol VIII, pg 547
  4. Brumbaugh, Revolutionary Records of VA, Vol 1, pg 607-608

Spouse: Catherine Kelchner
Children: Michael; John; Henry; Susannah; Jonas; Sarah; Hannah; Philip; George; Cataherine;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1980-12-11 KY Unassigned Eldon Herbert Roush (117832) Michael   
1994-07-25 IA 208243 Charles Elbert Howard (142915) Susannah   
1997-05-09 UT 209034 Daniel Monroe Gwin (142376) Henry   
1997-10-21 NY 200885 Gary Bruce Roush (149123) Michael   
1997-10-21 NY 200886 Gavin Blaine Roush (149124) Michael   
2009-06-15 CA 35423 Melvin Dean Roush (164340) John   
2016-06-03 NV 69559 Gregory Charles Roush (198823) Henry   
2016-06-03 NV 69560 Thomas Alexander Roush (198824) Henry   
2022-04-22 GA 101351 Michael Wayne Roush (222230) Michael   
2022-04-22 GA 101352 Michael Wayne Roush Jr. (222231) Michael   
2022-04-22 GA 101353 Michael Wayne Roush III (222232) Michael   
2022-04-22 GA 101354 Joshua Michael Garner (222233) Michael   
2022-04-22 GA 101355 Joseph Allen Garner (222234) Michael   
2023-10-06 OH 109027 James Richard Reed (227963) Henry   
2024-02-28 IA 111651 Russell Morgan Roby (229319) Henry   
Burial:
Roush Cemetery (C-0373320)
Location:
Cheshire / Gallia / OH / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
43018
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
28169595
Marker Type:
horizontal VA
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
bef 01 Mar 2011

Comments:
  • vertical stone - photo used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR
  • Find-a-Grave Memorial (https://www.Find-a-Grave/memorial/28169595/phillip-roush) lists patriot as "Phillip Roush, Sr" and has two photos: one of a vertical headstone and one of a horizontal headstone. There are some notes about the patriot and his family, as well as links to other memorials for his parents, 10 siblings, wife, and 12 children


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
  • The cemetery is located on the west side of Ohio State Route 554 about 0.1 miles south of its intersection with Roush Lane (County Road 95)
  • The cemetery is located in Cheshire Township, Gallia County, Ohio, and is # 3837 (Roush Cemetery #1 / Roush Cemetery) in “Ohio Cemeteries 1803-2003”, compiled by the Ohio Genealogical Society
  • The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) feature ID for the cemetery is 1045930 (Roush Cemetery)


Author: Dan Gwin
Philip RAUSCH was born 18 March 1741 the son of Johannes Adam RAUSCH and Susannah SEHLER. Philip died 1 March 1820 in Cheshire Township, Gallia County, Ohio, and was buried at Roush Cemetery in Cheshire Township. He married Catherine KELCHNER circa 1765.

During the Revolutionary War, Philip served in the Dunmore County Militia in Captain Jacob Holeman’s Company. (The Philip Roush of this biographical sketch did not serve in the Northampton Pennsylvania Militia. See below.) “A List of the Men’s Names in Dunmore County Militia Under the Command of Capt. Jacob Holeman” includes the names of Henry, Jacob, John Jr., and Philip Rouse (i.e. Roush). The militia unit of which Philip Roush was a member was called out to repel the British forces in Virginia in 1780-81. Captain Holeman had been given command of a militia company as early as May 1775.

By virtue of the power and authority to me given as Lieutenant of the County of Dunmore, I do hereby enlist the within named men under the Command of Capt. Jacob Holeman. Given under my hand this 29th day of May 1775. Isaac Zane.

Jane Roush McCafferty, C.G. (Certified Genealogist), contributed the following note concerning Philip Roush’s military service for publication in Revolutionary War Soldiers Who Lived in Gallia County, Ohio.

His name, along with his brothers Henry, Jacob, and John, Jr., was found on one of five Militia Muster Rolls of Jacob Holman’s Company which was made up of Mill Creek settlers in Shenandoah County, Virginia.
... Note the information on his tombstone for Revolutionary Service and that listed in the Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Ohio is not correct. A Philip Rouch did serve from Pennsylvania but this cannot be the same Philip. There is proof that he and his family were in Shenandoah County by 1765. All of his children were born there and are listed on the church records. Why would he go back to Pennsylvania and serve in 1780 when he already had served with the Virginia Militia and was an older man to begin with? They are two different men.

Lester L. Roush (a great-great-grandson of Philip’s brother, George Roush) provides further evidence to support Philip’s service in Virginia in one of his publications for the Roush Family Association.

The Reverend Tyman Williams of Shenandoah County, Virginia, made an important discovery for the Roush Family.... “When my old home ‘Birdswood,’ near Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia, was broken up, I found in the attic some papers of my great-great-grandfather, Col. Abraham Bird, also original Member of the [Shenandoah] County Committee of Safety, having to do with the transactions of the Committee, and including first complete list of its members in the minutes of the first meeting. On one of the five militia Muster Rolls that of Jacob Holman’s Company (the Mill Creek settlers of the county) are the names of Henry, Phillip, Jacob and John Roush Jr.”



Author: Dr. Michael Bernard Gunn

ROUSH (ROUCH), PHILIP, born on March 18, 1741, Northampton Co, Pa. Parents: John Adam (1711-1786) & (Johannes Rausch) and Susannah Sehler (1713-1796) Roush. He served as a Pvt in Capt John Vanetten's Company, 7 mo Volunteers, Northampton Co, VA, Militia. Was at the battle of Nescopeck, Sept 10, 1780. See p 342, Vol IV, and p 574, Vol VIII, Pa Archives, 5 series. He Married Catharine Kelchner (1748-1821) in 1764; Children: John, Michael, Philip Jr, Henry, George, Jonas, Elizabeth Bowman, Susannah Pense, Catharine Circle, Sarah Wills, Molly Knopp, Eva Pence, Hannah Roush and Magdaline. He Died on March 1 or April 19, 1820, Cheshire, Gallia Co, OH. Bur Roush Cemetery, OSR 554, Cheshire, Gallia Co., OH 45620. MI: "In Memory of Philip Roush who was born March 18, 1741, and Died March 1, 1820." GM Headstone shows age, but still in good condition, and inscription quite legible. Resided a few years near Forestville, Shenandoah Co, Va, where some of his children were born as evidenced by the parish records of Old Pine Church (St Mary's Lutheran), of which church he was a trustee. His father is buried in this churchyard. Philip removed to Gallia Co, OH, about 1798. Tanner in Shenandoah Co. Ref : Lyman Plummer Roush, Pennsylvania S. A. R. Natl No. 2171, and 45892. Fur infor French Colony Chap. His name is on a Bronze Plaque that contains the names of 32 Revolutionary War Soldiers at Mound Hill Cemetery, Gallipolis, Gallia County, OH [38.80206 -82.22438].  Has a VA Stone and an older tombstone.




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