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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Private / Spy / Drummer
Patriot John Ruble
Highlights:
1. Born in Shenandoah Co., VA in 1761, and is the son of George and Elizabeth Pugh Ruble. He died in Highland Co., OH on 29 Dec 1839. He married Sarah Ballard around 1778 in VA.
2. Military history:
a. While a resident of Rockingham Co., he enlisted in September 1777 to serve for three months service in the Virginia Militia. Under Capt. Anthony Rader's command and served as a spy. They marched to the headwaters of the Greenbrier River near Monroe County, Virginia (Now West Virginia) to Fort Work to protect the people from attack by the hostile Indians.
b. In July 1778 he again enlisted for the Virginia Militia to serve against the Indians under Capt. Abram Linkhorn as a drummer. They marched to a point on the Ohio River about fifty miles below Fort Pitt where he joined General McIntosh service. At that point for a month he helped build Fort McIntosh. They then marched to the headwaters of the Tuscarawas River, in the Northwest Territory, in pursuit of hostile Indians.
c. In August 1781 he again enlisted and served under Capt. Baggs in Col. Drake’s Virginia Regiment. He marched to Yorktown. Before reaching Yorktown, they joined General Washington army. He remained in active service until 3 days before the surrender of Cornwallis.
3. As was the case for most militia men they served between three to four months before returning to their homes. Militia men would wear/carry the clothing that they owned, along with a musket, canteen, nap sack, powder horn, ball shot, and some sort of sleeping roll.
4. He filed for pension which was allowed and approved on June 21, 1833 while a resident of Highland Co., Ohio.
5. He died on December 29, 1839 in Highland Co., OH, and is buried in the Union Chapel Cemetery, Highland Co., OH.
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