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.
State of Service: PA
Qualifying Service: Soldier / Patriotic Service
Muhlenberg, Richard Melchior, Pennsylvania: The German Influence In Its Settlement and Development, Part XVIII: The Pennsylvania-German in the Rev War, 1775–1783, Pennsylvania. Lancaster: The Pennsylvania-German Society, 1908 (page not noted on application, name not found in book index)
The Find-a-Grave memorial cites: Stone in Rudy Graveyard, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania about 1975. Moved to Landis Valley Mennonite Church Cemetery sometime after this date.
See Find-a-Grave memorial 105615953 for an image of his stone.
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
The Rudy Cemetery is at the intersection of Route 222 and Route 272 in Lancaster County. It was used by the Rudy family from 1748 until about 1842 for family members who lived there. When new Route 222 was built in 1970, PA Highway Department tried to find descendants to determine what to do with the cemetery. They found no one, so they built around it. Unbroken stones were moved to Landis Valley Mennonite Church, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Broken stones remain. Graves were not moved
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