Display Patriot - P-284541 - John S SAPPINGTON

John S SAPPINGTON

SAR Patriot #: P-284541

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: VA      Qualifying Service: Sergeant
DAR #: A100210

Birth: 03 Sep 1750 Cecil / / MD
Death: 10 Sep 1815 Crestwood / St Louis / MO

Qualifying Service Description:

Captain DAVID STEELE,Colonel WILLIAM RUSSELL 13TH REGT


Additional References:
  1. "Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution," John Hastings Gwathmey, 1987, pg 697
  2. NARA, M881, COMP MIL SERV RECS, ROLL #1079

Spouse: Jemima Fowler;
Children: Jemima; Mark; Elizabeth; Sepheniah; Margaret; Patience; John; Richard; Rebecca; Hartley; Thomas; Sarah; Mary; Rezin;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1984-08-20 GA Unassigned William Tryon Farrigan (124507) Jemina   
1988-03-30 FL 223409 James Duard Haile (130966) Patience   
2012-02-15 TX 45251 Walter Damon Wark (178742) Margaret   
2024-07-05 MO 112148 Oliver Earl Sappington (230406) Zephaniah   
Burial:
Sappington Cemetery (aka Sappington Burial Ground, Sappington Grave Yard) (C-0373491)
Location:
Crestwood / St. Louis City / MO / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
1617045
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
6825682
Marker Type:
DAR SAR
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
13 Jul 2019

Comments:
  • Photo displayed courtesy of Donald A. Withrow MO SAR


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
  • Located on the north side of Watson Road, just east of Crestwood Shopping Center
  • The City (of Crestwood) owns and maintains the Historic Sappington Cemetery - per the USGS GNIS: "History: The oldest burial ground in Missouri."


Author: Donald Alan Withrow

John Sappington was born in Maryland on 3 September 1750 to John Sappington and Margaret Baxter.  During the American Revolution he served in Captain David Steele’s company under Colonel William Russell’s 13th Virginia Regiment as a private and later a sergeant.  At Valley Forge he served as a bodyguard to General George Washington.  After the war he married Jemima Fowler on 29 January 1781 with whom he had 17 children.  From Maryland they moved to Virginia and then Kentucky where he became a friend of Daniel Boone.  He later moved to Missouri with Boone in 1805 and settled on a Spanish Land grant in the Gravois Settlement of St Louis County.  He died in St Louis County on 10 September 1815 and was buried in the Sappington Cemetery.

 


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