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Birth: 16 Feb 1743 Bethehem / Hunterdon / NJ Death: Apr 1832 Ocala / Grayson / VA
Qualifying Service Description:
Ensign under Captain William Bond Company, Sussex County, NJ Militia in Colonel Ephraim Martin's Battalion, Brigadier General Nathaniel Heard's Brigade - June 24, 1776 - 5 months service
Assigned to Major General Nathaniel Green's Division, Continental Army on Long Island - Aug 12, 1776
Participated Battle of Long Island, New York - Aug 27, 1776
Participated Battle of White Plains, NY - Oct 28, 1776
Lt under Capt Andrew Malick, 1st Company, 1st Regiment, Sussex County, NJ Militia, under command of Colonel Mark Thompson
Captain in the Sussex County, NJ Militia, First Regiment under Major Bescherer and Colonel Jacob West
Additional References:
SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
Official Register of the Officers and Men in the Rev War, NJ Adjutant General's Office, 1872, pg 102
Spouse: (1) Margaret/Abia Brown Gibbon; (2) Elizabeth Willson Children: John; William; Leah; Nathaniel;
Find-a-Grave Gravesite Details: Fieldstones have been moved-unmarked burial. Historical records reflect that he was buried on or near this location
Find-a-Grave memorial includes image of Military Record of Captain Samuel Schooley
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Author: Adam Michael Puhak
Samuel Schooley SAR P-285669
Samuel Schooley was born on the 16th of April, 1743 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. He was the son of Samuel Schooley and Avis Holloway. Samuel married Margaret Brown on the 2nd of January 1765. Together they had one son, William, born on the 7th of November 1766. Margaret died in 1767.
Samuel remarried, this time to Elizabeth Wilson, on the 8th of November 1770. Samuel and Elizabeth had nine children; Leah, Margaret, James, John, Samuel III, Gabriel, Benjamin, Nathaniel and Elizabeth.
Samuel was commissioned as an Ensign in the New Jersey Militia in 1776 and assigned to Gen. Heard’s Brigade in the New Jersey State Troups. After five months service, he was assigned to Gen. Nathaniel Green’s Division on the Continental Army where he served in the Battles of Long Island and White Plains. He was then promoted to 2nd Lt. and assigned to the 4th Battalion of the New Jersey Continental Line. He was promoted again to 1st Lt., in 1777, and assigned to the First Sussex Regiment of the Continental Army. Samuel was promoted to Captain in 1778, serving in the Sussex County Militia.
Samuel died in April of 1832, on his farm in Grayson, VA. He is buried in the Quaker-Nestor Cemetery in Carroll County, VA.
Source: Schooley-Ivy, May. A Pioneer Schooley Family. Franklin Press, Miami, n.d.
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