Display Patriot - P-287573 - Anthony SCHAEFFER/SCHAFFER/SHAFFER

Anthony SCHAEFFER/SCHAFFER/SHAFFER

SAR Patriot #: P-287573

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: Private
DAR #: A102540

Birth: 1744 Heidelberg / / Germany
Death: 1825 Kittanning / Armstrong / PA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Pvt., 3rd class, Capt Conrad Rader/Ritter/Reder, Col Henry Geiger, 6th Bn, Northampton Co., PA Militia, 1780-1782
  2. Ranger on the Frontier
  3. Paid supply tax, 1781

Additional References:
  1. PA ARCHIVES, 5TH SERIES
    • Volume 4, pg 344 - Depreciation Pay, Cont. Line, Anthony Shaffer, pvt
    • Volume 8, pg 234, 449, 459, 502, 510 - Anthony/Antony Shoeffer/Sheffers/Shaffer/
  2. PA HIST & MUS COMM, RG 4.61, ROLL #331

Spouse: Maria Catherine Reeg
Children: John Philip; Elizabeth Christina; George Peter; Eva Catherine; Susanna Margaret;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1985-10-09 IA 228926 Gaylon S McAnelly (126438) Susanna   
1987-09-04 WA 224589 Frank Eugene Carnahan (129888) John   
1987-10-21 WA 224024 Brian Phillip Carnahan (130248) John   
1998-04-23 IL 518 Karl Edwin Reed Jr (150200) John   
2002-04-29 IL 12814 Thomas Peter Bonilla (157971) Susanna   
2012-09-04 FL 49526 Mark Alan Schaeffer (184691) John   
Burial:
Shaeffer (aka First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Old Saint Michaels) Cemetery (C-0373983)
Location:
Ford City / Armstrong / PA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
46314
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
40.693000 / -79.444630
Find A Grave Memorial #:
27365269
Marker Type:
Military, DAR
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

This Old Church Cemetery was founded sometime between 1795 and 1810 and it was next to the First St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church. It sits atop a hill on what was once the Old Shaeffer Farm and was donated by the Shaeffer Family for the site of a Church and Cemetery. Sometime after 1880, the old church was torn down and all that was left was the Sundial and pedestal to mark the location



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Additional Information:
  • Schaffer IN. History of the Family Anthony Schaeffer. 1912 Revised 1960
  • Note - numerous name spelling in PA Arch.


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