Display Patriot - P-287679

John SHANK Sr

SAR Patriot #: P-287679

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: VA Qualifying Service: Private

DAR #: A102768

Birth: 1761 / Lancaster / PA
Death: aft 27 Oct 1834 / Wilkes / GA

Qualifying Service Description:

Pvt enlisted in 1779 serving under Captain KEELER, Colonel MONTGOMERY

Additional References:

Rev War Pension *S31961

Spouse: Ann Alldorffer/Alterper;
Children: George; Henry; Mariah;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
1971-05-28	GA	Unassigned	Don Juan Surrency Jr (100495)	George
1994-02-28	FL	209183	Charles Hardy Keller Jr (142088)	Georg
2013-05-02	GA	51813	Daniel Pierce Miles Sr. (187126)	George
2013-05-02	GA	51814	Daniel Pierce Miles Jr. (187127)	George
2013-06-19	AL	53454	Mitchell Bryant Owens Sr. (187604)	Henry
2013-08-16	AL	54684	Mitchell Bryant Owens Jr. (188368)	Henry

Burial:

Kettle Creek Battlefield Cemetery_(C-0138395)

Location:

Washington / Wilkes / GA / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

2305673

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

33.690840 / -82.885860

Find A Grave Memorial #:

37155932

Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Tombstone
photo used with permission of Compatriot Mitchell Anderson, 229001, KYSSAR

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Kenneth Scott Collins

John Shank b. 7/1761 d. 1835 WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA

He lived at Dunmore County (later Shenandoah), Virginia, when he enlisted and served in the Revolution. In 1790, he moved to Georgia. His name appears as a Revolutionary War Soldier in

Wilkes County Land Lottery Records.

Buried: Kettle Creek Battleground.

See: (1) Cemetery Records of Wilkes County.

(2) Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, v. 3, p. 3080.

(3) Georgia's Roster of the Revolution, p. 323.

Source: Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers; Volume 2, by Ross Arnold & Hank Burnham with additions and corrections by: Mary Jane Galer, Dr. Julian Kelly, Jr., and Ryan Groenke. Edited by: Ryan Groenke.

A Georgia County-by-County compilation of Revolutionary War Patriots who made Georgia their permanent home and died here, including information on service history, birth dates, death dates and places of burial with an index.

Published by the Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution, 2001.

Printed in the United States of America

New Papyrus Co., Inc.

548 Cedar Creek Drive

Athens, GA 30605-3408

Author: Lt Col Gary Owen Green

Ann Alldorffer (1763-1837) mar., abt. 1782, Rockingham Co., VA; son, George b., 22 Dec 1798, Wilkes Co., GA; mar., Clarissa Leverett, 2 Jan 1827 (GA); & he d., 1877 & was bur., at Wilkes Co., GA;

A review of a Xerox copy of a Memoranda dtd. Jan 16, 1923, Dept. of interior, Bureau of Pensions (S.31961) recorded John Shank, Sr. enlisted, Private, Nov 1779 for 2 yrs service while residing at Dunmore Co., [1772-1778] VA; and, the county received the name Shenandoah Co., in 1778. He served in Capt. Abraham Kellers co., for Col Archibald Montgomery skirmishing with many Indians... before moving to Broad River Colony, Wilkes Co., GA in 1790. He appl'd for pension, 1834.

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