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: Patriotic Service
Jeremiah Sturgeon served as a Private with Pennsylvania in the Revolutionary War.
He bought land from John Young of Youngstown. He was a farmer.
He died at Mahoning County, Ohio, date unknown and was buried in Mahoning County, Ohio. His precise final resting place is not known.
References:
Published Pennsylvania Archives, Series 5, Volume 7, pages 342 and 1004.
Further information: Mahoning Chapter. Official Roster III: Soldiers of the American Revolution who lived in the State of Ohio. Wilbur R. Branthoover, compiler. Veterans Affairs, Ohio. Reprinted by the Ohio Society Daughters of the American Revolution (OHSDAR), 1959
Author: George Emery Biles
Jeremiah Sturgeon was a Private in the 4th Battalion and an Almoner of the 10th Battalion, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. (An Almoner is a “fund-raiser” and/or Chaplain). He was also a signer of the Oath of Allegiance in Pennsylvania. Jeremiah Sturgeon is listed in various publications as follow: “History of the Counties of Dauphin and Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania”, W. H. Egle, pp. 89 and 96. “History of Dauphin County of Pennsylvania”, L. R. Kelker, Vol. II, p. 987. “Pennsylvania Archives” where Jeremiah Sturgeon is listed as an Almoner. “A Genealogical History of the Sturgeons in North America”, C. T. McCoy, 1926, pp. 20-23, 91-92, 228, 239. Jeremiah Sturgeon was approved as a Patriot by SAR’s ACN 33321.
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