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.
SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
Spouse: (1) Catherine Cuff Children: Members Who Share This Ancestor
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*This means that the NSSAR has no applications for this Patriot on file.
Instead the information provided is best effort, and from volunteers who have either researched grave sites, service records, or something similar. There is no documentation available at NSSAR HQ to order.
photo used with permission of Micheal B. Gunn, OHSSAR
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Cemetery notes and/or description: Established: 1871 Original Plat: 1797; Originally the Richland Cemetery and Presbyterian Church; founded in 1798. This is a large historic cemetery of forty seven acres. Unfortunately, the early records were destroyed in a fire. Belmont County has four Union Cemeteries. Has a tombstone
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Author: Michael B. Gunn
Born on September 3, 1760. He served as a Sergeant & Capt. on the Pennsylvania Line in the Revolutionary War. He married Margaret or Catherine Cuff; children: Melilia, Julia Ann, Larina, Mira Jane, Robert and Alcinda. He was pensioned upon application of November 19, 1832 Ref S3800. He Died on Sept 5, 1848, age 88 years and Buried at Saint Clairsville Union Cemetery, 201 Maple Avenue, St. Clairsville, Belmont Co., OH 43950. Cemetery notes and/or description: Established: 1871 Original Plat: 1797; Originally the Richland Cemetery and Presbyterian Church; founded in 1798. This is a large historic cemetery of forty seven acres. Unfortunately, the early records were destroyed in a fire. Belmont County has four Union Cemeteries. MI: "Soldier of Revolution." Ref: Mrs. A. L. McFarland, St Clairsville, OH. Wheeling, W. Va. D. A. R. Roster of Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Ohio. Wilbur R. Branthoover, compiler. Veterans Affairs, Ohio. Reprinted by OHSDAR, 1929. DAR Patriot Index Centennial Edition, Part 3, p. 927. Mrs. Orville Dailey, Official Roster of the Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in the State of Ohio, Roster #1, p. 367. Veterans Grave Registration Belmont County, Ohio (Washington DC, Works Progress Administration). Virgil White, Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension File, Vol. 3, p. 3480. J.A. Caldwell, History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, p. 175.
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