Display Patriot - P-315858 - Jacob WEIST

Jacob WEIST

SAR Patriot #: P-315858

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: PA      Qualifying Service: Private
DAR #: A121781

Birth: 06 May 1730 / / Germany
Death: 04 Dec 1806 Lancaster / / PA

Qualifying Service Description:

Captain MARTIN BOWMAN, 6TH CO., 5TH BATT., LANCASTER CO. MILITIA


Additional References:
  1. PA ARCHIVES, 5TH SER, Vol 7, pg 502, 1120
  2. Roster of Rev War soldiers buried in Ohio. Wilbur R. Branthoover, compiler. Veterans Affairs, Ohio. Reprinted by OHSDAR. 1929

Spouse: Mary Roshon
Children: Christian;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1984-05-31 OH Unassigned Mark L. Saylor (120558) Christian   
1991-02-06 OH 223965 James Robert Hopkins (130599) Christian   
Burial:
Baugher (aka Bacher) Cemetery (C-0121991)
Location:
Dumontville / Fairfield / OH / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2278246
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
30763995
Marker Type:
VA Stone (may be Cenotaph)
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • It is believed the marker in the Baugher ( aka Bacher ) Cemetery in Fairfield, OH is a cenotaph. Perhaps placed by a grandson. Records indicate Jacob Wiest Sr. died in Lancaster County PA in 1806 and the family did not arrive in Ohio until the 1820's
  • No Grave Entry Found in Find a Grave for Lancaster County, PA in March 2023
  • Photo used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Michael B. Gunn
Born in Germany, May 6, 1730. He served as a Private and Corporal in Captain Martin Bowman's Company, Pennsylvania Militia. He Married Mary Roshon (1732-1801) 1751; children: Christian. He arrived in America in 1751, living for a year in Philadelphia, then settling on a farm among the Brethren community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Jacob paid for Mary Roshen's (1732- 1801) passage from Germany in 1752. As was often the case with immigrants, a term of indenture was entered into in exchange for paying for passage upon arrival in the colonies. This must have been a positive event for they were married a year later, in 1752, in Philadelphia. Together they produced one son, Christian, and one additional but unidentified child. In 1763 Jacob purchased 193 acres of land from Michael Baughman and 200 acres from Christian Baughman in the Cocalico Township of Lancaster Pennsylvania. It was on these lands that Jacob and his family would make home. He Died in Lancaster, PA on December 4, 1806 and Buried at Baugher Cemetery, Brook Road NW, Dumontsville, Fairfield Co., OH 43130. Cemetery notes and/or description: Until the 1930's a church stood beside Bacher-Baugher Cemetery to the south. According to local historian, Charles Goslin, this church was a combination German Reform and Presbyterian (St. Paul's German and English Evangelical Lutheran). Land was granted for the cemetery in 1847 but graves date from as early as 1806. There are four Revolutionary War veterans buried here. There are many open spaces between the tombstones indicating that there may be stones missing. Many of the stones are made from sandstone and are flaking badly and are difficult or impossible to read. A number of the stones have been repaired. Unfortunately at the back of this cemetery along the fence is a pile of stones (and pieces of stones) which have been removed from the cemetery proper.

Directions to this cemetery from Lancaster, Ohio:Take St Rt 158 north. Turn left on Ginder Road. Turn right on Brook Rd. Cemetery about 1/8 mile on left.
GM Elizabeth Sherman Reese Chap, 1927. Ref: Cora Gundy, Lancaster, OH. Roster of Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Ohio. Wilbur R. Branthoover, compiler. Veterans Affairs, Ohio. Reprinted by OHSDAR, 1929.
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