Display Patriot - P-318953 - Peter WHITMER/WHITMORE/WITMER Jr

Peter WHITMER/WHITMORE/WITMER Jr

SAR Patriot #: P-318953

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 #: A125012

Birth: 11 Jan 1760 / Northumberland / PA
Death: 19 Nov 1835 / Perry / OH

Qualifying Service Description:

Private: CAPT John Moll's Company, Northumberland County Rangers

Additional References:

Roster of Rev War soldiers buried in Ohio. Wilbur R. Branthoover, compiler. Veterans Affairs, Ohio. Reprinted by OHSDAR, 1929
The Snyder County Historical Society Bulletins from Vol 1, no 1 1979 (Vol O), Snyder County Historical Society, Inc, pg 298
Soldiers of the Revolution, pg 697
Pennsylvania Archives
- Third Series, Volume 23, pg 343
- Fifth Series
  - Volume IV, pg 384 and GOT - Josephine C Diefinbach. Akron, O.
  - Volume VII, Roster of First Company, Second Batt Lancaster County Militia in 1782, pg 167

Spouse: Maria Magdalena Overmeyer
Children: Sarah; Daniel; George;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
1969-04-17	NH	Unassigned	David Vogt Prugh (83408)	Mary
2002-07-31	AL	13285	Larry Patrick Cornwell USAF (Ret.) (138085)	Sarah
2006-03-21	FL	25054	Don Russell Ingles (166734)	Daniel
2008-09-09	TN	32533	Ronald John Boshart (160862)	Sarah
2017-01-27	OH	72831	John William Cross Jr. (201220)	Mary/Polly
2018-01-12	FL	78998	Robert William Whitmer Jr. (205913)	George
2022-01-21	FL	97597	Walter Boyer Arnold Jr. (215535)	Lydia

Burial:

New Reading Cemetery_(C-0088817)

Location:

Somerset / Perry / OH / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

2218662

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

32895289

Marker Type:

vertical stone with SAR & DAR markers

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

26 Sep 2004

Comments:

Photo by permission: Dr. Michael Bernard Gunn, Ohio Society SAR

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Michael Gunn
WHITMER, JOHN PETER, (Perry Co.) [39.81062 -82.35432]

Born on January 11, 1760, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania to Parents: John Peter and Sarah Maria Schuett Whitmer Sr. He served as a Matross/Private with Northumberland Co., PA Continental Line, Independent Company of Artillery, from 1777-1780. He was with Capt. William E. Godfrey's Company stationed in Philadelphia in June 1780, and with Lt. Benjamin Hoey in November of that year. In 1782, he was listed in the Eighth Class as Peter Wittmer, Junior., in Captain Balzer Orth's First Company of the Second Battalion of the Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Militia. He also served with his father in John Moll's Company of the Northumberland Co. Militia. He Married 1) Mary Magdalene Overmire (1767-1839), Dec 19, 1787, 2) Barbara Vogt; Mary’s Children: Jacob, George, Sarah, Mary Magdaline, Elizabeth, Lydia, Peter Jr., Solomon, John, Daniel, Susannah. About 1802, Peter and his family joined his Overmire brothers-in-law and their families in Overmyertown in what would become New Reading, Perry County, Ohio.
He Died on November 19, 1835 near New Reading, Perry Co., OH and Buried at New Reading Cemetery, Somerset, Perry Co., OH. MI : Name and dates. Frequently mentioned in Lumis’ Annals of Buffalo Valley. Farmer. Ref : Josephine C Diefinbach. Akron, O. Pa Archives Series V, Vol. IV, p 384 and GOT. Fur infor Cuyahoga Portage Chap. Roster of Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Ohio. Wilbur R. Branthoover, compiler. Veterans Affairs, Ohio. Reprinted by OHSDAR, 1929.
SAR Ancestor # P- 318953. Has a tombstone with a SAR Marker & a bronze 1776 marker.

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