Display Patriot - P-320257 - John WILKINSON

John WILKINSON

SAR Patriot #: P-320257

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 #: A125664

Birth: abt 1726 / Tyrone / Ireland
Death: 05 Jan 1806 / Hamilton / OH

Qualifying Service Description:

Private under Capt John Blackwell Company of Colonel Heth Regt, Virginia Militia


Additional References:
  1. Hamilton County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society. Hamilton County, Ohio Burial Records. Hamilton County, Ohio Burial Records. Vol.7, Springfield Township. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, 1994
  2. National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. DAR Patriot Index. 3 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press 2003.
  3. Faulwetter, Irma. Papers. Cincinnati Historical Society Research Library
  4. Records of the Rev War, Saffell, pg 278

Spouse: (1) Elizabeth Hixson; (2) Leah Niswanger
Children: William; Elijah Cooper; John N;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
2015-04-20 CA 62992 William Eugene Jennings (187019) William   
2016-12-31 NC 71634 Porter Patrick Conerly (188612) William   
2017-12-31 UT 78836 Jacob Benjamin Elliott (205886) Elijah   
2017-12-31 UT 78837 Joshua Adam Elliott (205887) Elijah   
Burial:
Old Saint Marys (aka Old Saint Mary Presbyterian, Old Presbyterian, Saint Marys, Springdale Presbyterian) Cemetery (C-0371687)
Location:
Springdale / Hamilton / OH / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
42561
Grave Plot #:
C532
Grave GPS Coordinates:
39.281049 / -84.485153
Find A Grave Memorial #:
7216238
Marker Type:
vertical VA
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
22 Apr 2018

Comments:
  • photo used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR
  • Rev War Monument GPS 39.2802320 -84.4843047
  • Cemetery marker shows a list of 10 Revolutionary War patriots buried in the cemetery, including John Wilkinson


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Mr. Porter Patrick Conerly

John Wilkinson (1726 - 1806) served as a Private in Company 4, 3rd Virginia Regiment in 1777 and 1778 which included duty at Valley Forge. His commanding officers were Lieutenant Joseph Blackwell, Captain John Blackwell, Lieutenant Colonel William Heth, and Colonel Thomas Marshall.

John Wilkinson emigrated from County Tyrone, Ireland to Pennsylvania circa 1733 with his brother, uncle and two aunts where he learned the carpenter trade. He settled in Pennsylvania, married his first wife Elizabeth (LNU) and had ten children of whom we know six names: Patriot William Wilkinson (P-100487) who migrated to North Carolina, John, Jehu, Abner, Elizabeth, Jane and James. As a widower at age 63, John Wilkinson married Leah Niswanger (1765 - 1821) in Newtown, Virginia (now Stephens City) and they had nine children: Samuel, John N., Elijah Cooper, Mary “Polly”. Elizabeth, Margaret “Peggy”, Leah, Catherine, and Rebecca.

In 1795 John and Leah Wilkinson moved from Rockbridge County, Virginia to Ohio where they settled on a 100 acre farm near Springdale and where they lived the remainder of their lives. Margaret Wilkinson Huffman, their last surviving child, died on that farm in 1886 at 88 years of age.

Sources:

William Amel Sausamen, “Descendants of Irish Immigrant John Wilkinson (1726-1806),” Springfield, IL, 1971 (Nabu Public Domain Reprints)

W(illiam) T(homas) R(oberts) Saffell, “Records of the Revolutionary War,” New York, 1858, p. 278




Submitted By Michael J. Blum 181058

He was Born in Ireland in 1726, served as a Private for 3rd Virginia Regiment.

He Died January 5, 1806. No stone. Buried in St. Mary Presbyterian Cemetery, Springfield Township. Corner of Springfield Pike and Cameron Road.

Hamilton County Recorder’s Office. Veterans’ Graves Registration Cards. (Cards are located at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.)
{ Works Progress Administration (WPA) Revolutionary War Veteran burial records in Ohio; Cincinnati-Hamilton County Public Library, History/Genealogy department.}

Married Leah Nieswanger.

Revolutionary War Soldiers, Buried in Hamilton County, Ohio”; Little Miami Publ. Co. Milford, Ohio, 2010. By DAR, Cincinnati Chapter.


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