Author: William Leslie Lehman
Ludwig was the son of Johan Ludwig (1704-1779) and Catharine Wissinger (1720-1793). He was born in 1756 in Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland. He had one sibling; Balthasar Wissinger (1746-1789).
Ludwig served in the Continental Line in the Revolutionary War, being present at the battles of Concord, Brandywine and Trenton. After the war, Ludwig probably returned to his home near Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland. It is thought that he relocated to York County, Pennsylvania. He is found on tax records there from 1779 to 1783, working as a mason, but also affiliated with York County Militia.
Ludwig married Susannah Miller (1766-1834) about 1783. They had 13 children:
1. John Wissinger was born on September 22, 1784 in Woodbury Township, Bedford County, PA. He died in 1864,
2. Daniel Wissinger was born in 1786 in Bedford County, PA . He was a farmer and married a lady named Goughnour. He died in 1870,
3. Elizabeth Wissinger Stutsman was born on February 19, 1790 in Woodbury Township, Bedford County. She died in 1878,
4. Lewis Wissinger was born on June 21, 1793 in Stonycreek Township, Cambria County, PA. He died in 1895 in Conemaugh,
5. George Wissinger (1803–1886)
6. Samuel Wissinger (1805–1883) lived in Westmoreland County, PA
7. Isaac Wissinger (1808–1889) lived near Scalp Level, Cambria County, PA
8. Jacob Wissinger was born in 1788 in Stonycreek Township, Bedford County, PA,
9. David Wissinger was born in 1797 in Conemaugh Township, Cambria County, PA. He lived in Plum Creek, Indiana County, PA,
10. Catherine Wissinger Brumbaugh was born in 1782 in Bedford County, PA
11. Mary Wissinger Anderson
12. Esther Wissinger Snyder was born in 1795 in Conemaugh Township, Cambria County, PA. She married Jacob Snyder.
13. Susanna Wissinger Morgan
In September 1786, he acquired a tract of land located in Morrison Cove, on both sides of Roaring Spring Run in Woodbury Township, Bedford County, PA. The tract consisted of 215 acres. He sold the land to Jacob Stevens on September 27, 1790. They moved from Manns Choice, Bedford County, PA about 1790 to what is now the Oakland section of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

In 1797, he purchased about 300 acres in the Oakland section of Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. The tract was located on both sides of the Bedford Pike. On November 4, 1857 his heirs sold this tract to Moses Hershberger.

On 19 Mar 1833, he was granted a pension of about $30 per month.

Ludwick Wissinger’s application for Revolutionary War Pension was filed in Cambria County, Pennsylvania court on October 2, 1832. From that application we find that he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy five or seventy six with Captain Teaster and served in the German Regiment on the Maryland Line under the following named officers: Does not recollect the names of the Colonel he first served under, he was part of the time under Colonel Hazecker, part of the time under the immediate command of General Washington. He states that he enlisted at Frederick Town in the state of Maryland near which he then resided. That he was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Trenton, and others not now recollected. That he was discharged at Wyoming in Pennsylvania after serving three years the time for which he was enlisted, but received no certificate of his discharge.

Ludwick is found in the 1790 census for Bedford County, Pennsylvania. The area where he lived near Johnstown, in 1790, was considered Bedford County. In the 1800 census he is found in Quemahoning Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. This same area near Johnstown would have been considered Quemahoning Township, Somerset County since Somerset County was formed in 1795 from Bedford County.

The 1810, 1820, 1830 and 1840 censuses show him listed in Conemaugh Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. This is also the same area near Johnstown. Cambria County was formed from Somerset County in 1807.

Ludwig died in Stonycreek Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania on March 6, 1842. He is buried in the Wissinger Cemetery in Johnstown, Pennsylvania which is located in the Oakland section of Johnstown on the corner of Griffith and Ruby Streets.

The Will of Ludwig Wissinger, was recorded in Cambria County, Pennsylvania in 1842. In his will he provides for his children: Susannah Wisel wife of Joseph Wisel, John Wissinger, Catharine Brumbough, Mary Anderson, Daniel Wissinger, Esther Snyder, Lewis Wissinger, Elizabeth Stutzman, David Wissinger, Samuel Wissinger, George Wissinger, Isaac Wissinger, Susannah Morgan and Jacob Wissinger. He appointed his son Daniel Wissinger to be the executor of his estate.

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