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State of Service: PA/VA
Qualifying Service: Ranger / Patriotic Service
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Author: Lance Gregory Rose
Joseph Yeager was the 6th-great grandfather of Compatriot Lance Gregory Rose
Joseph Yeager served in the Revolutionary War from the area of Western Pennsylvania. Joseph was a Ranger on the Frontier in the Flying Camp under the command of Colonel McFarland and Captain Whetsell from May 21, 1778 to June 21, 1778. Joseph saw service in both Monongalia and Ohio Counties, Virginia (now West Virginia); as well as in the Militia in Washington County, Pennsylvania. Joseph was born in 1739 in Framersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, and came to the colonies prior to the Revolutionary War with his wife, Catarina Elisabett Becker, and several of their children. Catarina Elisabett Becker Yeager was born on 21 July, 1743 and died 31 January, 1826 in Masontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Joseph’s headstone can be found in the Jacobs Lutheran Cemetery, German Township, Masontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The following dates are inscribed on his headstone: Born: 28 September, 1739, Died: 02 February, 1838. Joseph was 98 years old at the time of his death.
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