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State of Service: NC
Qualifying Service: Lieutenant / Patriotic Service
Polser Sigman (Siegman, Sigmon) was born in September, 1753 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania to Johann George Sigman and Barbara Bisbing. He was baptized in the Evangelical Lutheran Church, now known as Christ Lutheran, in Tinicum, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. His father (Johann) George had arrived in Philadelphia in 1738 aboard the Charming Nancy with two brothers and his father Johannes Sigmann from Huffenhardt, Germany.
Ensign Polser Sigman was a member of the Rowan County militia which the Rowan Committee of Safety formed to maintain law and order and to assist the settlers in protection of their liberties. This committee came to open defiance against the King’s taxes through its set of Resolves dated August 8, 1774. This was some of the first rumblings of the war for independence. Early accounts of Catawba County history tell us that Lieutenant Polser Sigman fought at the Battle of Kings Mountain and Ramseur’s Mill. He was conscripted, no doubt, because of his fine talent as a blacksmith. It also is fitting to note the same history states “Captain John (Johann George) fought at Kings Mountain, Ramseur’s Mill and crossed the Catawba River where he joined General Green and fought at Guilford Courthouse.”
Polser married Maria Margaretta Cline in Rowan County, NC in 1776. Polser Sigman (who is listed in written records also as Bolser, Balsar and Baltasar; Compatriot McDewey Sigmon, Jr. spoke with his grandmother who was alive to know Polser who told him that everyone called her grandfather Polser which was German for the North Star) and Abraham Barrier were granted 640 acres on the third fork of Lyles Creek in 1778. He built a home on the property, 40 acres of which are still owned by his direct descendants. History tells us that Barrier was a Loyalist and “was run out of North Carolina.” Polser’s original home has been restored by his seventh generation granddaughter and is now located on land along the Catawba River. Polser and his wife Maria raised six children. He died September 20, 1820 and is buried at St Johns Lutheran Church, Newton, NC.
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