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: Patriotic Service
Birth: 05 Nov 1727 Death: 07 Feb 1810
Qualifying Service Description:
Paid Effective Supply Tax 1780 Douglass, Philidelphia County, PA; also 1782 and 1783
Additional References:
SAR RC # 144660 / ACN: 57862: Paid Effective Supply Tax 1780 Douglass, Philidelphia County, PA; also 1782 and 1783
There is a directory of the cemetery to the right of the entrance. This directory has not been updated but most importantly it does show the location of the older graves. Many of the these headstones are unreadable, Some are in German and very difficult to read because of aging
A newer headstone has been placed for this Patriot
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
The church and cemetery are located on a hill along State Route 225 between Elizabethville and Berrysburg. The church cemetery was established in 1780. The cemetery is well maintained. The location has a very good view of the central Lykens Valley
SAR RC # 144660 / ACN: 57862:Lists St, Peters UCC Cemetery (Hoffmans Church), Lykens, Dauphin, PA as the place of burial. This could be a different location of the same location which is now renamed
Author: Charles W. Riegle, Sr.
John married Catharine Bechtel in East Nantmeal in1773. He was 46 Yrs. and she was 18 yrs. John and family had arrived in Philadelphia on the ship “Peggy” on 15 October 1754. He was a farmer and is shown to have paid the Effective Supply Tax in Douglas Township in 1783.
The Lubolds attended St. John’s Lutheran Church in Berrysburg, PA and they lived on Little Wiconisco Creek, near Gratz in Dauphin Co., PA. They lived in Douglas Twp during the Revolution. In 1785 he sold the land and moved to Lykens Valley with his wife’s parents, John Burkhardt Bechtel and Gertrude Reifschneider Bechtel. They purchased a tract of land one mile from the west end of Short Mountain. A small portion was cleared, but it was mostly a forest of pine and mixed trees. The bottomlands were covered by large white oaks. John was over 50 years of age during the Revolution and remained on the farm. Due to his advanced age when he married, the children were too young to serve the Cause of Freedom.
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