Display Patriot - P-336661 - William NISBET/NESBIT

William NISBET/NESBIT

SAR Patriot #: P-336661

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State of Service: PA Qualifying Service: Private

DAR #: A082391

Birth: abt 1734 / / PA
Death: 07 Jun 1809 Twin Twp / Preble / OH

Qualifying Service Description:

Private, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Militia

Captain WOODS,Colonel JOHNSTON,CUMBERLAND CO, MILITIA

Additional References:

Published Pennsylvania Archives, 5th Series, Volume 6, pg 76, 90-92, 104, 138, 522, 576, 583, 623

Spouse: Elizabeth Irwin
Children: Elizabeth;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
1986-09-10	CO	Unassigned	Scott T Chandler (117510)	Thomas
2017-01-16	VA	71713	James Thomas Hamill (195783)	Elizabeth
2017-01-16	VA	71714	Aaron James Hamill (195784)	Elizabeth

Burial:

Old Presbyterian (aka Lexington, New Lexington, Nisbet, Presbyterian) Cemetery_(C-0373379)

Location:

New Lexington / Preble / OH / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

1993469

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

n/a

Find A Grave Memorial #:

114363033

Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

photo used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, 185230, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: James Thomas Hamill

SAR Patriot Bio: William Nisbet (P-336661)

William Nisbet was born in 1734 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. He is the son of Thomas Nisbet and Jean Finney.

William Nisbet served as a private in the Cumberland County (Pennsylvania) Militia. He was part of the first call for troops of the 8^th Battalion, 6^th Company under Lt. Daniel Smith in October 1777. William later served in the 1^st Battalion, 7^th Company under Capt. John Woods in 1780, 2^nd Company in 1781, and in the 8^th Battalion, 3^rd Company under Capt. James Poe in 1782.

William married Mary Elizabeth Irwin. They had 8 children together:

Martha Nisbet b. 10 May 1769 in Pennsylvania

Jean Nisbet b. 21 Jan 1771 in Pennsylvania, m. Andrew Hood

Thomas Nisbet b. 29 Dec 1772 in Pennsylvania, m. Elizabeth Denny, d. 1819 in New Lexington, Preble Co, Ohio

Mary Nisbet b. 29 Dec 1772 in Pennsylvania, m. John McNutt

Elizabeth Nisbet b. 19 Feb 1775 in Pennsylvania, m. Hugh Hamill, d. 1 Sep 1814 in Xenia, Ohio

James Irwin Nisbet b. 12 Jan 1777 in Pennsylvania, m. Elizabeth Patterson, d. 9 Jun 1830 Preble Co, Ohio

John J. Nisbet b. 20 Apr1780 in Pennsylvania

William spent much of his life as a farmer in western Pennsylvania. He was noted trying to homestead land in present day Kentucky in 1774. William Nisbet moved his family to south western Ohio at the behest of his longtime friend Col. Robert Patterson sometime after 1800. Mary Nisbet died in 1788 in Pennsylvania. William died on 7 Jun 1809 in Preble County, Ohio. He is buried in the Old Presbyterian Cemetery in New Lexington, Ohio.

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