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State of Service: PA
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Birth: Death: aft 16 May 1785 Hopewell Twp / Cumberland / PA
Qualifying Service Description:
Paid 1777 Supply Tax PA
Additional References:
Published Pennsylvania Archives, Series 3, Volume 20, pg 170-172
Samuel Hanna was born about 1743, at Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, a son of Patrick Hanna and Margaret, from Ireland. The History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania documents Patrick was a resident of the county by a 1751 tax list.
Samuel was granted 200 acres of land at Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, 22 May 1766. He married Mary Brady, about 1767, at Cumberland County. She was a daughter of Hugh Brady, Sr., a tax collector at Hopewell Township, and Hannah. Samuel’s brother, Archibald, married Margaret Brady, a sister of Mary.
There were two men named Samuel Hanna living at Hopewell Township about the same time. Both men owned property, paid taxes, and were members of the Cumberland County Militia. A careful examination of the Company Rolls recorded in the Published Pennsylvania Archives, Series Three, Volume 20, Pages 170-172, and Fifth Series, Volume 11, differentiates the two. This Samuel was a Private in the First Class of the Seventh Company of the Sixth Battalion of the Militia in 1779 and 1780 under Captain William Moorhead. In 1781 and 1782, he was listed as a Private in the First Class of the Second Company of the Sixth Battalion, under the command of Captain Moorhead. The other Samuel, living on the mountain, was a member of the Fourth Class.
As documented by the Published Pennsylvania Archives, Series Three, Volume 20, Pages 170-172, Samuel Hanna paid supply taxes on his property, and horses and cattle at Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, from 1778 through 1782. The 1785 tax list evidences his widow paying taxes on the property, and the horses and cattle.
Samuel Hanna made his Last Will and Testament, 16 May 1785, recorded at Will Book E, Pages 147-148, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. In his Will, he described himself as a farmer. He named his wife, Mary, four daughters: Margaret, Elizabeth, Mary, a daughter last born but not yet named, and his three sons, Joseph, Ebenezer, and Samuel.
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