Display Patriot - P-343607 - Johan Martin OVERMILLER

Johan Martin OVERMILLER

SAR Patriot #: P-343607

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State of Service: PA Qualifying Service: Private / Patriotic Service

DAR #: A085021

Birth: 1743 / / Baden-Württemberg / Germany
Death: bef Sep 1803 / York / PA

Qualifying Service Description:

Private in the Company of Captain McIsaac, 8th Battalion, York County Militia.

Additional References:

Pennsylvania Archives, Series 6, Volume 2, pg 543, 701

Spouse: Maria Christina Manbeck
Children: Barbara; Catherine; Christina; Juliana; Margaret; Frederick;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child	View Application Detail
2022-03-11	TN	98377	John Mark DeNicola (159017)	Barbara

Burial:

Shaffer Family Cemetery_(C-0158544)

Location:

Winterstown / York / PA / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

2336613

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There was no entry for this patriot found at Find-a-Grave as of May 2021.

According to oral tradition, the patriot and his wife are buried at the Shaffer's Family Cemetery. There are no headstones identifying them. There are many graves marked by fieldstones with worn inscriptions.

Photo displayed courtesy of J. Mark DeNicola, TNSSAR.

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Author: John Mark DeNicola

Johan Martin Overmiller arrived at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, aboard the ship Polly in August 1765, from Germany via Rotterdam and Cowes, England. He took the Oath of Allegiance August 24, 1765. His signature is legible, suggesting he could read and write.

In 1768, Overmiller applied to purchase 150 acres of land at York County, Pennsylvania.

Overmiller married Maria Christina Manbeck between 1765 and 1770. They were the parents of Barbara, Maria Catherine, Maria Christina, Juliana, Margaret and Frederick.

Overmiller was a private in Captain McIsaac’s Company of the York County Militia, April 26, 1778. He remained in the same company when it reorganized to the Eighth Battalion.

Overmiller died in March 1803. Maria Christina Manbeck Overmiller died in 1823. Oral tradition places their final resting place at the Shaffer Family Cemetery of Winterstown, York County, Pennsylvania.

Service Source: Published Pennsylvania Archives, Series 6, Vol. 2, Pg. 543, 701.

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