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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Birth: 1727 Alsce / / France Death: 07 Mar 1793 / Loudoun / VA
Qualifying Service Description:
Paid supply tax in 1782 and 1783 in Loudoun County, VA
Additional References:
Patricia B. Duncan, Loudoun County, Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists (Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books, 2004
1782B, pg 20
1783A, pg 35
Spouse: (1) XX XX; (2) Maria Barbara Children: Margareth;
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The date of his first marriage is unknown. However, his Will refers to ten children from his first wife.
He first appeared on the Loudoun County Virginia Tithables list in 1781. It is not known where he lived before coming to Virginia. His second marriage was to Maria Barbara.
One of George's daughters, Margaret, was confirmed in the Lutheran Church on 24 May 1783 at age 15; this yields an approximate birth date of 1768. She married John George Schwenk (son of Patriot Johannes Schwenk, P-285864) and died on 15 February 1807. She was buried at New Jerusalem Lutheran Church.
George paid the Supply Tax in 1782, recorded as "George Myers," and in 1783, recorded as "George Mayer."
In his Last Will and Testament, dated 19 July 1791, George describes himself as "very sick but yet of a perfect mind and memory…." He left his possessions to his wife, Mary Barbara, and to his first wife's (unnamed) children. He named his son-in-law George Swank (Schwenk) as his executor.
The New Jerusalem Lutheran Church burial register lists "Georg Maÿer, buried 7 March 1793, aged 66 years."
His Will was proved by witnesses in court on 9 April 1793. After George's death, the "Widow Mayer" took Communion at the German Reformed Church on Easter Sunday, 1795, and again in 1792 and 1797.
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Additional Information:
No DAR record located - March 2024
He had 10 children. Name unknown except for Margreth