American Revolutionary War Veterans Who Lived And/Or Died In Fairfield County, Ohio
Compiled by Patsy Kishler (with many additions by Rebecca Huddle)
for the Fairfield County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society

 

                        SOURCE CODES:

                        A=    Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files

                        B =     The Official Roster of the Soldiers of the American Revolution buried in the State of Ohio, published by the State Society DAR of Ohio, 1929

                        BR =     The Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Ohio, published by the S. J. Clarke Publishing Co, 1902

                        C =       DAR cemetery inscriptions found in Fairfield County District Library

                        D =      DAR placed marker

                        DC =   History of Delaware  and Ohio, published by O. L. Baskins and Co., 1880

                        DM =   DAR membership application and acceptance

                        E =       Fairfield County Engineer’s Office

                        F =       Family reported

                        FH=     Family history

                        FT=     Fairfield Trace

                        G =      Charles Goslin, local historian (deceased)

                        GR =    History of Fairfield and Perry Counties, Ohio, by A. A. Graham, W. H. Beers and Co., 1883

                        L =       Lancaster Gazette, 21 November 1907

                        M =       History of Fairfield County, Ohio and Representative Citizens by Charles C. Miller, 1912, pages 397 - 399

                        O =      Obituary

                        OR =   Ohio Records and Pioneer Families, published by the Ohio Genealogical Society, XXXVII

                        P =       A Portrait and Biographical Record of Allen and Van Wert Counties, Ohio, A. W. Bowen and Co, 1896

                        PA =    Pennsylvania Archives  

                        R =      Military or pension record

                        SE =    History of Seneca County, Ohio, Warner, Beers and Co., 1886

                        T =       Tombstone inscription

                        W =     Pioneer Period and Pioneer People of Fairfield County, Ohio by C.M.L. Wiseman, 1901, pages 406 - 407

                        WP =   Madison and Walnut Township Cemetery Inventories, Paul Mayberry, Pickaway County Historical Society, 1999

                        1 =       The Official Roster I Soldiers of the American Revolution Who Lived in the State of Ohio, published by the State Society DAR of Ohio, 1929

                        2 =       The Official Roster II Soldiers of the American Revolution Who Lived in the State of Ohio, published by the State Society DAR of Ohio, 1938

                        3 =       The Official Roster III Soldiers of the American Revolution who lived in the State of Ohio, published by the State Society DAR of Ohio, 1956

           

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NOTES

SOURCE OF SERVICE

ABRAMS, Henry

settled in Greenfield Twp, Fairfield Co 1800

DM

ALLEN, Silas (Dr)

1754-1825

Royalton Cem, Amanda Twp

B, T

ALSPACH, Henry

1739-1822

Old Betzer Cem, Bloom Twp

T

ALSPACH, Jacob

ca 1751-1815

Old Betzer Cem, Bloom Twp

T

ALSPACH/ALSPAUGH, John

ca 1754/1752-1837

Old Betzer Cem, Bloom Twp;

section B row 3 grave 27; applied for pension 1831

B, G, M, 2

 

ALSPACH, Michael

1746-1836

Old Betzer Cem, Bloom Twp;

section B row 3 grave 58;

applied for pension 1831

B, D, M, 2, 3

 

ANDERSON, Thomas

1806 tax payer Amanda Twp

2

ANSPACH, John Adam

1754-1838

New Reading Cem, Reading Twp, Perry Co

F, 3

BARNET(T), Robert

1755-1842

Clearcreek Twp in 1820 census; buried in Tarlton Cem

3

BARR, Andrew

1740-1815

Dutch Hollow Cem, Amanda/

Clearcreek Twp

(no stone has survived)

B, G, M

BARTOON, John

1768-1862

Pleasant Hill UM Cem, Pleasant Twp; row 7 grave 49

B, G, M

BEATTY, John

1749-1824

Tent Church Cem, Pleasant Twp; unmarked grave

B, F

BEERS, Matthew

 born 1754

on pension Fairfield Co 2 years

B

BIBLER, Lewis

his widow lived in Fairfield Co but he apparently didn’t

?

BINCKLEY, Christian

1738-1832

buried Binckley/Ridge Cem,  Reading Twp, Perry Co (listed by Elizabeth Sherman Reese Chapter DAR)

B, D, 3

 

BINCKLEY, Henry

1767-1823

buried Binckley/Ridge Cem, Reading Twp, Perry Co (listed by Elizabeth Sherman Reese Chapter DAR)

B, 3

 

BLUNDER/BLUNDON, Elijah

1740-1820/1829

buried Lancaster; received pension 1819 VA

B, 3

BOBENMEIR/POPPENMEIR/PUPPINGMEYER, Gabriel 1749-1817

may be buried in Dutch Hollow Cem, Amanda/Clearcreek Twp

B

BOPE, Abraham

1763-1826

Zeigler-Seigler-Lutheran Cem, Pleasant Twp

3

BOLEN/BOWLING/BAWLING, Charles

born 1763 (aged 75 in 1840)

applied for pension Fairfield Co 1833

R, 2

BOWLING/BAWLING, William

born 1758

applied for pension Fairfield Co 1833

2

BRANDT, Adam

1751-1838

Bacher-Baugher Cem, Greenfield Twp; row 11 grave 39 (DAR says buried in PA)

B, D

BRANDT, John

1742-1823

Tarlton Cem, Saltcreek Twp, Pickaway Co

3

BROWN, Nicholas

1756/1766-1858

Fletcher Chapel Cem, Liberty Twp; row 11 grave 11

B, T, 3

BROWN, William

1751-1828

Tent Church Cem, Pleasant Twp

T

BUCK, Henry

1764-1851

buried Coles Co, Il; lived Basil 1823-1841

3

BUFFINGTON, David

New Salem MP Cem, Walnut Twp

(no stone has survived)

B, G, M, 2, 3

BUGH, Peter

New Reading Cem, Reading Twp, Perry Co

G

BURNSIDE, Jonathan

1765-1835

received pension Fairfield Co 1818

M, W, 2, 3

BURTON, Jacob/Joshua

1762-1844

Riegel-Hedges Cem, Hocking Twp

M, 2?, 3

BUSLY, John

 

M

BUZZARD, Andrew

1724-1823

1806 tax payer Clearcreek Twp; buried Stumpf Cem, Pickaway Co

3

CARLISLE, Benedict

died 1836

settled in Amanda Twp 1813

GR

CARLISLE, Benjamin

 

M, W

CARPENTER, Emanuel Jr

ca 1783-1818 (1744-1822)

Carpenter-Koontz Cem, Berne Twp

B, L, M, T, 3

CARPENTER, Emanuel Sr

died 1822 (1702-1780)

Carpenter-Koontz Cem, Berne Twp

B, T

CARPENTER, John

ca 1743-1807 (1735-1807)

Carpenter-Koontz Cem, Berne Twp

B, M, T

CAVE, Benjamin

 1760-1842

Esery-Whetstone Cem, Harrison Twp, Ross Co

M, W

CENTER, Jonathan

born 1744

applied for pension Franklin Co ca 1820; applied for transfer to Fairfield Co

M, W

CHERRY, Thomas P

died 1829

buried Walnut Twp

3

COLE, Thomas

1757-1840

Cole Cem, Amanda Twp

BR

COLEMAN/COLMAN, John

1748-1829

Kraemer Cem, Madison Twp, Franklin Co (Fairfield Co until 1851)

B, M, W, 2, 3

COLLINS, James Staton Sr

ca 1755-1828

Collins Chapel Cem, Berne Twp;

row 3 grave 20/30

B, T, 3

CONRAD, Daniel

1734-1810

New Conrad Cem, Clearcreek Twp

T

COOK, Johnson

born 1760 (aged 80 in 1840, Thorn Twp, Perry Co)

Elmwood Cem; section B, row 5, grave 11; applied for pension Fairfield Co 1820

M, R, 2

 

COON, Christian

1754-1825/7

Tarklin Cem, Berne Twp;

row 7 grave 2

3

COURTRIGHT, Abraham (COURTRIGHT, Abraham Van Campen) [see VAN COURTRIGHT, Abraham]

 

B

 

COURTS, Low

Applied for pension at Lancaster 1828; Amanda Twp Cem (Goslin)

G, M, W, 2, 3

CRADLEBAUGH/KREIDELBACH, John (Rev)

1750-1820

Grandview Cem, Rushcreek Twp;

section B lot 19 grave 1

B, D, M

CRAWFORD, James

1757-1838

Old Seceder Graveyard, Truro Twp, Franklin Co

B, M, W, 2, 3

CRAWFORD, Samuel

died June 14, 1838

grave site unknown; applied for pension Fairfield Co 1831; widow applied 1839

2

CRITCHFIELD, Joshua

 (aged 87 in 1840)

buried Hocking Twp; received pension 1833

B, M, W, R, 2

CROSS, John

1762-1847

Mt Zion-Zion Cem, Hocking Twp; recieved pension 1833-1834

B, M, L, T, 3

CROWERESLER/CROWERCILER/

CROWEREILER, Henry

Dutch Hollow Cem, Amanda/

Clearcreek Twp/St. Peter's

(no stone has survived)

B, G, M

CUSTARD, Jacob

1750-1833

prob Custard-Parrett Cem, Richland Twp next to wife Cath; rec'd pension Perry Co

B, 3

DAVIS, William

1761-1830

On Fairfield Co pension roll 1818

B, M, W

DENNIS, Henry

died 1852, aged 97, Rushcreek Twp

 

participated in the Battles of Brandywine, Germantown,

etc. He lived in both Perry and Fairfield Counties

Lancaster Gazette 16 Sep 1852

EBRIGHT, Philip

died ca 1836 (estate)

Alspach-Alspaugh-Boving Cem  Bloom Twp; applied for pension Fairfield Co 1829

W, 2

EBRIGHT, Thos

 

M

ELSEY, Thomas

born 1760

Applied for pension Fairfield Co (Violet Twp) 1829 and Pickaway Co 1832

M, W, 2

EMBICK, Christopher

(EMBRICK, Chris.)

1756-1837

applied for pension Fairfield Co 1832; widow applied 1837; Forest Rose Cem (Goslin)

W, 2

ERUMAN/EHERNMAN, Frederick

born Alsace, France, 1745 or 1755

came with Lafayette 1777; died 1824 Fairfield Co

B

EVERETT/EVERITTS, Abel

1758-1835

Bethel Cem, Rushcreek Twp (Goslin erroneously gives Arnold-Bethel Cem, Greenfield Twp)

G, 2

EVERSOLE, Abraham

1763-1836

Schadel-Shadel Cem, Hocking Twp

B, T, 3

EYMAN, Henry Sr

1758-1850

Pleasant Hill Chapel Cem; Richland Twp; row 9 grave 5

B, D, T, 2

FALKNER, John

1755-1835

Rushville Pleasant Hill Cem, Richland Twp; received pension Perry Co

B?, T, 2

FAST, Jacob

1752-1827

Fast Cem, Rushcreek Twp

(stone erected 1939)

T

 

FISHER, John

a John Fisher has an estate in Fairfield Co 1836; applied for pension in Fairfield Co, Bloom Twp, 1832, aged ca 70

W, 2

FITZGERALD, Henry

died 1824

 

Glick-Brick Church-Hoy Cem, Bloom Twp (no stone has survived); applied for pension  Fairfield Co 1818

M, 2, 3

FOUST/FAUST, John Jacob

1738-1818

buried Stumpf Cem, Pickaway Co

(may not have lived in Fairfield Co)