Individual Details
John WEAVER
(1749 - March 1831)
Events
| Birth | 1749 | , Lancaster, Pennsylvania |  | ||
| Military | 1780 | Revolutionary War |  | | |
| Marriage | Abt 1782 | , Berkeley, Virginia Colony - Catherine PECKINPAUGH | | ||
| Alt. Marriage | 8 August 1790 | 1st marriage to Rebecca Cartmell | | ||
| Land | 1800 | 100 acres - military bounty land - , Berkeley, Virginia | | | |
| Residence | 1810 | , Clermont, Ohio | | | |
| Death | March 1831 | Batavia, Clermont, Ohio | | ||
| Biography | John Weaver - , Champaign, Ohio | | |||
| Note | Democrat | | |||
| Occupation | farmer | | |||
| Burial | Batavia, Clermont, Ohio | | | ||
| Land Grant | | | |||
| Military | Revolutionary War | | | ||
| Alt. Marriage | 2nd marriage to Mary, surname unknown | |
Families
| Spouse | Catherine PECKINPAUGH (1754 - 1829) |
| Child | John WEAVER Jr. (1783 - 1856) |
| Child | William WEAVER (1785 - 1840) |
| Child | Henry G. WEAVER (1790 - 1812) |
| Child | Susanna WEAVER (1792 - 1874) |
| Child | Sarah A. WEAVER (1794 - 1856) |
| Child | Elizabeth WEAVER (1796 - 1855) |
| Child | Samuel WEAVER (1797 - 1863) |
| Child | Rebecca WEAVER (1799 - 1875) |
| Child | Simeon WEAVER (1801 - 1881) |
| Father | Christopher WEAVER Sr. (1731 - 1788) |
| Mother | Anna Elizabeth LINTZ (1732 - 1794) |
| Sibling | Henry WEAVER (1750 - 1800) |
| Sibling | Mary Magdalene WEAVER (1752 - 1842) |
| Sibling | Sarah "Sally" WEAVER (1754 - ) |
| Sibling | William WEAVER (1759 - 1836) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth WEAVER (1765 - 1840) |
| Sibling | Christopher H. WEAVER Jr. (1761 - 1835) |
Notes
Military
John Weaver enlisted in the Berkeley County Militia in 1780 and served until 1783. During his enlistment, the militia saw action at the Battle of Cowpens, South Carolina, the Siege of York and guarded British prisoners that were taken at Yorktown, all in 1781.By 1783, Britian and the victorious Americans were negotiating peace in Paris, France. On June 18, 1783, John Weaver was ordered to remain on furlough until a possible recall and was released from service. This was a way to keep soldiers bound to service in case hostilities broke out again. On September 3, 1783 the Treaty of Paris was signed and was then ratified by the Continental Congress on January 14, 1784. Thus officially ending all hostilities.
Land
By now, the war was an event in the past and the country was being elevated with a new spirit. A combination of factors would steer National policy. The British, at the peace table in Paris in 1783, ceded the entire Northwest Territories to the United States. The U. S. Congress created the Virginia Military District of Ohio, which was reserved for Virginia's Revolutionary War soldiers. According to an act of Virginia in 1779, the number of acres granted varied according to rank and years of service of the recipient. For instance, a Major General was entitled to 15,000 acres and a soldier serving three years could receive 100 acres. In 1800, John Weaver received 100 acres for his service in the Berkeley County militia.Residence
After the death of their mother Elizabeth, the Weaver family quickly became part of the westward migration. Brothers Henry, Christopher Jr. and William left Berkeley County to Kentucky and eventually arrived in Champaign County, Ohio in 1802. John Weaver's oldest son John Jr. married Christianna Miller in Berkeley County, in 1806 and immigrated to Clermont County, Ohio in 1807. Upon arrival, he rented a farm from Ezekial Dimmitt near Batavia. By letter, his glowing accounts induced his father, John, to follow. By 1810, John left Virginia with all seven of his unmarried children and made their way to Clermont County, Ohio. John Weaver brought with him considerable means, stock and farming implements. He was prepared to make a new life for his family. Between 1812 and 1827, John purchased over 805 acres of land. His first house was a log cabin. Later a wooden structure, and then a brick-style house was built on the farm. He even built a windmill on his land.Burial
In 1829, John's wife Catherine would pass away. John died two vears later, and they are both buried together on their original farm property, The Weaver Burial Ground, located on the Wiseman Property on Elklick Road, two and a half miles south of Batavia, Ohio on State Route 222.Land Grant
After John's death, Congress liberalized the service pension acts benefiting Revolutionary War veterans and in 1833, the heirs of John Weaver received a land grant from President Andrew Jackson for 682 acres. To this day, members of the Weaver family still occupy land once owned by John Weaver, Revolutionary War veteran.Military
Weaver: -- no Christopher Sr. or Jr.(possible) Christopher, b 1730 d 1787 VA m (1) Elizabeth X PS VA
John, b 1749 VA d p 1-13-1831 OH m (1) Catherine (Peckinpaugh) Pvt VA
William, b 12-24-1759 PA d 6--1836 OH m (1) Mary Kiger Pvt VA PNSR
Endnotes
1. Don Hartman, Hartman Family Records (http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/familyhart/).
2. compiled by Bryan Weaver (Laurence Weaver, Jr.; Bryan Weaver MoyWeav@aol.com; Betty Jo Scott, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=4026167&id=I708.
3. Champaign County Genealogical Society Newsletter.
6. Don Hartman, Hartman Family Records (http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/familyhart/).
7. compiled by Bryan Weaver (Laurence Weaver, Jr.; Bryan Weaver MoyWeav@aol.com; Betty Jo Scott, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=4026167&id=I708.
8. Champaign County Genealogical Society Newsletter.
9. Early Clark Co. Ohio Families Vital Statistics, Vol. IV & V Friends of the Library Genealogical Research Group c/o Mrs. George W. Olson, Archivist (Springfield, Ohio, 1989).
16. Champaign County Genealogical Society Newsletter, Bryan Paul Weaver of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, "John Weaver,"Jul/Aug/Sept 1996..
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23. Champaign County Genealogical Society Newsletter.
24. Early Clark Co. Ohio Families Vital Statistics, Vol. IV & V Friends of the Library Genealogical Research Group c/o Mrs. George W. Olson, Archivist (Springfield, Ohio, 1989).