Individual Details
Peter Reasoner
(17 Feb 1735 - Apr 1807)
Peter and Mary [probably his 1st cousin] moved to Cumberland Co PA soon after they married. This was an area of Cumberland that would become Bedford in 1771 and then Westmoreland County in 1773. Peter Reasoner was a Patriot during the Revolution and served as a Frontier Ranger. He also served in the Washington Co PA Militia. His son John went to Ohio, followed by his father and three of his brothers, probably a nephew or two - settling along the Zane Trace. Peter & Mary are believed to be buried overlooking Crooked Creek in what is now Cambridge, Ohio. There are 8 known children.
Ohio County Record, Entry Book, Yohogania County 1779-1785
Began Nov 17 1779. Containing Entrys In Right of Settlement
24 Feb 1780
#223 Peter Reasoner produced a Certifiacte from the Comr. for adjusting Claims setling Titles to Lands in the Counties Yohagania, Monongaila and Ohio for four hundred acres land in this county on the East Side Monongalia River to include his settlemt made in the year 1770. Which entry I have certfd.
Official Roster of the Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in the State of Ohio, Vol. III, p.290
Reasoner, Peter - Guernsey Co
correction by Mrs. W. Earle Johnson, Batavia, OH
Roster I, p.301
Buried Reasoner burial ground, near New Concord, OH - Westland Twp, Guernsey Co. Soldier m. Mollie (Mary), dau of Henry Speers. A dau, Mary, m. Robert Marshall and lived at new Concord, OH. Ref: DAR Magazine, Vol. 66, p537 & 733. 56th NSDAR Report.
Events
Birth | 17 Feb 1735 | Bucks County, Pennsylvania | |||
Marriage | Dec 1762 | Mary "Molly" Spears | |||
Death | Apr 1807 | New Concord, Muskingum County, Ohio |
Families
Spouse | Mary "Molly" Spears (1747 - 1805) |
Child | Nicholas Reasoner (1764 - 1847) |
Child | Benjamin Reasoner (1770 - 1844) |
Child | Henry Reasoner (1772 - 1836) |
Child | Sara Reasoner (1776 - 1852) |
Father | Nicholas Reasoner (1697 - 1771) |
Mother | Maria Magdalina "Mary" Froman (1705 - 1757) |
Endnotes
1. Henderson L. "Hank" Adams, correspondence and copies of his Frey and Spears family records., Lineage of Harry T. Reasoner. Rec'd 24 Dec 1998..
2. WorldConnect database at Rootsweb.
3. Henderson L. "Hank" Adams, correspondence and copies of his Frey and Spears family records., Lineage of Harry T. Reasoner. Rec'd 24 Dec 1998..
4. Henderson L. "Hank" Adams, correspondence and copies of his Frey and Spears family records., Lineage of Harry T. Reasoner. Rec'd 24 Dec 1998..
5. WorldConnect database at Rootsweb.