Individual Details
John Myers Sr.
(1754 - 1839)
Events
| Birth | 1754 | Germany |  |  | |
| Military Service | 1775 | Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States | | | |
| Immigration | Jan 1775 | Germany | |||
| Military Service | 2 Nov 1775 | Virginia, United States | | ||
| Military Service | 4 Jul 1776 | Lancaster, Charles, Maryland, United States | | | |
| Military Service | 27 Aug 1776 | Long Island, New York, United States | | | |
| Military Service | 19 Sep 1776 | Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Military Service | 28 Oct 1776 | White Plains, Westchester, New York, United States | | | |
| Military Service | 1777 | Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States | | | |
| Military Service | 1777 | Frederick, Maryland, United States | | | |
| Military Service | Dec 1781 | Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States | | | |
| Settlement | 1783 | Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States | |||
| Settlement | 1783 | Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States | |||
| Marriage | 6 Mar 1785 | Frederick, Maryland, United States - Sarah Moon | | ||
| Settlement | 1786 | Loudoun, Virginia, United States | |||
| Settlement | 1805 | Butler, Pennsylvania, United States | |||
| Settlement | 1805 | Muddy Creek, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Pension | 5 Feb 1833 | Butler, Pennsylvania, United States | |||
| Death | 1839 | Muddy Creek, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Burial | Saint John Reformed Cemetery, Fairview, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA | |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah Moon (1766 - 1825) |
| Child | John Myers Jr. (1791 - 1841) |
Notes
Birth
See attached photos for a history of John Myers.Military Service
Enlisted for one year as a Private with Capt. Pierce (Price?) in the Maryland Troops. NARA 300022. No records of this service recorded for those who served early in the war. Seige of Boston.Military Service
JOHN MYERS, SR., was a native of Germany who came to America prior to the Revolution and served in that struggle for liberty. After the close of the war he settled in Virginia, and resided there until his removal to Butler county. About 1805 he accompanied John BOSTON, William BEIGHLEY, Adam ALBERT, and John MOON to this county, and settled upon what is now the BAUDER farm, in Muddy Creek township, but through an imperfect title or some other cause he lost the property. He then purchased 400 acres, situated where David MYERS' heirs, John MYERS, and William and Charles MYERS, now reside, upon which he resided until his death. He was married in Virginia to Sarah MOON, a daughter of John MOON, and their children were as follows: Solomon; John; Samuel; Daniel; George; David, and Annie, who married John BEIGHLEY, all of whom are deceased. Mr. MYERS and wife were pioneer members of the Lutheran church of Lancaster township.Excerpt from: History of Butler County, Pennsylvania, R. C. Brown County, Publishers, 1895, pp 1264
Military Service
He lists this service as 1777, but it was actually 1776. Enlisted for 6 months as a private in Capt Clottz Flying Camp with Lieutenant Frederick Myers. This precedes his service as a waggoner. NARA 300022Military Service
The Battle of Long Island, also known as the Battle of Brooklyn or the Battle of Brooklyn Heights, fought on August 27, 1776. NARA 300022. Served with Lancaster County, PA MilitiaMilitary Service
Payment for Service in the Jersies. We know that he served with Col. Clottz' Flying Camp from Lancaster County until the Battle of White Plains.Military Service
NARA 300022. Lists a Capt. Clits, Clantz, and Lieutenant Ludwick Myers. Actually Colonel Clottzs Flying Camp of Lancaster, PA. A Jacob Forray also reports the same command in his pension.Military Service
Another service listed as "afterward in 1777" (meaning after the first 6 month service. Waggoner with Quarter Master George Ross. This is listed as Pennsylvania Service. NARA Pension 300022Military Service
Found in Chapter, 10:83 of the Revolutionary War Pension Index. "JOHN MYERS, SR., was a native of Germany who came to America prior to the Revolution and served in that struggle for liberty."--History of Butler County 1883Military Service
From NARA Numbered Records Books Concerning Military Operations and Service, Pay and Settlement of Accounts, and Supplies in the War Department Collection of Revolutionary War RecordsEndnotes
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7. History of Butler County Pennsylvania (R C Brown County, 1895).
8. NARA (National Archives and Records Administration).
9. Fredrick Maryland Marriages (Index), http://files.usgwarchives.net/md/frederick/church/marriages/.
10. History of Butler County Pennsylvania (R C Brown County, 1895), http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pabutler/1895/95x74-2.htm.
11. History of Butler County Pennsylvania (R C Brown County, 1895).
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14. , Find A Grave (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=myers&GSfn=john&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=40&GScnty=2250&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=59064254&df=all&.