Here Lies a Revolutionary War Soldier
Wednesdays at 6:42 and 8:42 a.m.
A number of patriots who fought or rendered aid during the American Revolution made the decision to move to Southeast Missouri. They lived the rest of their lives here, having families, and are buried here. The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution is one organization that works to preserve their legacy by marking the grave sites of these men and women. In celebration of the 250th Anniversary of our country, local members of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution will highlight the patriots buried in Southeast Missouri.
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John Reeves was born in 1760 in Frederick County, Virginia, based on his Revolutionary War Pension Statement. -
Christian Seabaugh was born before 1759 in Pennsylvania to Jacob Seebach Sr and Elisabeth. Christian Seabaugh was listed on the 1777 York County muster roll in Captain John Myers’s Company, and his brother Jacob Seabaugh was listed on John Miller’s Company. -
Alexander Giboney was born about 1750 in Dilltown, East Wheatfield Township, Pennsylvania to Alexander and Ann (Seaver) Giboney (commonly misspelled Gibboney). Alexander married Rebecca Ramsey in 1777 in Virginia. -
Peter Sitzes was born December 5, 1750, in North Carolina to Johann Heinrich and Dorothea Elizaabeth (Felsinger) Sitzes. Peter married Elizabeth Dolly Carpenter about 1769. Land records in Lincoln Co., North Carolina, show Peter purchasing 200 acres on Dutch Buffalo Creek. -
Henry Whitener, Jr. is the second son of George Heinrich (Henry) and Catharina Mary (Mull) Weidner. Henry was born in1752 in Anson County (present-day Catawba County), North Carolina. -
Robert Green was born in Charles County, Maryland, in or before September of 1755 to Leonard and Ann (Doyne) Greene according to some records. Robert enlisted in the Continental Army in late 1776 or early 1777 and served in the 7th Regiment of the Maryland line, under the following officers: John Gunby, Colonel, and Peter Adams, Lieutenant Colonel. -
Bennedick (Benedict) Hahn was born May 4, 1750, in Frechenfeld, Pflaz, Germany to Johannes Sr and Elizabeth Margaetha (Forester) Hahn. The family immigrated in 1751 aboard the ship Janet out of Rotterdam and landing in Philadelphia. -
Peter Hartle was born in Germany around 1750. He immigrated to North America aboard the Minerva, departing from Rotterdam, Holland, and arrived at the Port of Philadelphia on September 17, 1771. -
Jacob Andrew Yount was born June 9, 1752, in Northampton, Pennsylvania, to Johannes “John” and Anna Elizabeth (Zimmermann) Yount. -
Joseph Vital St. Gemme dit Beauvais was born about 1738 in Kaskaskia, Illinois Territory, and is more commonly referred to as Vital.
