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 Martin, Jr. was born to John, Sr. and Jane (Hutchinson) Martin in 1753 in County Antrim, Ireland. The Martin family emigrated from Ireland to Georgia prior to the Revolutionary war. -
Thomas Johnston was born about 1753 to Thomas and Sarah (Johnstone) Johnston in East Conococheague, Pennsylvania. -
Benjamin Taylor states in his revolutionary war pension application that he was born in South Carolina in either 1760 or 1761 but did not know his parents. He further states he was raised by strangers. -
Samuel Burks was born July 24, 1764, in Prince Edward County, Virginia. According to his application for pension, he stated that he entered service in 1779 at the age of 15. -
Israel Dodge was born September 3, 1760, at Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut to John Jr. and Lydia (Rogers) Dodge. -
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.
