Peter Sheafor Sr. (1754 - 1826)

Born 1754 in Somerset, New Jersey

Husband of Catherine (Coolbaugh) Shaffer — married 1778 in Hillsborough, Somerset, New Jersey, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Sep 1826 at about age 72 in Lemon Township, Butler, Ohio, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Daniel Crowell [send private message]

Biography

Peter Sheafor Sr (the great-great grandfather of George) was born of German parents in 1754 in Somerset county, New Jersey. Ship records were not located to identify the first Sheafor to emigrate from Germany to America; however, it is very possible it could have been Peter's father, Johann Schiffbauer Sheafor.

Private Peter Sheafor Sr. served with Somerset County Militia, New Jersey Militia during the American Revolution.

Peter Sheafor Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A102676.

Peter was living in Somerset county when he signed up as a Private in the local Continental Militia and served until the end of the American Revolution.

Spouse: Catherine Coolbaugh. Children listed in the DAR Patriot Index: Elizabeth who m. Isaac Southard Patton; William who m. Jane Ryerson; Jacob who m. Sarah Bedford; ^[1]

After the War, Peter returned to Hillsborough township in Somerset county and married Catherine Coolbaugh (also found in reference as Katherine Kahlbach) in 1778. Four of their ten children were born in New Jersey. The first child was named Peter, Jr. and was George's great grandfather. In 1789, Peter, Sr. moved his family to Lexington, Kentucky, where six more children were born. He lived there for fourteen years. After Ohio became a state in 1803, Peter moved his family again, this time to Butler county, Ohio. The 1820 census showed the occupation of his family was in agriculture and also manufacturing of some kind.

Peter's will indicates he was a successful farmer. When the estate sale was held, some of the items sold revealed his rural way of life. There were four sheep, a cow, and two hives of bees, which indicated he raised most of the food for his large family. There was a spinning wheel to make linen from flax and a large wool spinning wheel, which suggested that most of their clothing was made at home by his wife, Katy, and their four daughters. Peter lived in Ohio until his death on 27 September 1826 at age seventy-two. He was buried in the nearby Amanda cemetery in the Lemon township of Butler county, Ohio. Nothing was found concerning his church relationship.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of John Shaffer", Ancestor # A102676.
2. ↑ George Washington Sheafor: A Teacher of God's Promises By Oscar Hollis Davis