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John Michael Moser (1759 - 1818)

John Michael (Michael) Moser
Born in Frederick County, Marylandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married Feb 1785 in Creagerstown, Frederick County, Maryland, USAmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 58 in Stokes County, North Carolina, United Statesmap
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Biography

His dates, marriage date and place, and some annotations on his children from Betty I. Ralph, 7/16/96, citing book by Charles Moser. According to this source he served in the Revolution.
Leonard Moser, born sometime between 1714-1721, a tailor by trade, was too old to serve in the Revolutionary War, but Colonial and State Records of North Carolina Vol. 22, page 1013 record that he was paid ten pounds in 1779 for furnishing clothing to the American troops.[1]
Leonard Moser and wife, Sarah Binkley, had at least three sons that fought in the Revolution.
  • John Michael Moser was born on 5 Aug 1759 in Graceham, Frederick County, Maryland.[2] He enlisted in 1776, at age 17, in Pennsylvania in the German Battalion as a dragoon (cavalry).[3] He was wounded at Brandywine Creek on Sept. 11, 1777. He was shot in the leg, the bullet passing through and killing the horse which he was riding. He spent the winter at Valley Forge in Washington's winter quarters while recovering from his wound. In 1780 he was at the battle of Gate's Defeat in Camden, South Carolina along with both his brothers. He married on Feb 1785 in Creagerstown, Frederick, Maryland, United States. [4]
  • Samuel Moser also enlisted, with his brother, at age 15, in 1776 in Pennsylvania in the German Dragoons. Samuel was not found by his brothers after the battle of Gates Defeat in 1780. Although the family hoped that he had somehow survived, perhaps as a prisoner, he never returned from the war. Many are the possibilities as to his fate; perhaps he was captured and died as a prisoner of war, perhaps Michael and Francis just failed to locate his body on the field. We shall never know. Leonard's Will, written two years after Samuel's disappearance and just two days before Leonard's death, made provision for Samuel; testimony to a father's love and hope.
  • Francis Moser was the youngest of these three and enlisted after the family had moved from Pennsylvania to North Carolina. He enlisted in the company of Captain Micajah Lewis under the command of General Benjamin Lincoln. Lincoln county, NC was later named for that hero of the War. Francis was with his brothers at the battle of Gates Defeat. He was also present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. Read Declaration for Pension.[5]

Sources

  1. "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F489-DM5 : 11 February 2018), John Michael Moser, 01 Aug 1759; citing ; FHL microfilm 20,503.
  2. Family Data Collection - Births Edmund West, comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
  3. U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
  4. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived ...
  5. Entered by Etta Eaton.

See also:

  • David Shirey. D. M. Shirey Ancestry on MyHeritage.com family tree; record for Michael Moser




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Moser-1318 and Moser-149 do not represent the same person because: Don't think they are the same man.
The death of Moser-149 in Stokes County NC is well-documented. I suspect that Moser-1318 is a different person who really did die in 1850 in Wisconsin, but who was erroneously given the birthdate of Moser-149. I'm not one of the managers of this profile, but I would reject the match.
Moser-1318 and Moser-149 appear to represent the same person because: same birth
posted by Cari (Ebert) Starosta
Koeller-10 and Moser-149 appear to represent the same person because: His last name should be Moser according to the information cited on Moser-149.
Moser-862 and Moser-149 appear to represent the same person because: Same person. Name should be Johann Michael Moser, Preferred Name: Michael, in keeping with German naming conventions.
posted by Eric Weddington
Mosier-202 and Moser-149 appear to represent the same person because: Given the birthdate, these appears to be duplicates.

And I'm amending this comment -- just read the other comment from April. Definitely, some research needs to be done on this family. There seem to be many discrepancies.

Moser-862 and Moser-149 are not ready to be merged because: Spouse may not be the same, dates are off. Suggest verify correct info then merge
posted by [Living Knight]

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