Johannes Pickard (abt. 1723 - 1783)

Born about 1723 in Schoharie, Albany, New York, British Colonial America

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Died 4 May 1783 at about age 60 in Stone Arabia, Tryon, New York, United States

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Biography

John married Anna Rosina Countryman in about 1750. ^[1][2]

He served as a Quartermaster for the Continental Army.^[3] Specifically, he served as QuarterMaster for the First Regiment , Tryon Militia.^[4][5] He was a Revolutionary soldier, as was his son.

Quarter Master in the Tryon County Militia, 1st Regiment, serving under Col. Samuel Campbell. The regiment was usually referred to as Campbell's Regiment or as [Col. Samuel] Clyde's Regiment.^[6]

Research Notes

Probably the "John Pickard" listed as one of the Canajoharie district representatives at the first Tryon County meeting of the Continental Congress in June 1775.^[7]

A first cousin once removed, John Conrad Pickard (1756-1536), served as Ensign in the same 1st Regiment of the Tryon County Militia, under the spelling "John Pickert".^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Countryman Genealogy, Alvin Countryman, 1925, pg. 11.
2. ↑ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:M72P-V2L : accessed 2017-02-28), entry for John PICKERT OR PICKARD.
3. ↑ Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M246, 138 rolls); War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, Record Group 93; National Archives, Washington. D.C.
4. ↑ New York in the Revolution as Colony and State, Vol. I - Extracts; Publication Place: Albany, New York; Publisher: J. B. Lyon Co.; Publication Year: 1904; Page Number: 172.
5. ↑ Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls, Volume: 233, SAR Membership: 46581.
6. ↑ Book of Names, by Lou D. MacWethy, published by The Enterprise & News, St. Johnsville, New York, 1933: http://www.threerivershms.com/names1regiment.htm
7. ↑ The full list of 41 representatives is as follows:
   • Palatine district: Christopher P. Yates, John Frey, Andrew Fink, Andrew Reiber, Peter Waggoner, Daniel McDougal, Jacob Klock, George Ecker Jr., Harmanus Van Slyck, Christopher W. Fox, Anthony Van Veghten
   • Canajoharie district: Nicholas Herkimer, Ebenezer Cox, William Seeber, John Moore, Samuel Campbell, Samuel Clyde, Thomas Henry, John Pickard
   • Kingsland & German Flats districts: Edward Wall, William Petry, John Petry, Augustine Hess, Frederick Orendorf, George Wentz, Michael Ittig, Frederick Fox, George Herkimer, Duncan McDougal, Frederick Helmer, John Frink
   • Mohawk district: John Morlett, John Bliven, Abraham Van Horne, Adam Fonda, Frederick Fisher, Sampson Simmons, William Schuyler, Volkert Veeder, James McMaster
     • George Anson Hardin, History of Herkimer County, D. Mason & Co., Syracuse, New York (1893), p.49:
       • https://archive.org/details/historyofherkime00hard/page/n53/mode/2up
8. ↑ Lou D. MacWethy, Book of Names, published by The Enterprise & News, St. Johnsville, New York, 1933:
   • http://www.threerivershms.com/names1regiment.htm

• A fairly detailed summary of this branch of the Pickard family appears in The Michael Shoemaker Book, authors Williams T. Blair and Jacob I. Shoemaker (published 1924 by International Textbook Press of Scranton, Pennsylvania), pp.162-164:
  • https://archive.org/details/michaelshoemaker00blai/page/162/mode/2up
• Find A Grave: Memorial #146596187
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "International Genealogical Index (IGI)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:M19M-YC6 : accessed 2017-02-28), entry for John Pickard.

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