Samuel Reidinger
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Samuel Reidinger (1758 - 1844)

Samuel Reidinger aka Ridner, Ridinger
Born in West Manchester Township, York, Pennsylvaniamap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married about 1788 in York, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 85 in Benton, Alabama, United Statesmap
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Biography

Samuel was born in 1758. He passed away in 1844.

SAR record indicates Samuel was a Private in Captain Michael Smaier's Company from Little Yorktown, PA.

From: A History of the Ridinger Family, 1758-2004: "The second son of Stephen and Anna, Samuel was the son who fought in the Revolutionary War as a private in the militia company of Captain Michael Smaicer in the regiment commanded by Col. Swope . He served for six months and four days, then returned home to West Manchester Township. Among his experiences was guard duty for a group of captured Hessians. .He was residing in York County when his fifth son George was born in 1793, but had left Pennsylvania by 1800. In that year, at the age of forty-two, he traveled down the Shenandoah Valley ( to the area of Montgomery County which was to become Floyd County, Virginia in 1831 ) where he bought land along Little River and lived there until 1822, when he sold the land and left Floyd County ,going first to Warren County, Tennessee , where lived from 1822 to 1834, and then to Benton County, Alabama , where he lived with his son Joseph and his son-in-law. When pension benefits for Revolutionary War soldiers were made available by an act of Congress passed on June 7, 1832, he made application for these benefits in the open court of pleas and quarter sessions of Warren County, Tennessee. He subsequently filed a second application with the justice of the peace in Benton County, Alabama on February 19, 1838 for the transferral of his pension payment from Warren County, Tennessee to Benton, and stated in that application that “ his son and son in law reside here… and that he live with them- that he is old and unable to work and has no property here…that he moved here to reside with and have their aid & company in his last days “ He is buried in the Court House Square of Anniston , Alabama. ( Benton County was formed in 1832 from former Creek Indian territory, and was named for Colonel Thomas Hart Benton. In 1858, the name was changed to Calhoun to honor John C. Calhoun of South Carolina. ) Samuel was the founder of the southern branch of the Ridinger clan.

"His declaration of eligibility for the pension records in detail his brief Revolutionary War experiences. The Tennessee document states that “ he was drafted in the service of the United States, in York County, Pennsylvania, in Nov. he thinks 1777 or 1778 or Captain Michael Smaicer’s company. Capt. Smaicer organized his company in Little Yorktown, Pennsylvania, and after remaining there some time, marched to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Just before they reached the Susquehanna River we were overtaken by a detachment of troops from Virginia, officers not recollected, who joined us under the command of Capt. M. Swoop . When we arrived at said river we met nine hundred Hessian prisoners and some British Regulars as he thinks who had been taken prisoner at Trenton as he thinks. When we met the detachment of prisoners, Major Bailey with sixty seven men was sent with the prisoners to guard them. Applicant was one among them. We marched them up within three miles of Little Yorktown, Pennsylvania and there erected a stockade on Jacob Strickler’s plantation in which we confined the prisoners and we remained there on guard until the prisoners were exchanged. Then we were discharged.” The fate of Samuel’s paperwork recording his time in service is also noted : “ He received a written discharge but does not recall by whom it was signed, he gave it to his brother John Raidinger ( sic ) who some years after moved to the western part of Pennsylvania and had the misfortune to get his house burnt and applicant’s discharge as he is informed by his Brother in it.”

"He had thirteen children, Catherine( 1788-,) Simon ( February 5, 1789—), Jacob ( March 3, 1791- October 30, 1814 ), Adam, Susan ( February 4, 1794 - ), John, Marie ( March 2, 1801 --), Michael ( 1802-- ), Margaretha ( June 28, 1803- ), Samuel Jr. ( October 7, 1805-February 14, 1886 ) Anna ( February 16, 1808 --), Joseph ( May 1, 1810 --) and George ( 1793 ) . George was the ancestor of the Floyd County branch of the family, all his kin migrating to other places and his older brother Jacob dying in the War of 1812 . ( CHECk the dates ! ) Michael went to Tennessee, while Joseph went to Benton County, Alabama, as did one daughter, Which one remains to be determined- Catherine, Susan, Marie, Margaretha or Anna. Joseph was 34 when his father died in 1844."

Sources

  • Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission; Records of the Office of the Comptroller General, RG-4; Tax & Exoneration Lists, 1762-1794; Microfilm Roll: 343
  • 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Newburn, Montgomery, Virginia; Page: 181; NARA Roll: M33_130; Image: 348
  • 1830; Census Place: Warren, Tennessee; Series: M19; Roll: 181; Page: 329; Family History Library Film: 0024539
  • Family Data Collection - Individual Records
  • U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900
  • National Archives Pension Record #34268 v2, p 333, Index p 942
  • U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970; cites records of Warren County, TN - certificate of Pension issued to Samuel Reidinger March 4, 1831, and pension of Huntsville, Alabama p 438. The SAR record also cites a family Bible in the possession of Mrs. George T. Hitch of Roanoke, VA. SAR applicant is George Paul Reeves, a Lieutenant, Chaplain Corps, US Navy from 1943 - 1947. Signed January 8th 1969.
  • A History of the Ridinger Family, 1758-2004, Compiled by Robert B Ridinger, Feb 2004 (Found by Robert Ellis in 2015)




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