Peter Wolfensberger
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Peter Wolfensberger (1752 - abt. 1834)

Peter Wolfensberger aka Wolfinbarger, Wolfenbarger [uncertain]
Born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, British Colonial Americamap [uncertain]
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 26 Jul 1777 in Shenandoah, Virginia, United Statesmap
Husband of — married 27 Feb 1807 in Green Brier, West Virginia, USAmap
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 81 in Knox, Tennessee, United Statesmap [uncertain]
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Biography

Wolfinbarger - Spelled on his Headstone Wolfenbarger - Spelled on Marriage Record, marriage to 2nd wife Millie Hanson.

Peter Wolfensbarger Born 1752 in PA. Died Before Jan 1834 in Knox Co., Tenn. He was the son of John (I) Wolfensbarger|John Wolfensberger Jr Born 1730/1741 in Alasace France. Died 18 Nov 1788 in Shenendoah, VA. and Hannah Sumner, 1751. Hannah was born 1734 in Shenandoah, VA. Died 1 Dec 1775 in Shenandoah, VA.[1]

He married Susannah (Milly) Miller, Mueler, daughter of Jacob Pedersen Moller, Miller, Mueler, 26 Jul 1788 in Shenandoah Co., VA. Born 1759 in PA (possibly 1747?). Died 1800 in Greenbriar, W.V

Their children:

  1. Mary Wolfensbarger Born 1778 in Levels, Greenbriar Co., VA. Died 1826 in Newport, Campbell Co., KY. m. Henry Barnhart, Barnheart, 5 Apr 1795. Born 1774 in Vincennes, Knox Co., IN. Died 1814 in Vincennes, Knox Co., IN; in the War of 1812.
  2. Hannah Wolfensbarger Born About 1782 in Greenbriar, VA. m. Henry Cary, About 1806. Born About 1780 in Greenbriar, VA. [1]
  3. Sarah Wolfensbarger Born About 1788 in Greenbriar, VA / W VA. [1] Sarah Wolfenbarger, b. Abt. 1790.[2]
  4. Phillip Wolfensbarger Born About 1790 in Levels, Greenbriar, VA. [1]Philip Wolfenbarger b. 1799, Greenbrier, WV.[2]
  5. Rebecca Wolfensbarger Born About 1792 in Levels, Greenbriar Co., VA. m 1: Elisha Jones, 3 Jan 1805. Born About 1802 in VA. m. 2 Elisha James, About 1812. Born About 1792 in Greenbriar, VA.[1] :#Rebecca Wolfenbarger b. Abt. 1789, Greenbrier, WV.[2]
  6. Peter Amos Wolfenbarger Born 1796. m. Nancy Dyer, 19 Dec 1815 in Grainger Co., TN. [1] b. September 15, 1796, Greenbriar Co.,Va., d. May 31, 1866, Washburn, Grainger Co., TN.[2]
  7. Susan Wolfenbarger, b. Abt. 1775, Woodstock, Shenandoah, VA, d. Abt. 1877, Marion, TN..[2] He married (1) Nancy Dyer on December 19, 1815 in Grainger Co., TN.He married (2) Anne Idol on May 27, 1852, daughter of Adam Idol and Nancy Ann Rice.
  8. Mary "Polly" Wolfenbarger, b. Abt. 1776, Woodstock, Shenandoah, VA, d. Abt. 1826, Newport, Campbell, KY.[2]
  9. Elizabeth Wolfenbarger, b. Abt. 1778, Woodstock, Shenandoah, VA. married Samuel Merritt on March 09, 1829 in Knoxville, TN.
  10. Joseph Peter Wolfenbarger, b. October 12, 1780, Shenandoah, VA,d., Grainger Co., TN.[2]
  11. Jacob Wolfenbarger, b. October 10, 1786, Greenbrier, WV, d. August 19, 1859, Lee, VA.[2]
  12. Barbara Wolfenbarger, b. 1798, Greenbrier, WV.[2]
  13. Phillip Wolfenbarger, b. 1799, Greenbrier, WV.

Peter Wolfenbarger (son of John Wolfersberger, Jr. and Hannah Summer) was born Abt. 1752 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, and died 1834 in Knox, TN.He married (1) Susannah Miller on July 26, 1777 in Shenandoah, Virginia, daughter of Jacob Meuler.He married (2) Milly Hanson on February 27, 1807 in Greenbrier, WV.[2]

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From FindAGrave:[3] Peter Wolfinbarger was born in 1751, place unknown – but unproven research indicates "probably Pennsylvania."

Peter was the son of _____ Wolfenbarger Jr., born in Germany or Alsace, and Hannah Sumner.

Note on parents: John Wolfinbarger married 26 Jul 1751 to Hannah SUMMER.

They had 9 children, Joseph Peter (this profile) B 1752 in Lebanon, PA, Mar Susanna MILLER 27 Jul 1775, John, Frederick, Benjamin B. 1758 in Shenandoah, VA, no wife listed for him, Hannah, Philip, Mary, Joseph and Barbara B. 1768.[4]

Peter married Susannah Miller (his first wife), date or place not stated.

Marriage Susannah Miller

Married first wife Susannah Miller (Mueller) Had eleven children with her

Peter and Susannah were living in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, by 1790.

The date of death of his first wife, Susannah, is not known but would have occurred between 1797 and 1807.

CHILDREN FROM MARRIAGE TO SUSANNAH:

  1. Andrew Wolfinbarger[3]
  2. Barbara Wolfinbarger (Merritt)[3]
  3. Jonah Wolfinbarger[3]
  4. Joseph Wolfinbarger[3]
  5. Mary (Vansenhart) Wolfinbarger[3]
  6. Peter Wolfinbarger
  7. Philip Wolfinbarger
  8. Rebeccka (James) Wolfinbarger
  9. Samuel Wolfinbarger
  10. Sarah (Highnote) Wolfinbarger
  11. Susannah (McKinny) Wolfinbarger

Marriage to Milly

Date: 1809 - married second wife

Millie 17 (2nd wife)

He was 56
Had six children with her
Last child 1820 about age 69

FROM MARRIAGE TO MILLY: Catharine, Elizabeth (Mrs. Samuel Merritt), Milly, Nancy, Rosanah

A marriage record from the records of Greenbrier County, [W] Virginia, show that Peter Wolfenberger and Milly Hanson (born in Tennessee, according to the 1860 census) married on February 27, 1807.

(Peter would have been about 56 years of age and Milly about 17 years of age at the time of their 1807 marriage.)

Military

All that is known about Peter Wolfinbarger's Revolutionary War service is contained in his application for a pension (declaration), which was rejected (#R11770), dated August 24, 1832, Knox County, Tennessee.

A portion of that document appears below (verbatim):

". . . He lived in Shenandoah County, Virginia at which place he was drafted as a private for three months of the year not recollected, but he thinks it was in the month of August he hired a substitute to serve said time by the name of Martin Miller under Captain George Rinker in Colonel Abraham Bird's Regiment said Miller served out the full term of three months for which brought me an honorable discharge which was signed by Colonel Bird which is lost.

Again while living at the same place in the fall of the year, but year not recollected he was drafted for three months under Captain Henry Daring in Colonel Abraham Bird's Regiment of Virginia Militia and he hired a substitute to serve said tour by the name of Henry Fetzer who served out his full term of three months and brought me an honorable discharged signed by the said Colonel Bird and is lost.

Again while living at the same place in the first of Sept. 1781 he was drafted to serve a three months tour against the British under Captain Darby Downey in Colonel John Tipton's Regiment.

We rendezvoused at Millerstown at the Courthouse of said Shenandoah County, marched to Fredericks Burgh thence towards Richmond. We were met by an express and informed that Cornwallace was taken. We were then honorably discharged for a three month's tour but we did not serve that length of time.

The true date of the discharge not recollected. The discharge was signed by Colonel Tipton, but is lost.

He has no documentary evidence and he knows of persons whose evidence he can procure who can testify to his service. . . ."

Death

Peter Wolfinbarger died between August 24, 1832, and January 1834, in Knox County, Tennessee, and was buried in Clapp Cemetery (near Washburn, Grainger County, Tennessee). His will, recorded in January 1834 in Knox County, listed 16 children.

Biography:

1. Peter was likely born in Shenandoah, VA. He married twice. Peter and his first wife Susannah Miller moved with two of Peter's brothers to Greenbrier County, VA, now WV, where Peter's older children were born. Subsequently, Peter moved from Greenbrier, he appears in Grainger County, TN, Lee County, VA, and Knox County, TN court records after 1800. He married his second wife Milly Hanson in 1807 soon after the death of his first wife. These property transfers are taken from deed book records: July 28, 1806 Thomas Hurst of Claiborne County and state of Tennessee conveyed two tracts of land lying in Lee County and State of Virginia on the south side of Powell River crossing Big Kentucky and Little Kentucky branches to Peter Wolfenbarger of Lee County for $600. Deed Book 3, p22-2, April 1813. Peter Wolfenbarger and Milly his wife of the County of Grainger and State of Tennessee conveyed the two above mentioned tracts, 95 acres and 25 acres lying on the south side of Powell River to Stephen Thompson of Lee County and State of Virginia for $600. Peter Wolfenbarger probably stayed in Grainger County for several years. He later moved to Knox County, Tennessee, where he purchased land on Christmas Eve 1822. December 24, 1822 Peter Wolfenbarger purchased thirty nine acres of land lying on Beaver Creek in Knox County from Samuel Bell Sr. for one hundred fifty-nine dollars. Recorded June 7, 1825.

2. Peter served in the Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War. However, he did not qualify for a pension since his time of service was less than six months. His son, Peter Amos, was a drummer boy in the War of 1812. Their tombstones are adjoining, and inscriptions thereon confirm their respective service in the military.

3. He was a private in the U.S. Revolutionary War.

4. He applied for a pension, but was rejected because he did not serve in the army for the required length of time.

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Ancestry Message Board: Wolfensberger
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Genealogy.com: Ancestors of Buck Tilman Wolfenbarger:Information about Peter Wolfenbarger: Peter Wolfenbarger
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75793181 : accessed 28 November 2018), memorial page for Pvt Peter Wolfinbarger (1751–1833), Find A Grave Memorial no. 75793181, citing Clapp Cemetery, Grainger County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by S. McAlear (contributor 47318756); Photo added by S. McAlear.
  4. Rootsweb: Peter Wolfinbarger

See also:

  • Peter Wolfenbarger, "West Virginia Marriages, 1854-1932," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XRC1-KQ2 : accessed 9 November 2015), Peter Wolfenbarger and Milley Hanson, 27 Feb 1807; citing Greenbrier Co., West Virginia, reference 2:3K3M286; FHL microfilm 595,040.
  • Peter Wolfenbarger, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FRXZ-W4D : accessed 9 November 2015), Peter Wolfenbarger and Milley Hanson, 27 Feb 1807; citing Greenbrier, West Virginia, v 1A p 161, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 595,040.
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Yes, While building out my tree, I noticed some peculiar happening. With Peter having married twice and having families, I'm directly related to Barbara (Susana Miller) and Eilzabeth (Milly Hanson). Barbara being much older than her sister Elizabeth, started a family with Sam Merritt Sr and they had a son Sam Merritt Jr. Elizabeth married a Sam Merritt. Did Elizabeth marry her nephew? Ancestry DNA shows my Wolfensberger 5 Great Grand Parents as Peter, through Elizabeth, Barbara through Sam Merritt. Peter is my 5 GGF with Elizabeth and my 6GGF with Barbara. Its a bit confusing and crazy. I was wondering if there was any written history of the interfamily marriage between Merritts/WolfensBergers. Thanks!
posted by Burton Brown
It isn't possible for Hannah WOLFENSBARGER who married Henry CARY to be daughter of both Peter Wolfensberger-38 and Frederick Wolfersberger-23. Don't know which is correct, but there was another Hannah WOLFENSBARGER who married Samuel PRICE Jr on 4 Sec 1805, at Greenbrier CO VA.
posted by Kay (Offutt) Schmidt
Hello, and thanks for all the work on this profile! Although Joseph is a family name for the Wolfenbargers, I changed the name to just Peter, without the Joseph, as I think this is confusing to family members. There is no documentation that I know of that calls him Joseph; on his tombstone, his will, and his pension statement he is written as simply Peter. If there is information to the contrary then of course we can replace it back with Joseph Peter. But he also has a brother named Joseph.
posted by Rebecca Rose
Wolfenberger-9 and Wolfensberger-38 appear to represent the same person because: Both profiles are referencing the same FindAGrave memorial as source. They have a similarly named spouse, and similarly named parents
posted by R Pardieck
Wolfenbarger-118 and Wolfensberger-38 appear to represent the same person because: same name, dates and family
posted by Patricia Roche