Thomas Dobson Sr. (1755 - 1830)

Born 1755 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Died 1830 at about age 75 in Pennsylvania, United States [uncertain]

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Thomas Dobson was born in 1755 at an uncertain location, perhaps at either Yorkshire County, England or in the British colony at Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. According to military records he was residing in Northumberland County in 1824.

Thomas Dobson fought in the American Revolutionary War as a Private in the Pennsylvania Line, in the 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment. First in the Brower Company 1781, and later to Finny Company 1782. He received an Ohio Land Patent for his military service in 1824

• NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES FOR THE SECOND PENNSYLVANIA *REGIMENT, CONTINENTAL LINE Dobson, Thomas, resided in Northumberland *county, 1824 Page 869 [1]

Thomas Dobson, Sr. married Anna Margaretha Zartman, who was born in 1755 and died after 1796. Together, they lived in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Thomas Dobson, Sr. and his wife, Anna Zartman, had 5 known children

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Pennsylvania in the war of the revolution, battalions and line. 1775-1783 by Linn, John Blair, 1831-1899; Page 384 [2]

REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSIONERS INDEX {series 2.53, 4.52, 7.11 and 33.98 [3]

History of the 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment * [4]

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Resting place of Thomas [5]

Brief overview of his family [6]

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