|
|
| Birth: | About 1753 in ? Strasbourg, France |
| Death: | 1 Apr 1834 in Knox Co., Ohio |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | |
| Mother: | |
| | |
| Burial: Forest Fredericktown Cemetery, Fredericktown, Knox Co., Ohio |
| Occupation: Shoemaker per Revolutionary War records |
| Reference: 337 |
| |
 | Spouses & Children |  | |
| | |
 | |  |
|
| |
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
|
| |
|
| |
| Notes | | |
| | |
| | |
|
| |
Individual:
NOTE #1:
Minard Lafever served in the active military forces from New Jersey during the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783, as follows:
Private, Second Regiment, Somerset County Militia; in active service with Capt. Peter D. Vorhier's Company, at Millstone, March 26 to April 3, 1777; in detachment commanded by Capt. John Sebring, May 30, 1778. In active service, Capt. John Sebring's Company, Colonel Sylvanus Seely's Regiment, July 31 to August 23, 1780.
Private, Capt. Elias Longstreet's Company, First Regiment, New Jersey Continental Line; enlisted from Capt, Rynear Staat's Company, Second Regiment, Somerset County Militia, May 2, 1778, for nine months; also served under Capt. Peter Vorhier; was discharged Feb. 27, 1779.
Rec'd Cert. #166, dated may 10, 1784, signed by Wm. Verbryck, for the deprecation of his Continental pay in the Somerset County Militia. This is per a letter rec'd from the State of New Jersey, Dept. of Defense, Armory Drive, P.O. Box 979, Trenton, J.K. 08625 dated 5 Oct. 1964. I rec'd this from Donna Le FEVER Bowman.
NOTE #2
National Achieves - Record # 21223/41714. The records states he served under Capt. Peter Vorhier's in 1st Jersey Regiment Commanded by Col. Matthias Ogden. It states Minard Le FEVER was honorably discharged at Elizabethtown, N.J. Minard Le FEVER re enlisted in June 1789 in the Company Commanded by Capt. Joseph Clusion and Col. Seally in the Jersey Continental Establishment. Minard Le FEVER filed for a pension at the age of 75 while living with his son, James Le FEVER in Knox Co., Ohio. The pension file contains depositions given by Minard Le FEVER and his son, James Le FEVER. These depositions list Minard's belongs as being:
1 old wagon, worth about $20
about from 5 to 7 head of horned cattle
about 10 or 12 country sheep (common breed)
2 beds and some bedding
some other articles of household furniture not exceeding in value $25.00
It also states that his wife died in October 1822.
Copy of pension records in possession of Darla R. Le FEVER Lewis.
NOTE #3:
Probate Record from Court Minutes of 1836 - states Minard Le FEVER date of death as well as lists all the heirs with spouses of Minard Le FEVER. - Copy in possession of Darla R. Le FEVER Lewis.
NOTE#4:
Richland County, OH. has a plat book with the first time buyers of land - Plat book shows he bought land on Range 19, Twp 20 B-W 1/2 on 5-4-1814. He bought 348.48 acres at $2.00 per acre. He paid cash of $750.14. The patent for the land was approved on 20 Jan 1820. - This is per Bart Lydy...I'll send for these records and see what we find out.
|
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
|
| |
|
|
|
