I don't think it likely that Johnannes was in the Continental Army, that was three years service and not many fathers and husbands could afford to be away from their farms for three years. It is possible if he had adult sons who could take over the farm but more than likely they would have joined the Continental Army. He probably did serve in the Pa. Militia but it may not have been in Westmoreland County. That area was hardly settled at the time of the Revolution. The Pa. Archives has lists of soldiers on their web page, its not complete there are many more in the printed Pa. Archives, you can find this at many libraries in Pa. The Pennsylvania Militia Law required every male between the ages of 18 and 53 to participate. If you can find a muster list that shows that he was paid for his services that constitutes evidence of his having actully fought. Many of those who are listed showed up for militia practice but never actually fought. The 5th and 6th series of the printed Pa. Archives have lists of people who served in the militia during the revolution. The index for the 5th series are the last two volumes of the 6th series, the index for the 6th series is the 7th series. The bulk of those who served during the revolution are in the 5th series, but there are a few in the 6th series, along with those who served in the War of 1812. If you should find him in the printed Pa. Archives that will tell you what county he served from, and if have his captains name you can use that to determine what township he lived in, in Pa. most of the battalions were organized by township (the exception being those places like Philadelphia where there would have been multiple battalions) and the captain was usually from the same township as his soldiers. If you can't find him in the militia lists you can also look for him in the printed Pa. Archives, 3rd series, this is a tax list for all of Pa. for the 1770 to 1780 time period. The last four volumes of the 3rd series is the index. The url for the on-line Pa. State Archives is http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/ If your interested in learning more about the ins and outs of revolutionary war service in Pa. you can visit the web page of the Conestoga Area Historical Society at http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacahs/index.htm Look for the revolutionary war menu and then choose background information on the Revolution. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deborah Jaquiss" <djaquiss@pressroom.com> To: <AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 1:15 AM Subject: [A-REV] Johannes Peter Uber purportedly a Hessian in German Battalion, Continental Army2 > Can SKS please tell me if the above was a Battalion in the Revolutionary > Army? If so, where would I be able to find out if he really was an USA > revolutionary soldier? NSDAR has no record. > > My 5 x g grandfather was Johannes Peter Uber. From three different sources > I have the following information. Could someone please tell me if Hesse, > Loetzenberen, and the Palatinate are three mutually exclusive places or is > one within another? Does anyone have any idea where I should start looking > for Johannes Peter Uber's family in the Germanys or the Holy Roman Empire or > whatever that area was in 1730? Could anyone please give me some ideas of > where to start looking? Are there websites? > > John McDonald was united in marriage to Mary Uber (granddaughter of Johannes > Peter Uber), who was a native of Pennsylvania and was descended from an old > Hessian family that settled in the Keystone state soon after he > Revolutionary war. > > JOHANNES PETER1 UBER was born 1730 in Loetzenberen, Germany, and died June > 1809 in Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., PA, USA. He married ANNA MARIA > ZIEGLER. She died Unknown. > More About JOHANNES PETER UBER: > Baptism: Lutheran Church, Harold, Westmoreland Co., PA > Immigration: 1753, Traveled via ship Beulah to America1 > Military service: Revolutionary War, German Battalion, Continental Army2 > > JOHANNES PETER1 UBER from the Palatinate, Germany > > I would appreciate any KS that has any guidance or any possible assistance > no matter how small. > > TIA Deborah in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC > > > > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >