Forwarded to the AMREV-HESSIANS list: > Source: GERBER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Peter GERBER, Hessian soldier of the AmRev. > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: GERBER > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SVY.2ACEB/297 > > Message Board Post: > > I just received in my mail box a posting originating from > this Message Board and the corresponding GERBER > mail list, questioning the existence of a Hessian soldier > named GERBER. > > This is what I have in my military files (Hetrina I): > Peter GERBER, born 1751/52 in Eichelsachsen near > Schotten/Hessen, Grenadier of the Hessen-Kassel 4. Comp. > of the Battalion von Minigerode, who deserted from his > unit in March 1780. At that time the Grenadier Brigade > was employed in the Charleston and Savannah area. > Many deserters of the Hessian troops did report to the > local revolutionary authorities and received passed to > move to Pennsylvania and/or New Jersey. > If you check the PABERKS-L@rootsweb.com mail list > archives, you will find additional information. > > From Peter himself nothing was heard of since. > Respectfully, > John Helmut Merz, > researching Hessian Soldiers of the American Revolution. >