----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 2:41 PM Subject: [NYOSWEGO] Ballotting Book/War of 1812 > I am looking for Sitts and Bettinger surnames for soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 and who later moved to the Oswego area. Is there any way to access these names? in particular, I am looking for Peter H. SITTS and Jacob BETTINGER. > Google seemed to have a lot about these families, here are a few excerpts: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usnebook/ny1812/a-ea/bentley-bishop.html # Name Address Amount 5,181 Bettinger, Jacob, by Widow Clay, Onondaga County, NY 50.00 http://www.sampubco.com/wills/ny/nyonondaga1.htm Onondaga County, New York Will Testators Column One: Name of Testator Column Two: Place of Residence of the Testator Column Three: County #, Vol#, Page # BETTINGER, JACOB CLAY NY-34-H-318 http://www.fortklock.com/simmsfamilys.htm Interesting Sitts & Bettinger stories here http://caprioconnections.com/surnames/bettinger.html Generation No. 2 2. JACOB2 BETTINGER (MARTINUS1 BOETTINGER) was born December 13, 1781 in Gilead Evng Luth, Cntr Brunswick, NY, and died 1845 in NY. He married CATHERINE. She was born 1784 in NY. Notes for JACOB BETTINGER: Jacob was member of the St. Paul's Lutheran Church in the Town of Minden, NY. Notes for CATHERINE: Catarina or Catharina. Children of JACOB BETTINGER and CATHERINE are: i. ELISABETH3 BETTINGER, b. June 03, 1805; m. ABRAHAM KOCHER, 1827. ii. MARTINUS BETTINGER, b. September 21, 1808, Luthern St. Pauls, Minden Twp, Montgomery, NY. iii. MAGRETHA BETTINGER, b. October 02, 1810, Luthern St. Pauls, Minden Twp, Montgomery, NY. iv. MARIA BETTINGER, b. November 18, 1810, Luthern St. Pauls, Minden Twp, Montgomery, NY; m. JACOB PICKARD, March 14, 1830, Stone Arabia, Luthern Ch; b. 1811. 3. v. ABRAHAM BETTINGER, b. April 24, 1812, Town of Clay bp May 3, 1812 Luth Ch, Minden Twp; d. October 19, 1884. 4. vi. ISAAC BETTINGER, b. February 1814, St Paul Luth. Ch Minden bp Mar 13 1814; d. June 29, 1867, Bur. Morgan MTG House, Pines Plain Cem, NY. vii. CATY BETTINGER, b. May 05, 1816, Luthern St. Pauls, Minden Twp, Montgomery, NY. viii. LANY ANN BETTINGER, b. January 18, 1818, Luthern St. Pauls, Minden Twp, Montgomery, NY. 5. ix. JAMES BETTINGER, b. February 06, 1820, Luthern St. Pauls, Minden Twp, Montgomery, NY. 6. x. JACOB MARTIN J. BETTINGER, b. December 29, 1822, bp. Jan 5 1823, Luth St. Pauls, Minden Twp. NY; d. May 20, 1905, Bur. Pines Plain Cem, NY. 7. xi. JOHN AARON BETTINGER, b. 1828, bp Mar 23 1828 Luth. Ch St. Pauls, Minden, NY. http://www.fortklock.com/nyrevtryon1.htm Tryon County Militia--First Regiment Enlisted Men Sitts Peter http://www.fortklock.com/simmsoriskanyroster.htm The Frontiersmen of New York - Battle of Oriskany -Sitts, Peter, Palatine http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyherkim/cemeteries/mindcems.html Sitts Graveyard Town of Minden, Montgomery County, NY The two stones of the Sitts Graveyard were found on a farm at Brookman's Corners, in the town of Minden, 6 miles west of Fort Plain. There may have been more burials but it appears that only Peter Sitts' reading was taken because of his membership in the Tryon County Militia. The reading was done in the late 1930s by members of the Ft. Plain Chapter of the N.S.D.A.R., chairman being Caroline E. Wiles. SITTS GRAVEYARD TOWN OF MINDEN, MONTGOMERY COUNTY SITTS, Peter d. May 12, 1811 ae 85 yrs member of Tryon County Militia SITTS, Margaret d. January 28, 1854 ae 83 yr 3 mo 23 da relationship not stated