Bob, John Gerberich was born on February 7, 1759 and married Barbara Babb. He lived in East Hanover. At the age of 18, he enlisted in the Army/Militia as a substitute for his father, Andreas. -----Original Message----- From: Robert L. Maley [mailto:Bob@Maley.net] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 9:39 PM To: PALEBANO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [PALEBANO] FW: Revolutionary War Units Dick, Andreas was enlisted out of what is now East Hanover Twp., Lebanon County. As to John. Was this the John born 18 Jul 1740? Married to Anna Catherine Fitting? If so, her brother, Henry Fitting served in the 6th Bat, 8th Co and the 9th Ba., 4th Co during the same period. Bob Maley County Coordinator, Dauphin County, PA GenWeb pages -----Original Message----- From: rrussell [mailto:rrussell@inta.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 11:26 AM To: PALEBANO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PALEBANO] FW: Revolutionary War Units > I uncovered during the weekend that two of my Gerberich Grandfathers were > soldiers in the Revolutionary War. I have the following information, > listed below, about their units. Do you know of any sources that provide > their history? > > 1. Captain Timothy Green's Battalion of Hanover Rifles. This unit was > captured by the British at the surrender of Fort Washington on the Hudson > River on November 16, 1776 > > 2. The Lancaster County Militia from 1777 to 1782: > Andreas Gerberich (Listed as Andreas Carvery because they had > difficulty pronouncing his name) was in the first class of the Sixth > Battalion, Third Company. > John Gerberich was in the fourth class of the Sixth Battalion, 8th > Company of the Lancaster Militia from 1777 to 1779. From 1780 to 1781, he > was in the third class of the 9th Battalion, 7th Company commanded by > Captain Bradley. In 1782 he was shifted to the 4th class in the same > Company. > > Any help is appreciated. > > Dick Russell > rrussell@inta.org ==== PALEBANO Mailing List ==== Found any good sites lately? We'd sure like to know about them! ==== PALEBANO Mailing List ==== For a great list of most of the on-line mailing lists (and ability to subscribe to them) check out John Fuller's Internet Resources web page: <http://members.aol.com/johnf14246/internet.html>