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John Gullion, of Howard County, IN
Facts and Events
| Name |
John Gullion, of Howard County, IN |
| Alt Name |
Jack O'Gullion |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[2] |
1760 |
Virginia (now Carroll, Kentucky), United States |
| Marriage |
Bef 1803 |
to Catherine Riffle |
| Residence? |
1818 |
Switzerland, Indiana, United States Jefferson Township |
| Military? |
1831 |
Decatur, Indiana, United Statesage 71 - awarded pension |
| Residence? |
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Ohio, United States |
| Death[2] |
29 Jun 1850 |
Howard, Indiana, United States |
| Burial[2] |
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Kokomo, Howard, Indiana, United StatesTwin Springs Cemetery ; see Notes |
Research Notes
- Alt birthdate = 28 Apr 1762/63. Sources needed.
- Quoting from Harding's History, John O Gullion was said to have been "shot through the cheek and mouth in battles of the Revolutionary War." It is believed he visited the country above Big Flatrock in the fall of 1818 building a "shanty" and clearing some land in the bottom "near where Michigan Road crosses the stream." In 1819 he moved his family from Switzerland County and took up permanent residence.
- Burial Location is Undetermined.
- Shiloh Cemetery, Decatur County - per "Revolutionary War Veterans buried in Decatur County"
- Spillman Farm, Decatur County - per extant stone (government marker). Note: the establishment of military headstones was not adopted until 1873 by Secretary of War William W. Belknap. Gullion died in 1850. The application for the headstone on the Spillman farm was submitted in 1902, fifty-two years after his death. Per Josh Rutherford, a small, broken or worn away stone, much like a foot stone, lies in the ground below the headstone. It looks to be from the time period of his death.
- Twin Springs Cemetery, Kokomo, Howard County - per extant stone erected by DAR
References
- Source Needed.
"The first white man to take up his abode in Adams Township is believed to gave been John Gullion. He came from Switzerland County, and was an old Revolutionary Soldier - said to have been perfectly irrepressible and uncontrollable in battle. He had been shot through the cheek and mouth in some battles of that war, and greatly disfigured."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Find A Grave.
[There are 2 memorial pages for John O Gullion, because there are 2 stones extant in different locations.]
Gravestone 1 (John O Gullion) - in Downeyville, Decatur County, Indiana. Government marker. Inscription: J.O. GULLION. U.S. SOLDIER. REV. WAR. In 2014 it was photographed by Joshua Rutherford at a location "deep in the woods on the Spillman Farm (private property).
Gravestone 2 (John O Gullion) - in Twin Springs Cemetery, Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana. Inscription: JOHN GULLION. MILES'PA. MIL. REV. WAR. BORN 1760. DIED. JUNE 20, 1850. IN BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND. WOUNDED IN NEW JERSEY. SERVED EIGHTEEN MONTHS HONORABLY. DISCHARGED AT VALLEY FORGE. ERECTED BY GEN. JAMES COX CHARTER. OF DAUGHTERS OF AMERICAN REV.
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[cos1776 Note: according to the SAR, he was buried in Shiloh Cemetery, Decatur County.]
- [1], in CROSTER SOLDIERS and PATRIOTS of the AMERICAN REVOLUTION BURIED IN INDIANA.
GULLION (O’GULLION), JOHN O. Born-1760. Howard County Service-Enlisted from Westmoreland Co., Penn., in April or May, 1776, as private in Capt. Joseph Erwin’s Co., Col. Miles’ Penn. Rifle Regt. Was wounded and discharged at Valley Forge after serving 18 mos. Re-enlisted 1778, served 6 mos. in Col. Bayard’s *Penn. Regt., and 6 mos. in Col. Davis’ Penn. Regt. In 1782 he was in Col. Crawford’s Regt. Proof-Pension claim S. 36567.
Lived in Switzerland Co., Ind., 1818, 1819. Applied for pension 1831 from Decatur Co., Ind., and was still living there in 1836.
Died-June 29, 1850, in Howard Co., Ind. Proof-Pension record and Probate Court Records of Howard Co., Ind.
Buried Twin Springs Cemetery, S. W. of Kokomo, Ind. Stone. There is also a government marker bearing soldier’s name erected on Spillman farm, Clinton Twp., Decatur Co.
Married-Mrs. Catherine Riffel Tanner, d. 1845. They had five Ch. but only two known-Thomas; Susan, m. Levi Rayls.
Collected by Mrs. E. C. Crider, Kokomo, Indiana.
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