John Rauch
Birth: 1726 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: 3 May 1803 (aged 76–77) Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial: Non-Cemetery Burial
Memorial #: 148517187
Bio: John Rauch received a Pennsylvania land Warrant on November 20, 1767, for 146 acres and, eventually had two hundred, seventy-three acres in West Hanover township in the County of Dauphin.Address 7700 Old Jonestown Road, West Hanover Township, Pennsylvania at the corner of Old Johnstown Road and Manor Drive, still stands the two-story limestone house once used by Revolutionary War Patriot John Rauch who paid the supply tax during the war , signed the Oath of Allegiance on August 20, 1777 and on whose land, it is said, General George Washington and the Continental Army camped.He married Susannah Mueller, daughter of Lenhardt Mueller about 1752. She was born about 1730 and died before 11 June 1821 in West Hanover, Dauphin County, Pa.Orphan's Court Docket "B" page 289, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, July 20, 1803: Estate settlement for John Rauch names his wife Susannah and his children: William (eldest son), Henry (second son), Jacob (third son), John (fourth son), Peter, Bernhard, Molly (Magdalena) intermarried with Frederick Garst, Anna Maria intermarried with Christian Zehring, Catherine intermarried with Joseph Forney. According to Virginia records, on September 10, 1803, Frederick and Magdalena Rauch Garst traveled back to Dauphin County, Pa. to claim his wife's portion of her father's estate found in Deed Book "N," Vol. 1, page 175, County of Dauphin, State of Pennsylvania.DAR Patriot Index:RAUCH, JOHN: Born 1730 Pa., died 1803 Pa., married Susannah _______, Pvt. PA RAUCH, JOHN Ancestor #: A094758Service: PENNSYLVANIA Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICEBirth: CIRCA 1730 LANCASTER CO PENNSYLVANIADeath: 1803 WEST HANOVER DAUPHIN CO PENNSYLVANIAService Source: PA ARCH, 3RD SER, VOL 17, P 693Service Description: 1) PAID SUPPLY TAX
Family Members
Children
Magdalena Rauch Garst 1752-1845
Anna Maria Rauch Zehring 1762-1839
Created by: Dolores Lackovitch (47578133)
Added: 1 Jul 2015
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148517187/john-rauch
Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 February 2019), memorial page for John Rauch (1726–3 May 1803), Find A Grave Memorial no. 148517187, ; Maintained by Dolores Lackovitch (contributor 47578133) Non-Cemetery Burial.
