Person:Melchoir Secrist (1)

Military Service

American Revolutionary War Veteran

Revolutionary War Pension Information

Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 5, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :

Segrist, Melchior, born fall of 1755 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he entered service 1775 in Pennsylvania Regiment, moved some time after Revolutionary War to Frederick County, Virginia, thence to Rockingham County, Virginia, where granted Pension in 1832; wife living then, & she had resided in same neighborhood as he during his Revolutionary War service, his application for pension witnesses were clergyman John Brown, & William McCausland & County Court Clerk Henry J. Gambill; query letter in file in 1909 from descendant Miss Lulu Charles, Marion, Indiana. F-S6074, R2149.

1.   Find A Grave.

   Melchoir Secrist
   Birth Oct 1754
   Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
   Death Jul 1836 (aged 81)
   Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
   
   American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) about Melker Secrist
   Name: Melker Secrist
   Birth Date: 1750 (In his Rev. War pension records, he said he was born in the "fall of 1754")
   Birthplace: Pennsylvania
   Volume: 155
   Page Number: 465
   Reference: Ten "Series" of "Pennsylvnia Archives" have been so far published in from 5 to 31v. Ea. Philadelphia and Harrisburg. 1852- ( We have indexed Series 2, v.2 and v.8 ( early Pa. marriage recds.) And all the v. of Series V; Volume: 155, Page Number: 465. Which contain nearly complete Pa. Rev. War recds.)Ser.5:7:205
   
   It is known that Melchoir Secrist (or Segrist as it was spelled in some records) was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in the "fall of 1754" as stated in his pension record. He is on the list of those who declared allegiants to the United States of America in Pennsylvania.
   
   In 1776, when Melchoir was about twenty-one years old, he served as a drafted militia man under Capt. George Koontz and Col. James Cunningham at Amboyken the Jerseys. After serving two months, he enlisted in the Flying Camp under Capt. Joseph Works, Col. James Cunningham and Maj. Edwards. He served at Arinbay, Bergentown, Rivals Hook, Fort Secy, White Plains and Trenton. He was given a written discharge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 1, 1777. He served again as a sergeant in 1778 under Capt. Martin Arlhart's (or Earhart) Company, Third Battalion, Lancaster County Militia. At the time of his final discharge, he was serving as a guard over magazines and public stores in Lebanon, Pennsylvania and was discharged in Lebanon. In 1832, he was placed on the Revolutionary War pension rolls in Rockingham County, Virginia for the above service.
   
   In his pension request, Melchoir also stated that about 1780, he married Maria Magdalena Earhart, a young woman who resided in the same neighborhood in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
   
   https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167839061/melchoir-secrist

2.   The Pension Roll of 1835: Report from the Secretary of War, in Obedience to Resolutions of the Senate of the 5th and 30th of June, 1834, and the 3d of March, 1835, in Relation to the Pension Establishment of the United States. (Washington, District of Columbia: Duff Green, 1835).

   Name: Melchior Segrist
   Rank: Private
   Age: 79
   Birth Year: abt 1752
   Pension Enrollment Date: 4 Mar 1831
   Residence Place: Rockingham, Virginia, USA
   Service Description: Penn. militia