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Facts and Events
Peter Fauber was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Revolutionary War Pension Information
Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 2, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :
- Fauber, Peter - born 10/1756 in Germany; when soldier was abt. age 10 father brought family to America & settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where soldier entered service with brother John; moved in 1792 to Augusta County, Virginia, where granted Pension in 1832. F-S8454, R958.
Records in Augusta County, VA
From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:
- Page 162.--20th August, 1789. Valentine Fauber's will, farmer--To son, John, home plantation, 180 acres, joining Wm. Kennerley, T. Dock; to other children, to wit: Eldest son Christian, son Valentine, son Jacob, son, Peter, daughter Susannah Sieg, daughter Magdalena Weitzel. Executor, son John. Teste: Evan Jones, Jacob Hoffer, Paul Seig, Jacob Stiegel. Proved, April Court, 1795, by Jones and Hoffer.
- Page 73.--Appraisement of Dominick Barrett by Samuel Hays, James Moffett, Peter Fauber. Appraised 5th October, 1793.
- Vol. 2 - Peter Fauber's Declaration, September 25th, 1832: Aged seventy-six years and eleven months; was born in Germany; was drafted early in 1776 in the militia of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and marched under Capt. Baltzer Ott; Curtis Grubb was his Colonel; General Armstrong was commander of the Brigade; the company assembled at Capt. Ott's house and marched to Lebanon, where it Joined the regiment; thence marched through Reading, Trenton, Princeton, and Brunswick; thence to a village in sight of New York called Woolridge, or Barren Town, where they remained some weeks; were ordered thence to Paulus Hook, where they worked three months throwing up fortifications; thence back to Barren Town, where they were discharged. Shortly after the above tour, he was again drafted under Capt. Holderbury; marched to Lebanon to guard the Hessian prisoners captured at Trenton; about three or four hundred prisoners were marched to Winchester, Virginia; at Lebanon declarant was appointed Sergeant, with nine men under him, and guarded ammunition from Lebanon to Philadelphia, where he was discharged. In the fall of 1776 the country was thrown into great alarm by the landing of the British in great force at the head of Elk in Delaware, about forty miles from Lancaster; was drafted in the Regiment of Colonel Elder; joined the main army at Chestnut Hill, where there was a severe engagement, and General Ervine was much injured by a fall from his horse and taken prisoner by the enemy; was within sight and hearing of the battle of Long Island; his brother, John Fauber, marched with him the first tour in the capacity of a fifer; he moved to Augusta forty years ago.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).
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