Person:Robert Applegate (2)

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Robert Applegate
b.15 Mar 1759 Mercer County, New Jersey
d.16 May 1848 Harrison County, Indiana
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m. Abt 1759
  1. Robert Applegate1759 - 1848
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  • H.  Robert Applegate1759 - 1848
  • W.  Mary (add)
m. Abt 1786
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Name Robert Applegate
Gender Male
Birth[1] 15 Mar 1759 Mercer County, New Jersey
Marriage Abt 1786 Beaver County, Pennsylvaniato Mary (add)
Death[1] 16 May 1848 Harrison County, Indiana
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American Revolutionary War Veteran
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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. 1, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :

Applegate, Robert - entered service 1778 in Yogohania County, PA [s/b VA], for Virginia Service; born 3/13/1759 in Princeton, New Jersey; granted Pension 1832 in Allegheny County, PA; son Irwin resided with soldier 1845 in Harrison County, Indiana, where he moved in abt. 1842. R70.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Find A Grave.

    Robert Applegate
    Birth 15 Mar 1759
    Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
    Death 16 May 1848 (aged 89)
    Harrison County, Indiana, USA
    Burial
    Applegate Cemetery
    Central, Harrison County, Indiana, USA

    Robert and Mary were married about 1786 in Beaver Co, PA, and they were the parents of:

    David/1787 m. Elizabeth Rebecca Kerr
    Walter/1788
    Robert/1789
    Joseph/1789 m. Sarah Hodges
    Rebecca/Bef 4 Aug 1804 (Mrs James Dailey)
    Irwin/15 Feb 1806 m. Catherine McMonigle
    Susan/1806
    Zarr/1807
    Catherine "Katy"1808
    William/1809
    John A/1810
    Matilda/16 Apr 1813 (Mrs Thomas J McMonigle)
    James/1811 m. Eliza Bigger

    He served in the Revolutionary War; his declaration of May 15, 1843 in Harrison County, Indiana stated that he had volunteered under Gen. Hand and Colonel Gibson; later he was drafted at Walltowers Station in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. "One tour of service was a substitute for his father who gave him a good farm for doing it." He was also a private under Capt. Minton, Youghiogheny County, Virginia. In Pennsylvania Arch. S. Ser. V. 4, p428, Robert is listed as a private in Westmoreland and a private in the Continental Line. In 1782, Robert Applegate acknowledged receiving several sums annexed to his name.

    In 1786, Robert Applegate, single, was taxed 10.6. In the 1790 census, he was listed as having 2 sons and 1 daughter. In 1791, he was taxed 1.0. On Apr. 15, 1801, he received 100 acres of land called "Apple Orchard" in Elizabeth Twp, from his parents. This land was sold to James Wall, Jr. on Apr. 1, 1842 with Robert, Irwin, Mary, and Catherine signing the deed.

    (The Applegates of Oregon, Their Ancestors and Descendants, by Rex Applegate, p.21)

    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14196352/robert-applegate

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