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Samuel Abraham Pierson

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Person Chart

Parents

Father	Date of Birth	Mother	Date of Birth
Wyllis Pierson	1728	Mary Riggs (Pierson)	1730

Partners

Partner	Date of Birth	Children
Rebecca Demint (Pierson)	Apr 1776	Sarah Pierson (Lamar, Chamberlain)

Person Events

Event Type	Date	Place
Birth	1762	Morris County, New Jersey
Marriage	12 Mar 1793	Hamilton County, Ohio
Death	06 Nov 1839	Hamilton County, Ohio

Notes


Samuel served in the Revolutionary War, entering the service in the spring of 1777 with the Fifth New Jersey regiment commanded by Col. Spencer and fought for the duration. He was under the age of 16 when he enlisted. He suffered with Washington at Valley Forge, was severely wounded in the battle of Monmouth and after recovery, he was at Yorktown when Cornwallis surrendered. After the war, he returned home to Morris County, NJ, and found it desolate. He met John Cleves Symmes, who had just purchased 211,00 acres of what is now Hamilton, Warren and Butler counties in Ohio. Samuel purchased 640 acres for $640 Continental dollars, and came to Ohio in 1792, floating down the Ohio River in a keel boat. He married Rebecca Demint in 1793 and built a cabin on his land. Information in the above 2 paragraphs was taken from a newspaper article published by the Cincinnati Times Star on August 3, 1948, page 20, in an article titled "Turning Back the Clock." Quoted from https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pierson-390

Samuel served in the Revolutionary War, entering the service in the spring of 1777 with the Fifth New Jersey regiment commanded by Col. Spencer and fought for the duration. He was under the age of 16 when he enlisted. He suffered with Washington at Valley Forge, was severely wounded in the battle of Monmouth and after recovery, he was at Yorktown when Cornwallis surrendered.

After the war, he returned home to Morris County, NJ, and found it desolate. He met John Cleves Symmes, who had just purchased 211,00 acres of what is now Hamilton, Warren and Butler counties in Ohio. Samuel purchased 640 acres for $640 Continental dollars, and came to Ohio in 1792, floating down the Ohio River in a keel boat. He married Rebecca Demint in 1793 and built a cabin on his land.

Information in the above 2 paragraphs was taken from a newspaper article published by the Cincinnati Times Star on August 3, 1948, page 20, in an article titled "Turning Back the Clock." Quoted from https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pierson-390

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