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{15242} John SPRINGER
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{15243} Sarah Ann (Butler) Springer - 1775
{28075} Elizabeth (MacDonald/Ingram) Springer - 1806
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{15244}
Jesse Springer
b01/01/1776 [n/a],
d01/01/1880 [n/a]
( 104.0)
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| 2 |
{15245}
Charles Springer
b08/28/1778 [Frederick, MD],
m06/13/1816 [Perry, IN],
d06/15/1844 [Alton, IN]
( 65.8)
{ 15252 } Comfort (WALKER) Springer b01/01/1797 [George, PA], d01/01/1850 [Boone, IN] ( 53.0) | ||||||||
| 3 |
{15246}
Mary Springer
b01/01/1780 [n/a],
d01/01/1851 [n/a]
( 71.0)
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| 4 |
{15247}
Susannah Springer
b01/01/1782 [n/a],
d01/01/1838 [n/a]
( 56.0)
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| 5 |
{15248}
John Springer
b01/01/1784 [n/a],
d01/01/1849 [n/a]
( 65.0)
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| 6 |
{15249}
Sarah Ann Springer
b01/01/1785 [n/a],
d01/01/1859 [n/a]
( 74.0)
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| 7 |
{15250}
Joseph Springer
b01/01/1787 [n/a],
d01/01/1890 [n/a]
( 103.0)
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| 8 |
{28068}
Elihu Springer
b05/17/1790 [n/a],
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| 9 |
{28069}
Ann Springer
b12/03/1791 [n/a],
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| 10 |
{28070}
Peter Springer
b07/12/1793 [n/a],
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| 11 |
{28071}
Levi Springer
b01/22/1797 [n/a],
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| 12 |
{28072}
Thomas B. Springer
b04/22/1795 [n/a],
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| Mother: {28075} Elizabeth (MACDONALD/INGRAM) SPRINGER | |||||||||
| Born: | 01/01/1768 | Washington Co., KY | |||||||
| Married: | 06/17/1806 (38) | Washington Co., KY | |||||||
| Died: | n/a | ||||||||
| Father: {28076} Joseph MacDonald ( - ) | |||||||||
| Mother: {28077} Elizabeth (OGLE) MacDonald ( - ) | |||||||||
| 13 |
{28073}
Margaret
(SPRINGER)
Miles
b08/19/1807 [Washington Co., KY],
m10/06/1825 [Sullivan Co., IN],
d03/15/1884 [n/a]
( 76.5)
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| 14 |
{28074}
Jesse W. Miles
b01/04/1809 [n/a],
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"John Springer, son of Charles Springer, was born in or near Hagarstown, Maryland. He served in the Revolutionary War from Frederick County, Maryland, Middle District, in the Militia under the command of Valentine Creager, October 3rd, 1776. He served for a short time, then later accompanied Daniel Boone on Boone's first expedition in exploring Kentucky and it is said he told his son, John Springer, later of Madison County, Illinois, that while on this trip while out hunting one day, he found a wild turkey gobbler almost starved to death in the deep snow that had been on the ground. He put the turkey on the ground after scraping away the snow. He had some parched corn in his shot bag which he carried for lunch while hunting. He divided the corn with the turkey and left him to eat it. His act of kindness to the poor turkey was evidence that he had a big, kind, loving heart."
"About 1775/1776 he married Sarah Ann Butler of Pennsylvania and lived at or near Frederick City, Maryland until after his first two children, Charles and Mary, were born."
"Records show that John Springer and his family, with John Silvers his brother-in-law, were in Virginia, probably in Botetourt County. On a pay roll of Captain Thomas Moore's Company drawn into actual service on an expedition against the Indians under the command of B.G. George R. Clark, 1782, the name of John Silvers as having been paid in November 1782 1lb.6s.8p. and John Springer, 20 days 1lb.6s.8p."
"Also on a pay roll of Lincoln Militia under Captain Samuel Mc__afee by order of Col. Benjamin Logan, 1782 shows that John Silvers the service August 26th, discharged September 26th, serving 31 days for which he received 2lbs. 1 s. 2 p."
"John Springer, as well as John Silvers, finally settled at Harrods Fort in Kentucky about the year 1785. At this time the Indians were troublesome in Kentucky and Sarah Ann Butler Springer along with Nancy Springer Silvers and other women at the fort, molded bullets while the men stood on guard and shot the Indians. When the war with the Indians ws over, John Springer moved to near Springfiled, Kentucky and bought 160 acres of land, living their the remainder of his life. "
"Sarah Ann Butler Springer had eleven children:
1. Charles Springer, born 8-17-1778; married 1) Hannah Hardin and 2) Comfort Walker
2. Mary Springer, born 5-9-1780; married William Burnett
3. Susannah Springer, born 12- 20 or 30?-1782; married Alexander MacDonald
4. John Springer, born 1-8-1784; married 1) Susannah Sage and 2) Elizabeth Biggs
5. Sarah Ann Springer, born 12-2-1785; married John Peters
6. Joseph Springer, born 5-17-1787; married Cahterine Springer, his cousin, daughter of Edward Springer
7. Elihu Springer, born 5-17-1890; married Esther Thompson
8. Ann Springer, born 12-3-1791; married Aaron Ingram Cecil
9. Peter Springer, born 7-12-1793; unmarried
10. Levi Springer, born 1-22-1797; married 1) Elizabeth Short and 2) Elizabeth Freeman
11. Thomas B. Springer, born 4-22-1795; married Catherine Sandusky."
"Sarah Ann Butler Springer died after 1797 and before 1806 and John Springer married Elizabeth MacDonald Ingram, widow of Samuel Ingram and daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Ogle MacDonald. They were married in Washington County, Kentucky 6-17-1806 by the Methodist preacher Heady, who married Nancy Hawks and Thomas Lincoln. Elizabeth MacDonald Ingram Springer was born in Montgomery County, Virginia 1768. She married Samuel Ingram 10-17-1785 and then imigrated to Wayne County, Kentucky where Samuel died in 1806. Her children by Samuel Ingram were:
1. Anna Ingram; married 9-10-1814 William Hereford. They lived in Wayne County, Kentucky.
2. William Ingram, lived in Mercer County, Kentucky 1814.
3. Polly Ingram, who married Robert Springer.
4. Joseph Ingram, unmarried; buried near Mt. Pleasant, Tenn.
5. John Ingram, married Rebecca Cecil, daughter of ? __chariah and Nancy Ingram Cecil. She is buried in Dayton, Ohio.
6. Elizabeth Ingram married ?Bletcher Silvers 3-22-1816. He was the son of Nancy Springer and John Silvers. They lived in Sullivan County, Indiana.
7. Samuel Ingram, Jr., born in Montgomery County, Virginia 2-17-1797, died 2-7-1871 at Nashville, Tenn. Buried in the Ingram Cemetery near Mt. Pleasant, Tenn. He married at Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky 7-30-1824 Amelia Ann Worland.
8. James Ingram."
"After the death of Samuel Ingram and John Springer's wife, Sarah Ann Butler Springer, also having died, John Springer married Elizabeth Ingram. Their children were:
1. Margaret Springer born 8-19-1807 in Washington County, Kentucky; married John Miles, son of Richard Miles, 10-6-1825 at Sullivan County Indiana. She died 3-15-1884.
2. Jesse W. Springer born 1-4-1809.
These two children were well supplied with half brothers and sisters; eight Ingram brothers and sisters and eleven Springer half brothers and sisters."
Revoluntionary War Record for John Springer
Source: "Charles Springer of Cranehook-on-the-Delaware, His Descendants and Allied Families", by Jessie Evelyn Springer Pages 49 - 50
John Springer
American Archives, Volume 18, page 72 (this is a published record, and will be in D.A.R. and S.A.R. and other libraries): Maryland Muster Roll: John Springer's name appears as a private soldier in a Company of Militia from Frederick County, Middle District, raised by Captain Valentine Creager, October 3, 1776, for three months.
*Also Kentucky (which was part of Virginia at the time of the Revolution):
I.P.D. 60: Roll of Captain John Allison's Company, February 26, 1780; John Springer, private 22 days, 9 pounds, 4 shillings.
I.P.D. 80: Roll of Captain Thomas Moore's Company of Virginia Militia. 1782 - John Springer, private, 20 days, 10 shillings, 6 pence.
*Also Western Archives, Page 356: John Springer, soldier in the infantry, received January 18, 1785, 42 pounds, 10 shillings, 6 pence.
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