Husband of Elizabetha BAER
Georg Michael TROUT was born 1750 in Bart Twp, Lancaster, PA. He was the son of the immigrant Hans Nicholas TRAUT (1730-1780) and the grandson of the immigrant Johann Wendel Georg TRAUT (1689-1760) who recently widowed, had immigrated with his children together with a number of neighbors from Kleinfischlingen (near Landau), Electoral Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (now in Südliche Weinstraße, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany). "Wentel" had arrived in Philadelphia in 1738, moved inland and settled almost immediately with his young family in what is now Paradise Twp, near Strasburg, Lancaster, PA.
– Notes on his name: In Germanic culture, while a child may be given a Vorname (forename, aka "first" name at birth), it was very common to embrace the second name as a Rufname ("call name"). All indications are that Georg Michael TROUT later used his Rufname "Michael" throughout his adult life.
Georg Michael TROUT was about 2 years old when his father, Hans Nicholas TRAUT, moved his young family from Bart Twp, Lancaster, PA to Augusta County, VA and purchased a tract of land on Cub Run at the base of Peaked Mountain (now called Massahutten Mountain) near the current village of Montevideo in what is now Rockingham County. Georg Michael TROUT was only 3 years old when he then lost his father, Hans Nicholas, in a tragic accidental weapon discharge on 17 Jul 1753. Ultimately, the courts determined in 1766 the young fatherless children should be "bound out," but young Georg Michael TROUT was 16 years old and would soon reach his majority.
Ten years later, with the coming of the Revolutionary War, Georg Michael was now 26 years old and had established his reputation in the valley as a mature and responsible young patriot. Accordingly, on 3 Dec 1776, Georg Michael TROUT was chosen as Ensign in Captain David LAIRD's Company, Augusta County Militia, Virginia. Later that same day, Capt. LAIRD (1743-1800) was reassigned to command a company of "Regulars" in the Virginia Continental Line and was immediately replaced by Capt. Robert CRAVENS, Jr. (1733-1784), so by the end of the day, Ensign Georg Michael TROUT was actually serving under Capt. Robert CRAVENS and would continue to do so for the next two years. By January 1777, Georg Michael TROUT had been promoted from Ensign to Lieutenant and played a very important role in leading various militia detachments in the 1777-1778 Indian campaigns in the Tygart Valley.
-- In those early times, an infantry company had (in descending rank order) a captain, a first lieutenant, a second lieutenant, and an ensign, with all "Company Grade" officers ordinarily being elected by the men in their command. "Field Grade" officers were ordinally appointed by county or state officials.
In addition to briefly using Fort Warwick as a base of operations in early 1777 for about (3) months, other areas mentioned in actions by detachments under Lieut. Michael TROUT included Coon's Station, Nutter's Stockade, Westfall's Stockade, and Haggard's Fort, as well as far-ranging patrols and scouting expeditions throughout the Tygart Valley. At least one pension file reports that Lieut. TROUT eventually marched his unit to the Harrison Courthouse, where they were discharged (perhaps 1780, date pending research).
Near the close of the war in 1780, Lt. "Michael" TROUT married Elizabetha BAER who had been born in 1752 in Berks County, PA, the daughter of John BAER and Catherine Elizabeth MILLER. At least (10) issue were born to this union, to include George Nathan (1782-1850); Johannes (1784-bef. 1819); Heinrich (1786-c.1863); Maria (1788-1807); Elizabeth Baer (1793-1855); Hannah (circa 1796-after 1860); Catherine (1797-after 1819); Sarah (1798-1838); Jacob (1801-1872); and Michael, Jr. (1804-1874), all being born on Linville Creek, Rockingham, VA.
Georg Michael TROUT filed his Last Will and Testament on 12 Apr 1819 and died in approximately Feb 1822 at age 72. "Michael" is buried with his wife "Elizabeth" at his side. Her younger sister, Anna BAER is buried close by. Their graves are protected by a small iron fence enclosure.
Georg Michael TROUT's (replacement) gravestone bears the simple inscription:
"Michael Trout
* Ensign [sic]
Revolutionary
Army
** 1740 - 1822" [sic]
* Although Georg Michael TROUT's final rank was "Lieutenant," since his replacement gravestone incorrectly shows his final rank as "Ensign," it is used here to avoid confusion.
** Research has now confirmed his true birth date as 1750.
-- Both errors were apparently made when his replacement stone was placed in the early 1900s.
-- Georg Michael TROUT's grandfather, the immigrant Johann Wendel Georg TRAUT (1689-1760), is documented as "Line #1" in the TROUT-DNA Research Project.
-- Original Research by Craig H. Trout, please credit
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Georg Michael TROUT was born 1750 in Bart Twp, Lancaster, PA. He was the son of the immigrant Hans Nicholas TRAUT (1730-1780) and the grandson of the immigrant Johann Wendel Georg TRAUT (1689-1760) who recently widowed, had immigrated with his children together with a number of neighbors from Kleinfischlingen (near Landau), Electoral Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (now in Südliche Weinstraße, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany). "Wentel" had arrived in Philadelphia in 1738, moved inland and settled almost immediately with his young family in what is now Paradise Twp, near Strasburg, Lancaster, PA.
– Notes on his name: In Germanic culture, while a child may be given a Vorname (forename, aka "first" name at birth), it was very common to embrace the second name as a Rufname ("call name"). All indications are that Georg Michael TROUT later used his Rufname "Michael" throughout his adult life.
Georg Michael TROUT was about 2 years old when his father, Hans Nicholas TRAUT, moved his young family from Bart Twp, Lancaster, PA to Augusta County, VA and purchased a tract of land on Cub Run at the base of Peaked Mountain (now called Massahutten Mountain) near the current village of Montevideo in what is now Rockingham County. Georg Michael TROUT was only 3 years old when he then lost his father, Hans Nicholas, in a tragic accidental weapon discharge on 17 Jul 1753. Ultimately, the courts determined in 1766 the young fatherless children should be "bound out," but young Georg Michael TROUT was 16 years old and would soon reach his majority.
Ten years later, with the coming of the Revolutionary War, Georg Michael was now 26 years old and had established his reputation in the valley as a mature and responsible young patriot. Accordingly, on 3 Dec 1776, Georg Michael TROUT was chosen as Ensign in Captain David LAIRD's Company, Augusta County Militia, Virginia. Later that same day, Capt. LAIRD (1743-1800) was reassigned to command a company of "Regulars" in the Virginia Continental Line and was immediately replaced by Capt. Robert CRAVENS, Jr. (1733-1784), so by the end of the day, Ensign Georg Michael TROUT was actually serving under Capt. Robert CRAVENS and would continue to do so for the next two years. By January 1777, Georg Michael TROUT had been promoted from Ensign to Lieutenant and played a very important role in leading various militia detachments in the 1777-1778 Indian campaigns in the Tygart Valley.
-- In those early times, an infantry company had (in descending rank order) a captain, a first lieutenant, a second lieutenant, and an ensign, with all "Company Grade" officers ordinarily being elected by the men in their command. "Field Grade" officers were ordinally appointed by county or state officials.
In addition to briefly using Fort Warwick as a base of operations in early 1777 for about (3) months, other areas mentioned in actions by detachments under Lieut. Michael TROUT included Coon's Station, Nutter's Stockade, Westfall's Stockade, and Haggard's Fort, as well as far-ranging patrols and scouting expeditions throughout the Tygart Valley. At least one pension file reports that Lieut. TROUT eventually marched his unit to the Harrison Courthouse, where they were discharged (perhaps 1780, date pending research).
Near the close of the war in 1780, Lt. "Michael" TROUT married Elizabetha BAER who had been born in 1752 in Berks County, PA, the daughter of John BAER and Catherine Elizabeth MILLER. At least (10) issue were born to this union, to include George Nathan (1782-1850); Johannes (1784-bef. 1819); Heinrich (1786-c.1863); Maria (1788-1807); Elizabeth Baer (1793-1855); Hannah (circa 1796-after 1860); Catherine (1797-after 1819); Sarah (1798-1838); Jacob (1801-1872); and Michael, Jr. (1804-1874), all being born on Linville Creek, Rockingham, VA.
Georg Michael TROUT filed his Last Will and Testament on 12 Apr 1819 and died in approximately Feb 1822 at age 72. "Michael" is buried with his wife "Elizabeth" at his side. Her younger sister, Anna BAER is buried close by. Their graves are protected by a small iron fence enclosure.
Georg Michael TROUT's (replacement) gravestone bears the simple inscription:
"Michael Trout
* Ensign [sic]
Revolutionary
Army
** 1740 - 1822" [sic]
* Although Georg Michael TROUT's final rank was "Lieutenant," since his replacement gravestone incorrectly shows his final rank as "Ensign," it is used here to avoid confusion.
** Research has now confirmed his true birth date as 1750.
-- Both errors were apparently made when his replacement stone was placed in the early 1900s.
-- Georg Michael TROUT's grandfather, the immigrant Johann Wendel Georg TRAUT (1689-1760), is documented as "Line #1" in the TROUT-DNA Research Project.
-- Original Research by Craig H. Trout, please credit
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Husband of Elizabetha BAER
Georg Michael TROUT was born 1750 in Bart Twp, Lancaster, PA. He was the son of the immigrant Hans Nicholas TRAUT (1730-1780) and the grandson of the immigrant Johann Wendel Georg TRAUT (1689-1760) who recently widowed, had immigrated with his children together with a number of neighbors from Kleinfischlingen (near Landau), Electoral Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (now in Südliche Weinstraße, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany). "Wentel" had arrived in Philadelphia in 1738, moved inland and settled almost immediately with his young family in what is now Paradise Twp, near Strasburg, Lancaster, PA.
– Notes on his name: In Germanic culture, while a child may be given a Vorname (forename, aka "first" name at birth), it was very common to embrace the second name as a Rufname ("call name"). All indications are that Georg Michael TROUT later used his Rufname "Michael" throughout his adult life.
Georg Michael TROUT was about 2 years old when his father, Hans Nicholas TRAUT, moved his young family from Bart Twp, Lancaster, PA to Augusta County, VA and purchased a tract of land on Cub Run at the base of Peaked Mountain (now called Massahutten Mountain) near the current village of Montevideo in what is now Rockingham County. Georg Michael TROUT was only 3 years old when he then lost his father, Hans Nicholas, in a tragic accidental weapon discharge on 17 Jul 1753. Ultimately, the courts determined in 1766 the young fatherless children should be "bound out," but young Georg Michael TROUT was 16 years old and would soon reach his majority.
Ten years later, with the coming of the Revolutionary War, Georg Michael was now 26 years old and had established his reputation in the valley as a mature and responsible young patriot. Accordingly, on 3 Dec 1776, Georg Michael TROUT was chosen as Ensign in Captain David LAIRD's Company, Augusta County Militia, Virginia. Later that same day, Capt. LAIRD (1743-1800) was reassigned to command a company of "Regulars" in the Virginia Continental Line and was immediately replaced by Capt. Robert CRAVENS, Jr. (1733-1784), so by the end of the day, Ensign Georg Michael TROUT was actually serving under Capt. Robert CRAVENS and would continue to do so for the next two years. By January 1777, Georg Michael TROUT had been promoted from Ensign to Lieutenant and played a very important role in leading various militia detachments in the 1777-1778 Indian campaigns in the Tygart Valley.
-- In those early times, an infantry company had (in descending rank order) a captain, a first lieutenant, a second lieutenant, and an ensign, with all "Company Grade" officers ordinarily being elected by the men in their command. "Field Grade" officers were ordinally appointed by county or state officials.
In addition to briefly using Fort Warwick as a base of operations in early 1777 for about (3) months, other areas mentioned in actions by detachments under Lieut. Michael TROUT included Coon's Station, Nutter's Stockade, Westfall's Stockade, and Haggard's Fort, as well as far-ranging patrols and scouting expeditions throughout the Tygart Valley. At least one pension file reports that Lieut. TROUT eventually marched his unit to the Harrison Courthouse, where they were discharged (perhaps 1780, date pending research).
Near the close of the war in 1780, Lt. "Michael" TROUT married Elizabetha BAER who had been born in 1752 in Berks County, PA, the daughter of John BAER and Catherine Elizabeth MILLER. At least (10) issue were born to this union, to include George Nathan (1782-1850); Johannes (1784-bef. 1819); Heinrich (1786-c.1863); Maria (1788-1807); Elizabeth Baer (1793-1855); Hannah (circa 1796-after 1860); Catherine (1797-after 1819); Sarah (1798-1838); Jacob (1801-1872); and Michael, Jr. (1804-1874), all being born on Linville Creek, Rockingham, VA.
Georg Michael TROUT filed his Last Will and Testament on 12 Apr 1819 and died in approximately Feb 1822 at age 72. "Michael" is buried with his wife "Elizabeth" at his side. Her younger sister, Anna BAER is buried close by. Their graves are protected by a small iron fence enclosure.
Georg Michael TROUT's (replacement) gravestone bears the simple inscription:
"Michael Trout
* Ensign [sic]
Revolutionary
Army
** 1740 - 1822" [sic]
* Although Georg Michael TROUT's final rank was "Lieutenant," since his replacement gravestone incorrectly shows his final rank as "Ensign," it is used here to avoid confusion.
** Research has now confirmed his true birth date as 1750.
-- Both errors were apparently made when his replacement stone was placed in the early 1900s.
-- Georg Michael TROUT's grandfather, the immigrant Johann Wendel Georg TRAUT (1689-1760), is documented as "Line #1" in the TROUT-DNA Research Project.
-- Original Research by Craig H. Trout, please credit
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Georg Michael TROUT was born 1750 in Bart Twp, Lancaster, PA. He was the son of the immigrant Hans Nicholas TRAUT (1730-1780) and the grandson of the immigrant Johann Wendel Georg TRAUT (1689-1760) who recently widowed, had immigrated with his children together with a number of neighbors from Kleinfischlingen (near Landau), Electoral Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (now in Südliche Weinstraße, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany). "Wentel" had arrived in Philadelphia in 1738, moved inland and settled almost immediately with his young family in what is now Paradise Twp, near Strasburg, Lancaster, PA.
– Notes on his name: In Germanic culture, while a child may be given a Vorname (forename, aka "first" name at birth), it was very common to embrace the second name as a Rufname ("call name"). All indications are that Georg Michael TROUT later used his Rufname "Michael" throughout his adult life.
Georg Michael TROUT was about 2 years old when his father, Hans Nicholas TRAUT, moved his young family from Bart Twp, Lancaster, PA to Augusta County, VA and purchased a tract of land on Cub Run at the base of Peaked Mountain (now called Massahutten Mountain) near the current village of Montevideo in what is now Rockingham County. Georg Michael TROUT was only 3 years old when he then lost his father, Hans Nicholas, in a tragic accidental weapon discharge on 17 Jul 1753. Ultimately, the courts determined in 1766 the young fatherless children should be "bound out," but young Georg Michael TROUT was 16 years old and would soon reach his majority.
Ten years later, with the coming of the Revolutionary War, Georg Michael was now 26 years old and had established his reputation in the valley as a mature and responsible young patriot. Accordingly, on 3 Dec 1776, Georg Michael TROUT was chosen as Ensign in Captain David LAIRD's Company, Augusta County Militia, Virginia. Later that same day, Capt. LAIRD (1743-1800) was reassigned to command a company of "Regulars" in the Virginia Continental Line and was immediately replaced by Capt. Robert CRAVENS, Jr. (1733-1784), so by the end of the day, Ensign Georg Michael TROUT was actually serving under Capt. Robert CRAVENS and would continue to do so for the next two years. By January 1777, Georg Michael TROUT had been promoted from Ensign to Lieutenant and played a very important role in leading various militia detachments in the 1777-1778 Indian campaigns in the Tygart Valley.
-- In those early times, an infantry company had (in descending rank order) a captain, a first lieutenant, a second lieutenant, and an ensign, with all "Company Grade" officers ordinarily being elected by the men in their command. "Field Grade" officers were ordinally appointed by county or state officials.
In addition to briefly using Fort Warwick as a base of operations in early 1777 for about (3) months, other areas mentioned in actions by detachments under Lieut. Michael TROUT included Coon's Station, Nutter's Stockade, Westfall's Stockade, and Haggard's Fort, as well as far-ranging patrols and scouting expeditions throughout the Tygart Valley. At least one pension file reports that Lieut. TROUT eventually marched his unit to the Harrison Courthouse, where they were discharged (perhaps 1780, date pending research).
Near the close of the war in 1780, Lt. "Michael" TROUT married Elizabetha BAER who had been born in 1752 in Berks County, PA, the daughter of John BAER and Catherine Elizabeth MILLER. At least (10) issue were born to this union, to include George Nathan (1782-1850); Johannes (1784-bef. 1819); Heinrich (1786-c.1863); Maria (1788-1807); Elizabeth Baer (1793-1855); Hannah (circa 1796-after 1860); Catherine (1797-after 1819); Sarah (1798-1838); Jacob (1801-1872); and Michael, Jr. (1804-1874), all being born on Linville Creek, Rockingham, VA.
Georg Michael TROUT filed his Last Will and Testament on 12 Apr 1819 and died in approximately Feb 1822 at age 72. "Michael" is buried with his wife "Elizabeth" at his side. Her younger sister, Anna BAER is buried close by. Their graves are protected by a small iron fence enclosure.
Georg Michael TROUT's (replacement) gravestone bears the simple inscription:
"Michael Trout
* Ensign [sic]
Revolutionary
Army
** 1740 - 1822" [sic]
* Although Georg Michael TROUT's final rank was "Lieutenant," since his replacement gravestone incorrectly shows his final rank as "Ensign," it is used here to avoid confusion.
** Research has now confirmed his true birth date as 1750.
-- Both errors were apparently made when his replacement stone was placed in the early 1900s.
-- Georg Michael TROUT's grandfather, the immigrant Johann Wendel Georg TRAUT (1689-1760), is documented as "Line #1" in the TROUT-DNA Research Project.
-- Original Research by Craig H. Trout, please credit
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Gravesite Details
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) Ancestor #A116184
