As a young man, Michael Reasor volunteered his services in the U.S. Army under Col. Kennedy in the company commanded by Capt. Gilkason. He enlisted as fifer May 1, 1777 until 1779, enlisted again, April 1781 under General Muchlenburg and Gen. De Marcus, now know as Gen LaFayettte. Discharged 1781, volunteered both services, for which he received a Pension. He is recognized by the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution.
Michael and his brother, Frederick, had a ship fitted out and sailed to Germany where they obtained a cargo of one half million dollars worth of leather goods for the Revolutionary Army. Upon their return voyage a violent storm arose, the ship and cargo were lost at sea. The Reasor brothers and their sailors were rescued by a Scotch vessel and taken to Philadelphia, Penn, where they landed without a dollar.
Michael and Anna resided in Winchester, Virginia, until 1797, at which time they, with their seven children, moved to Little Mount, Spencer County, Kentucky, where four more children were born and where they resided until death. They home in Little Mount was still standing as of 1968.
The Quartermaster's Corps Memorial Division of the U.S. Army placed, in 1960, a beautiful marker at Little Mount Cemetery in memory of Michael Reasor on the 200th anniversary of his birth.
Listed in SAR gravesite register. SAR Patriot Index III, 2004; 56th-77th Annual Reports Senate Documents. Listed in SAR service as Fifer, VA.∼fifer capt Frost's Va Co. Revolutionary War
Michael and his brother, Frederick, had a ship fitted out and sailed to Germany where they obtained a cargo of one half million dollars worth of leather goods for the Revolutionary Army. Upon their return voyage a violent storm arose, the ship and cargo were lost at sea. The Reasor brothers and their sailors were rescued by a Scotch vessel and taken to Philadelphia, Penn, where they landed without a dollar.
Michael and Anna resided in Winchester, Virginia, until 1797, at which time they, with their seven children, moved to Little Mount, Spencer County, Kentucky, where four more children were born and where they resided until death. They home in Little Mount was still standing as of 1968.
The Quartermaster's Corps Memorial Division of the U.S. Army placed, in 1960, a beautiful marker at Little Mount Cemetery in memory of Michael Reasor on the 200th anniversary of his birth.
Listed in SAR gravesite register. SAR Patriot Index III, 2004; 56th-77th Annual Reports Senate Documents. Listed in SAR service as Fifer, VA.∼fifer capt Frost's Va Co. Revolutionary War
As a young man, Michael Reasor volunteered his services in the U.S. Army under Col. Kennedy in the company commanded by Capt. Gilkason. He enlisted as fifer May 1, 1777 until 1779, enlisted again, April 1781 under General Muchlenburg and Gen. De Marcus, now know as Gen LaFayettte. Discharged 1781, volunteered both services, for which he received a Pension. He is recognized by the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution.
Michael and his brother, Frederick, had a ship fitted out and sailed to Germany where they obtained a cargo of one half million dollars worth of leather goods for the Revolutionary Army. Upon their return voyage a violent storm arose, the ship and cargo were lost at sea. The Reasor brothers and their sailors were rescued by a Scotch vessel and taken to Philadelphia, Penn, where they landed without a dollar.
Michael and Anna resided in Winchester, Virginia, until 1797, at which time they, with their seven children, moved to Little Mount, Spencer County, Kentucky, where four more children were born and where they resided until death. They home in Little Mount was still standing as of 1968.
The Quartermaster's Corps Memorial Division of the U.S. Army placed, in 1960, a beautiful marker at Little Mount Cemetery in memory of Michael Reasor on the 200th anniversary of his birth.
Listed in SAR gravesite register. SAR Patriot Index III, 2004; 56th-77th Annual Reports Senate Documents. Listed in SAR service as Fifer, VA.∼fifer capt Frost's Va Co. Revolutionary War
Michael and his brother, Frederick, had a ship fitted out and sailed to Germany where they obtained a cargo of one half million dollars worth of leather goods for the Revolutionary Army. Upon their return voyage a violent storm arose, the ship and cargo were lost at sea. The Reasor brothers and their sailors were rescued by a Scotch vessel and taken to Philadelphia, Penn, where they landed without a dollar.
Michael and Anna resided in Winchester, Virginia, until 1797, at which time they, with their seven children, moved to Little Mount, Spencer County, Kentucky, where four more children were born and where they resided until death. They home in Little Mount was still standing as of 1968.
The Quartermaster's Corps Memorial Division of the U.S. Army placed, in 1960, a beautiful marker at Little Mount Cemetery in memory of Michael Reasor on the 200th anniversary of his birth.
Listed in SAR gravesite register. SAR Patriot Index III, 2004; 56th-77th Annual Reports Senate Documents. Listed in SAR service as Fifer, VA.∼fifer capt Frost's Va Co. Revolutionary War
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