Johan Conrad Whisenhunt was a son of Philip Whisenhunt and Mary Bohelier. He married Molena[?] before 1778.
He, his father, and cousin Peter are listed in Colonel Samuel Campbell’s Loyalist Militia stationed on James Island near Charleston on May 5th, 1782.
The loyalist in N. C. During Revolutionary War- DeMont; Duke University Press 1940, PP 217-218
Sergeant - Conrad Whisenhunt
Private - Peter Whisenhunt
Private - Philip Whisenhunt
Charleston was occupied by the British for thirty months when they left December 14th 1782. Though Cornwallis had surrendered to George Washington in Oct.19,1781 at Yorktown, it was not until September 3, 1783, that the Treaty of Paris was signed and Britain's war with the United States was officially at an end. The Whisenhunts were in the North Carolina Militia from November 14,1781 through April 1782, barely six months so it was after Yorktown that they were in service and essentially the war was already over. Details surrounding this are incomplete. Why they would have chosen this direction while other members of their family chose the other can only be speculated upon. Their strong German heritage making them still somewhat “Old World” has been offered as a possible reason, also the possibility that “impressment” or some strong outside motivation was used to secure their service as a possibility. One of the loyalist leaders that they were under, Col. David Fanning claimed to have been originally a Patriot, however, he said that mistreatment by Patriots caused him to change sides.
Conrad also was listed as Johan Conrad Wiesenant in Rev. Arends' diary (Pastor of this church).
Conrad died childless.He was buried in Daniel's Reformed Ch. Cemetary. Some exerpts From Raymond Whisnant's surname center.
He, his father, and cousin Peter are listed in Colonel Samuel Campbell’s Loyalist Militia stationed on James Island near Charleston on May 5th, 1782.
The loyalist in N. C. During Revolutionary War- DeMont; Duke University Press 1940, PP 217-218
Sergeant - Conrad Whisenhunt
Private - Peter Whisenhunt
Private - Philip Whisenhunt
Charleston was occupied by the British for thirty months when they left December 14th 1782. Though Cornwallis had surrendered to George Washington in Oct.19,1781 at Yorktown, it was not until September 3, 1783, that the Treaty of Paris was signed and Britain's war with the United States was officially at an end. The Whisenhunts were in the North Carolina Militia from November 14,1781 through April 1782, barely six months so it was after Yorktown that they were in service and essentially the war was already over. Details surrounding this are incomplete. Why they would have chosen this direction while other members of their family chose the other can only be speculated upon. Their strong German heritage making them still somewhat “Old World” has been offered as a possible reason, also the possibility that “impressment” or some strong outside motivation was used to secure their service as a possibility. One of the loyalist leaders that they were under, Col. David Fanning claimed to have been originally a Patriot, however, he said that mistreatment by Patriots caused him to change sides.
Conrad also was listed as Johan Conrad Wiesenant in Rev. Arends' diary (Pastor of this church).
Conrad died childless.He was buried in Daniel's Reformed Ch. Cemetary. Some exerpts From Raymond Whisnant's surname center.
Johan Conrad Whisenhunt was a son of Philip Whisenhunt and Mary Bohelier. He married Molena[?] before 1778.
He, his father, and cousin Peter are listed in Colonel Samuel Campbell’s Loyalist Militia stationed on James Island near Charleston on May 5th, 1782.
The loyalist in N. C. During Revolutionary War- DeMont; Duke University Press 1940, PP 217-218
Sergeant - Conrad Whisenhunt
Private - Peter Whisenhunt
Private - Philip Whisenhunt
Charleston was occupied by the British for thirty months when they left December 14th 1782. Though Cornwallis had surrendered to George Washington in Oct.19,1781 at Yorktown, it was not until September 3, 1783, that the Treaty of Paris was signed and Britain's war with the United States was officially at an end. The Whisenhunts were in the North Carolina Militia from November 14,1781 through April 1782, barely six months so it was after Yorktown that they were in service and essentially the war was already over. Details surrounding this are incomplete. Why they would have chosen this direction while other members of their family chose the other can only be speculated upon. Their strong German heritage making them still somewhat “Old World” has been offered as a possible reason, also the possibility that “impressment” or some strong outside motivation was used to secure their service as a possibility. One of the loyalist leaders that they were under, Col. David Fanning claimed to have been originally a Patriot, however, he said that mistreatment by Patriots caused him to change sides.
Conrad also was listed as Johan Conrad Wiesenant in Rev. Arends' diary (Pastor of this church).
Conrad died childless.He was buried in Daniel's Reformed Ch. Cemetary. Some exerpts From Raymond Whisnant's surname center.
He, his father, and cousin Peter are listed in Colonel Samuel Campbell’s Loyalist Militia stationed on James Island near Charleston on May 5th, 1782.
The loyalist in N. C. During Revolutionary War- DeMont; Duke University Press 1940, PP 217-218
Sergeant - Conrad Whisenhunt
Private - Peter Whisenhunt
Private - Philip Whisenhunt
Charleston was occupied by the British for thirty months when they left December 14th 1782. Though Cornwallis had surrendered to George Washington in Oct.19,1781 at Yorktown, it was not until September 3, 1783, that the Treaty of Paris was signed and Britain's war with the United States was officially at an end. The Whisenhunts were in the North Carolina Militia from November 14,1781 through April 1782, barely six months so it was after Yorktown that they were in service and essentially the war was already over. Details surrounding this are incomplete. Why they would have chosen this direction while other members of their family chose the other can only be speculated upon. Their strong German heritage making them still somewhat “Old World” has been offered as a possible reason, also the possibility that “impressment” or some strong outside motivation was used to secure their service as a possibility. One of the loyalist leaders that they were under, Col. David Fanning claimed to have been originally a Patriot, however, he said that mistreatment by Patriots caused him to change sides.
Conrad also was listed as Johan Conrad Wiesenant in Rev. Arends' diary (Pastor of this church).
Conrad died childless.He was buried in Daniel's Reformed Ch. Cemetary. Some exerpts From Raymond Whisnant's surname center.
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