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Gilbert Ritchey

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Gilbert Ritchey Veteran

Birth
Pennsylvania, USA
Death
1854 (aged 95–96)
Milroy, Rush County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Rush County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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He was a Revolutionary War Soldier and is listed with both the DAR and SAR.

Gilbert and father Wllliam were in Westmoreland County, PA ,during Revolutionary War.

Served as a Private with Captain Thomas Bell, in the Pennsylvania Militia, of Fort Cumberland. Served in Col. Rawlings regiment.

Gilbert served with the Pennsylvania Militia, 1st Class, called on duty July 10, 1782.
Proof: Pennsylvania Archives, Series 6, Volume 2, pg 342

Named on Bronze Tablet (../QR/rushcoplaq3.jpg) in Rush County Courthouse.

He was also a minister/preacher.
He was a Revolutionary War Soldier and is listed with both the DAR and SAR.

Gilbert and father Wllliam were in Westmoreland County, PA ,during Revolutionary War.

Served as a Private with Captain Thomas Bell, in the Pennsylvania Militia, of Fort Cumberland. Served in Col. Rawlings regiment.

Gilbert served with the Pennsylvania Militia, 1st Class, called on duty July 10, 1782.
Proof: Pennsylvania Archives, Series 6, Volume 2, pg 342

Named on Bronze Tablet (../QR/rushcoplaq3.jpg) in Rush County Courthouse.

He was also a minister/preacher.

Gravesite Details

Cemetery (RU085) now abandoned, only a few grave markers left standing.



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