Cemetery transcription states..."Christian Hootman was born in Hesse-Dermstadt, Germany and was one of the Hessian soldiers hired by the English to suppress the American Colonists. At the battle of Brandywine he was taken prisoner and (making no effort to escape) was soon drumming in the Continental Army under Gen. Washington. In 1785 he settled on the farm in Donegal Twp., on which he died."
Cemetery transcription states..."Christian Hootman was born in Hesse-Dermstadt, Germany and was one of the Hessian soldiers hired by the English to suppress the American Colonists. At the battle of Brandywine he was taken prisoner and (making no effort to escape) was soon drumming in the Continental Army under Gen. Washington. In 1785 he settled on the farm in Donegal Twp., on which he died."
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