This is an "in Memory of" marker and memorial for Samuel Banta. He was living in Mercer County when he filed an application for military pension in 1833. (His pension application was rejected due to less than six months service).
He is not believed to be buried at Pleasant Hill Shaker Cemetery altho there is a findagrave memorial for him there, since the Pleasant Hill Journal said Samuel left the order in 1816. He quite probably was buried in the South Union Shaker Colony Cemetery near Bowling Green Kentucky.
Samuel Banta, son of Hendrick "Father Henry" Banta and his second wife Ann Demaree, was baptized on the 8th of July 1753 in Harlingen Reformed Dutch Church. In 1754 he moved with his parents from New Jersey to York County, as part of the Conewago Colony in Pennsylvania. He married Dyna Dorland there about 1772.
Samuel Banta served in the Revolutionary War in Dec 1776 at York County, Pennsylvania under Captain Van Arsdale, marched to Philadelphia, from there to Trenton, New Jersey. When about eight miles from Philadelphia they met some Hessian soldiers, prisoners taken in the Battle at Trenton, N.J., 26 Dec. 1776. Samuel was stationed next under General Putnam headquarters at Princeton, N.J. He was stationed there as a guard. He protected the colonists against the British occupying New Brunswick. In the Spring of 1777 when his tour of duty was over, he was honorably discharged and returned home to Conewago. The Dutch group began moving to Kentucky in 1780.
Samuel took the southern route through Cumberland Gap. His wife Dyna was pregnant with their fourth child when they reached Mercer County in the spring of 1781.
In 1805 he was residing in Mercer County on the Kentucky River where he "Embraced" the Shaker Faith. They sold their farm, gave the money to the Society and moved to Pleasant Hill Shaker village. For a time Samuel served as a Deacon at Pleasant Hill in the Center Family Dwelling in 1807. Dyna died there in 1812 and in 1816 Samuel left the society but may have gone to the South Union colony.
He applied for a pension in 1833 age 80, but died soon after. (This bio was prepared by a descendant, Lucille Wahrenbrock, in 2009 for the memorial service. Lucille is since deceased. Some information is from "The Freedom that is our Birthright", booklet with each Veteran memorial, now on file at Harrodsburg Historical Society research library.)
(additional info from descendant Joan E. Murry 2020) The reason Samuel, Dyna and their children traveled to Shepherdstown to begin their journey to Kentucky rather than traveling with the main group led by his father, was because Dyna was pregnant with their 4th child, who was born on 25 February 1781 in Shepherdstown. When the baby was only a few months old they left with the group that went overland and through the Cumberland Gap to reach Kentucky. I read through 19 reels of microfilm covering all the available records covering the Pleasant Hill Society. I have also visited South Union and discussed this issue with them. Although Samuel did go to South Union occasionally on business for the Pleasant Hill Society, and his brother John did reside there, South Union has no record of Samuel spending his last years there. He lived in Mercer County Kentucky, where he still had two children living - Lambert Dorland Banta and Mary Banta Riker. The Pleasant Hill records make mention of Lambert visiting Pleasant Hill a number of times on behalf of his father after the date his father left the Society. Lambert Dorland Banta, son of Samuel and Dyna, lived very near to Shakertown. He was born 8 June 1783 in Mercer County, KY, and died 11 March 1861 in Mercer County. He married Margaret Eberly. It is more than likely that Samuel Banta was buried on his son Lambert's family cemetery, since Lambert is the one who took in Samuel after he left the Shakers. Lambert also pursued, on behalf of his father, requests to the Shaker Community, to return to his father what his father had taken into the society with him, and this included not only household goods and tools, but also property. (See Shaker Journals, University of Kentucky at Lexington, Microfilm Reels M-206, 1-7 Shaker Journals; Filson Club Collection of Shaker Manuscripts Microfilm Reels 1-7; and Shaker Records, Original Manuscripts at Western Reserve University Historical Library, Cleveland, Ohio and University of Kentucky at Lexington, Microfilm Reels 1-9)
Unfortunately, Lambert's property was destroyed when the Herrington Lake project was created to alleviate flooding in that area. Unfortunately no records of the burials under present Herrington Lake have been found.
Contributor: Joan E Murray (49031151) •
He is not believed to be buried at Pleasant Hill Shaker Cemetery altho there is a findagrave memorial for him there, since the Pleasant Hill Journal said Samuel left the order in 1816. He quite probably was buried in the South Union Shaker Colony Cemetery near Bowling Green Kentucky.
Samuel Banta, son of Hendrick "Father Henry" Banta and his second wife Ann Demaree, was baptized on the 8th of July 1753 in Harlingen Reformed Dutch Church. In 1754 he moved with his parents from New Jersey to York County, as part of the Conewago Colony in Pennsylvania. He married Dyna Dorland there about 1772.
Samuel Banta served in the Revolutionary War in Dec 1776 at York County, Pennsylvania under Captain Van Arsdale, marched to Philadelphia, from there to Trenton, New Jersey. When about eight miles from Philadelphia they met some Hessian soldiers, prisoners taken in the Battle at Trenton, N.J., 26 Dec. 1776. Samuel was stationed next under General Putnam headquarters at Princeton, N.J. He was stationed there as a guard. He protected the colonists against the British occupying New Brunswick. In the Spring of 1777 when his tour of duty was over, he was honorably discharged and returned home to Conewago. The Dutch group began moving to Kentucky in 1780.
Samuel took the southern route through Cumberland Gap. His wife Dyna was pregnant with their fourth child when they reached Mercer County in the spring of 1781.
In 1805 he was residing in Mercer County on the Kentucky River where he "Embraced" the Shaker Faith. They sold their farm, gave the money to the Society and moved to Pleasant Hill Shaker village. For a time Samuel served as a Deacon at Pleasant Hill in the Center Family Dwelling in 1807. Dyna died there in 1812 and in 1816 Samuel left the society but may have gone to the South Union colony.
He applied for a pension in 1833 age 80, but died soon after. (This bio was prepared by a descendant, Lucille Wahrenbrock, in 2009 for the memorial service. Lucille is since deceased. Some information is from "The Freedom that is our Birthright", booklet with each Veteran memorial, now on file at Harrodsburg Historical Society research library.)
(additional info from descendant Joan E. Murry 2020) The reason Samuel, Dyna and their children traveled to Shepherdstown to begin their journey to Kentucky rather than traveling with the main group led by his father, was because Dyna was pregnant with their 4th child, who was born on 25 February 1781 in Shepherdstown. When the baby was only a few months old they left with the group that went overland and through the Cumberland Gap to reach Kentucky. I read through 19 reels of microfilm covering all the available records covering the Pleasant Hill Society. I have also visited South Union and discussed this issue with them. Although Samuel did go to South Union occasionally on business for the Pleasant Hill Society, and his brother John did reside there, South Union has no record of Samuel spending his last years there. He lived in Mercer County Kentucky, where he still had two children living - Lambert Dorland Banta and Mary Banta Riker. The Pleasant Hill records make mention of Lambert visiting Pleasant Hill a number of times on behalf of his father after the date his father left the Society. Lambert Dorland Banta, son of Samuel and Dyna, lived very near to Shakertown. He was born 8 June 1783 in Mercer County, KY, and died 11 March 1861 in Mercer County. He married Margaret Eberly. It is more than likely that Samuel Banta was buried on his son Lambert's family cemetery, since Lambert is the one who took in Samuel after he left the Shakers. Lambert also pursued, on behalf of his father, requests to the Shaker Community, to return to his father what his father had taken into the society with him, and this included not only household goods and tools, but also property. (See Shaker Journals, University of Kentucky at Lexington, Microfilm Reels M-206, 1-7 Shaker Journals; Filson Club Collection of Shaker Manuscripts Microfilm Reels 1-7; and Shaker Records, Original Manuscripts at Western Reserve University Historical Library, Cleveland, Ohio and University of Kentucky at Lexington, Microfilm Reels 1-9)
Unfortunately, Lambert's property was destroyed when the Herrington Lake project was created to alleviate flooding in that area. Unfortunately no records of the burials under present Herrington Lake have been found.
Contributor: Joan E Murray (49031151) •
This is an "in Memory of" marker and memorial for Samuel Banta. He was living in Mercer County when he filed an application for military pension in 1833. (His pension application was rejected due to less than six months service).
He is not believed to be buried at Pleasant Hill Shaker Cemetery altho there is a findagrave memorial for him there, since the Pleasant Hill Journal said Samuel left the order in 1816. He quite probably was buried in the South Union Shaker Colony Cemetery near Bowling Green Kentucky.
Samuel Banta, son of Hendrick "Father Henry" Banta and his second wife Ann Demaree, was baptized on the 8th of July 1753 in Harlingen Reformed Dutch Church. In 1754 he moved with his parents from New Jersey to York County, as part of the Conewago Colony in Pennsylvania. He married Dyna Dorland there about 1772.
Samuel Banta served in the Revolutionary War in Dec 1776 at York County, Pennsylvania under Captain Van Arsdale, marched to Philadelphia, from there to Trenton, New Jersey. When about eight miles from Philadelphia they met some Hessian soldiers, prisoners taken in the Battle at Trenton, N.J., 26 Dec. 1776. Samuel was stationed next under General Putnam headquarters at Princeton, N.J. He was stationed there as a guard. He protected the colonists against the British occupying New Brunswick. In the Spring of 1777 when his tour of duty was over, he was honorably discharged and returned home to Conewago. The Dutch group began moving to Kentucky in 1780.
Samuel took the southern route through Cumberland Gap. His wife Dyna was pregnant with their fourth child when they reached Mercer County in the spring of 1781.
In 1805 he was residing in Mercer County on the Kentucky River where he "Embraced" the Shaker Faith. They sold their farm, gave the money to the Society and moved to Pleasant Hill Shaker village. For a time Samuel served as a Deacon at Pleasant Hill in the Center Family Dwelling in 1807. Dyna died there in 1812 and in 1816 Samuel left the society but may have gone to the South Union colony.
He applied for a pension in 1833 age 80, but died soon after. (This bio was prepared by a descendant, Lucille Wahrenbrock, in 2009 for the memorial service. Lucille is since deceased. Some information is from "The Freedom that is our Birthright", booklet with each Veteran memorial, now on file at Harrodsburg Historical Society research library.)
(additional info from descendant Joan E. Murry 2020) The reason Samuel, Dyna and their children traveled to Shepherdstown to begin their journey to Kentucky rather than traveling with the main group led by his father, was because Dyna was pregnant with their 4th child, who was born on 25 February 1781 in Shepherdstown. When the baby was only a few months old they left with the group that went overland and through the Cumberland Gap to reach Kentucky. I read through 19 reels of microfilm covering all the available records covering the Pleasant Hill Society. I have also visited South Union and discussed this issue with them. Although Samuel did go to South Union occasionally on business for the Pleasant Hill Society, and his brother John did reside there, South Union has no record of Samuel spending his last years there. He lived in Mercer County Kentucky, where he still had two children living - Lambert Dorland Banta and Mary Banta Riker. The Pleasant Hill records make mention of Lambert visiting Pleasant Hill a number of times on behalf of his father after the date his father left the Society. Lambert Dorland Banta, son of Samuel and Dyna, lived very near to Shakertown. He was born 8 June 1783 in Mercer County, KY, and died 11 March 1861 in Mercer County. He married Margaret Eberly. It is more than likely that Samuel Banta was buried on his son Lambert's family cemetery, since Lambert is the one who took in Samuel after he left the Shakers. Lambert also pursued, on behalf of his father, requests to the Shaker Community, to return to his father what his father had taken into the society with him, and this included not only household goods and tools, but also property. (See Shaker Journals, University of Kentucky at Lexington, Microfilm Reels M-206, 1-7 Shaker Journals; Filson Club Collection of Shaker Manuscripts Microfilm Reels 1-7; and Shaker Records, Original Manuscripts at Western Reserve University Historical Library, Cleveland, Ohio and University of Kentucky at Lexington, Microfilm Reels 1-9)
Unfortunately, Lambert's property was destroyed when the Herrington Lake project was created to alleviate flooding in that area. Unfortunately no records of the burials under present Herrington Lake have been found.
Contributor: Joan E Murray (49031151) •
He is not believed to be buried at Pleasant Hill Shaker Cemetery altho there is a findagrave memorial for him there, since the Pleasant Hill Journal said Samuel left the order in 1816. He quite probably was buried in the South Union Shaker Colony Cemetery near Bowling Green Kentucky.
Samuel Banta, son of Hendrick "Father Henry" Banta and his second wife Ann Demaree, was baptized on the 8th of July 1753 in Harlingen Reformed Dutch Church. In 1754 he moved with his parents from New Jersey to York County, as part of the Conewago Colony in Pennsylvania. He married Dyna Dorland there about 1772.
Samuel Banta served in the Revolutionary War in Dec 1776 at York County, Pennsylvania under Captain Van Arsdale, marched to Philadelphia, from there to Trenton, New Jersey. When about eight miles from Philadelphia they met some Hessian soldiers, prisoners taken in the Battle at Trenton, N.J., 26 Dec. 1776. Samuel was stationed next under General Putnam headquarters at Princeton, N.J. He was stationed there as a guard. He protected the colonists against the British occupying New Brunswick. In the Spring of 1777 when his tour of duty was over, he was honorably discharged and returned home to Conewago. The Dutch group began moving to Kentucky in 1780.
Samuel took the southern route through Cumberland Gap. His wife Dyna was pregnant with their fourth child when they reached Mercer County in the spring of 1781.
In 1805 he was residing in Mercer County on the Kentucky River where he "Embraced" the Shaker Faith. They sold their farm, gave the money to the Society and moved to Pleasant Hill Shaker village. For a time Samuel served as a Deacon at Pleasant Hill in the Center Family Dwelling in 1807. Dyna died there in 1812 and in 1816 Samuel left the society but may have gone to the South Union colony.
He applied for a pension in 1833 age 80, but died soon after. (This bio was prepared by a descendant, Lucille Wahrenbrock, in 2009 for the memorial service. Lucille is since deceased. Some information is from "The Freedom that is our Birthright", booklet with each Veteran memorial, now on file at Harrodsburg Historical Society research library.)
(additional info from descendant Joan E. Murry 2020) The reason Samuel, Dyna and their children traveled to Shepherdstown to begin their journey to Kentucky rather than traveling with the main group led by his father, was because Dyna was pregnant with their 4th child, who was born on 25 February 1781 in Shepherdstown. When the baby was only a few months old they left with the group that went overland and through the Cumberland Gap to reach Kentucky. I read through 19 reels of microfilm covering all the available records covering the Pleasant Hill Society. I have also visited South Union and discussed this issue with them. Although Samuel did go to South Union occasionally on business for the Pleasant Hill Society, and his brother John did reside there, South Union has no record of Samuel spending his last years there. He lived in Mercer County Kentucky, where he still had two children living - Lambert Dorland Banta and Mary Banta Riker. The Pleasant Hill records make mention of Lambert visiting Pleasant Hill a number of times on behalf of his father after the date his father left the Society. Lambert Dorland Banta, son of Samuel and Dyna, lived very near to Shakertown. He was born 8 June 1783 in Mercer County, KY, and died 11 March 1861 in Mercer County. He married Margaret Eberly. It is more than likely that Samuel Banta was buried on his son Lambert's family cemetery, since Lambert is the one who took in Samuel after he left the Shakers. Lambert also pursued, on behalf of his father, requests to the Shaker Community, to return to his father what his father had taken into the society with him, and this included not only household goods and tools, but also property. (See Shaker Journals, University of Kentucky at Lexington, Microfilm Reels M-206, 1-7 Shaker Journals; Filson Club Collection of Shaker Manuscripts Microfilm Reels 1-7; and Shaker Records, Original Manuscripts at Western Reserve University Historical Library, Cleveland, Ohio and University of Kentucky at Lexington, Microfilm Reels 1-9)
Unfortunately, Lambert's property was destroyed when the Herrington Lake project was created to alleviate flooding in that area. Unfortunately no records of the burials under present Herrington Lake have been found.
Contributor: Joan E Murray (49031151) •
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