John served with his brother Mathias in the 6th Battalion in the Pennsylvania Militia of Philadelphia County in Captain Dotterer's Company. He bought a farm on April 8, 1783 next to his brother Christopher Geists's farm at Bombay Hook in Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. This information from A.Frank Geist's book, "The Geist Relation - 200 Years in America". At the time of the book John Geist's wife's name was unknown, but his children were listed as John Geist, Mathias Geist, Catherine Geist Missimer, Susan Geist Missimer, and Rebecca Geist Rahn.
John served with his brother Mathias in the 6th Battalion in the Pennsylvania Militia of Philadelphia County in Captain Dotterer's Company. He bought a farm on April 8, 1783 next to his brother Christopher Geists's farm at Bombay Hook in Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. This information from A.Frank Geist's book, "The Geist Relation - 200 Years in America". At the time of the book John Geist's wife's name was unknown, but his children were listed as John Geist, Mathias Geist, Catherine Geist Missimer, Susan Geist Missimer, and Rebecca Geist Rahn.
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He is likely buried on the old burying grounds as his son John and Mathias Geist and daughter, but his name was not on the bronze list of names at the cemetery.
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