Joseph Ghormley
Painting by Archibald M. Willard |
| Born: | December 23, 1759, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania |
| Died: | November 30, 1843, Mecca, Parke Co., Indiana |
| Buried: | Hixon Cemetery, Mecca, Parke County, Indiana |
Notes:
• Son of Hugh Ghormley (1733 - 1813) and Mary Catherine Covington (1733 - 1803). - Ancestry.com
• "GHORMLEY, JOSEPH, pensioner in Indiana, born 1758, in Cumberland County, Penna. He entered service about Christmas, 1776, for two months; in Spring of 1777, served two months; Fall of 1777, for two more months. His service was as a private under Captain Mitchell, Pennsylvania Militia. In the census of 1809, of Madison County, Ala., we find Joseph Gormley as the head of a family consisting of five males under twenty-one years of age, one male over twenty-one, one female under twenty-one, three females over twenty-one, and ten slaves. At the time of his application for a pension, October 25, 1843, he claimed that he had lived in Parke County, Ind., for two years and previously in Floyd County, Indiana".-See also Roster of Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution Buried in Indiana, p. 155. - Ancestry.com
• Private, Pennsylvania Militia, Revolutionary War. - Patriot Database
• Married Robin Lynn DePue in 1787 in Pennsylvania. - Ancestry.com
• Father of: Michael Ghormley, William Ghormley, Ann Ghormley (1788 -), Joseph Ghormley (1796 - 1864), James Ghormley (1797 - 1836). - Ancestry.com
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• Ancestry.com - Page owned by TXMiss60sw and can be viewed only with an Ancestry.com paid subscription. Included in the information are theories about his birthdate. (Originally found at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/12458047/person/127587497.)
• Brith date explanation - This is an explaination of theories and contridictions related to Joseph's birthdate. This collection of information is viewed through an Ancestry.com paid subscription. (Originally found at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/12458047/person/127587497/mediax/3?pgnum=1&pg=0&pgpl=pid%7CpgNum.)
• Patriot Database - Alabama's Revolutionary War Soldiers and Patriots Database on the Resources tab of the Alabama Society of the Sons of the American Revolution website.
• Thomas McAdory Owen's Revolutionary Soldiers in Alabama - Alabama Department of Archives and History
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