JOHN DUKE




Born: 25 June 1756 England

Died: 9 April 1841, Johnson County, Indiana

Burial: Shiloh Cemetery, east of Waverly, Morgan County, Indiana

Service: 5 May 1776 enlisted as a pvt in Capt Charles CRAIG'S Co, 1st PA Line, Col Edward Hand
Was in battles of Brandywine, Trenton, Princeton, Fort Washington and White Plains
Name is recorded among pvts in PA invalid Regt at Philadelphia Oct and Nov 1777
12 Sept 1778 he reenlisted to serve under Capt John Pearson at Philadelphia, Col Walter Stewart's 2nd Regt, Col Richard Butler's 9th Regt

Proof: Penn Archives, series two Vol 10 and 11 and series three vol 23
Pension W 9841

Married: Sally McNeal, 1789 - b. abt 1770 d. ca 1844

Children:
Hugh: m. Pailine White
George: b. 8 Oct 1796 - d. 5 May 1872   bur. Shiloh Cemetery   m. Mary Brummond
John: b. 16 July 1800 - m. Judith Humphrie
William: 8 Jan 1802 m. Nancy Glassburn
James
Robert
Mary: m. George Brunnemar
Elizabeth: m. Daniel Etter
Washington: b.5 March 1814 m. Rosanna Etter
a daughter: m. Robert Branch



Directions: Shiloh Cemetery
Located in Section 36 of Harrison Township, Morgan County east of Waverly, Indiana near Banta, Indiana. Near the Johnson County line.

The cemetery is located 1.5 miles from State Hwy 37 - junction to Waverly, Indiana
It is 2.4 miles east of Waverly across State Highway 37. Follow the hard surface road and turn left at the "T", then go east a short distance (about 3rd turnoff), turn right aand go about 1/10 mile and cemetery is on the left several feet from the road. The cemetery is being kept up.

On the Revolutionary War Veterans Buried in Morgan Co, Indiana, it shows three more veterans buried there: George Brunnemer, Jacob Dillman and John Williams. No identifiable stones could be found for these veterans.

John Duke is listed on a plaque in Johnson County.

Family and Military information was collected by Mrs I E Tranter, Franklin, Indiana
Directions and Photos courtesy of Edward Hitchcock, Daniel Guthrie Chapter SAR, Bedford, Indiana.

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