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To access a list of all known veterans that served in the American Revolutionary War and are buried in Ohio, see the Revolutionary War Patriots.

Veterans of the American Revolutionary War who are buried in the Darrtown cemetery

COOLEY, WILLIAM (Butler County) [39.49420 -84.67470] Born on March 3, 1756, in Goshen, New York to Jabez Cooley. Served as a private in the New York Militia, during the Revolutionary War. He was married to Nancy Jones on January 8, 1793 in Madison County, Kentucky by the Reverend Feathergill Adams, Baptist preacher. By 1799, William and Nancy moved to Pleasant Run, in Hamilton County, Ohio. In 1804, the Butler County Commissioners recorded that William had killed two wolves for a two-dollar bounty. He moved to the lower end of Darrtown by 1815, where he lived until his death in 1837. He was a soldier, a weaver and a farmer. Both William and Nancy were members of the Baptist Church that was located next to Darrtown Cemetery. He and his wife left no children.He died on August 11, 1837, in Darrtown, Ohio and buried not, atShollenbarger Road Baptist Cemetery, but at Darrtown Pioneer Cemetery, Darrtown, OH 45056. Official roster: Soldiers of the American Revolution who lived in the State of Ohio. Wilbur R. Branthoover, compiler. Veterans Affairs, Ohio. Reprinted by OHSDAR, 1938. SAR Ancestor #P-138325. Has a tombstone. Cemetery number #-641227. FAG Memorial #-29589417. [Darrtown webmaster note: See more Cooley info at the Cooley Family webpage.]

HINSEY, CORNELIUS, (HINSEY), (Butler County) [39.49420 -84.67470] Born in February 1768. He served in the Revolutionary War. Lived in Milford Twp. Not identified. He died on April 28,1845 at 77 years of age and buried at the (Baptist) Darrtown PioneerCemetery, Darrtown, Milford Twp., Butler Co., OH. Roster of Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Ohio. Wilbur R. Branthoover, compiler. Veterans Affairs, Ohio. Reprinted by OHSDAR,1929. His name is on Panel #9 of the Butler County Ohio Soldiers Sailors & Pioneers Monument, in Hamilton, OH, as a Revolutionary War Soldier, High Street & Monument Avenue, at Hamilton, OH 45011 [39.400736 -84.564600]. SAR Ancestor # P-182197. Has a limestone tombstone. Cemetery number #-641227. FAG Memorial #-39383354. (See footnote #1 below)

IRWIN, JOHN (Butler County) [39.4942017-84.6746979] Born on May 24, 1757. He served with Delaware in the Revolutionary War. He married Mary Morton Welsh (1762-1836) in 1782; children: Morton, b. 1783 & Nancy b. 1787. He died on July 31, 1835 and buried at Darrtown Cemetery, Memorial Highway, Darrtown, Butler Co., OH45056. Also known as Baptist Cemetery, Darrtown Cemetery, Milford Cemetery, Milford Center Cemetery. Official roster III: Soldiers of the American Revolution who lived in the State of Ohio. Wilbur R. Branthoover, compiler. Veterans Affairs, Ohio. Reprinted by the Ohio Society Daughters of the American Revolution (OHSDAR),1959. PA ARCH, 3RD SER, VOL 23, PP 678, 679 PA archives Ser 35 VOL 1 pp 38. Return of the Christeen Company of Delaware Militia 24oct 1779-1800 pp 765,790,793 of the published Delaware Archives Vol II.DAR# A060526. SAR Ancestor # P-189947.Has a Tombstone. [Darrtown webmaster note: See more Irwin info at the Irwin Family webpage.]

TEEGARDEN, MOSES (Butler County) [4505639.4942017 -84.6746979] Born in 1762, in Frederick, MD. He served as a Ranger with PA in the Revolutionary War, under Lieutenant Richard Johnston's Company on Frontier of Westmoreland County. He married Mary Huston(1765-1830) in 1786; children: Susannah b. 1800, Ann, George, William, Abraham, Walter b. 1791and Jacob. He died in 1844 in Butler County, OH and buried at Darrtown Pioneer Cemetery, Darrtown, Butler County, OH. Also known as Baptist Cemetery, Darrtown Cemetery, Milford Cemetery, Milford Center Cemetery. Revolutionary War Graves Register. Clovis H. Brakebill, compiler. 672pp. SAR,1993.SAR Revolutionary War Graves Register CD. Progeny Publishing Co: Buffalo, NY,1998. Revolutionary Service as a scout and ranger within Capt. Richard Johnston's co., Westmoreland Co., (PA) militia regt.; source, PA Archives, Series 3, Vol XXIII, pg. 325.DAR# A113201.SAR Ancestor # P-302742. Has a tombstone. Cemetery number #-641227. FAG Memorial #-40640939.

FOOTNOTE #1 - related to Cornelius Hinsey

Judith Brueneman contributed the following documentation on Feb. 28, 2021.

This Cornelius Hinsey record supplements an EXISTING SET of gravesite registration cards for Darrtown military veterans.

Area residents who were George Washington associates are named at:  Bicentennial of George Washington's birth.

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