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• Name: William WOLF
• Sex: M
• Birth: 14 Mar 1757 in East Hanover, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania ^b
• Death: 16 Oct 1839 in Washington Co, Pennsylvania ^d


Parents:

• Father:
  
• Peter WOLF Birth: Jun 1714 in Gangloff, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Death: 1788 in Washington Co, Pennsylvania
Mother:

• Hannah (WOLF) Birth: 1717 in Vigourie, Alsace, Germany

Family:
Marriage:

• Susan ASHBOUGH on Abt 1781 .^m1
  
• Susan ASHBOUGH Birth: 1759 in Bethel Twp, Berks Co, Pennsylvania Death: 11 Jul 1818

Children:

1. Mary WOLF Birth: Abt 1782 Death: Ohio
2. William WOLF Birth: 28 Mar 1784 Death: 31 Oct 1838 in Washington Co, Pennsylvania
3. Peter WOLF Birth: 1786 in Buffalo Twp, Washington Co, Pennsylvania Death: 27 Jul 1865 in Washington Co, Pennsylvania
4. John WOLF Birth: 1789 Death: 12 Feb 1868 in Wheeling, West Virginia
5. Elizabeth WOLF Birth: Abt 1791 Death: West Virginia
6. Simon S WOLF Birth: 23 May 1793 Death: 9 Oct 1879 in Washington, Pennsylvania
7. Christopher WOLF Birth: 15 Oct 1798 Death: 27 Sep 1882 in St Francisville, Clark Co, Missouri
8. Susan WOLF Birth: 1802

Bibliography

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:

[Ref: Bell GermanSettlement p116, Bell WOLF-84 p22],

place:

[Ref: Bell WOLF-84 p3]

Lancaster Co Pennsylvania [Ref: Beers WashingtonCoPA p699],

parents:

Peter WOLF & Hannah ___ [Ref: Beers WashingtonCoPA p699, Bell WOLF-84 p22, Bell WOLF-84 p3],

father:

[Ref: Bell GermanSettlement p115]

Sources for death Information

date:

[Ref: Bell GermanSettlement p116, Bell WOLF-84 p22],

place:

[Ref: Bell GermanSettlement p115, Bell WOLF-84 p22]

Sources with Information about marriage to Susan ASHBOUGH

date:

abt 1781 [Ref: Bell GermanSettlement p111, Bell WOLF-84 p22],

child:

[Ref: Beers WashingtonCoPA p699, Bell GermanSettlement p116, Bell GermanSettlement p117, Bell WOLF-84 p22, Bell WOLF-84 p23, Bell WOLF-84 p24]

Research Notes:
went to Washington Co in the spring of 1776, likely migrated with his father. William's pension application S24020 cited in [Ref: Bell WOLF-84 p1]

soon after arriving Wash Co, enlisted in the servies of Louis Wetzel, the great Indian-hunter, as a spy [Ref: Beers WashingtonCoPA p698]

1778 in Militia in Captain David Williamson's company. Colonel David Shepherd papers 1SS-5SS in DRAPER Manuscripts cited in [Ref: Bell WOLF-84 p1]

name listed in call given to Rev. Joseph SMITH by the congregation of Buffalo and Cross Creek - Presbyterian - on June 21 1779 [Ref: Bell WOLF-84 p2]

taxed in Ohio County, VA in 1782 [Ref: Bell WOLF-84 p1]

1782 taxed in Donegal (now Buffalo) Twp 100 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows, L80 [Ref: Bell WOLF-84 p1]

1783 taxed in Donegal (now Buffalo) Twp 150 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows [Ref: Bell WOLF-84 p1]

1785 taxed in Donegal (now Buffalo) Twp 215 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows [Ref: Bell WOLF-84 p1]

about 1785 William applied for about 400 acres on the waters of Chartiers Creek. At the time of the 1786 survey, he said that he was mistaken; it was on Buffalo waters. A warrant was granted Feb 22 1786, and a 385-acre tract, "Wolf's Hollow" surveyed Sep 20 1786. He was charged rent from 1784. The 385-acre tract was to be for William and Jacob. William paid Jacob to handle the financial end. In 1794 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania took action against William for not paying the fees for the land. So in Sep 1794 William sued Jacob for trespass and was awarded $120 damages in 1798. William had his part (200 acres) resurveyed Nov 22 1798 and took out a patent Jan 22 1799 and sold it two months later. [Ref: Bell WOLF-84 p9]

1786 taxed in Donegal (now Buffalo) Twp 200 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows [Ref: Bell WOLF-84 p10]

1787 taxed in Donegal (now Buffalo) Twp 150 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows [Ref: Bell WOLF-84 p10]

1788 taxed in Donegal (now Buffalo) Twp 200 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows [Ref: Bell WOLF-84 p10]

1789 tax list: 200 acres, 2 horses 2 cows [Ref: Bell WOLF-84 p1]

1789: living about 5 miles west of Washington PA, in Donegal (now Buffalo) Twp [Ref: Bell BYERS-87 p1]

1790 census: 1 male over 16, 2 males under 16, 3 females [Ref: Bell WOLF-84 p1]

Dec 17 1800 he sold a horse, a cow, and a heifer to William CLEMENS, son of James. Left Buffalo Twp about 1801. [Ref: Bell WOLF-84 p9]

1814 assessed in Canton Twp, OH, for 1 dog. [Ref: Bell WOLF-84 p9]

---------- service pension application S24020 Nov 12 1832, granted Apr 23 1833:
When he entered the service of his country lived in Buffalo Township in Washington County, Penna. The first term of his service was for six months commencing the first day of April 1776 [likely 1777]. He was a volunteer under the command of Col David Williamson, Maj Henry Dickerson and Captains Jacob Miller and Charles Bonner and Zachariah Biggs and Eleazar Williamson and Capt Brady were also in the same service. We were all engaged as "Indian spies" traversing the country from Washington, Penna to and along the Ohio river as low down as the mouth of Grave creek in Virginia.
Some part of the tour he was stationed at Biggs' fort, where West Liberty now stands, but generally he was under arms scouring the country and defending the frontiers from the incursions of the savages.
My second term of service commenced about the first of April 1777 [1778]
and ended the ensuing fall, or commencement of winter, when the weather became so cold and severe that there was no longer any danger to be apprehended to the settlement from the inroads of the Indians. My third tour of duty commenced at the breaking up of winter about the last of March 1778 [1779] and continued 'til the snow covered the ground in the autumn.
For the last two terms I was drafted and served under the command of Col (then Capt) David Williamson, who was the commandant of all the troops in this service from Washington County. Major Dickerson, Capt Bonner, Capt Biggs, Capt Miller, and Capt Williamson were officers under Col Williamson. During the campaign of 1778 [1779], I was under the immediate command of Capt Eleazer Williamson and marched with him to the fort situated near the mouth of Captina or Indian Wheeling creek in Virginia, from thence we marched to a fort commanded by Col Stryker situated on Wheeling creek about 5 miles above the place where the town of Wheeling now stands.
I also spent a part of the summer in and about Zane's fort, which was situated on the very ground where Wheeling is located. Some part of this summer I also spent on Buffalo Creek in this county at Ryerson's Station in Green County, at Mason's station on the waters of Buffalo and at Major Dickerson's fort on the waters of Chartiers creek.
At none of these places I stayed more than a few days at once. We were almost constantly on foot traversing that rugged country lying between the headwaters of Chartiers creek and the mouth of Grave creek on the Ohio. When we did stop it was only for a short time to rest our fatigued bodies and recruit our languishing spirits. To detail my services during the spring, summer and autumn of 1777 [78] would be in effect to repeat what I have already said with regard to the subsequent season with this exception that I was forted for one whole month at West Liberty without being much in active duty. My whole services during these three seasons amounted to at least eighteen months for which, although I was promised a liberal compensation, I never received a single cent. About the first of November 1778 [79] I received a discharge from Col Williamson, which I did not consider a paper of much importance and therefore it has been lost or destroyed.
The following names persons can testify to my character for veracity: Ebenezer Brownlee, Joseph McKee, Thomas Chambers, James Allison Esq, William Clemens Esq, Simon Ashbrook, Martin Horn, and Joshua Dickerson Esq. Two persons have a personal knowledge of my services, viz Hugh Workman (who lived in the Borough of Washington, PA) and Jacob Wolf. [Ref: Bell WOLF-84 p11]



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 /-----Peter WOLF
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 \-----Hannah (WOLF)



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