(Editor's Note: As part of the ongoing series featured in The Recorder provided by the Alta Mira Chapter of the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, The Recorder will also periodically feature patriots who are ancestors of local residents).

Born September 27, 1746, Lancaster County, Pa.

Died January 27, 1805, Northumberland County, Pa.

Military Service

Peter was born and raised in Pennsylvania. He was a Private in Captain Benjamin Weiser’s Northumberland Co. Militia from 1776-1778. He was promoted to Colonel and commanded the 3rd Battalion during Northumberland county’s 1778 reorganization. His Battalion oversaw eight companies across multiple townships directly responsible for the frontier settlements along the Susquehanna region. He and his wife, Elizabeth lived on 61

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