DAR Ancestor # A111525 A Patriot of the American Revolution for PENNSYLVANIA.

John Swan

• BIRTH 1721 Maryland, USA
• DEATH 29 Dec 1799 (aged 77–78) Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA
• BURIAL Swan Cemetery Cumberland Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA
• MEMORIAL ID 12710265 Photos by Mike Beard

Son of John and Elizabeth Swan. Husband of Elizabeth Lucas. Father of Elizabeth Swan, William Swan, Charles Swan, Richard Swan, Sarah Swan, Martha Swan, Thomas Swan and John Swan.

Parents
John Swan
Elizabeth Swan

Spouse
Elizabeth Lucas Swan 1724–1805

Children
Thomas Swan 1747–1779
Elizabeth Swan Hughes 1751–1825
Richard Swan 1753–1822
Sarah Green Swan Hughes 1755–1838
Charles Swan 1756–1832
William Swan 1762–1835
Martha Swan Hughes 1767–1841

Notes

John Swan, b. 1721, was living and was enumerated along with his 3 sons, in two separate 1800 census. Same 3 sons were also appointed executors in his will which was signed/dated also in 1800. "1799" death on headstone in error. by Harvest8 on 23 Mar 2022

Reference

[1a] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12710265/john-swan

[1b] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12710265/john-swan Find A Grave Memorial] - SmartCopy: Feb 20 2019, 2:19:05 UTC

[2] The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneer Families by Leckey statesthat there is an error in his tombstone record which gives his death as December 29, 1799

GEDCOM Note

John Swan (1721) was well-known as a ferocious fighter in the French and Indian War (1754-1766). After the war, he toured the frontier (what was then NW Virginia and today PA) with Henry Van Mater, Thomas Gist, James Hughes, Hillers and O'Neills. In 1766, he established Ft. Swan on Swan's Run. Henry and Abraham Van Mater helped him build Ft. Swan and he and his sons helped them build Ft. Van Mater. In 1767, he moved his family (including his son John Swan who would marry Elizabeth Van Mater two years later), to his fort. The location is called Ten-Mile country and is located near Ft. Pitt, along the Monongahela River where Carmichael, PA is located today. He lived a long and prosperous life, and died a wealthy man at the age of 78.

Howard L. Leckey's book, "Ten-Mile Country and its Pioneer Families," is about the Swan's and other pioneer families. Leckey reproduces the famous Swan Hughes Bible in this book. The Swan Hughes Bible was printed in 1732 by T. Wood and E. Palmer in England. Its cover is doeskin and it is marred by a bullet hole. It was carried across America by subsequent Swan pioneer descendants to Palms, California. In 1916, it was copied by Marie Perrin Lemley, genealogist and Swan descendant. In 1940, Henry Swan of Denver Colorado, travelled to California and photographed the Swan Hughes Bible to preserve it. Today, it is in a museum in California.