Michael
Grove
aka Groff
Born in Somerset, Pennsylvania
Ancestors 
Son of George Michael Grove
and Margaret Mary Meyer
Husband of
Catherine (May) Grove
— married
1785 in Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States
Died
at age 69
in Nippenose, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States
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Biography
Michael Grove is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A048834.
Michael Grove served with Northumberland County Militia, Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolution.
Michael Grove was born about 1757 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania to parentsGeorge Grove and Margaret Meyer.[citation needed] He married Catherine May about 1785.[citation needed] Together they had at least three children:
Michael passed away in September of 1827, at the house of his daughter, in Nippenose Valley, Lycoming, Pennsylvania. He is buried in Dreisbach Cemetery in Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania.[1][2]
Revolutionary War Service
DAR Service Description: PRIVATE, PENNSYLVANIA, CAPT CAMPBELL, COL HUNTER[3][4][5]
Will
The will of Michael Grove was written on October 3rd, 1825 naming his son, John Grove, executor and witnessed by Matthew Alsbach and George Youngman. The will was proven on September 17th, 1827.[6]
I give and devise unto my son John Grove my plantation whereon I now reside situate in Buffalo Township adjoining Mathias A. Clark, William Irvine and others. Secondly I give and devise unto my two daughters to wit, Catherine intermarried with (Samuel Lutz) and Elizabeth intermaried with Jacob Smith one divided plantation situate in Adams township in the County of Lycoming ... The residue of my personal estate shall be divided into three equal shares or parts and my three above named children receive an Equal dividend
The Annals of Buffalo Valley, Pennsylvania
Excerpts from The Annals of Buffalo Valley, Pennsylvania. 1775-1855, by John Blair Linn.[7]
Page 15, Settlement records:
(1754.) In Bethel, the most remote north-west township in Berks county, we find, in 1754, George Boeshor, George Emerick, Michael Grove, George Grove, Nicholas Pontius, George Reninger, Jacob Leninger, Jacob Seirer, Ulrich Seltzer, Baltzer Smith, Michael Weyland.
Page 69, Inhabitants in 1775:
Grove, Michael. 20 acres; 1 horses; 2 cows; 2 sheep. Ferry.
Page 181, Names of the Inhabitants of Buffalo Township, in the beginning of April, 1780.
Grove, Michael; he was taxed with a ferry, which was at the old Judge McPherson place, near Winfield
Page 191-192
There were four of the Grove brothers, Wendell, Adam, who lived where George Wolfe now lives, in Mortonsville, Michael, who lived on the back road to Mifflinburg, and Peter. Peter disappears very early from our Valley. The only notices I can find of him are the mixture of truth and fiction, in the Appendix to Meginness' History. Michael lived within the recollection of many of my readers. He died in Nippenose, south of Jersey Shore, in September, 1827, aged seventy, and was brought home, and buried in the Dreisbach grave- yard. Meginness says he was attended by Doctor Davidson in his last illness, and gave a vivid account of the engagement above spoken of....
John Beeber describes Michael as having an eye like a hawk, and being able to travel at night, even in his old age, nearly as well as in day time. He told Beeber that Joseph Groninger, of White Deer, was along, and going up, they stopped at James Ellis', uncle of William Cox Ellis, and took their dinner with their rifles on their knees.
Michael left three children, John, Sarah, married to Samuel Lutz, and ----- to Jacob Smith. To the two girls he gave farms in Nippenose, and he was there visiting when he died. His son John is now dead. He left a son, Michael, and daughter, Esther. Michael also died on the old farm, where his grandfather lived. Esther married Enoch Kauffman. Michael's son, Peter, still lives in West Buffalo, and other descendants are in the same township.
Page 206: Pay-roll of Peter Grove's Detachment for Services on the Frontier, June 1.
Privates - Tester, John ; Lamberson, Nicholas ; Rough, John ; Barber, Uriah ; Trester, Jacob ; Shock, John ; Fisher, Paul ; Bower, George ; Bradley, Matthew ; Bower, Daniel ; Houser, Jacob ; Harriott, William ; Grove, Michael.
Page 231: Joe Disbury Trial (1784)
The celebrated thief, Joe Disbury, was tried. On his jury were Adam Grove, Michael Grove, William Clark and Adam Christ. His sentence was severe: That he should receive thirty-nine lashes, between the hours of eight and nine to-morrow, stand in the pillory one hour, have his ears cut off and nailed to the post, that he be imprisoned three months, and pay a fine of £30 to the President of the State, for use of the Government.
Page 233: Muster-Roll of Captain John Lowdon's Company of Northumberland County Volunteers who marched to Suppress the Riot at Wyoming, by Orders of the Supreme Executive Council, August 4, 1784.
Ensign - Grove, Michael.
Page 300: 1796, List of Inhabitants of East Buffalo.
Grove, Michael, c (cabin)
Research Notes
Birth, marriage, and death records are needed for Michael Grove.
Sources
- ↑ Burial: "Pennsylvania, U.S., Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012". Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, 1929-1990; Series Number: Series 1. Ancestry Sharing Link (free access)
Ancestry Record 1967 #805654 (subscription required, accessed 7 June 2022). Name: Michael Grove; Military Branch: Army; Veteran of Which War: Revolutionary War; Registration County: Union; Cemetery Name: Dreisbach Cemetery; Cemetery Location: Buffalo Township, Union County, Pennsylvania. - ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65279332/michael-grove : accessed 07 June 2022), memorial page for Michael Grove (10 Dec 1757–12 Sep 1827), Find A Grave: Memorial #65279332, citing Dreisbach United Church of Christ Cemetery, Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by wdthomas (contributor 48222067) .
- ↑ Pennsylvania Archives: Second Series, Vol. 14, Page 578
- ↑ Pennsylvania Archives: Third Series, Vol. 4, Page 457, 681
- ↑ Pennsylvania Archives: Fifth Series, Vol. 23, Page 196, 457, 550, 544
- ↑ Will: May, Florence LaRue, George May of Buffalo Valley, Pennsylvania: and his descendants, pg. 98-99, the last will and testament of Michael Grove (3 Oct 1825); citing Union County, PA Will Book A (1813 to 1838), page 320.
- ↑ Linn, John Blair, Annals of Buffalo Valley, Pennsylvania. 1775--1855, Harrisburg, PA (1877), available as imaged ebook or downloadable PDF at Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/annalsofbuffalov00linn: accessed 7 Jun 2022). Pages 15, 69, 181, 191-192, 206, 231, 233, 300.
- 1790 Census: "United States Census, 1790". Citing Page: 4,5; Affiliate Publication Number: M637; Line: 48331;. FamilySearch Record: XHKR-N2W (accessed 7 June 2022) FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYYB-44J. Michael Grove in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States.
- 1800 Census: "United States Census, 1800". Citing p. 718, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 37; FHL microfilm 363,340. FamilySearch Record: XHR4-2RW (accessed 7 June 2022) FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GR8L-Z7H Image number 00138. Michael Grove in East Buffalo, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States.
- 1820 Census: "United States Census, 1820". Citing p. , NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm . FamilySearch Record: XHL5-V79 (accessed 7 June 2022) FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYBS-9JLP Image number 00170. Michael Grove in Buffalo Township, Union, Pennsylvania, United States.
Acknowledgements
Grove-701 was created by William Thomas through the import of Thomas-Potter.ged on Feb 10, 2014.
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