Conrad Goodner's service in the Revolutionary War, though brief, is well documented. His relationship to us is through this line:
Conrad Goodner
> David Goodner
>> Superior Goodner
>>> Blooming Cruse (BC) Goodner
>>>> Adeline Goodner
>>>>> James Ray Willis
He was born Nov. 29, 1756 in Hesse, Darmstadt, Germany and died Aug. 27, 1837 in Nashville, Illinois. He enlisted Nov. 1, 1778, at Hillsborough, Orange County,NC and served under Capt. John Griffy and Col. Thackson. (1). Both of these dates are confirmed in the U.S. Veterans Gravesites records and add the facts that he is buried in Liberty Cemetery, Nashville, Washington County, Ill and that he was a Private in the "Continental Line Revolutionary War". (2) He was placed on the pension roll on July 16, 1833 when he was 76 years old. (3) The book "The Goodner Family", an old but thoroughly researched book (I received a copy from dad), also says that he was a "waggoner" at the encampment of General Lincoln when the Battle of Stone Brier was fought on March 3rd, 1779. It also says that he was hospitalized in the Black Swamp due to an illness during the last three months of his service and that he was discharged in August, 1779. Further information from this souce says that Conrad suffered from a severe case of curvature of the spine that left him in severe pain and bedfast for the last seven year of his life and that he was buried in a vertical position.
(1) A Roster of Revolutionary Ancestors of the Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution.
(2) National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca. 1775-2006.
(3) The Pension Role of 1835, Vol. IV.
Conrad Goodner
> David Goodner
>> Superior Goodner
>>> Blooming Cruse (BC) Goodner
>>>> Adeline Goodner
>>>>> James Ray Willis
He was born Nov. 29, 1756 in Hesse, Darmstadt, Germany and died Aug. 27, 1837 in Nashville, Illinois. He enlisted Nov. 1, 1778, at Hillsborough, Orange County,NC and served under Capt. John Griffy and Col. Thackson. (1). Both of these dates are confirmed in the U.S. Veterans Gravesites records and add the facts that he is buried in Liberty Cemetery, Nashville, Washington County, Ill and that he was a Private in the "Continental Line Revolutionary War". (2) He was placed on the pension roll on July 16, 1833 when he was 76 years old. (3) The book "The Goodner Family", an old but thoroughly researched book (I received a copy from dad), also says that he was a "waggoner" at the encampment of General Lincoln when the Battle of Stone Brier was fought on March 3rd, 1779. It also says that he was hospitalized in the Black Swamp due to an illness during the last three months of his service and that he was discharged in August, 1779. Further information from this souce says that Conrad suffered from a severe case of curvature of the spine that left him in severe pain and bedfast for the last seven year of his life and that he was buried in a vertical position.
(1) A Roster of Revolutionary Ancestors of the Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution.
(2) National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca. 1775-2006.
(3) The Pension Role of 1835, Vol. IV.
Conrad also appears in the "Index of the Rolls of Honor (Ancestors Index) in the Lineage Books of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution", the database "Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Illinois", and the "Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of St. Clair County" and a number of other sources.
(I hope the links work for you. I've got a membership to get to them and they may not.)
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