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 1750 - 1809 (59 years)
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| Name |
Peter Putman |
| Birth |
1750 |
Germany (probably Rohrbach)  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1 February1809 |
Milford Township, Somerset County, PA |
| Person ID |
I131 |
Georgia Revolutionary War Graves |
| Last Modified |
20 Sep 2008 |
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| Headstones |
 | Putman, Peter
GPS Location of Grave: N39 56.646, W079 11.419
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| Notes |
- Biography: Soon after his birth the family headed for the colonies, arrived in Philadelphia Sept. 29,1750 aboard the sailing vessel Osgood. Next account of the family is Sept. 5,1762 at Frederick Town, MD. In 1770 the family (now eight children, three boys and five girls) moved to Washington County, bought land near Eakles Mills, MD. Peter & his brother John are adult now and listed as farmers. Peter was also a distiller and owned a distillery. At some point John & Peter moved from Maryland and settled near Somerset, PA. After military service he bought 3 tracts of land in Somerset Co., PA, containing 597 acres.
- Peter was married to Maria Snyder, abt. 1785. When he died his estate was recorded as valued as $4,147.
He served as Private until 1780 in Capt. John Lamb's 4th Co., 3rd Btln, Cumberland Co. PA Militia (REF: DAR 548876).
NOTE: Ancestor of Paul Lex Lamb, member of Marquis de Lafayette Chapter GASSAR
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