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About George Michael Wilfong
A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA. DAR Ancestor # A210327
George Michael Wilfong BIRTH 1724 Germany DEATH 24 May 1808 (aged 83–84) Sugar Grove, Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL Saint Michael's Lutheran Church Cemetery Sugar Grove, Pendleton County, West Virginia
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126289497/george-michael-wilfong
George was the son of Johannes Wilfong and Maria Elizabeth Gruber who arrived on the English Ship, St. Andrew, John Stedman, Master. They took the "Oath of Allegiance" at the Courthouse in Philadelphia, September 12, 1734. The St. Andrew carrying mostly passengers from the Palatiante section of Germany, sailed from Rotterdam in Holland and landed at Philadelphia.
George and Sophia were married by a traveling Lutheran minister, Rev. John Casper Stoever, they lived on the Brushy Grove Homestead in Sugar Grove Township. They donated land for the Wilfong Church and Cemetery.located on their property in Sugar Grove. It is now known as St. Michaels.
Children Catherine Elizabeth Wilfong Weese 1748–1842
Maria Margaretha Wilfong Cassel 1751 – unknown
Eve Wilfong Westfall 1761–1809
Photo Michael Wilfong 1777–1850
George Michael Wilfong BIRTH 1724 Germany DEATH 24 May 1808 (aged 83–84) Sugar Grove, Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL Saint Michael's Lutheran Church Cemetery Sugar Grove, Pendleton County, West Virginia
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126289497/george-michael-wilfong
George was the son of Johannes Wilfong and Maria Elizabeth Gruber who arrived on the English Ship, St. Andrew, John Stedman, Master. They took the "Oath of Allegiance" at the Courthouse in Philadelphia, September 12, 1734. The St. Andrew carrying mostly passengers from the Palatiante section of Germany, sailed from Rotterdam in Holland and landed at Philadelphia.
George and Sophia were married by a traveling Lutheran minister, Rev. John Casper Stoever, they lived on the Brushy Grove Homestead in Sugar Grove Township. They donated land for the Wilfong Church and Cemetery.located on their property in Sugar Grove. It is now known as St. Michaels.
George and Sophia had 14 children.
George appears on the muster roll of Capt.. George Wilson's Company August 1, 1756. He was a private in the French and Indian War and was one of the men who refused to pay taxes to Augusta County in 1787, in protest for the establishment of new county, Pendleton.
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George Michael Wilfong's Timeline
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1724
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Schweiz, Zwickau, Sachsen, Germany
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1746
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Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States
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March 6, 1747
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Pennsylvania, United States
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June 1749
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Tulpehocken Valley, Berks, Pennsylvania
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October 5, 1751
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Berks, Tulpehocken Valley, Pennsylvania, United States
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July 1753
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Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States
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1753
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Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States
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1755
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North Carolina, United States
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1760
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WV, United States
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