Jacob Haldeman

• HALDEMAN, JACOB SR Ancestor #: A049194
• Service: PENNSYLVANIA Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE
• Birth: 10-7-1722 SWITZERLAND
• Death: 2-27-1783 RAPHO TWP LANCASTER CO PENNSYLVANIA
• Service Source: PA ARCH 2ND SER, VOL 13, P 294-295
• Service Description: 1) MEM COMM OF OBSERVATION FROM RAPHO TWP 2) LANCASTER CO

The following is from the Haldeman papers in the Dauphin County Historical Society :

    "Jacob Haldeman was elected to be a member of the Committee of Public Safety for Rapho Township ,  Lancaster Cty. ,  PA  during the Revolutionary War .  Prior to the breakout of hostilities in Pennsylvania with Great Britain ,  the Committee of Safety was established by the legislature to act as an executive body for providing defenses of the state against invasion and insurrection ,  for calling up men to arms ,  and providing them with arms ,  ammunition ,  and supplies .  George Ross ( later a relative through marriage )  was a leading member of this committee upon its formation .  Benjamin Franklin was the President and Col. George Ross was the Vice -  President of this group .  The executive orders of the committee filtered down to the county level and then to the township level .  Jacob's duties were to see that Rapho Township's quota of men ,  supplies ,  and ammunition were met ,  that the fighting men's families were provided for ,  that a civil defense system was set up in case of invasion ,  and that insurriction of any type in his area was stopped or reported on .  In Lancaster County there was a large number of Quakers ,  Mennonites ,  and Germans that were opposed to bearing arms and other of British birth that adhered to the British cause . ( Authority for Jacob's service ,  PA  Archives ,  Series 13 ,  Vol. 1 { or I ? }  pg. 294 ) "

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