John Harbaugh

John Harbaugh, the fourth son of the great ancestor Yost, was born in 1735, in Switzerland, or on the passage hither. After his marriage he owned, and resided for many years on the mill property, now Small’s, in Spring Garden Township. In 1777 he was commissioned a magistrate, which office he held for a number of years. During the Revolutionary war he was a member of a “committee of sympathy, support, and safety for York County,” and was very active in correspondence with, and furnished aid to our army. He died in 1803 and was buried in the old German Reformed graveyard on North Beaver Street. Some few of his descendants, children of his daughters, Mart, wife of the late William Johnson, Sr., and of Elizabeth, who was the wife of John Adam Bahn, deceased, live in, or near York.

John Harbaugh was an American Patriot, and served as a Member of the Committee of Safety, and Justice of the Peace.. Service Source: PA Arch, 2nd Ser., Vol. 3, P. 656; Gibson, History of York County, PA, p. 127. Source: DAR (http://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full...) ...........................................................................................................................................................................

John Harbaugh, the fourth son of the great ancestor Yost, was born in 1735, on the passage to America. After his marriage he owned, and resided for many years on the mill property, now Smalls, in Spring Garden Township.

In 1777 he was commissioned a magistrate, which office he held for a number of years. During the Revolutionary war he was a member of a Committee of Sympathy, Support, and Safety for York County, and was very active in correspondence with, and furnished aid to our army. He died in 1803 and was buried in the old German Reformed graveyard on North Beaver Street.

Source: History of York County, Illustrated 1886 by John Gibson, Historical Editor