Historical records matching Peter "Old Peter" "Joho" Lau Yoho, Sr.
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About Peter "Old Peter" "Joho" Lau Yoho, Sr.
Peter Yoho BIRTH 1745 Virginia, USA DEATH Oct 1823 (aged 77–78) Ohio County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL Peter Yoho Cemetery Marshall County, West Virginia
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PETER YOHO (1745-1823)
PETER WAS BORN IN 1745 BUT HIS PLACE OF BIRTH IS NOT KNOWN. HE WAS PROBABLY EITHER BORN IN CONEWAGO CO., PA OR NEAR WINCHESTER VA WHERE HIS BROTHER HENRY WAS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN BORN. HE AND HIS BROTHERS WERE AMONG THE EARLY SETTLERS IN THE OHIO VALLEY.
ALTHOUGH PETER PROBABLY ARRIVED IN WESTERN PA IN THE 1760'S, THE FIRST RECORD OF HIS PRESENCE WAS IN 1770 IN GREENE CO. PA. HE IS ALSO ON THE ASSESSMENT ROLLS OF GREEN TOWNSHIP, WASHINGTON CO. PA FOR 1784. PETER JOINED THE PENNSYLVANNIA MILITIA WITH HIS BROTHER HENRY CA 1780. BOTH ARE LISTED AS MEMBERS OF THE FIRST BATTALION, WASHINGTON COUNTY IN 1782 SERVING UNDER CAPT. JOHN GUTHERY.
PETER DIED PRIOR TO THE LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED REWARDING REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS FOR THEIR SERVICE. THUS MILITARY RECORDS FOR PETER ARE SCARCE. IN THE PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES SERIES VI, VOL. 2 PAGES 18, 19, 271 THE FOLLOWING IS LISTED:
YEAR 1782 FIRST BATTALION, WASHINGTON COUNTY. RECRUITED IN WHITELEY AND GREEN TOWNSHIPS (NOW GREENE COUNTY PA) A FEW MILES FROM DUNKARD. JOHN GUTHREY, CAPTAIN. AMONG THE PRIVATES WERE LISTED PETER YOHO. THESE MEN ALSO SERVED TOURS WITH CAPTAIN JOH GUTHREY AND CAPTAIN SAMUEL SWINDLER, CAPTAIN JOHN MINOR, CAPTAIN CECIL DAVIS AND CAPTAIN JOHN SHIPMAN. SERVICE ON THE WESTERN FRONTIER WAS NOT CONTINUOUS. SOLDIERS WOULD BE DISCHARGED AT THE END OF AN EMERGENCY AND CALLED BACK WHEN AND EMERGENCY WOULD OCCUR.
IN 1774 PETER MARRIED MARGARET BAKER. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF CAPTAIN JOHN BAKER OF BAKER STATION AT CRESAP ON THE OHIO RIVER BELOW THE PRESENT LOCATION OF MOUNDSVILLE WV. MARGARET WAS THE TWIN SISTER TO CATHERINE BAKER WHO MARRIED PETER'S BROTHER HENRY. PETER AND MARGARET SETTLED ON FISH CREEK NEAR GRAYSVILLE IN MARSHALL CO., WVA.
ON JUNE 5, 1804, PETER BOUGHT 170 ACRES OF LAND AT GULLY BOTTOM, FISH CREEK, NEAR (GRAYSVILLE, WVA) FROM ABIJAH MCCLAIN FOR $502.00. THE LAND ADJOINED LAND OF HIS BROTHER, HENRY YOHO WHO BOUGHT 192 ACRES OF FISH CREEK FROM MCCLAIN ON THE SAME DATE FOR 525.00.
PETER DIED IN 1823. MARGARET DIED AFTER 1830. BOTH ARE THOUGHT TO BE BURIED AT THE PETER YOHO CEMETERY NEAR GRAYSVILLE WVA.
PETER AND MARGARETS CHILDREN:
JOHN YOHO
MARGARET YOHO
MARY YOHO
HENRY YOHO
SAMUEL YOHO
PETER YOHO
JOSEPH YOHO
LEWIS YOHO
ISAAC YOHO
WILLIAM YOHO
ELIZABETH YOHO
Peter Yoho Cemetery: http://www.timyoho.com/yohopage/Cemeteries/Peter%20Yoho%20Cem.html
YOHO, PETER
Ancestor #: A129624
Service: PENNSYLVANIA
Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, PRIVATE
Birth: CIRCA 1745 PENNSYLVANIA
Death: ANTE 3-24-1828 OHIO CO VIRGINIA
Service Source: PA ARCH, 6TH SER, VOL 2, PP 18, 19, 271; PENSION OF THOMAS GADDIS, *S4292
Service Description: 1) CAPT JOHN GUTHREY, WESTMORELAND CO MILITIA; CAPT JOHN GUTHREY, WASHINGTON CO MILITIA; 2) TOOK OATH OF ALLEGIANCE, 1777
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Peter Yoho BIRTH 1745 Virginia, USA DEATH Oct 1823 (aged 77–78) Ohio County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL Peter Yoho Cemetery Marshall County, West Virginia
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Children Henry Yoho 1781–1862
Henry Yoho 1781–1862
Photo Peter Yoho 1787–1861
Mary Yoho Gatts 1788–1856
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Peter "Old Peter" "Joho" Lau Yoho, Sr.'s Timeline
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1745
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North River, Warren County, Virginia, United States
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December 31, 1774
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Conewago, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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1777
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1778
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Allegheny County, PA, United States
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October 26, 1781
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Marshall, WV, United States
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January 16, 1782
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Monroe, Butler County, Ohio, United States
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1787
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Virginia, United States
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1792
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Virginia, United States
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1794
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