Peter Demoss

1752 - 1841  (88 years)

• Name	Peter Demoss  [1]
  Relationship	with Gustave Jean Baptiste Pitard
  Born	11 Nov 1752	Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	Revolutionary War soldier. Note that his SAR biography says that “Peter was the son of Charles and Fannie Demoss. He was born in New Jersey, 11 Dec 1752.” He is SAR P-145738. He is a direct ancestor of John Lansdale Jr., whose family forms one of the core trees of the site, but JL Jr. did not know of him. DAR # 203609; SAR Application as well. According to material collected in Caughron, which she describes as from his "war record": "Peter DeMoss enlisted at Winchester, Va, August 14, 1775, served in Captain John Neville's Company, 4th Va. Regiment, and in Colonel Charles Scott's Va. Regiment, and in Captain Waggoner's Company, Colonel James Woods' 12th Va. Regiment; was in the battle of Monmouth, after which he was transferred to the Wagonmaster's Department, and served only a short time before the surrender of Cornwallis. "He was allowed pension on his application executed Oct. 21, 1818, at which time he was aged 66 years and resided in Pendleton Co., Ky. He was also pensioned under the act of 1832. "In Act of 1820, soldier stated that his family then residing with him consisted of his wife, aged 62 years, and a son John, aged 18 years." He applied for a pension on Oct. 14, 1832, at age 82; it was successful, and he was awarded $80.00 (S. 10558). He applied from Pendleton Co., Kentucky. This record appears on the Kentucky Pension Roll of 1835: PETER DEMOSS PENDLETON COUNTY PRIVATE VIRGINIA LINE $96.00 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE $147.86 AMOUNT RECEIVED DECEMBER 21, 1818 PENSION STARTED SUSPENDED MAY 1820 RESTORED JUNE 7, 1832 In the 1840 census of pensioners in Pendleton Co. he was aged 88. There are two other records of a Peter Demoss which might connect to the Revolution, in the AG-BI: 1. b. 174? in Virginia, though he was a Kentucky Pensioner, in vol. 42, page 320, with this reference (that needs to be checked): "Historical reg. Of Virginians in the Rev., soldiers, sailors and marines, 1775-1783. Ed. By John H. Gwathmey. Richmond, Va. 1938. (13, 872p.): 219" 2, also in vol. 42, page 320: "Census of pensioners for Rev. military services. Washington, DC. 1841. (195p.):166" He is on the Revolutionary War page. Note that according to Caughron there are two cousins named Peter DeMoss who were born almost exactly in the same year who both are apparently in DAR records (the other one with application to Nebraska DAR by Caughron). The other one is called "patriot, who furnished supplies to the Army, Hampshire Co., Va." He is this Peter's first cousin, the son of his father's youngest brother Charles. They are of course very confusable.  [2, 3]
  Died	26 Sep 1841	Mentor, Pendleton Co., Kentucky
  Buried	Grandview Cemetery, Mentor, Campbell Co., Kentucky   [4]
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  Siblings	7 siblings
  1. Demoss           d. Yes, date unknown
  2. John Demoss           b. 16 Sep 1756           d. 12 Aug 1844, Decatur Co., Indiana
  3. James Demoss           b. Abt 1758           d. Decatur Co., Indiana
  4. Louis Demoss           b. Abt 1760           d. Decatur Co., Indiana
  5. William Demoss           b. Abt 1762           d. 1847, Decatur Co., Indiana
  6. Mary Demoss           b. 4 May 1762           d. Fleming Co., Kentucky
  7. Elizabeth Demoss           b. Abt 1767           d. Aft 1836, Indiana
  Notes	Names of his children are from his will and from the story of one of his children's (Samuel's) children (this recorded in Caughron 47). Caughron records a visit to his grave, and gives transcriptions of the 14 stones in the cemetery on his property. There is a town in Pendleton Co., Kentucky named "Demossville" which is apparently named after this family; it was chartered in 1860 (See USGenWeb for Pendleton Co., Kentucky). "The DeMoss family," according to the history of Demossville on this site, "was buried in a cemetery near the Campbell County line on the banks of the Licking River." He was reburied in Grandview Cemetery in Campbell Co. in 1965.
  Person ID	I7037	lansdalepitard
  Last Modified	22 Dec 2018

  
  

  Father	Lewis Demoss, III           b. 1 Nov 1715, St. John's Parish, Harford Co., Maryland           d. Frederick Co., Virginia
  Mother	Margaret           b. 1719, Maryland
  Married	1 Jan 1742	Baltimore Co., Maryland
  Family ID	F6916	|  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Katherine Houseman           b. 16 Sep 1758           d. 4 Jul 1842, Pendleton Co., Kentucky  (Age 83 years)
  Married	27 May 1777	Frederick Co., Virginia
  Children	1. John Demoss           b. 1778 + 2. Mary "Polly" Demoss           b. 18 Sep 1780, Berkeley Co., Virginia           d. 15 Jan 1853  (Age 72 years)   3. Peter Demoss           b. 1783   4. Charles Demoss           b. 1786 5. Sarah Demoss           b. 24 Jun 1789           d. 27 Jul 1837  (Age 48 years)   6. Catherine Demoss           b. 1791   7. Elizabeth Demoss           b. 1794   8. David Demoss           b. 1797   9. Lewis Demoss           b. 1800 10. Samuel Demoss           b. 16 Nov 1802, Mentor, Pendleton Co., Kentucky           d. 17 Jul 1887, Mentor, Pendleton Co., Kentucky  (Age 84 years)
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2006
  Family ID	F4986	|  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Born - 11 Nov 1752 - Virginia  Married - 27 May 1777 - Frederick Co., Virginia  Died - 26 Sep 1841 - Mentor, Pendleton Co., Kentucky  Buried - - Grandview Cemetery, Mentor, Campbell Co., Kentucky   = Link to Google Earth
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• Reference

  Pitard, Derrick. "Peter Demoss". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I7037&tree=1sttree (accessed September 23, 2020).