Membership in the Sons of the American Revolution is open to any man, age 18 or older, who can prove lineage to an ancestor who supported the war for American Independence, through military service, support, or political figures who supported the revolutionary effort.
h/o Elizabeth Butler, married 14 Jun 1770, Frederick Co., MD. Marriage record lists his father as Stephen Julian.
Note: See Fairfield Trace, Fall 1990: John served as a private in the Rev. War at Basking Ridge, east NJ, March 1777, with the 33rd Battalion of the Maryland militia, under command of Charles BEATTY, and in the 4th Co. under Capt. Stulle.
By 1806 John was in Clearcreek Twp. John Julian purchased Congressional Lands on 15 Oct 1811, Range 20, Twp. 11, Sec. 2, the north half (320 acres) of Sec. 2, Saltcreek Twp. (borders Clearcreek Twp., Fairfield Co.) and is listed in the book, Entrymen East of Scioto River in Ohio River Survey of Congressional Lands. His son, Rene, had preceded him in 1801 with his young family. In 1817 sons, Stephen and William bought lots in the village of Tarlton.
The Battle of Piqua, (aka Battle of Pekowee or Pekowi) was part of the Western Theater campaign during the Revolutionary War. Led by Brigadier General George Rogers Clark, over 1,000 soldiers (among them Daniel Boone and Simon Kenton) crossed the Ohio River near present-day Cincinnati and burned five Shawnee villages, including Old Chillicothe, along the Little Miami River. Peter Loramie’s Store, a British trading post-located in what was later Fort Loramie, Ohio in Shelby County, Ohio, was also burned by Clark’s men.
The Shawnee gradually withdrew during the first few days before finally engaging American forces 7 miles west of Springfield, Ohio on August 8. Joseph Rogers, a cousin of George Rogers Clark, had previously accompanied him to Kentucky and was later captured by the Shawnee near Maysville. Despite having been adopted by the tribe, he was killed during the battle while trying to join American forces.
After several hours of fighting, both sides suffered moderate casualties before scattering the small Shawnee rearguard. The campaign against the Shawnee in the Miami River Valley was intended to discourage further raids against Kentucky and other parts of the American frontier, and while no further raids were made by the Shawnee for the remainder of the American Revolutionary War, hostility greatly increased among the tribes living in the Ohio Country for years afterwards.
The battle was the only major engagement fought in Ohio during the Revolutionary War.
July 24th 2021 was the OHSSAR board of management meeting which was conducted at Ohio’s only Revolutionary War fort.
The Americans completed the construction of Fort Laurens—named after Henry Laurens, president of the Continental Congress—in early December 1778. The fort was to serve three purposes. First, the Americans hoped to use Fort Laurens as a base to attack the British garrison located at Detroit. Second, it would hopefully deter American Indians loyal to the British from conducting raids against American settlers in eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. And finally, by offering protection to the neutral Christian Delawares, the Americans might convince them to forsake their neutrality and join the patriots’ cause.
In total, 21 soldiers lost their lives at Fort Laurens before it was abandoned in 1779. Later, part of the fort was demolished during the building of the Ohio and Erie Canal. Currently none of the original fort remains above ground, but the outline of the fort is visible.
Tuesday evening a small ceremony was held at the Pickaway County Historical and Genealogical Society Library on North Court Street, Circleville, Ohio.
The gathering was to honor the posthumous induction of Captain William Jennings Barthelmas, Jr. , into the membership of the Camp Charlotte Chapter of Pickaway County, Ohio. A small color guard, Ohio Society President, Turner “Lee” Wilkerson III presented the Certification of Memorial Membership for the Ohio Society SAR and the National Society of the SAR, to Steven Barthelmas [Capt. Barthelmas’ brother] and nephew, Scott J. Barthelmas.
Ohio Society President, Turner “Lee” Wilkerson III Steve and Scott Barthelmas
Compatriot Captain William J. Barthelmas, Jr. is the first posthumous Military Veteran to be recognized as a fellow member of the Ohio SAR. His lineage is documented as a descendant of the Captain Andrew Leist of the Virginia Militia. Captain Leist died in Pickaway County, Ohio on 11 Nov 1821.
Captain, William Jennings Barthelmas, Jr. was born on June 26, 1936 in Pickaway County, Ohio. He was killed in action in Vietnam on July 27, 1965/ Burial: Spring Bank Cemetery, Ross County, Ohio. In his honor, a Memorial Bell Tower [originally constructed by his father] was erected at Circleville High School and the bell rang loud & proud following a Circleville victory. The Memorial Bell Tower was relocated to Canal Park following the construction of a new Circleville School building project.
Captain William Jennings Barthelmas, Jr. was the first casualty from Pickaway County, during the Vietnam War. He was killed in action following a bombing mission to Hanoi.
“REMEMBER”
by Rick Lear, Treasurer CCSAR
National Society Sons of the American Revolution, Ohio Society Sons of the American Revolution Camp Charlotte Chapter #41, Pickaway County, Ohio
Camp Charlotte Chapter #41-Sons of the American Revolution 