(Variant spelling provided for search purposes with the spelling on original tombstone according to Find A Grave guidelines. Name is spelled both ways on markers; his wife Elizabeth is listed under Setser. The Setser spelling is common on 18th to early 19th century documents. In the twentieth century, most lines of descendants changed the spelling to Setzer, though a few retained Setser. Both are considered correct.)
Adam Setzer was a soldier in the American Revolution. He was the son of Jacob Setzer and Mary Bovy (Povy). Adam Setzer married Elizabeth Arney. They had eleven known children. Most of the Caldwell County Setzers can be traced back to Adam Setser.
Adam was conscripted into Capt. William Frisel's company on 1 June, 1781. They there joined with Col. Joseph McDowell and marched to Fort Davidson. (Now Old Fort, NC) He served as a scout there and was the drafted into service as a Corporal for 3 months in the Wilmington expedition, the last important Revolutionary War campaign in North Carolina. He was discharged from service on 15 December 1781. Service vouchers who that he also served in the Morgan District in 1783.
Sadly, Adam Setser's 20 Aug 1840 Pension Application was denied, because he could not prove 6 months service in the Revolutionary War.
He died in 1843, but his son William continued to pursue the matter with depositions in the mid 1850's. A deposition from the North Carolina Comptroller confirmed payments to Adam Setzer for military services in March and October of 1784, and other depositions proved there was only one Adam Setser. He should have had his pension.
Adam Setser's parents have been placed in Old Saint Paul's Lutheran Church cemetery on Find A Grave, but markers do not exist for them; they may lie beneath field stones. John and Jacob Setser, brothers of Adam, remained in Catawba County and their descendants are buried in this cemetery. Some of John's descendants lived nearby until the late 20th century. Adam's descendants are mainly in Caldwell and Burke Counties. Some of his farmland lies just west of Littlejohn Church.
(Military information recorded by Catawba Valley Sons of the American Revolution.)
(Note: This memorial was created by a direct descendant of Adam Setser)
Parents: Jacob Setzer 1730 to 1766
Mary Magdalene Bovey 1735 to 1775
Adam Setzer was a soldier in the American Revolution. He was the son of Jacob Setzer and Mary Bovy (Povy). Adam Setzer married Elizabeth Arney. They had eleven known children. Most of the Caldwell County Setzers can be traced back to Adam Setser.
Adam was conscripted into Capt. William Frisel's company on 1 June, 1781. They there joined with Col. Joseph McDowell and marched to Fort Davidson. (Now Old Fort, NC) He served as a scout there and was the drafted into service as a Corporal for 3 months in the Wilmington expedition, the last important Revolutionary War campaign in North Carolina. He was discharged from service on 15 December 1781. Service vouchers who that he also served in the Morgan District in 1783.
Sadly, Adam Setser's 20 Aug 1840 Pension Application was denied, because he could not prove 6 months service in the Revolutionary War.
He died in 1843, but his son William continued to pursue the matter with depositions in the mid 1850's. A deposition from the North Carolina Comptroller confirmed payments to Adam Setzer for military services in March and October of 1784, and other depositions proved there was only one Adam Setser. He should have had his pension.
Adam Setser's parents have been placed in Old Saint Paul's Lutheran Church cemetery on Find A Grave, but markers do not exist for them; they may lie beneath field stones. John and Jacob Setser, brothers of Adam, remained in Catawba County and their descendants are buried in this cemetery. Some of John's descendants lived nearby until the late 20th century. Adam's descendants are mainly in Caldwell and Burke Counties. Some of his farmland lies just west of Littlejohn Church.
(Military information recorded by Catawba Valley Sons of the American Revolution.)
(Note: This memorial was created by a direct descendant of Adam Setser)
Parents: Jacob Setzer 1730 to 1766
Mary Magdalene Bovey 1735 to 1775
(Variant spelling provided for search purposes with the spelling on original tombstone according to Find A Grave guidelines. Name is spelled both ways on markers; his wife Elizabeth is listed under Setser. The Setser spelling is common on 18th to early 19th century documents. In the twentieth century, most lines of descendants changed the spelling to Setzer, though a few retained Setser. Both are considered correct.)
Adam Setzer was a soldier in the American Revolution. He was the son of Jacob Setzer and Mary Bovy (Povy). Adam Setzer married Elizabeth Arney. They had eleven known children. Most of the Caldwell County Setzers can be traced back to Adam Setser.
Adam was conscripted into Capt. William Frisel's company on 1 June, 1781. They there joined with Col. Joseph McDowell and marched to Fort Davidson. (Now Old Fort, NC) He served as a scout there and was the drafted into service as a Corporal for 3 months in the Wilmington expedition, the last important Revolutionary War campaign in North Carolina. He was discharged from service on 15 December 1781. Service vouchers who that he also served in the Morgan District in 1783.
Sadly, Adam Setser's 20 Aug 1840 Pension Application was denied, because he could not prove 6 months service in the Revolutionary War.
He died in 1843, but his son William continued to pursue the matter with depositions in the mid 1850's. A deposition from the North Carolina Comptroller confirmed payments to Adam Setzer for military services in March and October of 1784, and other depositions proved there was only one Adam Setser. He should have had his pension.
Adam Setser's parents have been placed in Old Saint Paul's Lutheran Church cemetery on Find A Grave, but markers do not exist for them; they may lie beneath field stones. John and Jacob Setser, brothers of Adam, remained in Catawba County and their descendants are buried in this cemetery. Some of John's descendants lived nearby until the late 20th century. Adam's descendants are mainly in Caldwell and Burke Counties. Some of his farmland lies just west of Littlejohn Church.
(Military information recorded by Catawba Valley Sons of the American Revolution.)
(Note: This memorial was created by a direct descendant of Adam Setser)
Parents: Jacob Setzer 1730 to 1766
Mary Magdalene Bovey 1735 to 1775
Adam Setzer was a soldier in the American Revolution. He was the son of Jacob Setzer and Mary Bovy (Povy). Adam Setzer married Elizabeth Arney. They had eleven known children. Most of the Caldwell County Setzers can be traced back to Adam Setser.
Adam was conscripted into Capt. William Frisel's company on 1 June, 1781. They there joined with Col. Joseph McDowell and marched to Fort Davidson. (Now Old Fort, NC) He served as a scout there and was the drafted into service as a Corporal for 3 months in the Wilmington expedition, the last important Revolutionary War campaign in North Carolina. He was discharged from service on 15 December 1781. Service vouchers who that he also served in the Morgan District in 1783.
Sadly, Adam Setser's 20 Aug 1840 Pension Application was denied, because he could not prove 6 months service in the Revolutionary War.
He died in 1843, but his son William continued to pursue the matter with depositions in the mid 1850's. A deposition from the North Carolina Comptroller confirmed payments to Adam Setzer for military services in March and October of 1784, and other depositions proved there was only one Adam Setser. He should have had his pension.
Adam Setser's parents have been placed in Old Saint Paul's Lutheran Church cemetery on Find A Grave, but markers do not exist for them; they may lie beneath field stones. John and Jacob Setser, brothers of Adam, remained in Catawba County and their descendants are buried in this cemetery. Some of John's descendants lived nearby until the late 20th century. Adam's descendants are mainly in Caldwell and Burke Counties. Some of his farmland lies just west of Littlejohn Church.
(Military information recorded by Catawba Valley Sons of the American Revolution.)
(Note: This memorial was created by a direct descendant of Adam Setser)
Parents: Jacob Setzer 1730 to 1766
Mary Magdalene Bovey 1735 to 1775
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