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- During the Revolutionary War John Carothers served as an officer in the
Cumberland County Militia; from July 1776 through May 1778 he was listed as a
first lieutenant in the Fifth Company of the Second Battalion; on 10 May 1780
he was captain of the Fourth Company in the same Battalion; from August 1780
through September 1781 he appears in the records as captain of the Seventh
Company in the Third Battalion.
The will of John Carothers of East Pennsboro Twp., written 10 January 1783,
probated 13 March 1783, bequeathed to wife Ayles, three cows, a horse, six
sheep, bed and bedding, her clothes, a chest of drawers and pewter, she to live
on the place during her widowhood or until the youngest child comes of age; the
remaining personal estate to be sold and the proceeds to be invested for the
children; to daughters Mary, Alis and Jean Carothers, 80 pounds each; to sons
William, James and John, the land; if child expected is female she is to have
80 pounds, if male he is to share with sons; clothes to sons William and James;
watch and Bible to son John. Executors: wife Ayles, friends John Quigley,
James Laird. Witnesses: William Geddis, Nat Nelson, William McTeer.
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 39.
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