4G. HANNA 8-20-1800 / 6-1-1836 M-JOHN HILLER

M-12-6-1821

JOHN 2 APPEARED ON RAPHO TWP. TAX LIST OF 1774 AS JOHN JR. AND CONTINUED SO UNTIL THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER IN 1831. JOHN DISTINQUISHED HIMSELF IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR BY SERVING AS FOLLOWS; (EVEN THOUGH HIS UNCLE, JOSEPH, WAS A TAX COLLECTOR FOR THE KING OF ENGLAND) ENLISTED AT THE AGE OF 23 AS A PRIVATE ON MAY 12, 1776 IN CAPT. HARRIS’S CO., FIRST REGIMENT, CONTINENTAL LINE; CAPT. GRAFF’S LANCASTER CO. MILITIA IN 1778; FIFTH CLASS PRIVATE IN 1778 UNDER CAPT. ARLGART’S CO., 3RD BATT. OF LANCASTER CO. MILITIA; PRIVATE IN CAPT. WILSON’S CO., FIRST PENNSYLVANIA LINE, MARCH 1779; AND AS A FIFTH CLASS P[RIVATE IN 1783 IN CAPT. CASEY’S 5TH CO., 7TH BATT. LANCASTER CO. MILITIA.

ACCORDING TO HIS FATHER’S WILL, HE INHERITED 21 1/2 ACRES OF THE ORIGINAL FLORY GARDENS, WHICH HE INCREASED TO 101 ACRES BY NOVEMBER 2, 1791. JOHN PARCEL SOLD HIS LANDS OVER THE YEARS. IT IS UNCLEAR HOW MUCH HE WILLED TO HIS ONLY SON, JOHN THIRD.

JOHN 2 IS BURIED AT IMMIGRANT CEMETARY IN RAPHO TWP., IN LANCASTER COUNTY.