Revolutionary War
Not all ancestors are represented on this page.
As research continues, additional ancestors and documentation will be included.
"These are the times that try men's souls."
~Thomas Paine
They pledged their allegiance before there was even a flag. From 1775, with the first shots in Lexington, to the Treaty of Paris in 1783, the Revolutionary War secured independence for the United States of America.
High taxes, levied by a distant British government in which they had no representation, incited the growing desire for self rule among the American colonists. Resentment increased as Britain sent their redcoats to Boston, culminating with the colonists dumping tea off a British boat rather than paying its taxes.
The colonies, too, had their own militias, remnants of the ongoing skirmishes with Indians. Led by General George Washington, the Continental Army consisted of individuals from every colony. The colonies also had a Continental Navy.
Some 217,000 American service members fought in the Revolution, including in-state militias. More than 4,000 Americans died in the battle and some 6,000 were injured. Ancestry.com
Our ancestors who fought for independence in the American Revolution all came from the Gibbar side of the family. Members of the Bohnert side did not arrive in the new world until the family of Vincent Leible arrived in 1836. Some of our Gibbar ancestors who fought in the cause of the Revolution include:
(1763 - 1835)
5x Great Grandfather
(d. 1792)
5x Great Grandfather
(1743 - 1815)
5x Great Grandfather
(1720 - 1795)
6x Great Grandfather
(1744 - 1816)
5x Great Grandfather