David Hootman and Susan Cavanaugh

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Husband David Hootman ¹

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            AKA: Christian Hootman 2
           Born: Abt 1757 - Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany
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           Died: 1845 or 1859 - Donegal Twp, Washington Co, PA 3
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   Other Spouse: Unknown (      -      ) - Washington Co, PA

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Wife Susan Cavanaugh ²

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Children

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• They had no children.

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General Notes: Husband - David Hootman

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He was of German birth, and as a Hessian soldier in the pay of the British came to America during the Revolutionary war. No sooner did an opportunity offer, however, than he deserted from the British ranks and enlisted as a drummer boy with the patriots in their struggle for liberty. After the close of the war he remained in America, locating on a farm in Donegal township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he resided from 1780 until his death. The young soldier appreciated liberty so highly that he never drew any pay for his service in the cause of liberty.

He [Christian Hootman] enlisted in the army when a young man, and was among the Hessian soldiers who came to America during the Revolutionary war, who were hired by the English government to fight the Colonists. He was a drummer boy, and upon first landing in America was delighted with the country, often longing for freedom, that he might assist the Colonists in their struggle for liberty. At the battle of Brandywine he was taken prisoner, and (making no effort to escape) was soon drumming in the Continental army under Gen. Washington. He served till the close of the war, and decided to remain in the "land of the free," where the galling restraints of the old country were unknown. In the year 1785 the young man came to Washington County, Pennsylvania, after a long and tedious journey over the mountains. He took up a "tomahawk claim" in the northwest corner of Donegal township, immediately on the line then bounding Pennsylvania and Virginia. Here he erected a cabin home in the wilderness, and began to clear a piece of land upon which to raise corn. [CBRWC, 1295]

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 411, 959.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1295.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 411, 959, 1295.