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| Dedicaton of Gravestone and Placque      To view a larger photo select one of the images above. Invitation to Dedication All Greathouse descendants are invited to attend this Dedication.The Dedication of gravestone and plaque honoring Revolutionary Soldier Harmon Greathouse (1762-1849) will be October 17, 1998 at John Mayer Farm at 2:00 PM in Deatsville, Nelson County, Kentucky. The reception is following the ceremony. A new gravestone and plaque honoring Harmon Greathouse will be presented by the Cahokia Mound Chapter of the NSDAR and the John Fitch Chapter of the NSDAR. The cemetery has been completely restored to include its original rock wall condition by a skilled stone mason employed by Dr. Richard F. Greathouse. This required some considerable expense and any contribution to help with this expense would be greatly appreciated. Contributions can be sent to Dr. Richard F. Greathouse at 3806 Taylorsville Rd., Louisville, Ky 40220. Directions: From Louisville take Interstate 65 South to State Highway 245 (exit 112) to Deatsville. John Mayer 's farm is one mile west of Deatsville's Post Office on Maple Green Road. I plan to attend this ceremony and will send my contribution. Hope some of you can attend or contribute, also. Many of us are or might be descendants of Harmon Greathouse. Please forward this message to all interested Greathouse descendants.
Pat Bulletin for Dedication CAHOKIA MOUND CHAPTER
JOHN FITCH CHAPTER NATIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION GRAVESTONE AND PLAQUE OCTOBER 17,1998 2:00 P.M. Harmon Greathouse was born in Frederick Co. Maryland on June 30, 1762. He was the fourth son of Harmon Greathouse, Sr., a German immigrant, Harmon Greathouse served in the Sandusky, Ohio Expedition. His unit fought against the Indians in 1781 under Col. William Crawford and Capt. Charles Bilderback. A lively battle was fought at a spot about five miles north of the old Sandusky Fort. Though about equal in numbers initially, Indian reinforcements soon gave the Indians a better than three-to-one advantage. Orders were given for the soldiers to retreat - every man for himself Harmon Greathouse had a very fine filly and could have made his retreat without any difficulty. However, he came upon a fellow soldier who was afoot and lame. Knowing that this comrade-in-arms would be captured and scalped by the Indians, Greathouse dismounted and gave up his horse and a portion of his rations. He then bid the soldier farewell and continued his escape on foot. Greathouse met up with ten members of his old company and together they marched day and night for about a week. With little rest and only buds and roots for subsistence, they eventually reached their settlement. Only about 60 of the original 400 soldiers reached home. Among these was the lame soldier who returned with Harmon Greathouse's horse. Harmon Greathouse died July 5, 1849 in Bardstown, KY.
PROGRAM Invocation Mrs. Ronald Mordhorst Past Chaplain
General, NSDAR Unveiling of Stone and Plaque Mrs. Dwight
Cornell Regent, John Fitch Chapter, NSDAR
Mrs. Paul Browning Regent, Cahokia Mound Chapter, NSDAR Prayer of Dedication Mrs. Ronald Mordhorst Past Chaplain General, NSDAR Acceptance Mr. John Mayer Deatsville, KY Laying of Wreaths Mrs. Dwight Cornell Regent, John Fitch Chapter, NSDAR Mrs. Paul Browning Regent, Cahokia Mound Chapter, NSDAR Retiring of Colors Kentucky ROTC Reception immediately following. DESCENDANTS OF HARMON GREATHOUSE NSDAR MEMBERS
(PAST AND PRESENT)
553942 Mary Anna Stowers Gates Fitzgerald
564593 Maria Ann Smith Luehder NOTE 1 693464 Hazel Waller Collins 750771 Myrna Lea Smith Schild NOTE 1 750771 Stephanie Arm Luehder Schrope NOTE 1 769350 Marianne Watson Dietrich NOTE 1: Current Member, Cahokia Mound Chapter,
NSDAR ACKNOWLEDGMENT Mr. & Mrs. John Mayer.....................Deatsville,
KY SRA International, Inc.
Midwest Operations........................Fairview Heights, IL Harmon Greathouse, Jr. was the son of Harmon Greathouse and Mary Stull. He was born June 30, 1762 in Baltimore ( now Carroll) Co., MD. His first wife that he married about 1784 was MARY GRIFFITH of Ohio Co., VA. She was prob. the daughter of Capt. William Griffith. (Harmon's first wife's name is clarified by the writings of his son, William Greathouse. William called her Mary Griffin, but the surname of the family of the area was Griffith. Harmon's first wife has been often called Mary "Massey", incorrectly. This surname was mistaken with his second wife's given name Mercy which occured as an error years ago and has been copied and passed down to each generation.)
Harmon and Mary Griffith had two children, both
of which died young.
1. Unknown child Greathouse b. about 1785 2. Unknown child Greathouse b. about 1787 Mary Griffith Greathouse died June 25, 1787 in Ohio ( now Brooke) Co., (W)VA probably as a result of the birth of her second child. She was buried in a cemetery on the banks of the Ohio River where Fort Holliday was located. Holiday's Cove is now Weirton, WV. Harmon married the second time on March 5, 1789 in Ohio Co., (W) VA to MERCY BUKEY, daughter of Capt. John Bukey who died in 1778 in Ohio Co., (W)VA and his wife was Jemima Dunn, who was administratrix of his will on Aug. 3, 1778. Jemima was the daughter of Hezekiah Dunn of NJ and his wife Marcy Martin. MERCY BUKEY was born March 19, 1768 in Ohio (now Brooke) Co., ( W) VA. They had 10 children. Some of you may have a child by the name of Rebecca. This information came from Alice Winters Nelson in her history of the Greathouse family. Rebecca is not listed as a child in the records of Alphonzo Hall. Hall's record came from a bible record and is probably correct. There is no documentation that Rebecca is a child of Harmon and Mercy Bukey. As you can see Hermon was not burned at the stake. This unhappy fate of Capt. Crawford was incorrectly interpreted as the fate od Herman Greathouse, Sr. by at least 3 members of the DAR and has been copied and quoted by researchers. These 3 DAR records are marked ERRORED in the files of the NSDAR in Wash., DC. Herman , Jr. was a member of Capt. William Crawford's regiment during Crawford's fateful expedition against the Sandusky Indians in 1782. William Greathouse, his son, in his writings told how he escaped and returned home. Harmon Greathouse's grave is located in the farm field of 600 acres that belong to John Mayer in Deatsville, KY. The two headstones are joined together and stand upright. Harmon's inscription is on the right side and Mercy's inscription is on the left side as you look at the stone marker.
Inscriptions: In Memory of Harmon Greathouse who Departed this
life on the 5th Day of July 1849 Both of these graves are enclosed by a square rock wall. This wall was rebuild by a stone mason hired by Dr. Richard F. Greathouse of Louisville, KY. It was a very impressive dedication. If Harmon was looking down upon us, I think he would have been proud of his descendants and his gravestone improvements. |
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