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Recorded as John Steret in will book.
Indentured servant listed.
Enslaved persons listed, one woman and one boy.
1 item, 1 piece
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RG-03-00-0133
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Custodial History
Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.
Unveiling of monument erected by Witness Tree Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution to the memory of Revolutionary soldiers at Donegal Presbyterian Church
Photograph- Stump of historic Donegal Witness Tree under which men of the church gathered to pledge their allegiance to the Continental Cause during the American Revolution.
Photograph- Stump of historic Donegal Witness Tree under which men of the church gathered to pledge their allegiance to the Continental Cause during the American Revolution.
Description
Stump of historic Donegal Witness Tree under which men of the church gathered to pledge their allegiance to the Continental Cause during the American Revolution.
Old Doneglal, with its gambrel roof, is lcoated near Mt. Joy, a town northeast of Lancaster. Many people of the eighteenth century are buried in its graveyard. In the front fo the church, not seen on this photograph is the Witness Tree under which the minister and the congregation swore allegiance to the American cause in the Revolution.
