Adam Peter Bruner

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name
Adam Peter Bruner
aka
[Adam Peter Bruner Sr.]
sex
male
access
public
summary
A Maryland-born soldier of the Revolution, who enlisted at Philadelphia in 1781, married Elizabeth Rice at Louisville in 1785 and raised six sons and a daughter in Breckenridge County, Kentucky. The family moved on to southern Indiana in 1825, and his son Michael brought him to Knox County, Illinois, where he died near Rio in 1846. Possibly the father of Henry Hickman Bruner.
born
date
1763
place
Maryland
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-illinois-revolutionary-burials-1917, article-siskiyou-1977-bruner-tradition]
note
"Born in Maryland in 1763" (1917). The family account has his grandfather Jacob settle in Frederick County, Maryland.
died
date
19 Oct 1846
place
Rio, Knox County, Illinois
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-illinois-revolutionary-burials-1917, article-siskiyou-1977-bruner-tradition]
note
"Removed to Knox county, Illinois, and died there October 19, 1846" (1917); "at the age of 83" (the family account).
buried
place
Rio, Knox County, Illinois
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-illinois-revolutionary-burials-1917, article-siskiyou-1977-bruner-tradition]
note
In the Bruner family burial plot near Rio, where a granite monument with a cannon on it was unveiled to him and his brother Peter on 1 Oct 1915.
residences
date
1786
place
Breckinridge County, Kentucky
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[article-siskiyou-1977-bruner-tradition]
note
'The Bruner Tradition' (Siskiyou Genealogical Society Bulletin, Spring 1977, p. 3): after marrying at Louisville in 1785 Adam 'moved further down the Ohio River to ... Breckenridge' in 1786, where he raised six sons and a daughter; his son Michael married there in 1814. The Bruner research file's 1810 Breckenridge household for the family fits.
date
1825
place
Lawrence County, Indiana
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[article-siskiyou-1977-bruner-tradition]
note
'The Bruner Tradition' (Siskiyou Bulletin, Spring 1977, p. 3): in 1825 the family left Breckenridge County for 'Orange and Lawrence County, Indiana'; in 1840-42 his son Michael brought Adam and Elizabeth from Indiana to Knox County, Illinois. Hickman Bruner married in Lawrence County in 1824.
events
what
Enlisted at Philadelphia
date
4 Feb 1781
place
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
sources
[book-illinois-revolutionary-burials-1917, article-siskiyou-1977-bruner-tradition]
note
Illinois Revolutionary War Veteran Burials (1917), at knox.illinoisgenweb.org/military/milrevwar.htm: enlisted 4 Feb 1781 in Capt. John Gayer's company, Third regiment (Pennsylvania); 'The Bruner Tradition' (Siskiyou Bulletin, Spring 1977, p. 3) says he 'enlisted in Philadelphia in 1781 as a private'.
spouses
id
elizabeth-rice-1765
married
date
1785
place
Louisville, Kentucky
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[article-siskiyou-1977-bruner-tradition]
note
"Adam married Elizabeth Rice at Louisville in 1785" (the family account).
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[article-siskiyou-1977-bruner-tradition]

Adam Bruner was born in Maryland in 1763, a son of Michael Bruner, whose father Jacob had come from Germany to Frederick County. He enlisted at Philadelphia on 4 Feb 1781, a private in Capt. John Gayer's company of the Third regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, and served four years; his brothers Peter and Leonard served too. After the war the family went to Franklin County, Virginia, and on to Jefferson County, Kentucky. He married Elizabeth Rice at Louisville in 1785, and the next year the family went on down the Ohio to the wilderness of Breckenridge County, where he raised six sons and a daughter and where his father died in 1814.

In 1825 the family crossed the Ohio into Orange and Lawrence counties, Indiana. His son Michael went on to Knox County, Illinois, in 1830 and, in 1840 or 1842, brought his parents out from Indiana to his farm near Rio. Elizabeth died there in 1842, and Adam on 19 Oct 1846. They lie in the Bruner family plot near Rio, where in 1915 a granite monument with a cannon on top was raised to Adam and his brother Peter, "soldiers of the Revolutionary war" (Illinois Revolutionary War Veteran Burials, 1917; "The Bruner Tradition," 1977).

The Bruner research names him as the father of Henry Hickman Bruner, who was in his household in Breckenridge County in 1810 and married in Lawrence County, Indiana, in 1824.

Open questions

  • A record naming Hickman as his son: the family account names only Michael of the six sons.
  • His pension or service record, and the Breckenridge County and Indiana land and tax records.
  1. ---
  2. name: Adam Peter Bruner
  3. aka: [Adam Peter Bruner Sr.]
  4. sex: male
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. A Maryland-born soldier of the Revolution, who enlisted at Philadelphia in 1781, married
  8. Elizabeth Rice at Louisville in 1785 and raised six sons and a daughter in Breckenridge County,
  9. Kentucky. The family moved on to southern Indiana in 1825, and his son Michael brought him to
  10. Knox County, Illinois, where he died near Rio in 1846. Possibly the father of Henry Hickman Bruner.
  11. born:
  12. date: "1763"
  13. place: Maryland
  14. basis: compiled
  15. confidence: probable
  16. sources: [book-illinois-revolutionary-burials-1917, article-siskiyou-1977-bruner-tradition]
  17. note: "\"Born in Maryland in 1763\" (1917). The family account has his grandfather Jacob settle in Frederick County, Maryland."
  18. died:
  19. date: 19 Oct 1846
  20. place: Rio, Knox County, Illinois
  21. basis: compiled
  22. confidence: probable
  23. sources: [book-illinois-revolutionary-burials-1917, article-siskiyou-1977-bruner-tradition]
  24. note: "\"Removed to Knox county, Illinois, and died there October 19, 1846\" (1917); \"at the age of 83\" (the family account)."
  25. buried:
  26. place: Rio, Knox County, Illinois
  27. basis: compiled
  28. confidence: probable
  29. sources: [book-illinois-revolutionary-burials-1917, article-siskiyou-1977-bruner-tradition]
  30. note: In the Bruner family burial plot near Rio, where a granite monument with a cannon on it was unveiled to him and his brother Peter on 1 Oct 1915.
  31. residences:
  32. - date: "1786"
  33. place: Breckinridge County, Kentucky
  34. basis: compiled
  35. confidence: probable
  36. sources: [article-siskiyou-1977-bruner-tradition]
  37. note: "'The Bruner Tradition' (Siskiyou Genealogical Society Bulletin, Spring 1977, p. 3): after marrying at Louisville in 1785 Adam 'moved further down the Ohio River to ... Breckenridge' in 1786, where he raised six sons and a daughter; his son Michael married there in 1814. The Bruner research file's 1810 Breckenridge household for the family fits."
  38. - date: "1825"
  39. place: Lawrence County, Indiana
  40. basis: compiled
  41. confidence: probable
  42. sources: [article-siskiyou-1977-bruner-tradition]
  43. note: "'The Bruner Tradition' (Siskiyou Bulletin, Spring 1977, p. 3): in 1825 the family left Breckenridge County for 'Orange and Lawrence County, Indiana'; in 1840-42 his son Michael brought Adam and Elizabeth from Indiana to Knox County, Illinois. Hickman Bruner married in Lawrence County in 1824."
  44. events:
  45. - what: Enlisted at Philadelphia
  46. date: "4 Feb 1781"
  47. place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  48. sources: [book-illinois-revolutionary-burials-1917, article-siskiyou-1977-bruner-tradition]
  49. note: "Illinois Revolutionary War Veteran Burials (1917), at knox.illinoisgenweb.org/military/milrevwar.htm: enlisted 4 Feb 1781 in Capt. John Gayer's company, Third regiment (Pennsylvania); 'The Bruner Tradition' (Siskiyou Bulletin, Spring 1977, p. 3) says he 'enlisted in Philadelphia in 1781 as a private'."
  50. spouses:
  51. - id: elizabeth-rice-1765
  52. married:
  53. date: "1785"
  54. place: Louisville, Kentucky
  55. basis: compiled
  56. confidence: probable
  57. sources: [article-siskiyou-1977-bruner-tradition]
  58. note: "\"Adam married Elizabeth Rice at Louisville in 1785\" (the family account)."
  59. basis: compiled
  60. confidence: probable
  61. sources: [article-siskiyou-1977-bruner-tradition]
  62. ---
  64. Adam Bruner was born in Maryland in 1763, a son of Michael Bruner, whose father Jacob had come from
  65. Germany to Frederick County. He enlisted at Philadelphia on 4 Feb 1781, a private in Capt. John
  66. Gayer's company of the Third regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, and served four years; his brothers
  67. Peter and Leonard served too. After the war the family went to Franklin County, Virginia, and on
  68. to Jefferson County, Kentucky. He married Elizabeth Rice at Louisville in 1785, and the next year
  69. the family went on down the Ohio to the wilderness of Breckenridge County, where he raised six sons
  70. and a daughter and where his father died in 1814.
  72. In 1825 the family crossed the Ohio into Orange and Lawrence counties, Indiana. His son Michael went
  73. on to Knox County, Illinois, in 1830 and, in 1840 or 1842, brought his parents out from Indiana to his
  74. farm near Rio. Elizabeth died there in 1842, and Adam on 19 Oct 1846. They lie in the Bruner family
  75. plot near Rio, where in 1915 a granite monument with a cannon on top was raised to Adam and his
  76. brother Peter, "soldiers of the Revolutionary war" ([Illinois Revolutionary War Veteran Burials,
  77. 1917](/files/sources/book-illinois-revolutionary-burials-1917/); ["The Bruner
  78. Tradition," 1977](/files/sources/article-siskiyou-1977-bruner-tradition/)).
  80. The Bruner research names him as the father of Henry Hickman Bruner, who was in his household in
  81. Breckenridge County in 1810 and married in Lawrence County, Indiana, in 1824.
  83. ## Open questions
  85. - A record naming Hickman as his son: the family account names only Michael of the six sons.
  86. - His pension or service record, and the Breckenridge County and Indiana land and tax records.
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