Adam Bruner: two published sources (13 Oct 2026)

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Adam Bruner: two published sources (13 Oct 2026)

Until now nothing about Adam Peter Bruner Sr. (1763-1846) or his wife Elizabeth Rice had a source. A light web search found two, both now in sources/.

  • Illinois Revolutionary War Veteran Burials (1917), as extracted on the Knox County ILGenWeb (Illinois Revolutionary War Veteran Burials (1917): Bruner, Adam; Bruner, Peter): born in Maryland in 1763; enlisted 4 Feb 1781 in Capt. John Gayer's company, Third regiment, and Maj. Richard Salter's regiment, Pennsylvania Militia; removed to Knox County, Illinois, and died there 19 Oct 1846; buried near Rio in the Bruner cemetery. His brother Peter (b. Maryland 1762) lies there too, and a monument was raised to the two.
  • "The Bruner Tradition", Genealogical Society of Siskiyou County Bulletin 5:3 (Spring 1977), p. 3 ("The Bruner Tradition," Genealogical Society of Siskiyou County Bulletin 5:3 (Spring 1977), p. 3): a descendant's account through Adam's son Michael. Sons of Michael Bruner (b. 1729), grandsons of Jacob (to Frederick County, Maryland); Adam enlisted at Philadelphia in 1781 and served four years; the family went to Franklin County, Virginia, then Jefferson County, Kentucky; Adam married Elizabeth Rice at Louisville in 1785; to Breckenridge County in 1786 (six sons, a daughter; old Michael d. there 1814); to Orange and Lawrence counties, Indiana, in 1825; Michael to Knox County near Rio in 1830, bringing his parents from Indiana in 1840 or 1842; Elizabeth d. 1842, Adam d. 1846 aged 83. The monument near Rio was unveiled on 1 Oct 1915. No records are cited.

What they settle. Adam's birth (Maryland, 1763), service, marriage (Louisville, 1785), the family's moves and his death (19 Oct 1846, near Rio) are now compiled, probable. Elizabeth's death (1842, near Rio) likewise; the account's "at the age of 80" [? the figure is blurred in the scan] would put her birth earlier than the research's 1765.

What they don't. Neither names Hickman. The account names only Michael of Adam's six sons. Adam > Hickman stays possible: Hickman was in a Breckenridge County Bruner household in 1810 and married in Lawrence County, Indiana, in 1824, both where Adam's family was.

Next. Adam's pension or bounty-land file (if any), the Breckenridge County tax lists (1790s-1825) for his sons, and the Knox County probate of 1846.

  1. # Adam Bruner: two published sources (13 Oct 2026)
  3. Until now nothing about Adam Peter Bruner Sr. (1763-1846) or his wife Elizabeth Rice had a source.
  4. A light web search found two, both now in `sources/`.
  6. - **Illinois Revolutionary War Veteran Burials (1917)**, as extracted on the Knox County ILGenWeb
  7. (`book-illinois-revolutionary-burials-1917`): born in Maryland in 1763; enlisted 4 Feb 1781 in
  8. Capt. John Gayer's company, Third regiment, and Maj. Richard Salter's regiment, Pennsylvania
  9. Militia; removed to Knox County, Illinois, and died there 19 Oct 1846; buried near Rio in the
  10. Bruner cemetery. His brother Peter (b. Maryland 1762) lies there too, and a monument was raised
  11. to the two.
  12. - **"The Bruner Tradition"**, Genealogical Society of Siskiyou County Bulletin 5:3 (Spring 1977),
  13. p. 3 (`article-siskiyou-1977-bruner-tradition`): a descendant's account through Adam's son
  14. Michael. Sons of Michael Bruner (b. 1729), grandsons of Jacob (to Frederick County, Maryland);
  15. Adam enlisted at Philadelphia in 1781 and served four years; the family went to Franklin County,
  16. Virginia, then Jefferson County, Kentucky; Adam married Elizabeth Rice at Louisville in 1785;
  17. to Breckenridge County in 1786 (six sons, a daughter; old Michael d. there 1814); to Orange and
  18. Lawrence counties, Indiana, in 1825; Michael to Knox County near Rio in 1830, bringing his parents
  19. from Indiana in 1840 or 1842; Elizabeth d. 1842, Adam d. 1846 aged 83. The monument near Rio was
  20. unveiled on 1 Oct 1915. No records are cited.
  22. **What they settle.** Adam's birth (Maryland, 1763), service, marriage (Louisville, 1785), the
  23. family's moves and his death (19 Oct 1846, near Rio) are now compiled, probable. Elizabeth's death
  24. (1842, near Rio) likewise; the account's "at the age of 80" [? the figure is blurred in the scan]
  25. would put her birth earlier than the research's 1765.
  27. **What they don't.** Neither names Hickman. The account names only Michael of Adam's six sons. Adam >
  28. Hickman stays possible: Hickman was in a Breckenridge County Bruner household in 1810 and married
  29. in Lawrence County, Indiana, in 1824, both where Adam's family was.
  31. **Next.** Adam's pension or bounty-land file (if any), the Breckenridge County tax lists
  32. (1790s-1825) for his sons, and the Knox County probate of 1846.
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