Illinois Revolutionary War Veteran Burials (1917): Bruner, Adam; Bruner, Peter

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Illinois Revolutionary War Veteran Burials (1917): Bruner, Adam; Bruner, Peter
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1917
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https://knox.illinoisgenweb.org/military/milrevwar.htm
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Seen in the Knox County ILGenWeb's list of Revolutionary War veterans buried in Knox County, extracted in 2017 from the Illinois Society Sons of the American Revolution's website. Downloaded 13 Oct 2026.

  • Adam: "BRUNER, ADAM - was born in Maryland in 1763. He enlisted February 4, 1781, in Capt. John Gayers company, Third regiment, and Major Richard Salter's regiment, Pennsylvania Militia. He removed to Knox county, Illinois, and died there October 19, 1846. He is buried near Rio in the Bruner cemetery."
  • Peter, his brother: "BRUNER, PETER - was born in Maryland in 1762. He enlisted in Capt. George Feathers company, Ninth Battalion, Lancaster county Militia, and Col. John Huber's regiment, in
    1. He again served in Capt. John Smuller's company, in 1780 and 1781; again in 1782 in Capt. James Patten's company. He is buried in the Bruner cemetery near Rio. A monument has been erected to the memory of these brothers in Knox county."

See Adam Peter Bruner.

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  2. title: "Illinois Revolutionary War Veteran Burials (1917): Bruner, Adam; Bruner, Peter"
  3. type: book
  4. date: "1917"
  5. url: "https://knox.illinoisgenweb.org/military/milrevwar.htm"
  6. seen: transcript
  7. access: public
  8. ---
  10. Seen in the Knox County ILGenWeb's list of Revolutionary War veterans buried in Knox County,
  11. extracted in 2017 from the Illinois Society Sons of the American Revolution's website. Downloaded
  12. 13 Oct 2026.
  14. - **Adam:** "BRUNER, ADAM - was born in Maryland in 1763. He enlisted February 4, 1781, in Capt.
  15. John Gayers company, Third regiment, and Major Richard Salter's regiment, Pennsylvania Militia. He
  16. removed to Knox county, Illinois, and died there October 19, 1846. He is buried near Rio in the
  17. Bruner cemetery."
  18. - **Peter, his brother:** "BRUNER, PETER - was born in Maryland in 1762. He enlisted in Capt. George
  19. Feathers company, Ninth Battalion, Lancaster county Militia, and Col. John Huber's regiment, in
  20. 1779. He again served in Capt. John Smuller's company, in 1780 and 1781; again in 1782 in Capt.
  21. James Patten's company. He is buried in the Bruner cemetery near Rio. A monument has been erected
  22. to the memory of these brothers in Knox county."
  24. See `adam-bruner-1763`.
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