John Gallagher

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	early 1760s	County Down, Ireland
Marriage			To Margaret [unknown]
Death	1830s	in Muddy Creek Twp., Butler Co., PA

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 6             Generation 7          Generation 8
 
                                           +-- [unknown]
                                           |   (????-????)
                      +-- John Gallagher --+
                      |   (176?-183?)      |
 James C. Gallagher --+                    +-- [unknown]
 (1781-1863)          |                        (????-????)
                      +-- Margaret [unknown]
                          (????-????)
                                   
                                   

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Children

(children with Margaret [unknown])

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
James C. Gallagher	M	1781	County Donegal, Ireland	1) Sarah Forrester 2) Mary Albright	Direct line
John Gallagher, Jr.	M	1783	Ireland	Francis Mains
William Gallagher	M	1794
Mary Gallagher	F	1801		1) James English 2) J. Milton White
Margaret Gallagher	F	1803[?]
Jane Gallagher	F	1804[?]

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	Book: History of Butler County Pennsylvania 1895, page 48, in the section entitled "Taxables of 1803 for Buffalo Twp.," indicates that John Gallagher owned 400 acres of land, one cow, and one horse or ox, for a total value of $283 and paid tax on that property of $85. There is also a John Gallagher listed on page 51, in Connoquenessing Twp., who owns 400 acres, 3 cows, and 1 horse or ox, for a total value of $250 and a tax of $75.	transcript
2	1895 History of Butler Co., PA, Brown & Co., p. 1262 John Gallagher biographical sketch: "John Gallagher, Sr., one of the pioneers of Butler county, was a native of Down county, Ireland, and settled in Muddy Creek township, late in the Eighteenth or early in the present century. ...The eldest son, James, was twice married, his first wife being Sarah Forrester, and his second, Mary Albright. He died in Muddy Creek township, as did also his brother William."	(Complete text John Gallagher sketch, 1895 Hist. Butler Co.)
3	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams.	N/A

Conjecture

John Gallagher was still in Ireland at the time of the American Revolution. His son James C. Gallagher was born there in 1780. Nevertheless, the book Early Settlers of Butler County, PA. 1800-1806 ed. John F. Galll & David K. Webb, 1934, Chillicothe, OH, on pg 15 provides a list of Revolutionary Soldiers Who Resided & Owned Land in Butler County Previous to the Year 1804. Included in this list is a James Gallaher. The veteran James could possibly be an older brother of John Gallagher, or an uncle, or he could be completely unrelated. No relationship is established. The book Revolutionary War Veterans Who Settled in Butler Co. PA by Paul W. Myers, Closson Press 1985, does not mention any Gallagher or Gallaher.