Samuel Gettys

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This article is about the American settler. For the UK politician, see Samuel Getty.
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Samuel Gettys (1725-15 March 1790) was a settler and tavern owner in south-central Pennsylvania during the late 1780s. The borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, which was founded in 1786, was named after him.[1]

Formative years[]

Born in 1725 in Randalstown, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, Samuel Gettys was the husband of Isabella (Ramsey) Gettys (1731-1815), the sister of Reynolds Ramsey, grandfather of historian J. G. M. Ramsey.[2] Their children were: Mary (Gettys) Linn (1752-1823), William Gettys (1757-1813), and James Gettys (1759-1815).

American Revolution[]

Samuel Gettys gave funds to the Continental Army but, soon after it won, he was rich in land but poor in cash; so he decided to sell off his plots of land in order to achieve financial stability. His son, James, bought his land and sold it off in parcel lots.[3]

Death and interment[]

Gettys died in Gettysburg on March 15, 1790, and was buried at Black's Graveyard in that city.

References[]

  1. ^ gettysburg-pa.gov Archived 2016-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Autobiography of J. G. M. Ramsey, cited by Heiskell, Samuel Gordon (1920). Andrew Jackson and Early Tennessee History. Vol. 2 (2nd ed.). Nashville, Tennessee. p. 91. LCCN 20010625. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  3. ^ "The Gettysburg Experience". The Gettysburg Experience. Archived from the original on 2013-02-04. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
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