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John Redinbo aka: Redinbaugh Submitted by Gene Dulin All distribution rights to this electronic data are reserved by the submitter. Reproduction or re-presentation of copyrighted material will require the permission of the copyright owner.

John Redinbo was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, son of "Henry" and "Margaret" Redinbo (a.k.a. Redenbaugh, a.k.a. Redinbaugh, a.k.a. Redenbo, a.k.a. Redenbach, etc.). john married "Christine" (surname unknown) in Berks County and, at some point prior to 1800 moved to Hamilton County, Ohio, joining his parents and several of his siblings there. There are conflicting accounts of exactly when John and Christine came to Ohio. The History of Hamilton County, Ohio, of H.A. & K.B. Ford, 1881, implies that John arrived during the spring of 1795. But the History of Shelby County, Ohio, published by Sutton & Company, 1883, states that "1799 they (John & family) removed to hamilton County, Ohio." In any event, John's parents and several of his siblings were living in hamilton County by 1795 and were certainly among the earliest of pioneers in Sycamore Township of that county and are considered among the founders of the town of Reading, Ohio, that town having been named after Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, by the Redinbo family. Excerpted from the History of Shelby County, Ohio: "Previous to the War of 1812, the Redenbaughs (John and his family) came to the present limits of Orange Township (Shelby County), but remained but a short time, when, on account of indian troubles, they returned to Hamilton County, where they remained until the year 1818, when they returned to this county (Shelby County)." In the meantime, according John's National Archives files, he volunteered for service in the War of 1812 on August 11, 1812, at Hamilton County for an enlistment term of six months and was honorably discharged on February 11, 1813, at the town of St. Mary's in Auglaize County, Ohio. He served in Colonel Sutton's Regiment of the Ohio Militia in the "Company of Riflemen" commanded by Capt. Asa Hinkle. He was joined in this militia company by his eldest son, Jeremiah, and by several other "ancestors" who are duly noted on other pages of this album. John's National Archives files give no clue regarding his exploits during his six-month enlistment, but Jeremiah's files relate that "the battalion to which he was attached was employed in road making in the states of Ohio and Indiana, so that government wagons could travel" and that he "was at Ft. Wayne a short time and near a fort at St. Mary's about two months before being discharged..." As noted above, following the War of 1812 and the destruction of Chief Tecumseh's Indian "confederacy," john returned to Shelby County with Christine and their younger children. Christine died shortly following this move and John married Susannah Evans on January 20, 1820. John can be found on the 1820 Federal Census for Shelby County living near Jeremiah, who was by then married. John died August 10, 1847, in Orange Township, Shelby County, Ohio, and consequently did not live to collect the "bounty land" to which War of 1812 veterans were legislatively entitled by an 1850 act of Congress. John's exact place of burial is not known. It is assumed that both he and Christine were buried on the homestead farm in Orange Township, Shelby County, Ohio.

Genealogical Ties to Shelby County for John Redinbo

Appears on 1820 Federal Census for Shelby County, OH.

Appears on 1830 Federal Census for Orange Township, Shelby County, OH.

Appears in History of Shelby County, Ohio, published 1883, p. 176, referenced in an article about his son, "Jeremiah Redenbaugh."

Family tradition says John died and was buried on homestead farm in Orange Township, Shelby County, OH. Grave marker never located.