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Reviewed newspaper notices
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1 distinct notices · 1 retained pages
1776Verified surname passagecommittee resolutionPossible match
John Glascow
Chester County, PennsylvaniaBirth unknown
Appointed to provide for distressed families of Associators in actual service by the county committee.
Occupation / trade
Published 1776-08-28 · The Pennsylvania Gazette · p. 3
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What the notice says
John Glascow is appointed to provide for distressed families of Associators in actual service by the Chester County Committee of Inspection and Observation, in a resolution dated 13 August 1776.
Evidence and identity limits
Full heading and roster inspected. William Evans is chairman. This establishes an appointment, not that John was a soldier, Associator, recipient or relative of anyone listed. Same-name/county context with the 1773 land notice is compatible, but personal identity across the two events is unproved. Identity review (6 October 2026): John Glascow is appointed (13 Aug 1776) by the Chester County Committee of Inspection to provide for distressed families of Associators. Several Johns were taxed in Chester County in 1775-76 (West Nottingham landholder, East Nottingham landholder, East Bradford freeman), so the appointee is only possibly the West Nottingham man, Glasgow-2871.
[b. c. 1738; d. 1792-04-03] · committee appointee for relief of Associators' families, Chester CountyWhy this candidate?
Chester County tax index, 1775-76: John Glascow, West Nottingham, 50 acres, landholder (1775, 1776) - probably Glasgow-2871; John Glasgow, East Nottingham, 50 acres, landholder (1775); John Glascow, East Bradford, freeman (1776). Such appointments went to established local householders, which favours a landholder, but two landholding Johns existed and the notice gives no township. Glasgow-4027 (Moneymore John) was probably the West Nottingham inmate and later of Peters Twp, Cumberland Co. (will 1779): weak.
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