Johannes Henrich "Henry" Rehlsbach
1758 - 1780 (21 years)
Person ID: I861
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Name Johannes Henrich "Henry" Rehlsbach Name Henry Railsback Born 10 Sep 1758 Eisern, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany 
[1] Christened 17 Sep 1758 Evangelical Church, Roetgen, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Gender Male Died 1780 [2] Cause: Prisoner of the British during the American Revolution Siblings 1. Johannes Henrich "Henry" Rehlsbach (current person), b. 10 Sep 1758, Eisern, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany , d. 1780 (Age 21 years)2. Johann Eberth "Edward" Rehlsbach, b. 11 Apr 1761, Eisern, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany , d. Jun 1787 (Age 26 years)3. Elizabeth Railsback, b. 5 Jan 1764, Eisern, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany , d. 11 Aug 1829 (Age 65 years) -
Parents
Father Johann Heinrich "Henry" Railsback, b. 27 Mar 1736, Eisern, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany , d. 14 Sep 1815, Rowan, North Carolina, United States (Age 79 years) Mother Ann Maria "Margaret" Euteneuer, b. 22 Feb 1739, Evangelical Church, Roetgen, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany , d. 4 Oct 1786, Rowan, North Carolina, United States (Age 47 years) Married 13 Sep 1757 Eisern Chapel, Eisern, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany -
Other Personal Events
Family Search ID 97Q5-C29 Ω Residence Child Est 1766 Rowan, North Carolina, United States - Witness Role: Principal Johann Heinrich RAILSBACK
Military Service From 1775 to 1780 [2] American Revolution, Continental Army - Henry Railsback was a company officer in Gen. Gates' army, and was captured by the British. On reaching their lines he saw many of his Tory neighbors who had joined the British army, he was taken sick, and never got home.
(This was according to the history of Wayne County, Indiana, based on stories told by Enoch Railsback, who was Henry's nephew)
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Event Map
Born - 10 Sep 1758 - Eisern, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany 
Christened - 17 Sep 1758 - Evangelical Church, Roetgen, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 
Ω Residence Child - Est 1766 - Rowan, North Carolina, United States = Link to Google Earth -
Source Citations
- [S74] The Argos Reflector, "Railsback," in Family Histories of Early Argos, (Argos, IN: The Argos Reflector, 10 April 1941), copy in possession of Leslie Price..
- [S1336] Andrew White Young, History of Wayne County, Indiana, from its first settlement to the present time: with numerous biographical and family sketches, (Cincinnati, OH: R. Clarke & Co., 1872), Internet Archive (http://archive.org/details/historyofwayneco00inyoun: accessed 24 January 2019)., pp.354-355.
Enoch Railsback, son of David, was born in North Carolina, May 26, 1798, and removed with his father's family to this county in 1807. He married Nancy Fouts, daughter of Jacob Fouts. After a temporary residence in several places, he settled permanently, where he now resides, on Wayne township west line, a part of his farm having been the site of Salisbury.
He had six children :
• Sarah, wife of Andrew Eliason.
• Elizabeth, wife of John Sellars, Mound City, Kansas.
• Elvonia, wife of John Pugh, and died at Centerville, Jan. 1, 1851.
• Jehiel, unmarried, attorney at law, at Richmond.
• Mary B., who married Fabius Fleming, Richmond.
• Lycurgus, who married Lizzy Binford, of 111., and lives in Marshall, Iowa.
The Railsback family have an honorable connection with the war of the Revolution. The Colonel relates the following reminiscences : His father, David Railsback, was assistant wagon-boy for his brother Edward, who drove a fourhorse baggage-wagon for the Colonial army. At Gen. Gates' defeat in South Carolina, while the American forces were giving way, he drove his team hastily into a thicket, and soon saw the British light-horse pursuing our forces, who met with great slaughter. Late at night he left the place of his concealment, and returned safely with his team to North Carolina. Henry Railsback, an older brother, was a company officer in Gen. Gates' army, and was captured by the British. On reaching their lines he saw many of his Tory neighbors who had joined the British army, he was taken sick, and never got home.
- [S74] The Argos Reflector, "Railsback," in Family Histories of Early Argos, (Argos, IN: The Argos Reflector, 10 April 1941), copy in possession of Leslie Price..