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     Capt. George Meek was born in 1741 at Hopewell Co., Maryland, USA.^2,3 He married Rachel Herron, daughter of David Herron, in 1770.^2,3

Capt. George Meek died between 11 March 1801 and 19 January 1802 at Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^2,3,4
Capt. George Meek was buried before 19 January 1802 at West of Pine Grove Mills, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; From PGM Notes: Capt. George Meek is buried in mountain gap south of DAR monument on highway west of Pine Grove Mills. This tract was for lumbering at that time. I do not know whther this tract was part of his original grant from the Continental Congress. Or whther his wife Racel was also buried there. All trace of the grave has disappeared. This burial was presumably before Meeks cemetery was established.

His estate was probated on 19 January 1802.

     EDV-4.

; "...Three of the sons gave their lives to their country. One of the survivors was Capt. George Meek who settled much of that part of the county now known as Ferguson township. He was the companion and guide of James Harris in his early surveying operations in the county and was with him when Bellefonte was laid out.¹ "

Reference: Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder; Chicago: J.H.Beers & Co., 1898, p. 124.
     "Capt. George Meek entered the service with his brothers. The father, Robert Meek, owned property in Cumberland county in 1761. The family of George Meek lived near Lewistown (now Mifflin county) in 1780, and he came into Centre county with James Harris on a surveying expeditionin 1784. On the 21st of January, 1790, he took up a tract of land in Ferguson township, which is still owned by the Meeks. His children were: mary, John, Robert, David, William, Sarah, Isabella and Jane.
     "William married Elizabeth Breckinridge, whose family had settled in Huntingdon county about three miles southeast of McConnelstown, on the road leading from Huntingdon to Bedford, and where the father, eldest sister and younger brother had been murdered by the Indians. He settled on that part of his father's tract now known as the David G. Meek farm, and died in 1806, leaving his wife and four sons and a daughter born three months after the father's death. The children were: John B., born June 5, 1797, died in Washington, D.C., November 28, 1868; George W., born September 14, 1799, died May 27, 1877; Reuben H; William J; and Harriet Jane, who married James McCartney, and died in Bolivar, Penn., in 1881." at Citation.⁵

Reference: Sources.^6,7,8
Capt. George Meek lived with Robert Meek between 1766 and 1783 at Cumberland Co. (then), Pennsylvania, USA; Ellis & Hungerford [1886] contain several pre-1800 references to Meeks who settle in the are Susquehana and Juniata valleys of central PA. Some of these may have been the brother or uncles and father of this George Meek:
     p. 584: William Meek (unknown?) - "In 1783, John Unkles was assessed on five hundred and forty-five acres of land in Wayne township, and in 1793 on five hundred acres of land and two mills. This land was on the north bank of the Juniata River, through which flowed Beaver Run. It was granted in two warrants, one of which, granted to William Meek on an order of survey March 2, 1775, contained one hundred and ninety eight acres, and was sold by him to William Chambers who sold it to John Unkles June 25, 1783."
     p. 585: Samuel Meek (Brother of Robert?) - On the same date [18 May 1814] [Thomas] Cromwell sold a part of this land and other land to Matthias Copland, or Coplin, embracing two hundred and forty acres on Beaver Dam Run. A part of this last tract was warrangted to Samuel Meek April 1, 1767."
     p. 1057: Robert Meek - "An assessment of [Rye] township was made in the saem year of its erection (1766)..."Robert Meek, 50 [acres]."⁹

Capt. George Meek began military service between 1778 and 1781 at Revolutionary War, Pennsylvania, USA, 5th PA Battalion, Continental Line 1778-1781 under Capt Thomas Alexander
Sources:
     -Penn Archives, Series 5, vol. 6 pp. 332, 490, 624 (Cumberland Co. Militia)
     -Mary Meek (Decd) Bellefonte DAR 64401
     -Census 1790, p. 125, Huntingdon Co., Centre County being made from Huntingdon Cp.
     -Centre County History of, J. B. Linn pp. 213, 247,283, 285
     -Central Pa History pp. 124-125
     -PA Archives Series 3 Vol VI pp. 241, 720
     -PA Archives 5th Series Vol IV, pp. 298, 634
     -PA Archives 5th Series Vol VI, pp. 332, 587, 624, 650
     -DAR Monument, Rt. 45 Centre Co., PA
     -4th Generation: Meeks Church, Fairbrook, Centre Co., PA
     -3rd generation: Grandview Cemetery, Tyrone, PA
     -5th generation: Graysville Cemetery, Graysville, Blair Co., PA
Generations
     1. Ivan B. Sinclair m. Emily Armstrong
     2. Frank Stevens Armstrong m. Alice Luella Meek
     3. George Young Meek m. Mary E Fye Royer
     4. George Young Meek m. Nancy McWilliams
     5. Robert Meek m. Jane Young
     6. George Meek m. Rachel Herron.³

Capt. George Meek lived in 1780 at Lewistown, Mifflin Co. (now), Pennsylvania, USA; Beers [1898:124]: "The family of George Meek lived near Lewistown (now Mifflin county) in 1780."⁵
Capt. George Meek was mentioned in a land transaction on 21 January 1790 at Ferguson Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA,
Memo: Linn [1883:283]: "North of the Samuel and Willam Webb, George Meek took up a tract of three hundred and five acres Jan. 21, 1790, surveyed June 5, 1790, still owned by the Meeks [ca 1883], and on which the Meeks Church stands."¹⁰

Capt. George Meek left a will on 11 March 1801 at Ferguson Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Synopsis from Fravel [1939:1]: "page 12, GEORGE MEEK, Ferguson Twp., 11/3/1801-1/19/1802, wife Rachel. friend Jonathan Wales, eldest son Robert, son William, David, John. Youngest Dr. Sarah not 21, Dtr. Mary Steelly, Dtr. Isabell, Dtr. Jean. Ex: Wife & Thomas Ferguson. Witness: Thomas Ferguson, Joseph Diven, John Barron."⁴

     Mary Meek married (?) Steely
; Mary Meeks is referred to as "Mary Steely" in the wills of her mother and father.^1,2
     Mary Meek was a mentioned with Capt. George Meek at Citation; Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder; Chicago: J.H.Beers & Co., 1898, p. 124.
     "Capt. George Meek entered the service with his brothers. The father, Robert Meek, owned property in Cumberland county in 1761. The family of George Meek lived near Lewistown (now Mifflin county) in 1780, and he came into Centre county with James Harris on a surveying expeditionin 1784. On the 21st of January, 1790, he took up a tract of land in Ferguson township, which is still owned by the Meeks. His children were: mary, John, Robert, David, William, Sarah, Isabella and Jane.
     "William married Elizabeth Breckinridge, whose family had settled in Huntingdon county about three miles southeast of McConnelstown, on the road leading from Huntingdon to Bedford, and where the father, eldest sister and younger brother had been murdered by the Indians. He settled on that part of his father's tract now known as the David G. Meek farm, and died in 1806, leaving his wife and four sons and a daughter born three months after the father's death. The children were: John B., born June 5, 1797, died in Washington, D.C., November 28, 1868; George W., born September 14, 1799, died May 27, 1877; Reuben H; William J; and Harriet Jane, who married James McCartney, and died in Bolivar, Penn., in 1881."³

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Mary Meek is mentioned in the will of Capt. George Meek on 11 March 1801 at Ferguson Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Synopsis from Fravel [1939:1]: "page 12, GEORGE MEEK, Ferguson Twp., 11/3/1801-1/19/1802, wife Rachel. friend Jonathan Wales, eldest son Robert, son William, David, John. Youngest Dr. Sarah not 21, Dtr. Mary Steelly, Dtr. Isabell, Dtr. Jean. Ex: Wife & Thomas Ferguson. Witness: Thomas Ferguson, Joseph Diven, John Barron."²
Mary Meek is mentioned in the will of Rachel Herron on 14 January 1822 at Ferguson Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Synopsis from Fravel [1939:14]: "Will Book A, page 231, RACHEL MEEK, widow of Ferguson Twp., husband was Geo.. Meek, dec'd. 1/14/1822-1/13/1827, dtr Jane Meeks [sic], dtr. Mary Steely, Ex: John Bailey, John Patton. Witness: Isaac McCamont, Robt. Patton."¹

     John Meek was a mentioned with Capt. George Meek at Citation; Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder; Chicago: J.H.Beers & Co., 1898, p. 124.
     "Capt. George Meek entered the service with his brothers. The father, Robert Meek, owned property in Cumberland county in 1761. The family of George Meek lived near Lewistown (now Mifflin county) in 1780, and he came into Centre county with James Harris on a surveying expeditionin 1784. On the 21st of January, 1790, he took up a tract of land in Ferguson township, which is still owned by the Meeks. His children were: mary, John, Robert, David, William, Sarah, Isabella and Jane.
     "William married Elizabeth Breckinridge, whose family had settled in Huntingdon county about three miles southeast of McConnelstown, on the road leading from Huntingdon to Bedford, and where the father, eldest sister and younger brother had been murdered by the Indians. He settled on that part of his father's tract now known as the David G. Meek farm, and died in 1806, leaving his wife and four sons and a daughter born three months after the father's death. The children were: John B., born June 5, 1797, died in Washington, D.C., November 28, 1868; George W., born September 14, 1799, died May 27, 1877; Reuben H; William J; and Harriet Jane, who married James McCartney, and died in Bolivar, Penn., in 1881."¹

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John Meek is mentioned in the will of Capt. George Meek on 11 March 1801 at Ferguson Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Synopsis from Fravel [1939:1]: "page 12, GEORGE MEEK, Ferguson Twp., 11/3/1801-1/19/1802, wife Rachel. friend Jonathan Wales, eldest son Robert, son William, David, John. Youngest Dr. Sarah not 21, Dtr. Mary Steelly, Dtr. Isabell, Dtr. Jean. Ex: Wife & Thomas Ferguson. Witness: Thomas Ferguson, Joseph Diven, John Barron."³

     Peter Gearhart married Hetty Flegal, daughter of David Flegal.
Peter Gearhart was born circa 1794 at Decatur Township, Clearfield Co., Pennsylvania, USA.
Peter Gearhart died in 1871 at Ohio, USA.
      ; DEATH: Commemorative Biographical Record, PG 861 CENSUS: 1860, pg.158, Boggs Twp., Woodland, Clearfield Co., PA.

     Robert Meek was born on 22 September 1768 at Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹ He married Jane Young in 1799.^2,1

Robert Meek died on 2 August 1816 at Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 47.¹
     He was a mentioned with Capt. George Meek at Citation; Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder; Chicago: J.H.Beers & Co., 1898, p. 124.
     "Capt. George Meek entered the service with his brothers. The father, Robert Meek, owned property in Cumberland county in 1761. The family of George Meek lived near Lewistown (now Mifflin county) in 1780, and he came into Centre county with James Harris on a surveying expeditionin 1784. On the 21st of January, 1790, he took up a tract of land in Ferguson township, which is still owned by the Meeks. His children were: mary, John, Robert, David, William, Sarah, Isabella and Jane.
     "William married Elizabeth Breckinridge, whose family had settled in Huntingdon county about three miles southeast of McConnelstown, on the road leading from Huntingdon to Bedford, and where the father, eldest sister and younger brother had been murdered by the Indians. He settled on that part of his father's tract now known as the David G. Meek farm, and died in 1806, leaving his wife and four sons and a daughter born three months after the father's death. The children were: John B., born June 5, 1797, died in Washington, D.C., November 28, 1868; George W., born September 14, 1799, died May 27, 1877; Reuben H; William J; and Harriet Jane, who married James McCartney, and died in Bolivar, Penn., in 1881."³

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Robert Meek is mentioned in the will of Capt. George Meek on 11 March 1801 at Ferguson Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Synopsis from Fravel [1939:1]: "page 12, GEORGE MEEK, Ferguson Twp., 11/3/1801-1/19/1802, wife Rachel. friend Jonathan Wales, eldest son Robert, son William, David, John. Youngest Dr. Sarah not 21, Dtr. Mary Steelly, Dtr. Isabell, Dtr. Jean. Ex: Wife & Thomas Ferguson. Witness: Thomas Ferguson, Joseph Diven, John Barron."⁵

     David Meek was a mentioned with Capt. George Meek at Citation; Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder; Chicago: J.H.Beers & Co., 1898, p. 124.
     "Capt. George Meek entered the service with his brothers. The father, Robert Meek, owned property in Cumberland county in 1761. The family of George Meek lived near Lewistown (now Mifflin county) in 1780, and he came into Centre county with James Harris on a surveying expeditionin 1784. On the 21st of January, 1790, he took up a tract of land in Ferguson township, which is still owned by the Meeks. His children were: mary, John, Robert, David, William, Sarah, Isabella and Jane.
     "William married Elizabeth Breckinridge, whose family had settled in Huntingdon county about three miles southeast of McConnelstown, on the road leading from Huntingdon to Bedford, and where the father, eldest sister and younger brother had been murdered by the Indians. He settled on that part of his father's tract now known as the David G. Meek farm, and died in 1806, leaving his wife and four sons and a daughter born three months after the father's death. The children were: John B., born June 5, 1797, died in Washington, D.C., November 28, 1868; George W., born September 14, 1799, died May 27, 1877; Reuben H; William J; and Harriet Jane, who married James McCartney, and died in Bolivar, Penn., in 1881."¹

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David Meek is mentioned in the will of Capt. George Meek on 11 March 1801 at Ferguson Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Synopsis from Fravel [1939:1]: "page 12, GEORGE MEEK, Ferguson Twp., 11/3/1801-1/19/1802, wife Rachel. friend Jonathan Wales, eldest son Robert, son William, David, John. Youngest Dr. Sarah not 21, Dtr. Mary Steelly, Dtr. Isabell, Dtr. Jean. Ex: Wife & Thomas Ferguson. Witness: Thomas Ferguson, Joseph Diven, John Barron."³

     Sarah Meek was a mentioned with Capt. George Meek at Citation; Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder; Chicago: J.H.Beers & Co., 1898, p. 124.
     "Capt. George Meek entered the service with his brothers. The father, Robert Meek, owned property in Cumberland county in 1761. The family of George Meek lived near Lewistown (now Mifflin county) in 1780, and he came into Centre county with James Harris on a surveying expeditionin 1784. On the 21st of January, 1790, he took up a tract of land in Ferguson township, which is still owned by the Meeks. His children were: mary, John, Robert, David, William, Sarah, Isabella and Jane.
     "William married Elizabeth Breckinridge, whose family had settled in Huntingdon county about three miles southeast of McConnelstown, on the road leading from Huntingdon to Bedford, and where the father, eldest sister and younger brother had been murdered by the Indians. He settled on that part of his father's tract now known as the David G. Meek farm, and died in 1806, leaving his wife and four sons and a daughter born three months after the father's death. The children were: John B., born June 5, 1797, died in Washington, D.C., November 28, 1868; George W., born September 14, 1799, died May 27, 1877; Reuben H; William J; and Harriet Jane, who married James McCartney, and died in Bolivar, Penn., in 1881."¹

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Sarah Meek is mentioned in the will of Capt. George Meek on 11 March 1801 at Ferguson Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Synopsis from Fravel [1939:1]: "page 12, GEORGE MEEK, Ferguson Twp., 11/3/1801-1/19/1802, wife Rachel. friend Jonathan Wales, eldest son Robert, son William, David, John. Youngest Dr. Sarah not 21, Dtr. Mary Steelly, Dtr. Isabell, Dtr. Jean. Ex: Wife & Thomas Ferguson. Witness: Thomas Ferguson, Joseph Diven, John Barron."³

     Isabella Meek was a mentioned with Capt. George Meek at Citation; Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder; Chicago: J.H.Beers & Co., 1898, p. 124.
     "Capt. George Meek entered the service with his brothers. The father, Robert Meek, owned property in Cumberland county in 1761. The family of George Meek lived near Lewistown (now Mifflin county) in 1780, and he came into Centre county with James Harris on a surveying expeditionin 1784. On the 21st of January, 1790, he took up a tract of land in Ferguson township, which is still owned by the Meeks. His children were: mary, John, Robert, David, William, Sarah, Isabella and Jane.
     "William married Elizabeth Breckinridge, whose family had settled in Huntingdon county about three miles southeast of McConnelstown, on the road leading from Huntingdon to Bedford, and where the father, eldest sister and younger brother had been murdered by the Indians. He settled on that part of his father's tract now known as the David G. Meek farm, and died in 1806, leaving his wife and four sons and a daughter born three months after the father's death. The children were: John B., born June 5, 1797, died in Washington, D.C., November 28, 1868; George W., born September 14, 1799, died May 27, 1877; Reuben H; William J; and Harriet Jane, who married James McCartney, and died in Bolivar, Penn., in 1881."¹

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Isabella Meek is mentioned in the will of Capt. George Meek on 11 March 1801 at Ferguson Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Synopsis from Fravel [1939:1]: "page 12, GEORGE MEEK, Ferguson Twp., 11/3/1801-1/19/1802, wife Rachel. friend Jonathan Wales, eldest son Robert, son William, David, John. Youngest Dr. Sarah not 21, Dtr. Mary Steelly, Dtr. Isabell, Dtr. Jean. Ex: Wife & Thomas Ferguson. Witness: Thomas Ferguson, Joseph Diven, John Barron."³

     Jane Meek was born in 1779.¹
Jane Meek died on 8 March 1859 at Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^1,2
Jane Meek was buried after 8 March 1859 at Meek's Cemetery, Fairbrook, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; from FindAGrave.com:
     Birth:      unknown
     Death:      Mar. 8, 1859
     Aged 80y
     Burial: Meek's Cemetery, Fairbrook, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Created by: Tom Whitehurst
     Record added: Nov 29, 2010
     Find A Grave Memorial# 62317674.²
     She was a mentioned with Capt. George Meek at Citation; Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder; Chicago: J.H.Beers & Co., 1898, p. 124.
     "Capt. George Meek entered the service with his brothers. The father, Robert Meek, owned property in Cumberland county in 1761. The family of George Meek lived near Lewistown (now Mifflin county) in 1780, and he came into Centre county with James Harris on a surveying expeditionin 1784. On the 21st of January, 1790, he took up a tract of land in Ferguson township, which is still owned by the Meeks. His children were: mary, John, Robert, David, William, Sarah, Isabella and Jane.
     "William married Elizabeth Breckinridge, whose family had settled in Huntingdon county about three miles southeast of McConnelstown, on the road leading from Huntingdon to Bedford, and where the father, eldest sister and younger brother had been murdered by the Indians. He settled on that part of his father's tract now known as the David G. Meek farm, and died in 1806, leaving his wife and four sons and a daughter born three months after the father's death. The children were: John B., born June 5, 1797, died in Washington, D.C., November 28, 1868; George W., born September 14, 1799, died May 27, 1877; Reuben H; William J; and Harriet Jane, who married James McCartney, and died in Bolivar, Penn., in 1881."³
Jane Meek is mentioned in the will of Capt. George Meek on 11 March 1801 at Ferguson Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Synopsis from Fravel [1939:1]: "page 12, GEORGE MEEK, Ferguson Twp., 11/3/1801-1/19/1802, wife Rachel. friend Jonathan Wales, eldest son Robert, son William, David, John. Youngest Dr. Sarah not 21, Dtr. Mary Steelly, Dtr. Isabell, Dtr. Jean. Ex: Wife & Thomas Ferguson. Witness: Thomas Ferguson, Joseph Diven, John Barron."⁴
Jane Meek is mentioned in the will of Rachel Herron on 14 January 1822 at Ferguson Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Synopsis from Fravel [1939:14]: "Will Book A, page 231, RACHEL MEEK, widow of Ferguson Twp., husband was Geo.. Meek, dec'd. 1/14/1822-1/13/1827, dtr Jane Meeks [sic], dtr. Mary Steely, Ex: John Bailey, John Patton. Witness: Isaac McCamont, Robt. Patton."⁵

     Robert Meek married Elizabeth Alexander.^2,5
Robert Meek was born in 1732 at co. Antrim, Ireland; per Glenn (1988) p. 3: Born in Ireland, emigrated from Edinburg, Scotland to America. later moved to Cumberland County. Also lived in Brooks Co., VA 1797.

was a private in Provincial forces of Pennsylvania, War of Independence. See Olive Poe's DAR records and Meek family records for details. See Margaret Meek DAR #221410; Olive Poe DAR #355299. Robert is confirmed by S. B. Lee as being born before marriage of his parents. Apparently he was an illegitimate son or a son from a prior marriage. Came to America about the beginning of the Revolution. Lived in Washington and Westmoreland Cos., PA during the Revolution.^1,6
Robert Meek died on 13 November 1786 at Washington Co., Pennsylvania, USA.⁶
     He was a mentioned with Capt. George Meek at Citation; Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder; Chicago: J.H.Beers & Co., 1898, p. 124.
     "Capt. George Meek entered the service with his brothers. The father, Robert Meek, owned property in Cumberland county in 1761. The family of George Meek lived near Lewistown (now Mifflin county) in 1780, and he came into Centre county with James Harris on a surveying expeditionin 1784. On the 21st of January, 1790, he took up a tract of land in Ferguson township, which is still owned by the Meeks. His children were: mary, John, Robert, David, William, Sarah, Isabella and Jane.
     "William married Elizabeth Breckinridge, whose family had settled in Huntingdon county about three miles southeast of McConnelstown, on the road leading from Huntingdon to Bedford, and where the father, eldest sister and younger brother had been murdered by the Indians. He settled on that part of his father's tract now known as the David G. Meek farm, and died in 1806, leaving his wife and four sons and a daughter born three months after the father's death. The children were: John B., born June 5, 1797, died in Washington, D.C., November 28, 1868; George W., born September 14, 1799, died May 27, 1877; Reuben H; William J; and Harriet Jane, who married James McCartney, and died in Bolivar, Penn., in 1881."⁷

; DAR Application No. 564587 cites Application No. 293178 (Elizabeth Davis Clark of Chariton, IA) "whose papers refer to those of Georgia B. Meek (Appl No. 256979, of Bonaparte, IA).⁵

Robert Meek lived at Ferguson Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA.⁸

; "...Robert Meek, who emigrated from Edinburg, Scotland, before the Revolutionary war, and who had six Sons who served with Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania regiments in that conflict. Three of the sons gave their lives to their country."^9,10

; DAR Application No. 743343 cites PA Archives - 6th Series, Vol. II, pp. 113-114.⁶ EDV-5.

; Had 6 sons in Revolutionary War, 2 died in prison, 1 in battle.

; Private in Provincial forces of Pennsylvania, War of Independence. See Olive Poe's DAR records and Meek family records for details.

See Margaret Meek DAR #221410; Olive Poe DAR #355299.

Robert is confirmed by S. B. Lee as being born before marriage of his parents. Apparently his is an illegitimate son or a son from a prior marriage. Came to America about the beginning of the Revolution. Lived in Washington and Westmoreland Cos., PA during the Revolution.

From DAR Application No. 355299: "Robert Meek was a private in the Provincial Forces of Penn. Nov. 2, 1757 - serving in the Co. of Captain James Patterson. The name also appears in the records as a private in the 8th class of Captain Charles Bilderbacks Co., Washington Co., Penn. 9-25-1782, and also in the eighth class of the Company of Captain Andrew Swearinger of Washington Co. Militia. Refer to Penn Archives H. H. Shenk Archivest."^4,3

Robert Meek lived in 1761 at Cumberland Co. (then), Pennsylvania, USA; Beers [1898:124]: "The father, Robert Meek, owned property in Cumberland county in 1761."⁷

Robert Meek lived between 1766 and 1783 at Cumberland Co. (then), Pennsylvania, USA; Ellis & Hungerford [1886] contain several pre-1800 references to Meeks who settle in the are Susquehana and Juniata valleys of central PA. Some of these may have been the brother or uncles and father of this George Meek:
     p. 584: William Meek (unknown?) - "In 1783, John Unkles was assessed on five hundred and forty-five acres of land in Wayne township, and in 1793 on five hundred acres of land and two mills. This land was on the north bank of the Juniata River, through which flowed Beaver Run. It was granted in two warrants, one of which, granted to William Meek on an order of survey March 2, 1775, contained one hundred and ninety eight acres, and was sold by him to William Chambers who sold it to John Unkles June 25, 1783."
     p. 585: Samuel Meek (Brother of Robert?) - On the same date [18 May 1814] [Thomas] Cromwell sold a part of this land and other land to Matthias Copland, or Coplin, embracing two hundred and forty acres on Beaver Dam Run. A part of this last tract was warrangted to Samuel Meek April 1, 1767."
     p. 1057: Robert Meek - "An assessment of [Rye] township was made in the saem year of its erection (1766)..."Robert Meek, 50 [acres]."¹¹

     John Meek died; Tory Prison Revolutionary War.
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     William Meek died circa 1776; Tory Prison Revolutionary War.

     Robert Meek died; In Battle Revolutionary War.
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     George Gray Hastings was born on 11 April 1848 at Stormstown Township, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA.
George Gray Hastings died on 29 December 1918 at Bellefonte, Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 70.

     Isaac Elias Gearhart married Mary Magdalena Reem, daughter of John Frederick Ream and Barbara Ream.³
Isaac Elias Gearhart was born in 1797 at Decatur Township, Clearfield Co., Pennsylvania, USA.³ He married Mary Magdalena Reem, daughter of John Frederick Ream and Barbara Ream, in 1824.

Isaac Elias Gearhart died on 13 April 1860 at Worthville, Jefferson Co., Pennsylvania, USA.³
Isaac Elias Gearhart was buried after 13 April 1860 at Burial location unknown ;
From FindAGrave.com:
     BIRTH     1797, Pennsylvania, USA
     DEATH     13 Apr 1860 (aged 62–63), Worthville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, USA
     Isaac Elias born 1797-1860 married M. Ream
     ;BIRTH ABT. 1797 • Pennsylvania, USA
     DEATH 13 APR 1860 • Sandy Creek, near Worthville, Winslow Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
     father John F Gearhart fought in Rev War
     Revolutionary War ~ Ensign, 4th Battalion, Lancaster County Militia
      Lt. Col. ~ Jacob Cooke, 3rd Company , Captain ~ George Ganttz , Lieutenant ~ Philip Arnold
     Family Members
     Parents
      John Frederick Gearhart 1754–1840
      Catherine Gray Gearhart 1767–1864
     Siblings
      Jacob S. Gearhart 1788–1866
      John Gearhart 1789–1871
      Christian Albert Gearhart 1798–1867
      Adam Gearhart 1800–1878
      Catharine Gearhart Thompson 1802–1850
     Children
      John Frederick Gearhart 1825–1892
     BURIAL     Unknown, Specifically: somewhere near Sandy Creek, near Worthville, Winslow Township,
     Created by: Connie Bottolfsen/Loftus
     Added: 31 Dec 2016
     Find A Grave Memorial 174686749.
      ; Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol IV, 1930.

     Enoch T. Hastings was born on 12 November 1873 at Centre, Pentney, Pennsylvania, USA.
Enoch T. Hastings died on 27 June 1959 at Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, USA, at age 85.

     Abram Hartsock was born on 23 November 1809. He married Mary Ann Gray, daughter of George Gray and Sarah Flegal, on 26 November 1833.

Abram Hartsock died on 20 March 1834 at age 24.

     David Flegal was born on 7 June 1780 at Hagerstown, Washington Co., Maryland, USA.
David Flegal died in September 1863 at Morris Township, Clearfield Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 83.

     Susanna Flegal was born in 1782.
Susanna Flegal died in 1858.

     Elizabeth Flegal was born in 1784.
Elizabeth Flegal died in 1849.

     Valentine Flegal was born in 1789.

     Adam Gearhart was buried at Dale Cem, Clearfield, Clearfield Co., Pennsylvania, USA. He was born on 9 May 1800 at Centre Co., Pennsylvania, USA.³ He married Susannah Hartsock, daughter of Henry Hartsock and Catherine (?), before 1828
; According to their Find A Grave memorials, their oldest child listed, John, was born in 1828.³
Adam Gearhart died on 12 March 1878 at Clearfield Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 77.³
Adam Gearhart was buried after 12 March 1878 at Dales Cemetery, Clearfield Junction, Clearfield Co., Pennsylvania, USA;
From FindAGrave.com:
     BIRTH     9 May 1800, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA
     DEATH     12 Mar 1878 (aged 77), Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA
     son of Johann Frederick Gearhart and Catherine Gray
     Children not yet linked: Jacob Gearhart 1834-1884
     Family Members
     Parents
      John Frederick Gearhart 1754–1840
      Catherine Gray Gearhart 1767–1864
     Spouse
      Susanah Hartsock Gearhart 1807–1896
     Siblings
      Jacob S. Gearhart 1788–1866
      John Gearhart 1789–1871
      Isaac Elias Gearhart 1797–1860
      Christian Albert Gearhart 1798–1867
      Catharine Gearhart Thompson 1802–1850
     Children
      John Henry Gearhart 1828–1910
      George Wesley Gearhart 1831–1900
      Martha Gearhart Snoke 1836–1916
      Elizabeth Jane Gearhart 1839–1930
      Sarah A Gearhart Merrell 1842–1929
      Sarah Ann Gearhart Merrell 1842–1929
      Samuel Register Gearhart 1844–1915
      Frances Gearhart 1848–1853
      Rachel Gearhart 1850–1926
     BURIAL     Dales Cemetery, Clearfield Junction, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA
     PLOT     A12-9
     Created by: Charles Patterson
     Added: 3 Mar 2011
     Find A Grave Memorial 66433030.³

     John Flegal was born in 1796.
John Flegal died in 1870.

     Jacob Flegal was born on 3 June 1800. He married Margaret Leonard circa 1822.

Jacob Flegal died on 1 April 1868 at age 67.

     Malinda Monroe was born circa 1854 at Breckenridge Co., Kentucky, USA; age 6 in 1860 census.¹
     Malinda Monroe was listed as a resident in William B. Monroe and Nancy Hudson's household in the census report on 6 July 1860 at District 2, Breckenridge Co., Kentucky, USA; Note: Living next to two HUDSON households (Elizabeth and Jo)
p. 573, lines 8-12, dwelling 298, family 298
     8 MONROE, Wm 24 [1836] M Farmer $400 $300 KY
     9 " , Nancy 21 [1839] F KY
     10 " , Malinda 6 [1854] F KY
     11 " , Malvina 4 [1856] F KY
     12 " , John 1 [1859] M KY.¹