1777 April Sergeant George Bamburg on muster roll in Capt Bauers Co (no
4) Baron Von Ottendorff's corps. this Corps was organised in
Pennsylvania and under the command of the Continental Army

1777 Fall; From what can be learned. Capt Bauer's Co took a pummelling
during several engagements on a march to theEast coast. Bamberg is
captured by the British, enduring extreme hardships, both before and
after capture, consents to join British Forces

1777 Nov to 1781,June he is on nine muster rolls, variously as Private,
Corporal. Sergeant. Listed as John George Bamberg Bambergh Bamburg and
Bamburgh. heserved undr various commands in the British Army. 3rd
Battalion. New Jersey Volunteers (Skinners Greens) from Staten Island to
the Battle of Ninety Six in South Carolina

Although present fro the 25 April to 24 une 1781 muster. he was missing
at the next muster. Since British General Lord Cornwallis surrendered 17
Oct 1781 at Yorktown, it is believed that Bamberg understood the status
of the war and decided to cast his lot in the fledgeling independant
colonies
1782 Begins serving as minister at German Protestant Church Zion on
Twelve Mile Creek, waters of the Saluda River. in the Dutch Fork Area of
the Orangeburg. South Carolina This seems to suggest that at one time
studied the theology or came from a ministers family

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