Jeremiah Lott Revolutionary War Veteran

4th Regiment Continental Light Dragoons Pennsylvania Line

Jeremiah Lott (1758-1822) is my sister-in-law, Linda Smith McAdoo’s 5th great grandfather. He was a private in the 1st Co. of Light Dragoons attached to the 4th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line commanded by Col. Stephen Moylan. He fought in the battles of Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, Chestnut Hill, Monmouth, Stony Point, and Eutaw Springs, SC. He was wounded three times - sword wounds to his right shoulder and right thigh, and a musket ball wound to his head. He served more than seven years during the Revolutionary War.

I have found numerous sources indicating that Jeremiah Lott was buried in the Old Greenwich Presbyterian Church Cemetery located Stewartsville, Warren County, NJ. I contacted the church and the adjacent cemetery association to confirm his burial, and to find out if there was a marker on the grave. Both organizations informed me that they have no records of his burial. Yet I had evidence that this was not the case. Here are a few examples of the sources that led me to Old Greenwich Presbyterian Church.

The references cited below are from The McAlvey Family Tree at genealogy.com.

“After the war, Jeremiah Lott married and settled in Bethlehem township, between the John McRea farm, and the farm of Jacob Race, now of Milford. He afterwards moved to Bloomsbury where he died in 1822. His grave is now to be seen in the Presbyterian Cemetery.”
Source: "TRADITIONS OF HUNTERDON"
Originally published as a series of articles on the Early History and Traditions of Hunterdon County in the Hunterdon County Republican, Fleminton, N. J., in 1869-70 under the title
"TRADITIONS OF OUR ANCESTORS'
The author is believed to have been John W. Lequear
Republished in 1956-57 in the Hunterdon County Democrat with the cooperation of the Hunterdon County Historical Society.
"TRADITIONS OF HUNTERDON"
CHAPTER 10 - JEREMIAH LOTT, HERO OF THE REVOLUTION

“He, with his wife, are buried in the Greenwich Presbyterian Cemetery near
Bloomsbury, N.J.”
Source: DAR-1915-Dolly Todd Madison Chapter-Tiffin Library

“JEREMIAH LOTT
BORN: About 1757 in Bucks Co., Pennsylvania
DEAD: August 31, 1822 in Bloomsbury, NJ
Buried: Greenwich Presbyterian cemetery
Old Greenwich Presbyterian Church, located
at 17 Greenwich Church Rd., Stewardsville, NJ
is 1.9 miles West of Bloomsbury.”
Source: NOTES BY DAVID LOTT ON APRIL 1, 2002

I found another reference at RootsWeb Archives from a Don Parriott dated 22 Mar 97 -

“Jeremiah(2) Lott (Peter(1) was born Abt 1758 in Bucks County, PA
(Source: Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book), and died
31-Aug-1822 in Bloomsbury, NJ (buried Greenwich Presbyterian cemetery)
(Source: Abstracts of Rev. War Pension Files & Lott Lineages issue #4
7/1991).”

It saddens me to learn that burial locations have been lost, particularly when they are veterans who have fought for our country. Who is responsible for assuring that burial information is not lost? Is it the cemetery’s responsibility, or the family, or the community? Perhaps it is a shared responsibility.