Bridges in the USA

George DeBolt served in the Revolutionary War and is listed in the Partior Index of the Daugh ters of the American Revolution. He was a preacher and a veterinarian. In his 1924 report, No rman Fuller Overturf gives a thorough description of him: "He had steady, brillian black eye s that seemed to see the very soul and spirit of all about him; had an abundant hair on his c rown, did not wear a beard, was strong built and very tall, rumor was DeBolts had a slight st rain of Indian blood." And, he added that DeBolts in general had "rather piercing black or da rk eyes, profuse dark hair, were stocky, quick motioned, rather inclined to be eccentricall y erratic and inclined to be religiuos."

Martha Katherine Smith Whited claimed that her people were "Black Dutch" in origin. The phras e, which has long been a source of confusion, may simply mean "darker toned, darker haired, G ermanic peoples." (In early America, the word "Deutsch" was commonly mispronounced as "Dutch. ")

George DeBolt married Elizabeth Teagarden in what is now Frederic County, Maryland. Their chi ldren were William, David, Daniel Aaron, Abraham, mary, George Jr, Rezin, Jacob, Jeremiah, an d Teagarden Solomon. All but William were born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

George DeBolt and his wife are buried on the family farm, in Fayette County.