John was said to be the 9th child of Andrew and Ann.
Residences & events:
VA. He served with brothers, Jacob, Adam and Christopher under CaptJo hn McCoy in the VA Militia during the Revolutionary War.
10/10/1774 Point Pleasant. He received an arm wound during thatbattle .
Apparently when the rest of the clan moved to KY, he stayed behind fora while.
From A History of Pioneer Families of Missouri:
"John Zumwalt, a brother of Adam, settled on Darst's Bottom, in St.Cha rles co. in 1806. The names of his children were George, John,Barbara, M ary, Elizabeth, Adam, Andrew, Jacob, Henry and William.Andrew Zumwalt w as a devoted Methodist, but his three daughtersjoined the Baptist chur ch, and their mother said she was glad of it.But the old gentleman was v ery angry, and said he hoped, now that hisfamily was divided among the c hurches, that some of them would findthe right one and get to heaven, a nd be contented when they gotthere, and not want to go somewhere else. "
And again:
These forts were located in the following order :
"...Zumwalt's Fort, near the present town of O'Fallon...".
1806 St Charles District of the Louisiana District of the IndianaTerr itory, later St Charles, MO. He was the last of the 6 brothersto migr ate there but his route was direct from VA.
Darst Bottom, MO. He received a land grant of 640 acres, probably forh is service in the Revolution.
8/15/1808 Howard Co, MO. He and son-in-law, Alexander Murdock,bought N athan Boone's interest in Boone Salt Lick. (John's son Henrywas marrie d to Nathan's daughter.) The bill of sale was issued inFemme Osage an d Daniel Boone, Nathan's father, signed as witness.The Boone Salt Lic k was the beginning of the famous CaliforniaOverland, Santa Fe and Ore gon Trails.
Some say he died 2/27/1821.
