Samuel Gettys

Samuel Gettys (1725-15 March 1790) was a settler and tavern owner in south-central Pennsylvania during the late 1780s. The borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, which was founded in 1786, was named after him.[1]

This article is about the American settler. For the UK politician, see Samuel Getty.
Historical Marker

Formative years

Born in 1725 in Randalstown, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, Samuel Gettys was the husband of Isabella (Ramsey) Gettys (1731-1815), the sister of Reynolds Ramsey, grandfather of historian J. G. M. Ramsey.[2] Their children were: Mary (Gettys) Linn (1752-1823), William Gettys (1757-1813), and James Gettys (1759-1815).

American Revolution

Samuel Gettys gave funds to the Continental Army but, soon after it won, he was rich in land but poor in cash; so he decided to sell off his plots of land in order to achieve financial stability. His son, James, bought his land and sold it off in parcel lots.[3]

Death and interment

Gettys died in Gettysburg on March 15, 1790, and was buried at Black's Graveyard in that city.

References
  1. gettysburg-pa.gov Archived 2016-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Autobiography of J. G. M. Ramsey, cited by Heiskell, Samuel Gordon (1920). Andrew Jackson and Early Tennessee History. 2 (2nd ed.). Nashville, Tennessee. p. 91. LCCN 20010625. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  3. "The Gettysburg Experience". The Gettysburg Experience. Archived from the original on 2013-02-04. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
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