N Schauer and
N Shouar

Added information from the above Facebook Group on 3-26-2026, where Todd passed on information from P. Lyba at the Cocalico Historical Society:

 

"Corporal Nicholas Shower

Birth - 05/02/1755, Germany

Death - 07/15/1829, Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, PA

Occupation - Joiner

Wife - Maria Gehrign

Birth - 12/20/1758

Proof of residency by tax record - Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, PA, 1778-1782

Service -

Served under Captains’ Nicholas Lutz and Isaac Adams, Lancaster County Militia

Veterans Card Files, Corporal, 4th Company, 9th Battalion

Non-Attendance Return, marked as served, 1777-1780

Appeals Book for Lancaster County, attested “making canteens for army”, 06/08/1778

Associators of Lancaster County List and Militia Muster Roll, 9th Battalion, Lancaster County Militia, under Colonel J. Huber, 1779

Supply Tax paid, 1781

(Source - PA Archives, 5th Series, Vol 7, pp 237, 894)

DAR - #A104403

SAR - #P339672

Pension information - none

“Artificers” in the Revolutionary War were highly skilled civilian craftsmen, mechanics, and tradesmen enlisted to support the Continental Army by manufacturing, repairing, and maintaining essential military equipment. Operating under the Quartermaster General or in specialized regiments, they acted as blacksmiths, carpenters, wheelwrights, and gunsmiths, all crucial for the army."