On 15 February 1761, Johann Adam Bar (DAR #A004499 and SAR #P-109530) was baptized as the legitimate son of Philip Jacob Bear (1735-1794/1812--SAR #P-344594) and Anna Maria Walther (1739-Before 1794) in the Church of the Holy Trinity in Lower Macungie Township of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania by the Rev. Jacob Fridrich Schertlin. Adam signed the Oath of Allegiance on 29 September 1777 in Salisbury Township in Lehigh County.  In 1778, Adam joined the Fourth Company of the Second Battalion as a First Lieutenant under Colonel William Rankin--(he had a 1777 predecessor in John Higher and James McKinley followed Barr in 1779). 

After the war, Adam received a warrant for 160 acres and 151 acres were surveyed in Franklin Township in York County (between 21 May 1788 and 25 October 1788). Sometime before 25 December 1780, Adam married Elizabeth Schnavely (1763-1833). He and his growing family appear in the 1790 and1800 Census of Enumeration in Franklin Township. 

As for the War of 1812, "The story was told [in the Elizabeth Barr Baughman line] of this old veteran that when the War of 1812 came on and there was not too much enthusiasm in Ohio for it, he said, 'All right, if my sons won't go, I'll go.'" Adam served as a private in the Company of John Dornblaser (2 Brigade, 2 Division) and as a corporal in the 71st Regiment (aka Lt. Col. Christian Jacob Hutter's) Regiment in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. This unit may have tried to defend Philadelphia after the British burned Washington, DC in August 1814. As a volunteer, he would have enlisted for 12-months and if he served during the winter campaign, he would have earned twenty dollars; he and his unit earned an additional six dollars in pay in 1814 (see image).

 After the War, Adam and his wife, Betsy moved to Newton Township in Muskingum County, Ohio; they appear in the 1820 and 1830 Federal Census. The administration of his estate in the Probate Court of Muskingum County shows nine heirs (but it appears that they had fourteen children) receiving $50 each and there is an inventory of 27 June 1833 as well. The couple are both buried in Saint Johns Lutheran Church Cemetery in Stovertown. --John V. Richardson Jr.

Per Robert Weller: "Son of Phillip Jacob and Anna Maria (Walther) Bear/Baer/Barr. Married Elizabeth Schnavely in 1781 in Northampton County, PA. Father of Mary Ann b. 1781, Adam, II b. 1783, Elizabeth b. 24 Jan 1785, Catherine "Katharina" b. 1786, Susannah b. 28 May 1789, George b. 11 Aug 1791, Magdalena "Molly" b. 10 Mar 1794, Delphane Eva b. 19 Jun 1796, Jacob b. 24 May 1799, Johannes "John" b. 23 Aug 1801, Andreas "Andrew" b. 9 May 1803/04 and Christina b. 7 Dec 1806.

Revolutionary War Veteran-York County, PA Militia."