Register Report

Generation 1

1. SOLOMON SERRING-1. He was born Abt. 1757 in Union (Connecticut Farms), Essex County, New Jersey. He died Abt. 05 Aug 1861 in Liberty, Union County, Indiana.

Notes for Solomon Serring:
General Notes: What became of Solomon and Joshua? I know Solomon married Rachel Adams
in Harrison Co., Kentucky in 1800. Where was he between 1768 and 1800?
Debbie gave me a clue with this: “Liberty Herald” August 7, 1861 - “A
few days ago, Solomon Sering, aged 104 years old, died in Liberty, Union
County, Indiana. Born in Pennsylvania. Prisoner of Indians at 10 years
for 7 years. Served in the Army with Wayne.” He was not born in
Pennsylvania - rather Morristown, New Jersey. And he was still in
Morristown when he was ten. And as for serving in the Army with (Mad
Anthony) Wayne? The information given to the newspaper was second-hand
from a grieving daughter or son or an acquaintance- who knows- and
obviously inaccurate - to a point. But it leaves tantalizing clues!

General Anthony Wayne served during the Revolutionary War and the Indian
War for the Old Northwest Territory in 1792-1795. So Solomon probably
served in the Revolutionary War, but I’m certain he served in the Indian
War for the Northwest Territory - maybe taken prisoner. Broderbund, the
creator of Family Tree Maker, has a CD-ROM #146 titled “Military
Records: U.S. Soldiers 1784-1811″. Solomon’s name is on it. I’ve
searched for a look-up but no one listed has a copy of that CD-ROM.

Information From John Sering

My father received a battlefield commission by his actions in WW2. A Jewish Colonel made this happen. Anyway his career in the US Army covered over 30 Years and he retired a Full Colonel in 1973. The other thing that is notable about his career in the Army is that he served in the Chemical Corp. for most of those years. He transported Truckloads of Nerve Agent and worked at most of the Chemical Weapons depots in the USA and even one in Panama. Not bad for a kid with no college education and joked at an officers function that he got his degree at “HKU”.

My father served in the US Army for 33 years. He served in the Washington National Guard out of highschool (Ballard-Seattle WA) He was recalled when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. He led a mortar platoon in New Guinea and the Phillipines. He was wounded by shrapnel during an engagement and received the purple heart. His transport ship was attacked by a Kamikazee pilot and sank. He didn’t know how to swim but clung onto some type of debris and was actually picked up by General Douglas’s McArthur’s ship. My father reported directly to McArthur with an accounting of survivors. My father received numerous medals and one other notable one was the Bronze Star. My father was also a All City (Seattle) basketball and baseball player. The Seattle news papers followed him in his journey and WW2 and reported them in the newspaper. He encountered Head Hunters (who hated the Japanese by the way) in New Guinea. They helped the American soldiers to defeat the Japanese. My father was quoted in the Seattle paper saying “the mosquitos are worse than the Japs” My father impressed a Jewish Colonel so much, that he received a battlefield commission. He served in the Chemical Corp section of the US Army till he retired in 1973. Along the way my father was stationed at just about every US Army chemical weapons depot in the USA as well as one in Panama. He transported Nerve Agent in Large trucks in the 50s. My mother told me my father was good enough to have had a shot at playing major league baseball. Fate sometimes intercedes though as did WW2.