Metadata
Title
Tolbert, Samuel
Description
The master builder Samuel Tolbert (not Talbert) became a member of the Friendship Carpenters' Company and then signed the articles of The Carpenters' Company when those two organizations of master craftsmen united in 1786. During the Revolution, Tolbert served as a 2nd Lt. and then Captain in the 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment. He was severely injured during the mutiny of the Pennsylvania Line in 1781 but continued to serve until the end of the American Revolution. He died in 1787.
Biography from Philadelphia Architects and Builders, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Roger W. Moss and Thomas Stokes.
Biography from Philadelphia Architects and Builders, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Roger W. Moss and Thomas Stokes.
Member Number
143*
Last Name
Tolbert
First Name
Samuel
Deceased Date
1/1/1790
Date Elected
1/1/1786
Reference
Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects page 795. The master builder Samuel Tolbert (not Talbert) became a member of The Friendship Carpenters' Company and then signed the articles of The Carpenters' Company when those two organizations of master craftsmen united in 1786. During the Revolution, Tolbert served as a Second Lieutenant and then Captain in the 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment. See Selected Bibliography in Tatman & Moss Bio Dictionary Phila. Architects.
File Number
a
Revolutionary War
XX