John Ludwig Snyder, a German native, came to Pennsylvania in 1758 and to this county about 1820. During six years of service, he fought under George Washington and Gen. Wayne at Trenton, Brandywine, Germantown, and Paoli, and wintered at Valley Forge. He was a friend of Marquis de Lafayette and was with him at the Yorktown surrender. In 1832 he traveled to France for Gen. Lamarque's funeral, where Lafayette gave the eulogy.