DOD given as 9/12/1808 in .

Name spelled Mueckli in

John Jacob Mickley brought the Liberty Bell from Philadelphia to Allentown where it stayed sa fely til the end of the Revolutionary War. He was a patriot, giving the use of his horses an d wagons to the Continental Army and helping in everyway the cause of Liberty. He was kille d by a tree falling on him near his home in Mickley's. Egypt Reformed Church, Whitehall, Lehigh, Pa., USA. Mickley's Church cemetery and burial records, Whitehall, Lehigh, Pa., USA.

John Jacob Mickley served in the Revolutionary War as a member of Capt. Benjamin Weiser's Company, which was one of the first to go to the front. After serving in the army for a time, he returned home. November 11, 1776, he was made a member of the general committee of observation at Easton, this state, the duty of which was to assist the army in every way possible. He served as a member of this body until the close of the war, and was very prominent and influential in all its workings.

In September, 1777, by order of the Executive Council, the bells on the State House, Christ and St. Peter's Churches (eleven in all), were removed from Philadelphia to Allentown by way of Bethlehem, as the Quaker City was threatened by an invasion from the British. John Jacob Mickley was delegated to superintend the removal of the bells, which were brought hither in Conrad Kreider's Wagon Brigade, numbering five hundred and fifty wagons. This great number was necessary on account of the removal of much valuable property from Philadelphia to a safer place. The State House bell (now better known as the Liberty bell) had to be reloaded at Bethlehem, on account of the wagon breaking down. It was brought safely to Allentown, where it was concealed beneath the floor of the Zion Reformed Church, and remained there until the latter part of 1778, when it was returned to its original position in Philadelphia.

September 12, 1808, John Jacob Mickley was killed by a tree falling upon him. He was the proprietor of nearly eight hundred acres of land in what is now Whitehall Township, a portion of which is owned by the subject of this sketch and is termed Oczakow. The other three tracts which he purchased were known as Springfield, Pond Brook and Mt. Pleasant. Five hundred and fifty acres of the original purchase are still in the possession of different members of the family.