Full name may have been George Michael Zeigler. He was probably over age 15 when he was bound out to service about March 1753. His first wife Martha was a resident of St. Phillips and St. Michaels Parish.

In 1771 he acquired and settled land in the present Dorchester County, South Carolina. After the close of the Revolutionary war he moved back to St. Phillips and St. Michaels Parish were he is listed in the 1790 South Carolina census. In about 1792 Michael moved to land situated on the south side of South Edisto River in present Bramberg County, South Carolina. He died there in 1809. His home place is on the map of Barnwell Co. South Carolina.

He was an early volunteer in the Revolutionary War, also a member of Indian Field Company of Militia under the command of Captain John Fullerton. In 1775 he became a member of Captain John Lewis Peyer Imhoff's Company in the 3rd. Regiment Command by Colonel William Thompson. In June of 1776 he was in Captain Jacob Rumph's Company on Sullivan's Island.

Between April 14 and May 1, 1778 he was in the East Florida Invasion and in October 1779 at the unsuccessful siege of Savannah by the Americans. The April 19, 1783 payroll of Captain Jacob Rumph's Company in Orangeburgh District command Michael was included for 120 days of duty.

From November 1771 thru February of 1801 he had a number of land petitions. He died intestate in the spring of 1809, survived by his widow Mary. The following is from the Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine March 1964, Pages 278-279. The title was "Captain Jacob Rumph's Company of Partisans", Orangeburgh, District, South Carolina. Besides the regular military organizations during the Revolutionary War, there were brigades of militia, or bands of partisans who very effectively sided the cause of the patriots, especially in subduing the Tories who ravaged the country. One such band was known as Capt. Rumph's Company of Partisans under the command of Colonel Thompson. The roll of Captain Rumph's company dated 1783 included Michael Zigler and 59 others.

The following is from the book written by Ezra Lee Zeigler dated 1980:

“Michael Zeigler was married a second time, this wife's name was Mary Milord (Mary Mildred Clements) a widow. Mary survived Michael, but no record is found of her birth or death. There could have been issue from this union as shown by the 1800 census, Orangeburg County, South Carolina. Michael Zeigler, Sr. (1747-1809) served in the Revolutionary Army. His serial number was AA-8880. He served in the South Carolina Militia under the command of Captain Jacob Rumph. This writer has certified Audited Accounts of his service which show that on July 5, 1784 he was paid Fourteen Pounds one Shilling Two & one half Penny Sterling for 223 days service. He was also paid on July 1, 1785 the sum of Twelve Pounds Seventeen Shillings one and one half Penny Sterling for 180 days service. There are several other Indentures for other services in this Audited Account, such as sale of beef cattle and rental of horses and wagons to the Army. Michael Zeigler was paid the equivalent of $75.40 in todays currency for 403 days service in the Militia. The above vouchers were signed by Col. W.O. Thompson Commanding Officer and Samuel Tate of General Marions Brigade. Michael Zeigler owned Property on the south fork of the Edisto River, N.W. of the present Town of Bamburg, South Carolina. Although he died intestate and had divided most of his Estate among his children, he still left a fairly large estate. We have no record of the acreage he owned at his death, but the Administration Bond was set at $10,000.00. The Inventory of his Estate list sundry items of household goods and farm products, among those listed were sheep, hogs, cattle, horses, blacksmith tools, farm implements, cotton, corn, carpenter tools and various other commodities. He also left 14 slaves. The Administrators were, Conrad Zeigler (son), Jacob Zeigler (son), Jacob Ridgdill (son-in-law) and John Holman (son-in-law). Michaels daughters married as follows: Mary to James Carson, Martha to John Holman, Elizabeth to Jacob Ridgdill, and Margaret to Thornton Cox. Martha Piquot.”