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Walt,
I deeply sympathize with your puzzlement, the problem all the more difficult because this surname could have been spelt in so many ways in both original records and in transcripts.
All able-bodied free white males aged roughly 16-60 (varies by time and place) were required to be available for militia duty for defense within the County. Relatively few militiamen had active-duty service, which could have included patrolling, guarding prisoners or helping to escort supplies bound elsewhere.
Most militia units regularly assembled for drills and nose-counting. Such 'musters' were the occasion for generating most of the surviving militia rolls.
The son born in 1765 could well have reported for such musters late in the War, when he was 17 or 18. Possibly a SAR member found such a muster roll.
Verifying the identity that went with a *name* can be difficult. Note that the Patriot Graves entry does not say that an SAR member claimed descent from this man - only that the grave was identified by some SAR chapter or perhaps a State organization as that of a patriot.
The reason for listing Henry Leinart as a patriot soldier could have originated with 'family lore' and might not be based on documentation. The SAR is more than 100 years old, and it is in the last 25 years or so that the organization has required records-documentation of service and of descent from a given person whose service is claimed.
If the father were a believing and practicing Mennonite, he would have been regularly fined/taxed as a non-participant or required to hire a substitute if there were a militia draft for a specific activity other than drill. It is possible that local County Court records would have some data on him, together with an explanation that his son did actually turn out for drill. In this case there could possibly be a surviving Church record noting military participation. I am not at all familiar with Mennonite records in general, and you do not say where this family lived, so I can't make a more specific suggestion.
The amount of detail recorded, and the amount and type of surviving records, varies widely from place to place. If you really want to find out if Henry Lenart, b. in 1765, had some documented service, then in-person search in local records may be your best avenue.
Good hunting!
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