From John Merz's files: Warm regards, Jane Curci http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/AMREV-HESSIANS/1998-11/0911448486 AMREV-HESSIANS-L Archives > > From: RKing <DisplayMail('mvillage.com','buzzard');<A HREF="mailto:buzzard@mvillage.com">buzzard@mvillage.com</A>> > Subject: Earthenhouse/Zeuch > I have been told that Jacob Zeuch was a private in the Erbprinz Regt., > and that he enlisted at Niederzuenzebach, a village near Eschwege. Some > weeks ago a party in Marburg contacted me, and was going to do a bit of searching > for me for further data. He has not yet gotten back to me. > > According to Clyde Bunch - > > who is a gentleman greatly interested in the early history of Jessamine > Co., KY - Conrad Earthenhouse dictated his pension application in Jessamine Co. > on 1/27/1843. Conrad was b. May 1755 in Schoningen, Ger., d. Dec 1843 in > Jessamine Co., KY. In the application he says he came to the States in 1776, on > the same ship as Jacob Zeuch, and they became fast friends. In the spring of > 1779 they were among troops sent to the mouth of the James River in Virginia > on what was a very successful British raid. However, when the fleet departed, > both Conrad and Jacob were not aboard. They escaped the region, moved > overland to Hanover Co., VA, where they joined the American forces under Gen. Edward > Stevens. Subsequently, they fought in the battles of Camden and Cowpens in > Virginia, and witnessed the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. After > Yorktown, Conrad joined the state militia in Hanover Co., VA, and participated in > several expeditions against the indians. After about a year he moved to > Washington Co., VA, then in c. 1800 to Jessamine Co., KY, where he was reunited with > his friend Jacob. In these later years he was a farmer and a weaver, and a > loyal member of the Union Christian Church. Conrad is buried in the old Church > lot on Short Shun road. > > As I said, credit this info to Clyde Bunch. If I understood him > correctly, he is not a descendent, but very interested and knowledgeable > with respect to Jessamine Co., KY. > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/AMREV-HESSIANS/1998-09/0905832822 > From: John Helmut Merz <DisplayMail('cgocable.net','hessian');<A HREF="mailto:hessian@cgocable.net"> > hessian@cgocable.net</A>> > Subject: Conrad Bodenhausen/Earthenhouse - Lossberg Regt. > > I have had some correspondence with a descendant of this soldier, > a Mr. Clyde N. Bunch*. He gave me many details about this soldier who had > settled first in Washington County in Maryland, and later lived in Jessamine > County (?), and also about a comrade of this > soldier by the name of Jacob Zike/Zeuch who was from the Kassel > Regt.Erbprinz. > I have lost contact with this descendant, his old e-mail address is > invalid. Perhaps there is somebody on this list who knows of any of > Contributed to the Kentucky Archives by: Clyde N. Bunch* "kd4vqd@juno.com"