Harriet...... Do you have any idea who Philip belongs to? Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harriet Imrey" <himrey@ntelos.net> To: <GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 4:10 PM Subject: Re: [GEIGER] SC grants to GA Geigers? > Nobody has traced the ancestry of these brothers, because they left no male > descendants in the Colonies. They emigrated from Beihingen-am-Neckar in > Württemberg, Germany, and first show up in SC records in Aug 1755. At that > time, Jacob Geiger had a wife Mary, a daughter Mary, 3 indentured servants > and 2 slaves. The first grant was south of the Edisto near Purrysburgh. In > 1757, both Michael and Jacob were Petit Jurors in St. Bartholomew Parish. > Michael married Margaret, widow of Daniel Gelzer, but he survived her, left > all his property to brother Jacob. Per Jacob's will of 23 Sep 1769, his > daughter (and only child) Mary was unmarried then. He mentioned brothers > Hans Georg (deceased) and John Frederick, both still in Beihingen. All of > the SC land references to Jacob and Michael Geiger are in Charlestown > Precinct, although in four separate parishes (they owned a lot of land). > The other 6 adult Jacob Geigers in SC at the time all lived in the > backcountry, in Saxegotha, Craven County, and the Dutch Fork. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pat Geiger" <jgeiger@sc.rr.com> > To: <GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 6:03 PM > Subject: Re: [GEIGER] SC grants to GA Geigers? > > > > Harriett- > > I have not seen Micheal's name before or if I have it did not register. > Who was his parents. > > > > John Geiger > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Harriet Imrey" <himrey@ntelos.net> > > To: <GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 12:18 PM > > Subject: [GEIGER] SC grants to GA Geigers? > > > The SC land warrants for >500,000 acres south of the Altamaha (in GA) were > issued in 3 batches on 5 Apr, 3 May and 7 Jun 1763: 1000 acres here, 5000 > acres there, etc. Jacob Geiger of St. George/Dorchester Parish in SC got a > 600-acre plat (but no grant); his brother Michael, also of St. > George/Dorchester, had a warrant for 600 acres, but didn't have a plat > surveyed. Few of those warrants resulted in a grant, because the land had > been awarded within the Creek Nation, and it was only the Cherokees who had > recently been defeated and shoved westwards. However, ~60,000 acres of GA > land was actually awarded by SC grants....until the British Board of Trade > found out about it and told the SC government to stop doing that! Gov. > Boone said of course he could, since SC was supposed to extend to the 29 > degree latitude. He was informed (by the Crown) that this land was due to > be added to GA. In 1767, the SC government was ordered to send the grants > to GA so they could be recorded there. > > Michael Geiger died in 1767, brother Jacob in 1769. Both had substantial > estates (personal property as well as land), but no lands in GA! > > ______________________________
Or who was the Thomas Geiger in Orangeburg born before 1725? ----- Original Message ----- From: "susan wilson" <hrw3@worldnet.att.net> To: <GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 11:55 PM Subject: Re: [GEIGER] SC grants to GA Geigers? > Harriet...... > > Do you have any idea who Philip belongs to? > > Susan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Harriet Imrey" <himrey@ntelos.net> > To: <GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 4:10 PM > Subject: Re: [GEIGER] SC grants to GA Geigers? > > > > Nobody has traced the ancestry of these brothers, because they left no > male > > descendants in the Colonies. They emigrated from Beihingen-am-Neckar in > > Württemberg, Germany, and first show up in SC records in Aug 1755. At > that > > time, Jacob Geiger had a wife Mary, a daughter Mary, 3 indentured servants > > and 2 slaves. The first grant was south of the Edisto near Purrysburgh. > In > > 1757, both Michael and Jacob were Petit Jurors in St. Bartholomew Parish. > > Michael married Margaret, widow of Daniel Gelzer, but he survived her, > left > > all his property to brother Jacob. Per Jacob's will of 23 Sep 1769, his > > daughter (and only child) Mary was unmarried then. He mentioned brothers > > Hans Georg (deceased) and John Frederick, both still in Beihingen. All of > > the SC land references to Jacob and Michael Geiger are in Charlestown > > Precinct, although in four separate parishes (they owned a lot of land). > > The other 6 adult Jacob Geigers in SC at the time all lived in the > > backcountry, in Saxegotha, Craven County, and the Dutch Fork. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Pat Geiger" <jgeiger@sc.rr.com> > > To: <GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 6:03 PM > > Subject: Re: [GEIGER] SC grants to GA Geigers? > > > > > > > Harriett- > > > I have not seen Micheal's name before or if I have it did not register. > > Who was his parents. > > > > > > John Geiger > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Harriet Imrey" <himrey@ntelos.net> > > > To: <GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 12:18 PM > > > Subject: [GEIGER] SC grants to GA Geigers? > > > > > The SC land warrants for >500,000 acres south of the Altamaha (in GA) were > > issued in 3 batches on 5 Apr, 3 May and 7 Jun 1763: 1000 acres here, 5000 > > acres there, etc. Jacob Geiger of St. George/Dorchester Parish in SC got > a > > 600-acre plat (but no grant); his brother Michael, also of St. > > George/Dorchester, had a warrant for 600 acres, but didn't have a plat > > surveyed. Few of those warrants resulted in a grant, because the land had > > been awarded within the Creek Nation, and it was only the Cherokees who > had > > recently been defeated and shoved westwards. However, ~60,000 acres of GA > > land was actually awarded by SC grants....until the British Board of Trade > > found out about it and told the SC government to stop doing that! Gov. > > Boone said of course he could, since SC was supposed to extend to the 29 > > degree latitude. He was informed (by the Crown) that this land was due to > > be added to GA. In 1767, the SC government was ordered to send the grants > > to GA so they could be recorded there. > > > > Michael Geiger died in 1767, brother Jacob in 1769. Both had substantial > > estates (personal property as well as land), but no lands in GA! > > > > ______________________________ > > > ==== GEIGER Mailing List ==== > Check out our GEIGER homepage at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~geiger/ > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >
There was one other reference to a "Thomas" Geiger in Saxegotha in 1772. Both that one, and the 1748 reference, were mis-transcriptions of "Herman" (of all things!)--identifiable because of multiple other references to the same transaction in which the name clearly says Herman/Harmon Geiger. The place to find a Thomas Geiger (and his wife Mary) is in the Ebenezer Church and on the Ogeechee in GA. No references to him, or to a Philip Geiger, in SC. ----- Original Message ----- From: <bzb@houston.rr.com> To: <GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 10:26 PM Subject: Re: [GEIGER] SC grants to GA Geigers? > Or who was the Thomas Geiger in Orangeburg born before 1725? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "susan wilson" <hrw3@worldnet.att.net> > To: <GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 11:55 PM > Subject: Re: [GEIGER] SC grants to GA Geigers? > > > > Harriet...... > > > > Do you have any idea who Philip belongs to? > > > > Susan > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Harriet Imrey" <himrey@ntelos.net> > > To: <GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 4:10 PM > > Subject: Re: [GEIGER] SC grants to GA Geigers? Nobody has traced the ancestry of these brothers, because they left no male descendants in the Colonies. They emigrated from Beihingen-am-Neckar in Württemberg, Germany, and first show up in SC records in Aug 1755. At that time, Jacob Geiger had a wife Mary, a daughter Mary, 3 indentured servants and 2 slaves. The first grant was south of the Edisto near Purrysburgh. In 1757, both Michael and Jacob were Petit Jurors in St. Bartholomew Parish. Michael married Margaret, widow of Daniel Gelzer, but he survived her, left all his property to brother Jacob. Per Jacob's will of 23 Sep 1769, his daughter (and only child) Mary was unmarried then. He mentioned brothers Hans Georg (deceased) and John Frederick, both still in Beihingen. All of the SC land references to Jacob and Michael Geiger are in Charlestown Precinct, although in four separate parishes (they owned a lot of land). The other 6 adult Jacob Geigers in SC at the time all lived in the backcountry, in Saxegotha, Craven County, and the Dutch Fork.