Linda: I have the S A R disc and checked all the spelling variations and didn't find any listing for George Storts or any variation of same, however i did find a John Jacob Storts born 1763 died 1852, he was in Maryland service, and is buried in Ohio, There was also a John Jacob Stortz born 1766 died 1850 also buruied in the same cemnetery in Ohio, he is listed at Pennsylvania service. Thes sound like the same man. . Giordon Crooks ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 10:31 AM Subject: Re: [MDWashin] Triple Tax, Journals,Day books of Germans in Hagerstown area > This information could solve a long standing brick wall for me so would > appreciate it if I could receive any information that is found. > > My ancestor George Storts / Steorts / Sturtz / Stots / Stotz / Steortz / > etc was born in 1769 near Hagerstown according to the 1850 census. His > father, whose name may have been George or Frederick, was supposed to > have come > from Germany and fought in the Revolutionary War. Old family notes say > the > family lived near Gettysburg at an early date before two brothers went > west over Braddock's old road. One brother went on West and my ancestor > George > Steorts bought land in 1817 near the Harrison / Lewis County line on > Hacker's Creek on what is today Route 19. > > He would have been middle aged in 1817 and may have been married before > with a family but I have never been able to find one. He married a > neighboring widow Eunice Bailey Stalnaker in 1827 when he was 58 and she > was 36 with > five children. They had six more children together. > > I have wondered if the father could have died in the Revolutionary War. > > Linda Steorts Kaufman > [email protected] > > > In a message dated 12/3/2011 11:01:50 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Has anyone ever seen a list of those (mostly Quakers, Mennonites, and > Brethren) who were charged or paid the triple tax as a result of the oath > of > allegiance law that said if you don't take the oath nor the affirmation, > you > have to pay the triple tax for life? The law was apparently in force > between > about April 1777 until it was repealed a year or two later. > > I think I once saw the list of those who actually took the oath in 1778, > but > I forget where I saw it and it was not a long list. > > Also, is anyone aware of any diaries, journals, day books, account books > for > any of the Germans in Hagerstown area for the period between 1750 to > 1800? > Or even memoirs for Germans who may have written such later in the 2 or 3 > decades after 1800? > > I ask this in the context of writing a book about a German immigrant who > arrived Frederick Co in 1753 and died with a wife and 7 children in 1799. > > Ned D. > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MDWASHIN > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject > and the body of the message > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MDWASHIN > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message