Speaking of Conrad, an item worth noting-- According to the supplement by Fred Hughes, Conrad Shoemaker had a school on the second floor of his home until he was killed in 1781 then Jacob BOON took over the job. ----- Original Message ----- From: "RellieRooter" <someone@ecis.com> To: <NC-FRIEDENSCHURCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2000 1:44 AM Subject: [NC-FRIEDENSCHURCH] RE Shoemaker's Church > Hi All, > > Perhaps I can add a bit of background info as to how I understand the name > "Shoemaker's Church" came to be used synonymously with Friedens Church. > > Conrad Schumacher/Shoemaker came to Orange County with his wife Susannah > (nee Jungmann) and several children from Berks Co. PA in about 1768.Fred > Hughes' map (discussed here a few days ago) shows that Conrad settled on > land across the road from the site of the present Friedens Church. Hughes > suggests that Shoemaker donated the land (or at least the use of it) to the > church. Hughes states that Conrad was one of a very few people who did not > own land in this area. Yet, Conrad and Susannah had owned land in Berks > Co., which they sold before moving southward. Hughes also states that Jacob > Schumacher was a chain carrier on surveying teams in the area. > > Also, Conrad signed one of the Regulator petitions.You may recall that one > of the drivers of the Regulator movement was the fact that colonial NC > authorities required payment of taxes in hard currency, rather than in > produce. But currency was scarce in central and western NC. As a result, > many settlers apparently lost their land because they were unable to obtain > sufficient hard money. The land was confiscated and sold, often to those > who were well connected with the colonial government. I suspect, but have > been unable to prove, that Conrad Shoemaker may have lost his land in this > way. > > Interestingly, in 1787, the new state of North Carolina granted land a > short distance away from the original Shoemaker land and the site of > Friedens to Conrad's widow, Susannah. She resided there until her death in > 1813. > > I have no information about the name Stahmaker. So far, I haven't seen any > suggestion that anyone by that name was associated with Friedens Church. > Nor can I find anything close in my German dictionary. Until somebody comes > up with a better explanation, I would side with those who believe it was a > misinterpretation of Schumacher or Shoemaker. > > Dave Shoemaker > > > > >X-Message: #1 > >Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 06:51:18 -0400 > >From: "Peggy or Tom Bruckner" <bruckner@mindspring.com> > >To: NC-FRIEDENSCHURCH-L@rootsweb.com > >Message-ID: <002f01c011a7$10ac1ea0$01fea8c0@prb> > >Subject: [NC-FRIEDENSCHURCH] Stahakers Church, or Sshaakers Church -- > >often called as if spelled Shoemakers Church, the modern pronunciation > >Content-Type: text/plain > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > >As mentioned in an earlier post, Miss Sallie W. Stockard states in her 1902 > >book on the HISTORY OF GUILFORD COUNTY that Frieden's Church was first known > >as Stahamakers Church. Mis Stockard gives no reference to the source of > >this information. > > > >Apparently Stahakers preceded the use of Shoemakers, this according to Miss > >Lalah G. Apple, a former Friedens member and historian, who wrote the > >information in TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE YEARS HISTORY OF FREIDENS LUTHERAN > >CHURCH 1745-1970, celebrating the 225 Anniversary of Friedens in 1970 (see > >last paragraph, bottom of page 7): > > > >"The Quakers organized at Center in 1753; New Garden 1754; Deep River 1758, > >and Snow Camp and Cane Creek even sooner. The Reformed people came along > >with the Lutherans, and in many cases joined them in union houses of worship > >as at Beaver Creek from which sprang both Lows Lutheran and Brick Reformed > >churches. In these earlier days the church houses were generally built by > >the united effgrts of both the Lutherans and the Reformed people. Such was > >the case with what we now know as Friedens Church. It was a union church and > >was organized about the same time as Brick Church, which is located six > >mile:, south of Gibsonville, and it is not improbable that both churches > >were organized by the same minister. It was first known as "Stahakers > >Church," or "Sshaakers Church" and older people will recall that it was > >often called as if spelled "Shoemakers Church"; this coming as the modern > >pronunciation. " > > > >To read more about the early history of Friedens go here: > > > >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bruckner/earlysettlers.htm > > > >Also, note that the 1800-1853 Kootz Translation mentions SHOEMAKER's Church > >four times -- in these time frames: 1836 (page 115); 1843 (page 119), 1849 > >(page 120) and 1851 (page 129), so it would appear that Friedens was > >commonly called Shoemakers during this period; however, the name FRIEDENS, > >written in German, appears much earlier...1804, page 125. > > > >Does anyone know HOW the Stahmaker name originated? > > > >Peggy > > > >______________________________ > >------------------------------ > >X-Message: #2 > >Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 09:01:35 EDT > >From: Kemjan@aol.com > >To: NC-FRIEDENSCHURCH-L@rootsweb.com > >Message-ID: <6d.8af0a07.26dd0e2f@aol.com> > >Subject: Re: [NC-FRIEDENSCHURCH] Stahakers Church, or Sshaakers Church -- > >often calle... > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > >In a message dated 8/29/00 7:03:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > >bruckner@mindspring.com writes: > > > ><< Does anyone know HOW the Stahmaker name originated? >> > > > >The following came from William Thorton Whitsett papers. It may answer a part > >of your question or add more information as to names for Friedens Lutheran > >Church. > > > >' ....it was not until 1797 that a land grant was obtained from the state of > >North Carolina for 14 acres of land for church purposes. This grant is still > >in existence, dated Dec 18,1797 and signed by Samuel Ashe, Governor of the > >state, and numbered 1892, warrant of survey being 2673 and witnessed by JACOB > >CHRISTMAN and PETER SUMMERS. It is stated therein that it begins near Travis > >Creek, at BOSTON GERRINGER's corner and mentions running to a stone by the > >graveyard, thus showing that the graveyard was already in use before that > >date (1797). The grant of land was made to the CALVIN LUTHERAN CONGREGATION. > >On Dec 29,1834 an additional three acres was bought for $18 from DANIEL > >GERRINGER, the deed being witnessed by JACOB BOON and WILLIAM GREESON, and it > >is stated that this begins on Travis Creek, beginning at the hickory stump on > >the CALVIN LUTHERAN CONGREGATION line near the graveyard on the south. The > >deed is made to the CALVIN LUTHERAN CONGREGATION and is recorded in Book G, > >No. 2, pp. 419-20. This establishes the fact that the earliest legal name for > >this congregation was the CALVIN LUTHERAN CONGREGATION................ > > > >In the plot of survey which is attached to the original state warrant of > >1797, in giving the boundaries this statement occurs: " Thence , north forty > >five degrees, west , seven poles to a hickory in SHOEMAKER's line." This > >reference to SHOEMAKER's line gives us a key as to the reason the church was > >sometimes mentioned by older people as SHOEMAKER's.' > > > >All of the above is from the Whitsett papers. I have not had a chance to > >check out these deeds in the Guilford County Register of Deeds office. > > > >Ianthia Gerringer LaMarr > > > >______________________________ > >------------------------------ > > >X-Message: #4 > >Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 12:07:33 -0500 > >From: cobbjd@swbell.net > >To: NC-FRIEDENSCHURCH-L@rootsweb.com > >Message-id: <39ABEDD5.1A6FE707@swbell.net> > >Subject: Re: [NC-FRIEDENSCHURCH] Stahakers Church, > > or Sshaakers Church -- often calle... > >Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > > > >There is an article with pictures and history of Friedens Church that was > >published on the 250th Anniversary. It is in the Greensboro News and Record, > >June 2, 1995. It states: > >"The name came from a man named Shoemaker who owned the land used by the > >church. > >cobbjd@swbell.net > > >X-Message: #6 > >Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 15:07:44 -0400 > >From: "Peggy or Tom Bruckner" <bruckner@mindspring.com> > >To: NC-FRIEDENSCHURCH-L@rootsweb.com > >Message-ID: <000601c011ec$6a892220$01fea8c0@prb> > >Subject: Re: [NC-FRIEDENSCHURCH] Stahakers Church, or Sshaakers Church -- > >often calle... > >Content-Type: text/plain > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > >Thanks! > > > >So it would appear that Stahakers/Stahmakers/Sshaakers were ALL really just > >spelling variations of > >SCHUMACHER / SCHUHMACHER (or other variations found in Friedens 1800-1853 > >records) which was later anglicized to SHOEMAKER... > > > >Another Friedens' mystery solved! > > > >Peggy > > > > > > ==== NC-FRIEDENSCHURCH Mailing List ==== > Visit the Friedens Church Family History and Genealogy Research Page: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bruckner/friedens.htm > > ============================== > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. >