When we went on our genealogical trip last year we followed the Storts trail in reverse. My Storts ancestors changed their name to Stotts in a dispute over court case involving land inheritance. They left Ohio and eventually ended up in Missouri. We went from Missouri, to Perry County and then to Somerset County. We noticed that both areas had coal. I don't know what kind of coal it is but I was told in Somerset County that it is very close to the surface and the people in Southampton Twp at the top of the highlands there could just pick it up by hand. The Christian Sturtz (he was the immigrant) family lived at the very top there in the southeast corner of Southampton Twp, just a mile or so from the PA border. Incidentally, I think that Somerset in Perry County must owe it's name to Somerset County in PA. Incidentally, the name has been through several changes. It was originally Stotz (from Lauffen an der Eyach, in Wuerttemberg), became Sturtz in PA, John Jacob changed it to Storts when he enlisted in the Rev War, and then John Jacob's oldest son Daniel, changed it to Stotts. His third son, Abraham, moved to Missouri with his wife, Elizabeth Notestine, the daughter of Mary Burket and Leonard Notestine. In the Bear Run cemetery in Bearfield Twp, Perry County, you can see both John Jacob Storts' gravestone and Daniel Stotts' gravestone. I believe that Daniel's brother Jacob also changed his name to Stotts. The court case went on for some years and is available in the court records for Somerset County, PA, on microfilm from the Family History Library. Sandra Paser has done admirable research on this family--her book may be in the Perry County Library-- I'm not sure. Bev S Anchorage ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pamela Turner" <turnertaylors@msn.com> To: <OHPERRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 7:08 PM Subject: Re: [OHPERRY] Somerset PA research > Bev's message made me wonder if anyone from Perry has tried to work with the > Somerset County PA Historical/Genealogical Society. I am researching the > Bughs of Somerset, Perry County and early commissioner, Peter Bugh Sr., came > from Germany in 1775, fought in the Revolutionary War from Lancaster County > PA, married and moved with his wife, Catherine to Somerset County, PA. What > brought so many of the families from Somerset PA to collectively move to > Fairfield/Perry? > > Pamela Turner Taylor > > > >From: "Bev Sadoski" <bevs@alaska.net> > >Reply-To: OHPERRY-L@rootsweb.com > >To: OHPERRY-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: Re: [OHPERRY] BURKET, STORTS, NOTESTINE--BEARFIELD TWP > >Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 13:12:11 -0800 > > > >Thanks for your answer to my query about Mary Ann > >Burket. I attended the Storts Reunion last year since > >I am also descended from John Jacob through his first > >wife, Christena Keller. I am related to Mary Burket through her first > >husband, Leonard Notestine. No one > >at the reunion could go back any further on Mary Ann > >although I suspect she may be from one of the several > >Burket families in Somerset County, PA, where the > >Storts family originated from. Well, one of these days, > >someone may break down this wall!! > > > >Thanks again. > > > >Bev S > >Anchorage > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <SaMLevy@aol.com> > >To: <OHPERRY-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 12:19 PM > >Subject: Re: [OHPERRY] BURKET, STORTS, NOTESTINE--BEARFIELD TWP > > > > > > > I don't have a lot of information about Mary Ann (she is not a relative > >to > > > me) but there may be some clues in here: > > > > > > Mary Ann married John Jacob Storts (served in the Revolutionary War) in > >Perry > > > County, Ohio in 1831. My sketchy records show a birthdate of 1803 for > >her. > > > > > > Their daughter, Mariah Jane Storts, who was born in 1841 married John > >Wesley > > > Allen in 1862. When Mariah died in 1933 she was honored as Ohioâ?Ts last > > > daughter of a Revolutionary War soldier. The Perry County Tribune has > > > published several articles each year around Memorial Day. They may have > >some > > > leads as to which family member has provided the information for their > > > article. In the 1870 Federal Census, Mary Ann is listed in Perry County, > >Pike > > > Township living with this daughter, Mariah. > > > > > > Carrie Allen who married Ernest Byron Stowe in 1905 had only one child, > >a > > > daughter, Uldena. 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