I stumbled across this article today. I have no idea if this relates to your Rinehart question but I thought I would post it anyway. Glades Star, Vol. 6, pages 197 and 210 "Corrections concerning George Rinehart written by Alice Proudfoot June 1988" Ms. Proudfoot is writng to correct previous published articles concerning the Rinehart line, which she said were in error. Re: George Rinehart and his father Thomas: References to clear up these points can be found in Thomas Rinehart's application for Revolutionary War Pension housed in the National Archives, Washington, D.C. He states that he was born in 1741 in Reading Co., PA and lived during that war at Hagerstown, MD. He further states that he moved to Monongalia Co., VA (now Preston Co., WV) in 1798. George was born during the time his family lived in MD. Records of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Vol. II, pp. 14, 17, 32 and Zion Reformed Church pp. 11, 17 in Hagerstown, MD lists births of some of Thomas and Eve Elizabeth (Whitehair) Rinehart's children. Thomas was married the second time to Anna Maria Whitehair and children by this marriage are recorded the Aurora Documents by Karl Gower, records of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Aurora, WV. Both of Thomas Rineharts wives were sisters, daughters of John George and Maria Appelonia (Behm) Weishaarin. The will of John George Whitehair is found in Frederick Co., MD, Liber G. M. #2, p. 64. Some of the marriages and death records of this family can be found in "Marriages and Burials in Frederick Co., MD 1743-1811 by Frederick Sheely Weiser. George Rinehart's will can be found in Allegany Co., MD Liber A. Wills 1826-1850, p. 461 dated April 21, 1840. Children named therein are sons, Jonathan, John, David: daughters Eve Elizabeth Scott, Margaret Loar, Sarah Steyer, Susan Taggert, Catherine Boseley and Maria Smouse. Also found there is the firs settlement, Liber B, Administrative Accounts, p. 21, dated June 8, 1841; second and final settlement, same book, p. 53 dated Oct. 12, 1842. Jonathan Rinehart and William Smouse, executors. On 4/27/11 8:49 PM, "Paul Damon" <paulsr@paul-n-paul.com> wrote: > Linda -- As is often the case, your request brought up more questions on my > part than answers. I am interested in your Rinehart relationship in the > German migration. Migration in my case came about 30 years earlier (for the > Rineharts), that is, moved from Frederick to Hagerstown, then on to northern > WV (VA at the time). > > However, about 1800, a large contingent of people from the Frederick area > moved directly to eastern OH. They were joined by my Rineharts who at the > time were in Randolph County, VA (WV). In that case, there did not seem to > be any specific reason for the move west other than a desire to find more > open land. Perhaps Frederick area was becoming too crowded. This group all > ended up in Jefferson County, OH. Records for this area at that time are > somewhat scarce, but we have been able to trace them through various county > records.