In a message dated 8/27/2007 4:57:24 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, NOINTELLG@aol.com writes: Georg Ludwig Siffert, Wendel Miller, Peter Edelmann, Johannes Steigerwalt, Phillip Grass, Peter Stirewalt, Michael Gulhmann, Christopher Bless, Leonhard Siffert, Jacob Klein, Anton Jruhn, George Heinrich Berger, Christoph Gulhmann, Johannes Rintlemann, Johannes Eckel, Bastian Lenz, Jacob Benz, George Eckel, Franz Oberkirsch, Johannes Jose, Heinrich Wenzel. Thanks for the weatlth of infomraton in your email! My Goodmans sometimes spelled the name Guthmann and I wonder if the Gulhmann here is another spelling of the name. Steigerwalt because Stirewalt as well. I'm not sure if I am remembering correctly because it's been a while since I have been able to spend anytime on my hobbies but I THINK I remember reading that a Steigerwaldt built the organ in Organ Church Sarah Goodman ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Do you have anything on Henry Mowrey who married Susannah FREEZE -- the parents of Charles, b. ca 1809? Thanks for checking. >I have the Freeze/Sechler family in my lines. > What do you want to know? > Glennis > >

In a message dated 8/27/07 11:57:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time, myravg@wamail.net writes: > I'm compiling information about my German families who settled mostly > along > the Dutch Second Creek in Rowan County prior to the American Revolution. > One of the German family lines I research, whose parents were early settlers of old Rowan - Johannes (John) Rintleman (Rentleman - Randleman) and his wife Anna Margaret Schnepp (Snapp), had a son Jacob who married Elizabeth Fullenweider(Vollenweider) and migrated to Union Co., IL. John Rintleman also had a son named Martin Rintleman who married Experience Harris and lived later in Cabarrus Co., NC, who had a few of their children also migrate to Union Co., IL (settled in the areas of Alto Pass and Jackson). Intermarried with Hartline, Goodman, etc. The reason I mention this fact is that it is significant in reference to the question you asked about possible sources for church records to help you with your research. John Rintleman was the son of Christophe (Christopher) Rintleman b. abt 1718 German - d. 19 Feb 1778 Rowan Co., NC. Christopher, along with Christopher Lyerly, was instrumental in establishing the first formal German Lutheran Congregation on 2nd Creek. This is from North Carolina Colonial Records (with other notes): 1771 - Rowan Co., NC Petition of German Lutherans of Rowan County granted for Christopher Lyerly and Christopher Randleman to solicit aid for church work in the colony. C. R. 8-630-2 (Vol. 8-630-632) (Note: They went on horseback through the wilderness to Charleston and there sailed for Germany and brought back Rev. Adolphus Nussman to preach and John Gottfried Arndt to teach. Later Nussman ordained Arndt to the ministry and he became the pioneer Lutheran preacher in Tryon (now Lincoln) County, and when he died his sacred dust was buried beneath the Old White Church in Lincolnton.) (Annals of Lincoln County, North Carolina: Containing Interesting and Authentic Facts of Lincoln County History Through the Years 1749 to 1937, William A. Sherrill, Charlotte, NC, 1937, reprinted 1998, Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD, p. 16) The church that was subsequently established is today known as Organ Lutheran Church. from The History of Organ Church, Rowan County, NC by Reverend George H. Cox, pub 1894, on the occasion of the Centennial Celebration of the first stone church, May 6. 1894: "The following is a record made in the old church book by Rev. C.A.G. Storch, dated January 1789: "Im 1774 ten yahre nach Christ's Geburt, foigende Mitgiieder userer Gemeinde die sogenammte Orgeikirche zu bauen nemiich." (The translation of the above is that in the 1774th year after the birth of Christ, the following members of our congregation began the so called Organ church.): Georg Ludwig Siffert, Wendel Miller, Peter Edelmann, Johannes Steigerwalt, Phillip Grass, Peter Stirewalt, Michael Gulhmann, Christopher Bless, Leonhard Siffert, Jacob Klein, Anton Jruhn, George Heinrich Berger, Christoph Gulhmann, Johannes Rintlemann, Johannes Eckel, Bastian Lenz, Jacob Benz, George Eckel, Franz Oberkirsch, Johannes Jose, Heinrich Wenzel. 10 September 1789 - Rowan Co., NC - land transfer John Rentleman & wife Margaret of Rowan Co., NC let the elders & trustees of Second Creek Organ Meeting House have 10 acres next the land of said congregation on the line between said Rentleman & George H. Berger, for 5 pounds, witnessed by Jacob _____, John Stigerwalt & Windle Miller & proved by Stigerwalt in Nov. 1789. (Rowan Co., NC DB 11, p. 815) (Reference: 16 August 1786. Leutwick Seffert of Rowan Co., let the Elders and Trustees of the Lutheran Congregation Second Creek Organ Meeting House have 10 acres next George Henry Berger, including the said meeting-house & school-house & other buildings. - Rowan Co., DB 11, p. 408) As you can see from the earlier reference concerning Christopher Rintleman's trip back to Germany to hire a minister and teacher for the German congregation in Rowan, he returned with Rev. Adolphus Nussman and as teacher Johans Gottfried Arndt. Christopher Rintleman's daughter Elizabeth later married Rev. Nussman. John Gottfriend Arndt (Arends) later was ordained as a Reverend and the two split their ministries between several congregations established in the area. Rev. Nussman moved into Cabarrus Co., and for a period also had a large congregation in Mecklenburg Co., NC. I have some of his writings but don't have them transcribed into my database and can't tell you further information until I locate my hard files on him). Rev. Arendt(Arends) 1740 - 1807 married Hannah Rudisill. He ministered to congregations in Rowan and then old Tryon/Lincoln Co., NC: (Note on Rev. Arends. He founded several churches before his death and kept a "Diary and Account Book" which is today preserved at the Archives of the North Carolina Synod (Lutheran Church of America), Salisbury, NC. The Diaries are written in German. "confirmation for "children" usually took place as they do today, in their "teens"; these confirmations denoted the first time the "children' took their first Holy Communion. ) (from A List of Children of Settlers of German Descent in Central North Carolina, 1775 - 1791, translated and edited by Ute-Ingrid Seidler, North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal - Nov. 1982, p.p. 192 - 197). This may be a good starting point to examine for information on your early German family lines in old Rowan church records. 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Cut the lady some slack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She meant Jefferson Davis. Just googled both names --- check it Bill Gary Smith wrote: > Betty, > If your cousin Thomas reported to Thomas Jefferson (say, circa 1800) he > must have been in his 80s when he helped Booth in 1865, and then lived in > England for a while and later worked in a hotel in DC when possibly in his > 90s; is this right? Hmmm... > Best Regards, > Gary in Berkeley > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Betty H. Garbers" <bhgarbers@cox.net> > To: <rowanroots@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 6:48 AM > Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] Maryland Apparently > > > >> Cousin Thomas Harbin was among those that helped John Wilkes Booth escape. >> He supposedly reported to Thomas Jefferson personally. Harbin left the >> area. Possibvly living in England for awhile. He later worked in a hotel >> in downtown Washington, D. C. >> >> Betty Harbin Garbers >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> E.W. Wallace wrote in part: >>> Since a good many Marylanders came to Rowan Co. which extended far to >>> the >>> west--until it came upon native Americans--perhaps colonial Maryland may >>> be >>> a good place to research for that surname. >>> >>> "Cousin" David Herold hung out with John Wilkes Booth and actually guided >>> John to Dr, Mudd to get his let set after the Lincoln assination.. He was >>> captured in the tobacco barn on the Garrett farm.. and later... hung out >>> with Mary Surratt and others on the scaffold in the prison yard.... in >>> Washington DC... for the last time... "Cousin" Davie is buried in the >>> Congressional Cemetery in D.C... I think he's my most Famous "Cousin"!! >>> My >>> family settled in Western NC also... GLH >>> >>> G. Lee Hearl >>> Authentic Appalachian Storyteller >>> Abingdon, Va. >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Thank you for the pleasant reply, Betty: I meant no disrespect, only wondering at the not-impossible timeline. I thought there might be a story behind that. And, I'll look up the Hardin book by Hall. Thank you, Gary in Berkeley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty H. Garbers" <bhgarbers@cox.net> To: <rowanroots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 3:20 PM Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] Maryland Apparently > Dear Gary, > > Bill is right. I meant Jefferson Davis. He was a spy working for > Jefferson > Davis. A Mr. Hall wrote a book about this man & his connection to John > Wilkes Booth. > The freeing of the slaves affected the labor force for the raising of > tobacco. a common source of money of the times. > > Betty Harbin Garbers. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> Betty, >> If your cousin Thomas reported to Thomas Jefferson (say, circa 1800) he >> must have been in his 80s when he helped Booth in 1865, and then lived in >> England for a while and later worked in a hotel in DC when possibly in >> his >> 90s; is this right? Hmmm... >> Best Regards, >> Gary in Berkeley >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Betty H. Garbers" <bhgarbers@cox.net> >> To: <rowanroots@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 6:48 AM >> Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] Maryland Apparently >> >> >>> Cousin Thomas Harbin was among those that helped John Wilkes Booth >>> escape. >>> He supposedly reported to Thomas Jefferson personally. Harbin left the >>> area. Possibvly living in England for awhile. He later worked in a >>> hotel >>> in downtown Washington, D. C. >>> >>> Betty Harbin Garbers >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> E.W. Wallace wrote in part: >>>> Since a good many Marylanders came to Rowan Co. which extended far to >>>> the >>>> west--until it came upon native Americans--perhaps colonial Maryland >>>> may >>>> be >>>> a good place to research for that surname. >>>>> >>>> "Cousin" David Herold hung out with John Wilkes Booth and actually >>>> guided >>>> John to Dr, Mudd to get his let set after the Lincoln assination.. He >>>> was >>>> captured in the tobacco barn on the Garrett farm.. and later... hung >>>> out >>>> with Mary Surratt and others on the scaffold in the prison yard.... in >>>> Washington DC... for the last time... "Cousin" Davie is buried in the >>>> Congressional Cemetery in D.C... I think he's my most Famous "Cousin"!! >>>> My >>>> family settled in Western NC also... GLH >>>> >>>> G. Lee Hearl >>>> Authentic Appalachian Storyteller >>>> Abingdon, Va. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Dear Hal, I believe that we discussed the Rusk family. Do you know what nationality they were? Have you gone back any further than the Rusks in the Winchester area? When I was working on that line someone had the idea that the Rusks came into PA. Do you know? Betty G./ e time ago I also researched the numerous YOUNG families that lived out > in the numbered Cr area ca 1800 in hopes of connecting to my dead end gf > Peter YOUNG. > Unfortunately, I do not show any of your mentioned German families. > Best, > Hal McCawley 4178 Pindar Way, Oceanside, CA 92056 760.941.4716 > <HalMac@Cox.net> > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Myra Vanderpool Gormley" <myravg@wamail.net> > To: <rowanroots@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 8:55 AM > Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] German families > > >> I'm compiling information about my German families who settled mostly >> along >> the Dutch Second Creek in Rowan County prior to the American Revolution. >> Some of the names are: >> Jacob FRICK, Georg EHRENHARDT [Earnhart], Veronica WILDT, and Michael >> TREECE >> [Dreiss]. I am particularly interested in learning the names of the >> spouses >> of the children of these ancestors. >> >> Most of the marriages probably took place in the early 1800s to about >> 1835. >> Among the surnames are: McMACKIN, CASPER, HARTLINE, MOWERY and FREEZE. >> >> Is anyone else familiar with any of these German families and care to >> exchange information? >> >> --Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.8/973 - Release Date: 8/25/2007 >> 5:00 PM >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Guthmann is a good basic German name, and was often anglicized to 'Goodman'. The name Gulhmann looks more like a clerk's error, reading a 't' as an 'l'. Many foreign names were transcribed by a clerk, who was often not looking at the name on paper, not by the way they were written, but how they sounded to the ear of someone who knew only English (sort of). Another example: American dialect played a part in the transmogrification of my 1750s 'Stanborough' family name to the contemporary southern 'Stansberry'. Cheers, Gary in Berkeley ----- Original Message ----- From: <SMITHMTN@aol.com> To: <rowanroots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 2:02 PM Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] German families > > In a message dated 8/27/2007 4:57:24 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > NOINTELLG@aol.com writes: > > Georg Ludwig Siffert, Wendel Miller, Peter Edelmann, Johannes > Steigerwalt, > Phillip Grass, Peter Stirewalt, Michael Gulhmann, Christopher Bless, > Leonhard > Siffert, Jacob Klein, Anton Jruhn, George Heinrich Berger, Christoph > Gulhmann, > Johannes Rintlemann, Johannes Eckel, Bastian Lenz, Jacob Benz, George > Eckel, > Franz Oberkirsch, Johannes Jose, Heinrich Wenzel. > > > Thanks for the weatlth of infomraton in your email! My Goodmans > sometimes > spelled the name Guthmann and I wonder if the Gulhmann here is another > spelling of the name. Steigerwalt because Stirewalt as well. > I'm not sure if I am remembering correctly because it's been a while since > I > have been able to spend anytime on my hobbies but I THINK I remember > reading > that a Steigerwaldt built the organ in Organ Church > > Sarah Goodman > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL > at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I have the Freeze/Sechler family in my lines. What do you want to know? Glennis ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

This should answer your question about the Black Sheep Society :D _http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/_ (http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/) Sincerely Yours, Julia K. Hogston _http://www.genealogyforum.org_ (http://www.genealogyforum.org/) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mytree/Tree2.html ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Dear George, You can belong to the *Black Sheep* group--but I forget their *official* name. But I don't know whether you have to be a direct descendant or not. I keep stumbling -- with the help of the internet --and sometimes just browsing in books -- upon unexpected incidents in the lives of my ancestors, also. Helen M. Leary, noted North Carolina genealogist-author-lecturer, etc, says *collect the neighbors*. I do that and that is how I sometimes stumble upon these events. The Brooklyn Public Library has digitized/put on the internet old issues of the Brooklyn Eagle. As my direct ancestor, long divorced from his first wife [and four children], ended up in Brooklyn after serving many years in the First Cavalry, and I knew his date of death, garnered from his *Old War* pension record, I started looking for an obituary. Lo and behold, his name occurred in a headline something to the effect *Was John S..... Clubbed to Death?" The coroner suspected he had been beaten by the police as the result of his alcoholic state. (What else is a German expected to do? Drink soda pop?) My spouse, an amateur historian and great novel reader, who is of Irish descent, said he suspected Irish policemen may have been involved. E.W.Wallace ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Betty, If your cousin Thomas reported to Thomas Jefferson (say, circa 1800) he must have been in his 80s when he helped Booth in 1865, and then lived in England for a while and later worked in a hotel in DC when possibly in his 90s; is this right? Hmmm... Best Regards, Gary in Berkeley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty H. Garbers" <bhgarbers@cox.net> To: <rowanroots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 6:48 AM Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] Maryland Apparently > Cousin Thomas Harbin was among those that helped John Wilkes Booth escape. > He supposedly reported to Thomas Jefferson personally. Harbin left the > area. Possibvly living in England for awhile. He later worked in a hotel > in downtown Washington, D. C. > > Betty Harbin Garbers > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> E.W. Wallace wrote in part: >> Since a good many Marylanders came to Rowan Co. which extended far to >> the >> west--until it came upon native Americans--perhaps colonial Maryland may >> be >> a good place to research for that surname. >>> >> "Cousin" David Herold hung out with John Wilkes Booth and actually guided >> John to Dr, Mudd to get his let set after the Lincoln assination.. He was >> captured in the tobacco barn on the Garrett farm.. and later... hung out >> with Mary Surratt and others on the scaffold in the prison yard.... in >> Washington DC... for the last time... "Cousin" Davie is buried in the >> Congressional Cemetery in D.C... I think he's my most Famous "Cousin"!! >> My >> family settled in Western NC also... GLH >> >> G. Lee Hearl >> Authentic Appalachian Storyteller >> Abingdon, Va. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

A branch of the Lemly/Lemley line also moved to Union Co., IL, along with these other folks. If anyone runs across them in their lines as connecting via marriage or however, would like to correspond with them. There is a transcribed german diary of a Pastor Storch in the Rowan Co. Public Library I recall finding years ago where some of my early Lemly/Lemley lines marriages and deaths were recorded and those are the *only* records as there are no recorded marriage bonds or burial markers. I was told public records or church records often weren't kept or have been lost/destroyed but this man was way before his time in that he noted in his diary when he married folks, buried folks, baptised folks, etc. Think they said he moved around and pastored at different churches in the area. Am I ever glad he kept his own records! thanks, belinda ----- Original Message ----- From: "marianne dillow" <mdillow31@verizon.net> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 12:04 PM Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] German families I don't know the spouses names but the Fricks, Earnharts and Treece families in Rowan County had children who moved to Union County, Illinoois. In fact the earlly settlers of Union County, Illinois came from Rowan County. <snip>

Holcomb's book of Rowan Co. marriage abstracts shows any number of Ehrenhardt/etc entries. If you have not had access this book, let me know and I will type them up and send them. Cathy Marin Co., CA <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour</HTML>

In a message dated 8/27/2007 12:28:17 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, myravg@wamail.net writes: Thanks for the tips and leads. I am familiar with my German families that removed to Union County, Illinois in 1823+ -- I am most interested in learning about any church records that might exist for these German families who lived along the Second Creek. What about cemetery records? Have the survived for any of these Rowan County pioneers or their descendants? --Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG Myra I have several of the cemetery books printed by the Rowan Genealogy Society. I'll take a look for your German names as soon as I get a chance. Sarah Goodman ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

In a message dated 8/27/2007 11:57:04 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, myravg@wamail.net writes: Some of the names are: Jacob FRICK, Georg EHRENHARDT [Earnhart], Veronica WILDT, and Michael TREECE [Dreiss]. I am particularly interested in learning the names of the spouses of the children of these ancestors. Most of the marriages probably took place in the early 1800s to about 1835. Among the surnames are: McMACKIN, CASPER, HARTLINE, MOWERY and FREEZE. I have a Hartline that married into my Goodman line. I can't remember if I found any other info on this woman however. There are some Earnhardts buried in the Union Lutheran Church Cemetary where many of my Goodman ancestors are buried. I was told that they were relations by marriage. I do have a family tree of my Goodman male line. I'll try to find it and see if the Earnhardts are listed. Brief info on Hartline is also in this family generated publication. I believe the Fricks are somehow related (cousins?) to my mother's Kepley line which although abundant in Rowan were originally in Davidson Other German names I have are Roseman/Rosenmann, Hoffman, Barnhardt, Stirewalt. All of these are pre-rev war Rowan settlers. Sarah Goodman ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Myra, At the moment, my computer is down.? However, if you want to look at what I have gathered.. Go to www.rootsweb.com? click on WorldConnect Project? then in the box that says "jump to a specific database" type in janrobison. Jan Robison Sanford, Florida Volunteer for RAOGK for Seminole Co., FL at http://www.raogk.org/ -----Original Message----- From: Myra Vanderpool Gormley <myravg@wamail.net> To: rowanroots@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:55 am Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] German families I'm compiling information about my German families who settled mostly along the Dutch Second Creek in Rowan County prior to the American Revolution. Some of the names are: Jacob FRICK, Georg EHRENHARDT [Earnhart], Veronica WILDT, and Michael TREECE [Dreiss]. I am particularly interested in learning the names of the spouses of the children of these ancestors. Most of the marriages probably took place in the early 1800s to about 1835. Among the surnames are: McMACKIN, CASPER, HARTLINE, MOWERY and FREEZE. Is anyone else familiar with any of these German families and care to exchange information? --Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- Unlimited storage and industry-leading spam and email virus protection.

Thanks again Myra for your continued dedication to genealogy, Rootsweb & Muskogee Gen Soc. I continue to keep my ear to the ground for our Abraham VPL in 1700s Hardy Co, WV. I continue to research my Rowan Co, NC German families DOTTERER/DETRO, CLEMMER, & YOUNG that were in the area bet Mocksville and Bear Cr 1780- present. Some time ago I also researched the numerous YOUNG families that lived out in the numbered Cr area ca 1800 in hopes of connecting to my dead end gf Peter YOUNG. Unfortunately, I do not show any of your mentioned German families. Best, Hal McCawley 4178 Pindar Way, Oceanside, CA 92056 760.941.4716 <HalMac@Cox.net> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Myra Vanderpool Gormley" <myravg@wamail.net> To: <rowanroots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 8:55 AM Subject: Re: [ROWANROOTS] German families > I'm compiling information about my German families who settled mostly > along > the Dutch Second Creek in Rowan County prior to the American Revolution. > Some of the names are: > Jacob FRICK, Georg EHRENHARDT [Earnhart], Veronica WILDT, and Michael > TREECE > [Dreiss]. I am particularly interested in learning the names of the > spouses > of the children of these ancestors. > > Most of the marriages probably took place in the early 1800s to about > 1835. > Among the surnames are: McMACKIN, CASPER, HARTLINE, MOWERY and FREEZE. > > Is anyone else familiar with any of these German families and care to > exchange information? > > --Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.8/973 - Release Date: 8/25/2007 > 5:00 PM > >

Cousin Thomas Harbin was among those that helped John Wilkes Booth escape. He supposedly reported to Thomas Jefferson personally. Harbin left the area. Possibvly living in England for awhile. He later worked in a hotel in downtown Washington, D. C. Betty Harbin Garbers > E.W. Wallace wrote in part: > Since a good many Marylanders came to Rowan Co. which extended far to the > west--until it came upon native Americans--perhaps colonial Maryland may > be > a good place to research for that surname. >> > "Cousin" David Herold hung out with John Wilkes Booth and actually guided > John to Dr, Mudd to get his let set after the Lincoln assination.. He was > captured in the tobacco barn on the Garrett farm.. and later... hung out > with Mary Surratt and others on the scaffold in the prison yard.... in > Washington DC... for the last time... "Cousin" Davie is buried in the > Congressional Cemetery in D.C... I think he's my most Famous "Cousin"!! > My > family settled in Western NC also... GLH > > G. Lee Hearl > Authentic Appalachian Storyteller > Abingdon, Va. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks for the tips and leads. I am familiar with my German families that removed to Union County, Illinois in 1823+ -- I am most interested in learning about any church records that might exist for these German families who lived along the Second Creek. What about cemetery records? Have the survived for any of these Rowan County pioneers or their descendants? --Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG

Myra, Sorry, but I forgot to mention that Casper, Hartline, Mowery and Freeze names came from Rowan to Union County, Illinois also. All of these families plus the ones I named in my prior answer to you were early settlers of Union Co., IL. Everyone of those families are plentiful in Union County, IL. Marianne Dillow Myra Vanderpool Gormley <myravg@wamail.net> wrote: I'm compiling information about my German families who settled mostly along the Dutch Second Creek in Rowan County prior to the American Revolution. Some of the names are: Jacob FRICK, Georg EHRENHARDT [Earnhart], Veronica WILDT, and Michael TREECE [Dreiss]. I am particularly interested in learning the names of the spouses of the children of these ancestors. Most of the marriages probably took place in the early 1800s to about 1835. Among the surnames are: McMACKIN, CASPER, HARTLINE, MOWERY and FREEZE. Is anyone else familiar with any of these German families and care to exchange information? --Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROWANROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message