Thank you, I will add proper crediting on my County website, unless you want the information removed. Please advise. Jeff Scism jbnimble1@gmail.com wrote: > ===================================================================== > A result of your requested PML search. To refine or cancel this > search, please visit http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > ===================================================================== > Source: VABOTETO@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [VABOTETO] Johann Adam Britz > > > I discovered and first published the earliest information below on > Johann Adam Britz and family, based upon my original research > in primary sources (German and American), in my book > _Stover Brethren_, 2001. > > I have not seen the Craig County Virginia Heritage book, so I > don't know whether John H. Britts properly credited my work. > But it is not credited here. > > Both the Stover and Stoner (and numerous related) families of Botetourt > County are covered and extensively documented with primary sources > in my two books: > > STONER BRETHREN, 1993 > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/GEN-BOOKS/2007-06/1182965069 > > and > > STOVER BRETHREN, 2001 > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/GEN-BOOKS/2007-06/1182965676 > > Richard R. Weber > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeff Scism" <scismgenie@roadrunner.com> > To: <vaboteto@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 10:32 AM > Subject: [VABOTETO] Johann Adam Britz > > > Johann Adam Britz > > Adam/Britz/Britts > > Born, January 24, 1741 in Russheim, Baden-Germany, was baptized as > Johann Adam Britz in 1741 in the Russheim Evangelical Lutheran Church. > Adam was 8 years old when his family came to America in 1749. Adam was > the son of George Ulrich and Anna Catharina Werner Britz. His family > settled in Lancaster, PA, later this area became Franklin Co. Tax > records for Franklin County shows Adam had 224 acres of land, 3 horses > and 7 head of cattle in 1780. Adam served in the Penn. Militia in 1779 > and again in 1781 in the Revolutionary War. > > Adam married Margaret Stover in the fall of 1768; to this union 2 boys > and 6 girls were born in Penn. In 1793, along with several other German > families, Adam and family moved to Botetourt County, VA to the area of > Craig Creek. Adam purchased 500 acres of land along Craig Creek. This > area became Craig County in 1851. > > The oldest son John Britts, born March 16, 1773, married Susannah Ecles > on May 17, 1797. In 1833, John and his family moved to the new Territory > in Indiana and purchased several 80 acre tracts of land for $100 or > $1.25 per acre, and founded the town of Ladoga, Indiana. John became the > first blacksmith in Ladoga. > > Henry Britts, the youngest son born in 1781, stayed in the area of Craig > Creek. Henry married Mary C. Frantz on Sept 7, 1802. Her family also > came to this area from Pennsylvania. To this union 6 children were born, > 3 boys and 3 girls. Henry was a farmer as were his sons. Henry sons were > William Britts born 1804, Adam Francis Britts born July 26, 1817 and > Samuel Frantz Britts born 1820. > > (Image at: http://ibssg.org/montgomery/bios/b/img/britts-samuel.jpg) > > Samuel Britts ('photoshopped') from page 61 of > Craig County Virginia Heritage, © 2004, > Craig County Heritage Book Committee, > S.E. Grose and Assoc., Inc,.WV, 2004. > > Samuel became the most prominent. On Oct. 28, 1861 Samuel was appointed > as one of the Election Commisioners and Officer for the election to be > held the first Wednesday in Novemer 1861, for members of the Congress in > the Confederate States of America. On May 26, 1864 Samuel was elected > Magistrate in and for the area of New Castle, VA. Samuel was very > religious and the the Superintendent of the Mountain View Christian > Church for a long time. This church was what is now (state Road 311), > just a short way from Samuel's home, between New Castle and Catawba, VA. > The Union Army under Brigadier General William W. Averell on the way to > New Castle on Dec 17, 1863 was stopped because of the rapidly rising > water of Craig's Creek. It had rained for days. They had lost four men > trying to ford it. General Averell at sundown made camp noting in his > record "drenched, muddy, hungry and in miserable condition too much to > march on for us." The rain had turned to sleet. They set up camp on > Samuel's farm, but over 3000 Yankee troops were probably spread out over > the land, not just on Samuel's land. > > The 3 sons and several descendants of Henry Britts served in the > Confederate Army. Henry died in 1845 in New Castle, but there are still > many descendants in and around Craig Coundy and the other counties in > the area. > > There is a small family cemetery on the land that Samuel had, headstones > show, Samuel Britts, Co. B, 28 Va Inf, CSA, Gertrude Britts Carper, > 1871-1935, Daisy Carper, wife of Harry Damewood, Aug 22, 1896-Feb 18, 1919. > > There appears to be other graves, but they are not marked with a > headstone that can be read. These may be both of Samuel's wives, > Elizabeth Elmore Britts and Mary Campbell Britts. Also there may the > graves of Adam and Margaret Stover Britz. This property is now owned by > Lanier Frantz, who is a descendent of the same family that Henry's wife, > Mary C. Frantz, who was Samuel's mother. > > Submitted by John H. Britts > pp. 60-61 Craig County Virginia Heritage: 2004 by the Craig County > Heritage Book Committee and published by S.E. Grose and Assoc., Inc,.WV, > 2004. > > -- Jeffery G. 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