Hello List: Does anybody know anything about the Richarts of Shenandoah? I'm following Adam Richart/Rickard out of Shenandoah to Mason County around 1800, where his family was then connected to the Roush and Zirkle families. Knowing that those latter 2 were from Shenandoah, I'm trying to determine if they were acquainted with the Richarts prior to moving west. The name is also known as Rickart, Rickert, and Reichart. I believe Adam was migrating from PA, and perhaps just passing through Shenandoah, staying for a relatively few years. His first wife, Elizabeth, died there in 1797, near New Market (so the story goes). He then married Catherine. Some sons were Jacob, Michael, John, Joseph and George. I've seen a Jacob Rickard in the 1820 Shenandoah census, and I suspect he might have been related, but I can't find the root family. There was a Richart/Reichart family in the Germanna settlement, but I can't trace them forward. Any help or even speculation would be greatly appreciated. Tom

Tom, Please include this as only speculation. In the 1793 personal property tax list for the big valley of Shenandoah County, there was a listing for Adam R***art, where the * is a letter too badly smeared to read. However, I believe I can identify the third * as either an "h" or a "k". This list is one where there is a strong possibility that people whose tax lists were received on the same day lived close to one another. On the same day as Adam R***art (April 18) were Jacob Roof, John Roush Senr, George Ruddell, Walter Newman, Mounce Bird, Daniel Brannerman (Jr and Sr), Rudolph Kagey, Daniel Kingary, Solomon Kingary, and many others. The ones I named are all names familiar within maybe five miles of New Market. You might try getting the microfilm for the lists from the LDS and taking a look at other years. 1793 is the only one I happen to be able to look at now. Those are good years because Tavener Beale took some of the lists and he was obsessively thorough. If you find your Adam after 1795, I think, please let me know and I can help locate him even better then as the lists for a few years were based on militia company areas. Please treat this as only a maybe. There are Adam Reinharts running around in Shenandoah County about that time. Tom Tom wrote: > Hello List: > > Does anybody know anything about the Richarts of Shenandoah? I'm following Adam Richart/Rickard out of Shenandoah to Mason County around 1800, where his family was then connected to the Roush and Zirkle families. Knowing that those latter 2 were from Shenandoah, I'm trying to determine if they were acquainted with the Richarts prior to moving west. > > The name is also known as Rickart, Rickert, and Reichart. > > I believe Adam was migrating from PA, and perhaps just passing through Shenandoah, staying for a relatively few years. His first wife, Elizabeth, died there in 1797, near New Market (so the story goes). He then married Catherine. Some sons were Jacob, Michael, John, Joseph and George. > > I've seen a Jacob Rickard in the 1820 Shenandoah census, and I suspect he might have been related, but I can't find the root family. > > There was a Richart/Reichart family in the Germanna settlement, but I can't trace them forward. > > Any help or even speculation would be greatly appreciated. > > Tom > > ==== VASHENAN Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send a msg. to VASHENAN-L-request@rootsweb.com or VASHENAN-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word unsubscribe.

Tom, For what it's worth, I have some Ritscharts in my Shenandoah Co. line: Christian Ritschart b. Switzerland, d. Virginia. Married 1733 in Germany to Magdalena Wolff (b. 1703 Switzerland, d. 1766 Penn.) They had a daughter, Elizabeth Ritschart, b. 24 Oct 1738 in Canton Berne, Switzerland. Elizabeth married Jacob Blessing (b. 1728 in Wuerttemberg, Germany), apparently in Germany. Jacob Blessing was naturalized 14 Oct 1765 in Cocalico Twp., Lancaster Co., PA. His will was probated 5 April 1790 in Shenandoah Co. VA. Jacob & Elizabeth Ritschart Blessing had children Jacob, Elizabeth, Catherine, Henry, Abraham, Christina, Magdalena, Lewis, Christian, Barbara, and John. The older ones were born in Germany, the middle ones in Lancaster Co. PA, and John was born in 1770 in Shenandoah Co. VA. Jacob and John Blessing were apparently in Rowan Co. NC in 1790. Jacob, Magdalena (married name Lindamood), Lewis, and John all died in Greene Co. OH. This information came to me in 1987 from Wilda Sweigard, who referred to the DAR as a source (Jacob Blessing served in the revolution). Maybe you can use the dates and places to find some siblings of Elizabeth Ritschart who might have also traveled to Shenandoah Co. Rita At 01:19 PM 7/7/03 -0700, you wrote: >Hello List: > >Does anybody know anything about the Richarts of Shenandoah? I'm following Adam Richart/Rickard out of Shenandoah to Mason County around 1800, where his family was then connected to the Roush and Zirkle families. Knowing that those latter 2 were from Shenandoah, I'm trying to determine if they were acquainted with the Richarts prior to moving west. > >The name is also known as Rickart, Rickert, and Reichart. > >I believe Adam was migrating from PA, and perhaps just passing through Shenandoah, staying for a relatively few years. His first wife, Elizabeth, died there in 1797, near New Market (so the story goes). He then married Catherine. Some sons were Jacob, Michael, John, Joseph and George. > >I've seen a Jacob Rickard in the 1820 Shenandoah census, and I suspect he might have been related, but I can't find the root family. > >There was a Richart/Reichart family in the Germanna settlement, but I can't trace them forward. > >Any help or even speculation would be greatly appreciated. > >Tom > > >==== VASHENAN Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe, send a msg. to VASHENAN-L-request@rootsweb.com or VASHENAN-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word unsubscribe. >