I am looking for naturalization papers for John Spriggs who settled in Martinsburg, Va. before 1840. Are they located at the circuit court in Martinsburg Court house? Thanks Anne

Hello Roger, I think I am close to gaining on those pesky Katterman in Berks County. Remember that Catherine Katterman 1781-1858 married to Sam Fetter 1777-1848 were married at Tulpehocken Trinity in 1800. I had been looking at Michael Katterman married to Elizabeth Batdorff, the son of Jacob and Anna Catherine Reith (Georg Anspach widow) Katterman. Even though the date of his daughter Catherine was 1771. I am sure she was married to Peter Bordner now. Michael died in 1781 at Washington County, MD. I did get a copy of his brother John Katterman's will. It took me a year or so to get it translated as it was German and difficult script. He married Margaret Zeller in 1778. In the will he mentions daughter Catherine as one of the first names, which makes me think she may have been born close to the marriage date, it isn't alphabetical. They lived at Stouchsburg, close to the church. Most of their children were baptized at the Christ Church of Stouchsburg. Don Moyer tells me that the Trinity Church is in sight of this one. I find on the Berks Rootsweb page that there is a Zeller cemetery across the street from Trinity and that church founders include Margaret Zeller's grandparents Heinrich and Anna Maria Briegal Zeller. Perhaps my Catherine was married in the church for this reason or that John and Margaret went to it as newlyweds until they got their own house just up the road. I find in the Zeller tree Anpsach, Batdorff, Katterman all the names I have been dancing with. I don't recall if I had mentioned any of the Jacob Katterman will information when we were emailing last year. It shows his son in law as Simon Kiesecker (misstated as Kersher on the internet) and my Catherine's son John Fetter married Simon's cousin Susannah Keesecker at West Virginia in 1828. The towns in the three counties include Brickerville, Cocalico, Stouchsburg and Schaefferstown, all quite close to each other. The Kiesecker were close to my Fetter in Warwick Twp, Lancaster County, I have heard the Zeller were near there before going to Tulpehocken. The Katterman went to Washington County, MD, where Simon and Elisabeth Katterman Kiesecker lived by his father Philip Kiesecker. Michael and Elizabeth might have lived close by too, though somebody recently said there were more Katterman there. When he died too young in 1781, I understand the widow and children went back to Berks County. I am also interested in the Pontius men in the Zeller and Katterman families. My best friend is named Pontious and he is related to the ancestors of those in Berks that I have seen in the trees on line. I do not know his 1800s forebears to connect them, but his were from Indiana and Ohio before. It would be about 8 generations for me to go back to Johann Heinrich Zeller if indeed he is my line. If you are interested in a translation of the John Katterman will of 1829 (death year), I will send it along. Best wishes, Dan Fetters Hope, MI

Does it include the surname HUFFMAN? M. Eugene Huffman

I have absolutely nothing to do with this book and have never seen it; as I said in my post, you must contact the DEALER at [email protected] Best wishes, Martha Grenzeback [email protected] At 05:44 PM 14-11-2001 -0500, [email protected] wrote: >Does it include the surname HUFFMAN? > >M. Eugene Huffman > > >==== WVBERKEL Mailing List ==== >Berkeley County Unsubscription Directions >[email protected] UNSUBSCRIBE [in body of message] >[email protected] UNSUBSCRIBE [in body of message]

I thought someone might be interested in this book, which was announced on another list serve. If you are, do not contact me, but the dealer: H. Fazio -- [email protected] Best wishes, Martha Grenzeback [email protected] >Reply-To: "H. Fazio" <[email protected]> >From: "H. Fazio" <[email protected]> >Old-To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> >Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 14:42:14 -0600 >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 >Subject: [GM] Shepherdstown, Berkeley/Jefferson Counties, VA/WVA >To: [email protected] > >Historic Shepherdstown, Danske Dandridge, 1910, 1985. Softcover, >5-1/2x8-1/2, 389 pages, everyname index, this book is in near new >condition, if not as new. There are no markings of any kind, loose or >dogeared pages, etc. This is an absolutely wonderful history of the wars, >of the area, and of the people. Please note that the Rent Roll of Berkeley >County for the years 1774, 1775, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780 and 1780, >though not mentioned below, is included and gives the number of acres for >each taxable. >Contents include: > >Foreward >The Beginnings of Mecklenburg >Growth of the Settlement - The French and Indian Wars >Growth of the Town - Some Old Wills >Formation of Berkeley County >The Beginning of the Revolution >The Muster Roll of Captain Hugh Stephenson's Company >"My Ride to the Barbeque" >Journal of Henry Bedinger - Roxbury Camp >In Camp at Roxbury - At Staten Island >Henry Bedinger's Journal of 1776 - Continued >Conclusion of the Journal of Henry Bedinger >Captain Shepherd and His Men >The Battle at Fort Washington >The Prison of New York >Captain William Morgan and His Company of Volunteers - Colonel Van >Swearingen, The County Lieutenant >More Contents of the Old Scrap Book >The War in the West >The Expedition to Kentucky >The Berkeley County Militia of the Revolution >Prisoners in Shepherdstown - The Surrender of Cornwallis >The End of the Revolution >Shepherdstown in the Olden Time >General William Darke >Shepherdstown After the Revolution >James Rumsey, The Inventor of the Steamboat >A Summary - The Highest Ambition of Shepherdstown >The Early Printers and Newspapers of Shepherdstown >The Meeting at the Spring of '76 >Appendix A - Alphabetical List of Officers and Privates Connected With >Shepherdstown, or Recruited In Its > Neighborhood, During the Revolution - Gives > information on each. >Appendix B - Bibliography >Index > >The double columned index is twenty-four pages long and is a bit much to >tackle , but I'll try. > >Adam, Aiken(s), Alburtis, Aler, Aldridge, Alimong, Allen, Ambler, Ambrose, >Andrews, Anderson, Angel, Ankor, Ardinger, Ariss, Arnold, Arters, Ashby, >Ast, Austin, Ayre, Baily, Baker, Baier, Bailey, Baldwin, Baltimore, Banks, >Banner, Barger, Barn, Barnett, Barnhart, Barnes, Barratt, Barrow, >Basenore, Batts, Bauer, Baylor, Bazel, Bell, Beale, Bear, Beard, Beatty, >Beckley, Beckwith, Bedinger, Beeker, Beeler(s), Beeson, Beirlin, Beissel, >Beller, Beltzhoover, Benner, Bennett, Berkeley, Berry, Beverley, Bevins, >Bilmyres, Bittinger, Black, Blackburn, Blackford, Blackhead, Blackwell, >Blagrove, Blair, Blake, Blount, Blue, Bodine, Bogle, Boggs, Bond, Booth, >Bouquet, Boswell, Boteler, Bougher, Boulden, Bowers, Bower, Bowman, Boyd, >Boydstone, Boyer, Boyle, Boulden, Brady, Braddock, Bradford, Breedin, >Brent, Brentijo, Brewer, Briscoe, Britain,Broadus, Brock, Brown, Brooke, >Brouse, Browning, Bruner, Brunt, Bryan, Buck, Buckles, Bull, Burket, >Burns, Burr, Bush, Butt(s), Butcher, Byers, Bryne! >, Cabbage, Cairney, Calewell, Caldwell, Calmes, Cameron, Campbell, Carter, >Case, Cassody, Catlett, Caton, Caveman, Cawen, Cawood, Chaffin, Chapin, >Chaplain, Chaplines, Chapline, Chaplin, Chambers, Champion, Chaney, >Chapman, Chaulkley, Chick, Cheneweth, Cherry, Church, Clarke, Clark, >Clawson, Claycomb, Clinesworth, Cloak(s), Cochran(e), Cockburn, >Coffenbary, Coffman, Cole, Coit, Collins, Connell, Conner, Conrad, >Constant, Coke, Cookus, Cookis, Coomas, Coonts, Cooper, Copenhaven, >Coreman, Corinham, Cornwallis, Cotton, Covenhaver, Cover, Cowan, Crab, >Crafts, Craighill, Crane, Crawford, Creamer, Creghton, Cresap, Crim, >Crockett, Cromley, Crook, Crosly, Crouchman, Crow, Cruse, Crutcher, >Cummins, Cunningham, Curtiss, Curry, Cuswick, Dandrigge, Dark(e). Duke, >Darke, Darnheffer, Davenport, Davis, Davies, Dawkins, Dawson, Dean, de >Graffenreid, de Graffe, De Haas, Deigh, deKalb, Delrock, Denney, Dick, >Dillard, Dillon, Dinwiddie, Dixon, Dolton, Donald, Donnally, Donnelly, >Dowdal, Doyle! >, Draper, Drew, Drury, Duckwald, Dukes, Duke, Duncan, Dunsmore, Dusee, >Dust, Eakins, Earles, Eaty, Eckhart, Eden, Edmondson, Edward, Ellis, >Elsworth, Embly, Endler, Engles, Engle, English, Enoch, Entler, Eoff, >Ernst, Ervin, Evans, Ewing - more next time - I will be happy to look for >your surnames for the rest of the alphabet. > >$30 plus $3 media mail postage and handling. > > > > >==== GEN-MAT Mailing List ==== >Gen-Mat-Lists website - >http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/lists/Gen-Mat-Lists.htm

Regarding German-Lutheran church records, I would consider the following sources: 1)Lutheran Archives Center at Philadelphia 7301 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19119 2)Abdel Ross Wentz Library Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, PA 17325 Both contain significant collections of German congregational and pastoral records. 3)LDS Family History Library - check their on-line library catalog @ http://www.familysearch.org 4)Berkeley Co.WV Historical Society - Don Wood should know the accessibility of those records - I would actually start with this source first! Ann in FL > > The question was asked about location of the records of the German Lutheran > Church from Berkeley and/or Jefferson County, Va would be? Years needed > 1801-1860. I too would be very interested in knowing this answer. > Kathleen Rizer > > > ==== WVBERKEL Mailing List ==== > BERKELEY County List Administrator: > <=<[email protected]>=> >

Thank you for your information. K. Rizer ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 2:07 PM Subject: Re: [WVBERKEL] German Lutheran churches > Regarding German-Lutheran church records, I would > consider the following sources: > > 1)Lutheran Archives Center at Philadelphia > 7301 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19119 > 2)Abdel Ross Wentz Library > Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, PA 17325 > Both contain significant collections of German > congregational and pastoral records. > 3)LDS Family History Library - check their on-line > library catalog @ http://www.familysearch.org > 4)Berkeley Co.WV Historical Society - Don Wood should > know the accessibility of those records - I would > actually start with this source first! > > Ann in FL > > > > The question was asked about location of the records of the German Lutheran > > Church from Berkeley and/or Jefferson County, Va would be? Years needed > > 1801-1860. I too would be very interested in knowing this answer. > > Kathleen Rizer > > > > > > ==== WVBERKEL Mailing List ==== > > BERKELEY County List Administrator: > > <=<[email protected]>=> > > > >

The question was asked about location of the records of the German Lutheran Church from Berkeley and/or Jefferson County, Va would be? Years needed 1801-1860. I too would be very interested in knowing this answer. Kathleen Rizer

I am looking for informatin on my great grandfather William James Shimp (born aorund 1880) who we believe moved from Lewistown Pa. in the early 1900s (teens or twentys) He married Elsie Weaver (in Pa.) and they had about 11 children. Williams nickname was (Buffalo Shimp) They lived in Jones Spring Berkeley County WV. They moved to Kansas City Missouri in the 1930s, probably had family there. Elsie and some of the children moved back to Berkeley County but William and some of the children stayed on. William died there in some accident (not sure how) and is buried there and some of his line still live there to this day. Williams father was from Ohio. I believe his family owned a Carriage or wagon business in Lewistown Pa. somwhere near the mountain. Thanks very much my email is [email protected]

Does anyone know where in the world the records of the German Lutheran Church from Berkeley and/or Jefferson County, Va would be? Years needed 1801-1860. I am trying to find evidence of the Longbrake/Lambrecht/Landbright information. Thanks, Joan

Dear List This is my first post to this list. I have seen a number of references in the Library of Va. to David Hunter of Berkeley Co. who was the County Clerk during the early 1800s. There is a possibility he may be an ancestor of mine, especially if he had a son named Isaac. If anyone has information on David Hunter of Berkeley Co. or his family please get in touch with me. thanks Tracy Hunter

Does any subscriber have access to a copy of Max Grove's book, "Reconstructed Census 1774-1810: Berkeley County, Virginia? If so, I would appreciate your assistance with a Snodgrass "look up." Many thanks. M. Fry [email protected]

Do any subscribers have access to a copy of Max Grove's book, RECONSTRUCTED CENSUS 1774-1810: BERKELEY COUNTY, VIRGINIA? If so, I would appreciate your assistance with a "look-up." Thank you. C. Ward [email protected]

Do any subscribers have the early tax lists for BERKELEY CO., VA (1770s through 1780s)? If so, I would greatly appreciate your assistance with a "look-up." Thank you. C. Ward [email protected]

I have recently done some research into the small Dutch colony which was located near present-day Shepherdstown, WV. Although some of these individuals had contact with the Conewago colony in south-central PA near present-day Gettysburg, almost all appear to have moved directly from New Jersey to the Shepherdstown area. For those interested, the surnames of the Dutch and those affiliated with the Dutch (as I have compiled them) include: BLUE CLAWSON COWENHOVEN DEMOSS (Dutch?) EOFF (Dutch?) HOAGLAND KANADAY NEWKIRK (Dutch?) QUICK SCHANK/SCHENK SNEDEKER SWEARINGEN (Van Swearingen - Dutch?) VAN ARSDALE VAN CLEEF VAN DERVEER VAN DOREN VANDROFF (?) VAN METER VAN PELT VANVECTOR (?) WESTERVELT WESTFALL WHITENECK (Dutch?) WYNKOOP and a few others I cannot figure out VANANHILLER/VANCENHELLER/VINCENTHELLER VANCELEY VANDORCH VANDORRIAS VANDUCER VERDEER Many of these old (1770s) families can be found in the records of 1760s Frederick County, VA. In fact, many of the individuals mentioned in the Berkeley County Minute Books from 1772-1774 and early landowners records 1784-1794 also appear on the "Old Frederick County Parish Record" dating from 1761-1763 as reported in Wilmer Kerns' "Frederick County VA Settlement and Some First Families of Back Creek Valley". Many of the Dutch names are badly mangled by the English-speaking record takers. In the event you have a "missing person", perhaps this is where they went. Charles R. Vanorsdale

Looking for ANY info on Salter/Salters/Saulters in your area .Would appreciate ANYTHING from 1779 forward. Thanks,Lilabeth

I'm looking for information on a Peter Spielman (Speelman) born Aug 11, 1783 in Boonsboro, Washington County Maryland and died Jan 31, 1875 in Rock Gap Township, Morgon County West Virginia. Any information on his or his parents would be greatly appreciated. Thank You, Carol Spielman

Hi, I have several records of Small's that were married in Berkeley County, but have no concrete indications of linage. Does anyone have any Small genealogy in their files? Jim Small

Does anyone have any early land records or have any history on Back Creek. Looking at the map it was located near Tomahawk and Headgesville. Looking for a record of Teter Barnes who according to his will lived on Back Creek, VA in 1823. Thanks for any help Sue

Annie Jenkins b. ca. 1868 m. William A. Barbour in Berkeley Co. April 29, 1889. Children: David Wm. - Bertie - Ira Nixon - Millard. If anyone has any link to Annie, would you please contact me. I cannot determine her parents. Sharon