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Da rauscht's aus dem nahen Gebüsche, Ein Jüngling tritt hervor, "Er liebt Dich von ganzem Herzen," Klingt's traut an ihrem Ohr.
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SUPPLEMENTARY REMARKS TO VOLUME I OF THIS HISTORY OF THE GERMAN ELEMENT IN VIRGINIA.
Since the publication of Volume I the attention of the au- thor has been called to the following supplements and mistakes.
On page 26, line 4, is to be added after the words: "ascer- tained to be in Norfolk," the name of the country : " England."
On page 40, referring to Governor Richard Kempe, and af- ter the words: "President of this body in 1644," ought to be inserted : "1645 Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia."
On page 67, line 34, should stand : "In Stafford and Orange counties German settlements were built up at Germanna Ford," instead of only : "in Stafford county."
On page 68, after the words : "in picturesque language," ought to be subjoined : "Inconsistent with Colonel Byrd's state- ment and H. A. Rattermann's assertion ('Deutscher Pionier,' Ster Jahrgang, Seite 106: 'Dem schottischen Edelmann [Spotts- wood] gefiel es unter den fleissigen und ruhigen Deutschen so wohl, dass er sich eine der deutschen Jungfrauen - eine Han- noveranerin Namens Theke - zur Gattin nahm,') - that the historian Campbell denies that Spottswood married a German lady and that he asserts : that Miss Thecky (not Theke) was Miss Dorothea Bryan or Brain, and that 'Thecky' was the di- minutive or pet name of her Christian name. Campbell says furthermore: that Miss Dorothea was a sister of Aun Butler Bryan, who was Spottswood's wife."
The author is not convinced that Colonel Byrd's statement in regard to Governor Spottswood's wife and family-life are less trustworthy than Campbell's. Colonel Byrd visited Germanna and was a contemporary of Governor Spottswood.
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On pages 70 to 73, referring to the Kemper family and to the settlements of Germanna, of Germantown, Fauquier county and on the Robinson river in Madison county, the author re- ceived the following explanatory emendations :
Mr. Charles E. Kemper of Washington, D. C., writes : "I have read with much interest your History of the German Ele- ment in Virginia. You make some statements, however, about my ancestor Johann Kemper, which are not in accord with family information and tradition. You state, that after marry- ing Alice Utterback he removed with others to the Robinson river section in Madison county. All our information is to the effect, that he settled at Germantown, Fauquier county, and probably died there, though as to this we are not certain.'
A cousin of this correspondent, Mr. Willis M. Kemper, Attorney-at-Law, Cincinnati, Ohio, confirms by letter these re- marks as follows: "Johann Kemper never went to live in the German colony in Madison county. When the colony of twelve families had their fuss with Governor Spottswood, the whole colony (I have their names, - taken from the diary of my great grandfather, James Kemper, a son of John Peter Kem- per) - moved in what was then Stafford, after 1730 Prince Williams and after 1759 Fauquier county, - about nine miles southwest of Warrenton. - and settled Germantown. De- scendants of all twelve of these families are to be found there today. John Peter Kemper's house, " Cedar Grove," was built with brick in 1745; it is still standing and inhabited by a mem- ber of the Kemper family. Governor Kemper's grandfather moved to Madison about the beginning of this century and in this way happened to be there."
The "fuss" the colonists had with Governor Spottswood, mentioned in the foregoing letter, has been alluded to in Vol. J, page 72, and after the words : "in the present county of Madi- son," - for the sake of better understanding, - ought to be added : "that the former good relations between the Governor and the German settlers had been seriously injured by these money matters, and the latter made bitter complaint of him." The evil final relations between Spottswood and the Germans are confirmed by the original manuscripts now on file in the State Library at Richmond, Va.
Partly alluding to the prenamed events, Rev. T. O. Keister of Greencastle, Franklin county, Pennsylvania, writes to the author : "For ten or twelve years I have been collecting ma- terial for a History of Lutheranism in Virginia. The history of Lutheranism in Madison county dates back to 1720, whose founders were evidently from the Germans who settled at Ger-
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manna and near there. The two colonies, the one at Germanna and the one at Spottswood's iron furnace near Germanna, for some reason moved up on the Robinson river and there in 1720 a deed was given them for their glebe lands. My data leads me to conclude, that their migration was made between 1719 and 1720."
Touching the same historical occurrence and in variance with the historian Dr. Slaughter, Mr. W. W. Scott, the present State Librarian of Virginia, writes : " I do not believe for a mo- ment that it was these Germans (who settled at and near Ger- manna), or any of them who went to Germantown, Fauquier county, as stated by Dr. Slaughter."
These various data and conjectures do not settle the date and nature of the German settlements in Madison, Orange and Fauquier counties positively, but the author feels greatly obliged to the forenamed correspondents, as their letters throw some light on the subject and verify the main points of the his- torical facts he has represented in Volume I.
On page 71, line 15, referring to " the first German preacher in Virginia," Mr. Willis M. Kemper of Cincinnati writes on January 13th, 1899: " I think you are mistaken in saying that Gerhard Hinkel was the first German preacher in Virginia. I have always been claiming this honor for my ancestor Henry Haeger, who built his church at Germantown, according to James Kemper. John Peter Kemper did not marry a daughter, but a grand-daughter of Parson Haeger. You will find Parson Haeger's will on record in Prince William county, Will Book C, pages 108 and 117. By this will is apparent that the old gen- tleman had two daughters, - one of whom married a John Hoffmann, the other a John Fishbach, both members of the German colony of twelve families, brought over by Gover- nor Spottswood. One of the grand-children, Elizabeth Fish- bach, married Peter Kemper in 1738. Henry Haeger was the
pastor of the twelfth colony, which, according to a petition quoted by Dr. Slaughter from Bishop Meade, came first and went to Germantown, - and therefore it must have been the twentieth colony that went to Madison county. Bishop Meade's petition says the second colony came in 1717; the date of the coming of the first colony is blank in Bishop Meade's petition. Not long since I wrote to the "Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts" in London, from whose letter- book the petition was taken, and they write me: that this blank should be 1714." - But in another letter, dated February 3d, 1899, the same writer informs the author: "I don't know the exact date of Henry Haeger's coming to Virginia, or whether
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or not he had previously been at New Berne with Graffenried's Swiss and Palatines. I know the German colony settled at Germanna in 1714, and my great-grandfather says: their Pastor Haeger came in after them. He was certainly there in the sum- mer of 1719, because the petition quoted in Bishop Meade says he was there when the petition was written and sent, and it must have left Virginia not later than midsummer 1719." - Thus the two letters of Mr. Willis M. Kemper appear to contra- dict each other in regard to the time of Rev. Haeger's arrival in Virginia. - Rev. Socrates Henkel, pastor at New Market, Va., states in his "History of the Evangelical Lutheran Tennessee Synod," page 67: "that his ancestor Gerhard Henkel came to Virginia about 1718," and therefore it is left in doubt, which of the two reverends came first. - In regard to the petition quoted is also reported : " A united petition from the two German colo- nies, one of fifty and the other of eighty persons, was sent to England in 1719, praying for an assistant to Rev. Hacger at Germanna," while others entertain grave doubt as to the very existence of such a document. General John E. Roller further- more stated in a lecture at Richmond, Va., on January 9th, 1899: "The church erected at Germantown was the first Re- formed church in America (not Lutheran.)" .
On page 77, line 36, after the words: " Albemarle and Louisa counties," is to be inserted as stated by General Roller in his prementioned lecture: "Nearly two-thirds of the people of Virginia west of Fredericksburg trace their descent to the Ger- mans."
On page S1, line 17, after the words : " of the foundation of Richmond," ought to be added: " In 1780 an act for locating the public squares to enlarge the town and for the purpose to locate the Capital, Halls of Justice, State House for Executive Boards and a residence for the Governor, etc., was passed. A committee of nine was appointed to lay out lots in such form and such dimensions as requisite, and the German citizen Rob't Goode (Gude), whose descendants are still living in Richmond, was elected a member of this important committee."
On page 94, after the words: "causing their own dissatis- faction," ought to be inserted: "For some years the Indians had molested the brethren and in July 1764 they broke up the settlements in the Shenandoah valley, and all of them, twenty- six persons, returned to Pennsylvania." - In his before men- tioned lecture : "The Colonial German Element of Virginia," General Roller of Harrisonburg, Va., stated upon good author- ity: "The German Pietists under Kelpius visited Virginia in 1694 before settling in Pennsylvania, and Rev. Koster was the
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early Pietist pastor in Virginia." - Johann Kelpius was born in Siebenbuergen, was a follower of Phil. J. Spencer and Jacob Boehme and founded a community in the wilderness on the Wissahickon in Pennsylvania under the name: "Das Weib in der Wüste." IIe died in 1708, only 40 years of age." Accord- ingly reither Hinkel nor Haeger have been the first German preachers in Virginia, but the Pietist Rev. Koster.
In referring to the incident of Colonel Bowman's death, re- lated on page 131, Mr. Wm. E. English, Vice-President of the Indiana Historical Society, a descendant of Joist Hite and con- nected with the Bowman family, writes: "The history states that in this glorious affair Colonel Bowman lost his life, plainly meaning Colonel Abraham Bowman, who succeeded General Muehlenberg in command of the Eighth Virginia Regiment. This is a mistake. Colonel Abraham Bowman settled in Lex- ington, Kentucky, after the Revolutionary War and was still alive when LaFayette visited this country the first time. There was another Colonel Bowman killed at Yorktown, but not Colonel Abraham. Ile, Abraham, was a brother of Colonel Joseph Bowman."
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INDEX TO VOLUME II.
A.
Page Adenbousch, Col. J. N
82 Alexandria, Germans of. 27, 103, 186
Ammen, Gen. Jacob 89
Amicable Society, The. 26
Armistaed, Walter Keith
22
Armistaed, Gen. Louis A 81
Armistaed, Major George 21
Architecture, Engineering and Mining, Germans distinguished in .... 49, 149 Artists, German, of Richmond .49, 149
Ast, W. F 24
B.
Baumgartner, Rev. P. Willibald 178
Beth Shalome Synagogue. 29
Bethlehemgemeinde 47
Beth Ahaba Synagogue. 144
Blaettermann, George
15
Board of Immigration. 127
Boehm, Heinrich,
17
Borke, Col. Heros von
82
Buberl, Caspar .
148
Buchholz, Capt. E. von.
86
C.
Calisch, Rev. Edward N 182
Census, U. S., 1890-Population of Virginia. 8
Columbian Agricultural Society 24
Company H, 19th Virginia Militia, Muster-Roll 78 Congress of German Revolutionists. .34, 122
Company M, 19th Virginia Militia, Muster-Roll. 75
Confederate States of America 66
Consuls, Germans employed as 152
Consular Certificate of German Citizenship 91
D.
Darmstadt, Joseph. 25
Decker, Luke ..
Der Virginische Volksberichter und New Marketer Wochenschrift 13
Deutscher Patriotischer Unterstuetzungsverein. 157
Dienelt, Dr. Julius 187 Dilger, Gen. Hugo. 89
Discrimination against West Virginia. 110
Droste, Christian .
179
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Ebel, Ferdinand Charles
Page 181
Eberhard, Johann G .. 121
Eichelberger, Rev. Louis Frederick 16
Evacuation of Richmond. 102
Ezekiel, Moses 148
F.
Fine Arts in Virginia. 49
First West Virginia Artillery. 121
First Wheeling Convention. 112
Foss, Heinrich. 8
Free Mason Society (Freie Gemeinde) of Richmond. 34-36
Fugitive Slave Law
60
G.
Gallatin, Albert. 19
General Assembly of Virginia, names of German members 28
German-American Association of Virginia. 162
German- American Ladies' Aid Association of the Virginia Hospital. 171
German Day Celebrations 159-171
German Democratic Club 185
142
German Home Guard, Muster-Roll of.
76
German Immigration in West Virginia
57, 106, 107
German Immigration in Virginia .. 55-58
German Lutheran Synod, Organization of 7
German Mass-Meeting June 5th, 1868, at Richmond 137
German Names of Members of Legislature, 1830-60 58
German News Company ... 146
German Officers in the Confederate Army
79
German Rifle Company, List of Members, 1861 72
German Relief Society 183
German Societies of Richmond 53,
54
Gesangverein Virginia. 53, 149
152
Groner, General V. D
H.
Hassel, B
40
Heinrich, Oswald Julius. 32
Henkel, Rev. Ambrosius 9
Henkel, Rev. Paulus. . 7,11
Henningson, Carl Friedrich 87
Hoehn & Co., A 149
Hotopp, Wm 132
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Humboldt Centennial Anniversary
155
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Immigration about 1830. .
55
Immigration, Efforts after the War.
127
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German Rifle Company .
39
Ginter, Major Lewis
Hoyer, Rev
German Evangelical Lutheran Bethlehem Community
11
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Page Immigration, Remarks on, by Prof. Learned. 15 Insurrection of Negroes in Southampton County 63
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Jewish Emigration to Virginia 8 Jewish Officers and Soldiers in the Confederate Army . 93-96
John Brown's Raid .60, 61
K.
Kemper, James Lawson. 80
Knownothing Movement. 37,
38
Koerner Centennial Celebration 163
Koiner, George W. and Absolom 134
Kranth, Dr. Charles Porterfield. 17
Ku-Klux at Trevillians 98
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Ladies' Aid Society 170
Lange, Gottfried ..
41
Leibrock, Captain Albert. 49
Leiper, Dr .. 24
Lincoln, President, Inauguration of. 68
List of German Names of Members of the General Assemby of Va. . . 28,
58
List of German-Virginian Delegates to the General Assembly and the U. S. Congress. 195, 196
List of Localities and Post Offices with German Names 198-201
List of School Officials. 197 Lodges, German 150, 151
Loehr, Charles T. 178
Lovenstein, Senator William. 174
Lutheran Church, Oldest Publication Board of. 11
Lutheran Churches of German Origin in Virginia .. 45
Lutheran St. Johannis Church in Richmond. 46
M.
Marion Rifles, Muster-Roll of the. 74
Marshall, Chief Justice John. 20
Martinsburg, W. Va 122
Marx, Joseph. 25
Mass-Meeting at St. Johannis Church 38,
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Massow, von. 87
Memminger, Christoph Gustav 104
Menzel, Dr. Paul L.
173
Military Organizations. 151
Miller, Heinrich Georg 176
Minnigerode, Dr. Carl 42
Muster-Roll Company H, 19th Virginia Militia. 75
Muster-Roll Company M, 19th Virginia Militia. 78
Muster-Roll German Home Guard 76
Muster-Roll German Rifle Company in 1861 72
N.
Newspaper, First German
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Peple, G. A. 85, 152
Phillips, Charles H . 181 Pioneers of West Virginia .107-109 Pohle, C. R. M 38
Population of Virginia in 1862.
58
Printing Office at New Market ... 9-10
Protestant-Episcopal Church Home.
144
R.
Raynal, Alfred H 148
Richmond Unabhängige Turnverein.
184
Richmond Microscopical Society 145
Riddleberger, Harrison Holt.
Roemer, Major Max 192
86
Roller, Gen. John E. 192
Rosenegk, Alfred von N 172
175
Ruffner, Dr. Henry 62
Ruffner, Dr. Wm. H. 138
22
Ruffner, General Lewis. 23, 89
Ruffner, Col. David Lewis
84
S.
Saint Johannis Church, Richmond 141
Saint Mary's German Catholic Church 47, 143
Saxon-Virginian Colonization Enterprise 56
Scheibert, Captain. 83
Schele de Vere, Prof. Maximilian 43
Schiller, Comment on
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· Schillerfeier. 33
Schmidt, Hermann. 177
Schmucker, Rev. Samuel Simon
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School- Matters, Condition of
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Schwarz, Andreas
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Schwarzmann, Col. G. A
84
Secession, Remarks on ..
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Second Wheeling Convention .113, 114
Settlements, German, After the Civil War 127, 128
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Shutz, Capt. 82
Siegel, G. L 176
157
Sitterding, Fritz.
149
Slavery, Comments on. 61-65
184
Social Turnverein.
Societies, German Vocal and Instrumental 150
Steubenfest. 31
Straus, Julius. 182
Stuart Horse Guard. 151
Ruehrmund, Carl
Ruffner, Joseph.
Settlements at New Hessen and Helvetia
Singing Festival
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The Amicable Society
26 Theodor Koerner Centennial Celebration 163
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Tobacco Industry, Germans Engaged in. .26, 50, 152 Tochmann, Gen. G 127
Tucker, Capt 86
U.
University of Virginia
14
V.
Valentine, Edward V 147
Virginia Deutsche Publishing Co. 146
Virginische Zeitung. 40
Viticulture in Virginia 51, 52, 132
W.
Wallerstein, Joseph 179
Weisiger, Gen. David A
81
Weitzel, Gen. Gottfried 103
West Virginia Germans in the Armies. 117-121
West Virginia Names of German Settlements 119
West Virginia, Early German Settlers in 106, 108
Wheeling Convention, Names of German Members. 112
Wheeling, Population of 120
Widewilt's Island 27
Wier, Bernard. 27
Winder, Gen. J.
96
Wippermann, Carl 180
Wirth, B. William 18
Wise, Henry A
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Y.
Yorktown Centennial
158
Young Men of the German-American Association 163
Z.
Zimmermann, William H 177
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