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Martin Weidman, father of our subject, engaged in mercantile pursuits during the greater portion of his life, first at Earlville for two years, and subsequently at West Lincoln, Clay township, where he was in trade for many years. He married Lydia Yundt, and had a family of six children, viz., Jacob Martin, Simon P. A., John Y., Sarah (who married Martin Steinmetz, of Ephrata township), Lydia ( who became the wife of John B. Eshleman, of Ilinkletown), and Susan E., wife of Rev. Stephen Schweitzer, of Lin- coln, Pa.
Simon P. A. Weidman, to whom this paper is dedicated, was born at the family seat in Clay town- ship on Oct. 24, 1833. His earlier education was de- rived at the common schools of the township, and his final studies were pursued at the Lititz Academy. For a number of years he assisted his father in the store at West Lincoln, and about 1857 he succeeded to the business. Ile remained in active and success. ful trade at West_Lincoln until his demise, on April 13, 1875. Ile confined himself closely to his busi- ness, and was never an aspirant after publie position. For several year- he was associated with Benjamin Wissler in the manufacture and sale of millstones, under the firm-name of Weidman & Wissler. He led a quiet and industrious life, and was held in gen- eral respeet for his integrity and uprightness. lle gave liberally of his means to the support of all worthy enterprises, whether of a material or spiritual character, and strove by every means in his power to perform the full duty of a good citizen. Cut down in the prime of his life and in the midst of his useful- ness, his early demise was attended with universal regret. He married, on Nov. 16, 1858, Mary A., daughter of Jacob and Magdalena Landis, of Ephrata township, who survives him, with an only son, Martin L. Weidman, teller in the Ephrata National Bank.
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Piso W Steinmetz
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GEORGE W. STEINMETZ.
The original ancestor of the Steinmetz family in this country was Charles Steinmetz, who emigrated from a portion of Germany lying along the river Rhine, during the latter half of the eighteenth cen- tury, and landed at Philadelphia. He was then eigh- teen years of age. From Philadelphia he went to Chester County, Pa., in the neighborhood of Royer's Ford, where he married Miss Peggy Beaver, and, traveling still farther westward, located in what is now Ephrata township, Lancaster Co., where he took up one hundred and twenty acres of land in the neighborhood of the present re-idence of George L. Bowman. Here he engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death, at the advanced age of seventy-six years. Ifis children were eight in number, namely : Catharine, who married John Coover, of Ephrata township; Charles; John ; Samuel; Sarah, who mar- ried Andrew Bu-hong, Jacob, Isaac, and David. Of this large family only three survive at the present writing (1883), viz. : Samuel, an aged resident of Richland, Lebanon Co. ; Sarah, who resides with her daughter, the wife of Hon. Anthony E. Roberts, of Lancaster; and Isaac, residing at Ephrata, Pa.
Jacob Steimetz, father of our subject, was born in 1798, upon the tract originally settled by his father in Ephrata township, but removed to West Earl town- ship in 1833, where he engaged in farming at the place now owned by Solomon Grove. In 1845 he re- moved to Annville, Lebanon Co., where he also pur- sued the voeation of a farmer until his demise, in 1851. Ilis wife was Catharine Gross (born 1806), a native of Ephrata township, daughter of John Gross, who was for many years a hotel-keeper and merchant at Ephrata, and a large land owner. She is still living at Annville, Pa. The children were ten in number, namely : C. P., residing at Annville ; George W. ; Reu- ben (deceased) ; Mary A., wife of Rev. Joseph Painter, of Myerstown, Lebanon Co. ; Charles II., a merchant at Newmanstown, in the same county ; Selinda, wife of Dr. J. G. Fritz, of Annville ; Uriah G., doing busi- ness in Philadelphia; Rebecca ; Martin N. B., also in business in Philadelphia ; and Jacob L., a practicing lawyer at Lancaster, Pa., and a former member of the State Legislature.
old family seat of the Erb family, at Clay, and suc- ceeded John Erb in the business of hotel-keeping, and in farming a portion of the old homestead, com- prising about seventy acres.
In 1855, upon the enactment of local prohibitory laws ley the Legislature, he gave up the business of hotel-keeping, and in 1862, upon the death of John Erb, became the owner, by purchase, of both the hotel property and farm. Having pursued farming operations at Clay for a period of fourteen years, Mr. Steinmetz, in 1867, built his present residence and store property at that point, and the year following embarked in the mercantile business, in which he has since continued. He has also engaged exten- sively in the purchase and sale of tobacco, besides cultivating large quantities himself. He has con- fined himself closely to his business pursuits, and has neither songhit nor been willing to accept public position. He was an earnest supporter of the late war, and as a war Democrat was active in raising the several quotas of soldiers required of his township for service in the field. He is a member of the Brick- erville Evangelical Entheran Church, and has been officially connected with that body since 1865, having served as deacon, and being a member of the board of trustees at the present writing. To all worthy enterprises he has ever lent a cheerful and liberal support, and he ranks among the public-spirited and progressive citizens of his township. His only son, Hiram Erb Steinmetz, was born Oct. 20, 1854. Ile entered the preparatory department of the Lebanon Valley College at Aunville, Pa., in 1867, and was graduated from that institution with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1874. Hle received the Master's degree in 1877. lle has been postmaster at Clay since 1876, and devotes much attention to literary work, acting, among other things, as the local corre. spondent of several leading newspapers in the county Mrs. George W. Steinmetz died on June 5, 1870.
CHAPTER XLII.
George W. Steinmetz was born at the old family EAST COCALICO TOWNSHIP.1 seat in Ephrata township on Ang. 11, 1827. When five years of age he removed with his father to West Geography and Topography .- This is one of th northeastern townships of Lancaster County, and i bounded on the northeast by Berks County, on th southeast by the township of Brecknock, southwest b Ephrata, and northwest by West Cocalico township It has a length of about five and one-half miles, an an average width of three and one-third miles. Th surface is hilly, and within the limits of the townshi are four considerable elevations, called Ephrata Ridy Earl township, where the earlier years of his life were passed upon the paternal farm, and in attend- ance upon the common schools of his locality. Hle subsequently enjoyed a higher course of instruction at the Ephrata Academy. Upon the death of his father, in 1851, he came into possession of the home farm at Aunville, comprising one hundred at twenty- live acres, which he still owns, and for several years engaged in farming at that place. In 1852 he married : in the southwestern part, Bucher's Mountain in tl Priscilla Cecilia, daughter of John and Barbara Erb, of Clay township, and two years later removed to the 1 By Cyrus Ream, Esq.
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northwest, Lied's Ridge in the southwest, and Adams- town Ridge in the northeastern part.
The soil of the township, except on the most ele- vated portions, is very fertile, produeing the ordinary cereals of this region in great abundance, and here as elsewhere in the county tobacco is successfully culti- vated. The township is drained towards the south- west, and the largest stream is the Cocalico Creek, which traverses the entire length of the township near its southwestern boundary, and with its affluents, the largest of which is Stony Run, drains a large portion of the area. What is known as Muddy Run, or Muddy Creek, is on the boundary between this town- ship and Breeknock, and receives branches from the southeastern declivity of the water-shed that passes southwesterly through the township from the vicinity of Adamstown. These streams supply water-power for the mills that are scattered through the township.
Highways .- The principal highway is the Lancas- ter and Reading road, passing from Adamstown bor- ough southwesterly through the township by the village of Reamstown. This road was laid ont many years prior to the Revolution, and before the railroad era it was an important thoroughfare. The road was laid out fifty-eight feet wide, but it has been made much narrower by the encroachments of land-owners along its borders. Another important highway is the Schaefferstown and Churchtown road, crossing the township nearly at right angles with the Lancaster and Reading road. Another road through the town- ship, and of considerable importance, is the one crossing the Lancaster and Reading road at Swartz- ville, near Adamstown borough. Other roads traver-e the township in different directions, but those men- tioned are the most important.
The Reading and Columbia Railroad passes through the township near its northwestern boundary for two- thirds the length of that line. This affords conven- ient communication between this township and Reading towards the northwest, and Lancaster and Columbia towards the southwest, and indirectly with Philadelphia, New York, and Harrisburg.
Old Cocalico, and Derivation of Name .- The old township of Cocalico was divided in 1838 into East and West Cocalico and the township of Ephrata, since which time no change has been made in the boundaries of East Cocalico. It is said that the name Cocalico is a corruption Koch- Hale- Kung, which means a cave or den of serpents, and that an abund- ance of these reptiles along the ereck of that name suggested its title.
Early Settlers .- Among the pioneers of what is now East Cocalico township, and most prominently identified with its pioneer history, were the Reams, Buchers, Hubers, Kellers, Schwartzwalters, Leaders, Schneiders, Killians, Docks, Forneys, Rupps, Balmers, Mays, Mayers, Hahns, Resslers, Beyers, Leets, Schlotts, Groffs, Wolfs, Feirsteins, Weidmans, Hershbergers, and others.
Among this number we find that Everhard Rea ... located in " Zoar," now the village of Reamstown, 1723, and pitched his tent under the spreadir branches of a large oak-tree, then standing on tl farm now owned and occupied by John Le-her, ac joining tlfe village of Reamstown. The old oak-tre stood a little west of where now stands a large willov. tree, near Mr. Lesher's house. Here, with none but Indians as neighbors, Mr. Ream built his rude hu . one hundred and sixty years ago, and after clearin a small spot of ground he procured a warrant, and i 1725 a patent was granted him for about four hui dred acres of land, upon a portion of which the vi lage of Reamstown was laid out. For some time th nearest mill to Mr. Ream was on the Brandywine and his nearest neighbors, aside from Indians, wer the settlers on Mill Creek.
The attractions produced by Mr. Ream's littl clearing and the abundance of pure water induce settlers to locate in his immediate vicinity, and but , few years elapsed before Mr. Ream was in the mids: of quite a settlement of Germans.
Prominent among Mr. Ream's sons was Tobias who in 1760 laid out the town of Reamstown. C his children but little is known at present. Christian the oldest son, grew to man's estate and went West John died in Ohio; George ; Juliana, married Jacol Kofroth. Three other daughters married to Michael Weitzel, William Wheeler, and a Mr. Sarbold.
Jacob Hershberger received a warrant for and sub sequently patented about six hundred acres of lan along the Cocalico Creek, below Reamstown, upor which he built a saw-mill on the site now occupier by Philip Staufer's mill. Mr. Hershberger had four sons, Isaac, Abraham, Joseph, and John, who in herited his property. The old plantation has beer divided and subdivided till it is now owned by Joseph S. Withers, Curtis Withers, Christian Martin Daniel Hershberger, Moses Shirk, Philip Staufer. Frederick Andrews, John Heiser, and Alexander Gerhardt. Other owners of large plantations there were, but just who, how much land they owned, or where it was located we were unable to obtain any reliable data.
Cyrus Ream, a great-grandson of Tobias Ream the founder of Reanistown, grandson of Henry Ream, and son of Curtis Ream, was born Dee. 12, 1812, in Reamstown, where he has since resided, and been held in high esteem by his fellow-townsmen. He served as a justice of the peace from 1856 to 1881, when he was appointed a notary publie, which com- mission he still hohls.
In 1860 he was appointed census marshal for the townships of Breeknock and East Cocalieo, also for the borough of Adamstown, and has also been treas- urer of the Reformed congregation of Reamstown since 1869.
At the age of seventeen years he was apprenticed to Elias Weitknecht to learn the blacksmith trade,
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with whom he remained about eight years, when he opened a shop and commeneed business in Reams- town on his own account. Here he carried on the blacksmith business for about thirty-five years, when he retired from active service in that line.
Taxables for 1780 for the territory now embraced in what is East Cocalico township :
John Beticsfer, 10 acres of land and one cow, £20. Land now owned by Juhu Hartmiau. Jobn Bucher, 160 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows, £360. Henry Brendel, 10 acres, 1 hor-e, I cow, £20. David Beringer, I horse, I cow, house and lot, £25.
Marx Binkley, 2 acres, 2 cows, house and lot, fl2. Jolin Bucher, 200 acres, 3 horses, 9 cows, £667. Michael Bear, 200 acres, 1 horse, 5 cows, 2 mulls, £650. Philip Bradstoue, 150 acres, 3 horses, 5 cows, £500. John Bechtold, 180 acres, 3 horses, 4 cows, £402.
Christian Andrews, 152 acres, 2 horses, 4 cows, £348. Matthias Ackenbach, 50 acres, 2 horses, 4 cows, £107. John Achey, 40 acres, I horse, 2 cows, EHV. Matthias Albert, 1 acre, 1 cow, Et. Richard Adams, 86 acres, 2 horses, 4 cows, €220. lanac Adams, 130 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows, 2 mills, £420. Durst Amon, 100 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows, £200. Philip Artz, 15 acres, 1 cow, £18.
Conrad Bonetssen, taxed for money, £40.
Stephen Bollander, 45 acres, 1 horse, 1 cow, £70. Peter Binckly, 25 acres, I horse, 2 cows, $50. Adam Bower, 200 acres, 3 horaes, 4 cows, £142. Martin Bear, taxed for money. flut. Peter Beinhowor, 100 neres, 2 horses, 4 cows, £232. Jarob Bear, 400 acres, 4 horses, 3 cows, fx49. John Blanck, 200 actos, 2 horses, & cows, 1142. Ludwig Bary, 100 acres, 2 lutars, 2 cows, x200. Martin Borkholder, 40 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows, £110. Henry Bear, 20 neres, 2 houses, 3 cow - 1 mill, £100. Henry Bear, executor, 150 acres, £100). John Bear, 50 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows, £17G. Benjanna Bear, 50 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows, £177. Peter Bentz, 150 seres, 3 horses, 3 cows, 439.
Daniel Bollinger, 200 acres, 4 horses, 4 cowa, £652. Abram Brubaker, 200 acres, 2 horses, 4 cows, £632. Rudolph Bollinger, 00 acres, 3 horses, 3 cows, £339. Abram Bollinger, 90 acres, 1 horse, 2 cows, t.slu. Brand & Segar, 100 acres, t200. Michael Diffenderfer, money, €520. Jacob Detweiler, 245 actes, 4 horses, 4 cows, £787. Jacob Eberly, cash, £230. Paul Ebrecht, I cow, house and lot, €10.
Peter Eberly, 100 acres, + 300.
Jacob Eberly, 125 acres, 1 cow, £407. George Ellek, 250 acres, 4 horars, 5 cows, £800.
Jacob Ebeily, wheelwright, 50 acres, 2 hotses, 3 cows, £130. Philip Ebrecht, 25 neres, 1 holse, 2 cows, hoose and lot, £75. Henry Eigholtz, 2 horses, 4 cows, house and lot, £25. George Ebay, 162 acres, 3 horses, 6 cows, 1372. Samuel Ebey, 150 acres, 2 horses, 5 cows, £ 330. Peter Eigenberger, 106 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows, £229. Christian Eckstein, cash, ť130.
Peter Fether, 45 acres, 2 horses, I cow, £63. Hemy Fether, 45 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows, 263. George Frantz, 180 acres, 2 horses, + cows, £572. George Frantz, executor, 100 acres, £300. Paul Furman, 100 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows, £229. Peter Feeser, 100 acres, 3 horses, 2 cows, £236. Bernard Fetber, 50 acres, 1 horse, 2 cows, £17G. Adamı Fuss, 6 arres, 1 cow, £21.
Jacob Fether, 100 acres, 2 hvises, 2 cows, £326. Jacob Foltz, cush, £20.
Adam Gill, 170 acres, 3 horses, 5 cowa, £385. Bernard Griger, I horse, I cow, house and lot, £15. Henry Grigor, 1 hvise, I pow, house and lut, £20. John Geret, 50 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows, £125. David Gogly, 100 acres, 1 horse, 2 cows, £201.
Detrich Gogly, 50 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows, £50. John Gogly, 150 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows, £239. John Gogly, Jr., 100 acres, 1 horse, 1 cow, £213. Joseph Grer, 100 acres, 2 horses, + cows, €232. Baltzer Getz, 100 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows, £226. George Getz, IG acres, 2 homes, 2 cows, £54 Bernard Gardner, 77 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows, £251. Joseph Groff, 100 acres, 3 horses, 3 cows, £3 :9. Frederick Gesner, 25 acres, 1 horse, 2 cows, £55. Jacob Hershey, 150 acres, 3 hotbre, 5 cows, I servant, £365.""
Henry Heibel, 48 acres, I hoise, 1 cow, £8G. Widow Heft, 100 acres, 2 borses, 3 cows, £229. Henry Hershberger, 140 acira, 2 horses, 2 cows, £446.
Jacob Hoover, 150 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows, £326. Baltzor Hoffman, 30 acres, 1 cow, £70. Jacob Heruly, lov acres, 2 horses, + cows, £252. Philip Ileft, 100 acres, 1 horse, 3 cows, £219. Samuel and John Harnish, 150 acres, 3 horses, G cows, £349. Henry Henshey, 140 acres, 3 horses, & cows, 1402. Isaac HershImiger, 150 neres, 2 horses, 3 cows, £479. Abram Hershburger, 102 seres, 1 horse, £310. Conrad Hays, 80 acres, 3 horses, 3 cows, £279. John Hershbarger, 100 actes, 2 horses, 2 cowe, £326. Frederick Jaiver, 400 deres, £1200.
Michael Jung, 130 acres, 1 horse, 2 cows, £260. John Jones, 30 acres, 1 horse, 1 cow, I servant, £73. Christian Knop, 200 acres, 3 horses, 4 cows, £642. Jacob Knebel, 50 acres, 1 horse, 2 cows, EnG. Christian Kuisey, 150 acre-, 3 horses, 4 cows, £340. Frederick Kerper, S actes, 2 horses, 6 cows, £198. Abram Klem, 100 acres, 1 horse, 2 cows, E3IG. \ Mithe Kneisley, 60 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows, 1 mill, £279. Mithe Kneisley, executor, 100 acres, ₺300. Nicholas Lesher. 175 acies, 4 horaes, 5 cows, £405. + Lorentz Ludwig, 18 acres, 1 cow, £20. Jacob Lesher, 100 acres, 2 horses, 4 cows, £342. Martin Laber, 100 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows, £ 329. Michael Long, 50 acres, 2 horses, I cow, EG3. Henry Leed, 150 acres, 3 horses, 5 cowe, £305. Christopher Lutz, 50 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows, ETC. George Long, 10) acres, 1 horse, 2 cows, £216. John Landis, Jr., 50 acres, 2 horses, 1 cow, £173. Casper Lutz, Il0 acres, 3 horses, 4 cows, 6272. John Miller, 150 acres, 3 horses, 6 cows, £348 Adamı Messer, 25 acres, I horse, 3 cows, house and lot, £125. Marcus Mondelius, I horse, I cow, house and lot, £20. Julin Martin, 22 acres, I horse, 2 cows, £82. . David Meintzer, 100 neres, 2 horses, 3 cows, £329. Conrad Mintzer, 200 ueres, 3 horses, 3 cows, £539. Conrad Mast, 16 acres, I cow, £19. Dewalt Mader, GU acres, I horse, 2 cows, £7G. Lentz Meyer, 60 acres, 1 horse, 1 cow, £13.3. Henry Miller, 41 acres, I horse, 1 cow, £139. John Miller, tanner, 50 acres, 2 horses, 1 cow, £183. Jacub Martin, 10 actes, 1 cow, £33. Martin Meyer, 75 acres, I horse, 1 cow, £291. Julin Musleminn, 32 acres, 1 horse, 1 cow, 1 milll, £114. Shenck Martin, 15 acres, £42. Michael Pitz, 5 acres, 1 horse, 2 cowa, £28.
Adam Reum, 100 neres, 1 horse, 2 cows, £316. Jacob Rohrer, 50 acres, I horse, 2 cows, £06. Jacob Ream, I hoter, I cow, $15. Alnamn Rents, Jr., 20 acres, 1 horae, I cow, 2 mills, £86. John Ream, 300 acres, 2 horses, 3 cows, $926. Andrew Reams, 50 acres, 1 cow, house and lot, E160. Tobias Ream, 25 actes, 2 halbes, 3 cows, 2414. John Ruch, 136 acres, 2 horses, 4 cows, £304. Engle Reder, 1 cow, house and lot, £10. v Peter Rine, 15 arres, I horse, I cow, £32. Michael Roth, 100 aeres, 2 horses, 3 cows, £126. Nicholus Rupp, 85 acirs, 2 horses, 2 cows, £200. Matthias Ream, 100 acres, 2 horses, & cows, 1332. Michael Riter, 200 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows, £626. Christian Rohrbach, 133 acres, 2 houses, 2 cows, £59. Peter Reiher, IMF ucre4, 2 horses, 3 cows, £119. John Reiber, 100 acres, 2 houses, 3 cuws, £329. Daniel Rether, 100 neres, 2 buises, 4 cows, £332.
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Daniel Solenbarger, 50 acres, 1 horse, 2 cows, £56. Jacob Sherer, 100 neres, 2 horses, 4 cows, £232.
William Shoemaker, 40 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows, £146. Jucob Swartzwalter, 1 acre, 1 horse, $12. Casper Shimp, 1 acre, 1 cow, £10. Jolin Shonp, 100 acres, £200.
Jacob Sweigert, 100 actes, 1 horse, 2 cows, £216. George Sucider, 70 acres, I horse, 3 rows, £179. Willman Stober, 200 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows, £426. Casper Streit, 50 acres, 2 cows, 056. Nicholas Suetder, 100 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows, £226. Juhu Stoffer, 123 acres, 2 hoists, 3 cows, £ 128.
Jacob Speigal, 170 acres, 4 horses, 4 cows, £462. Widow Sneider.
Texer, for Ury's place, 100 acres, £200. John Ury. 3 acres, I horse, £16. Christian Weaver, 130 acres, 1 horse, 4 cows, £282. Ianne Witmer, 150neres, 2 horses, 2 cows, £ 320.
Peter Wiland, 100 neres, £100.
Nicholas Wolf, 1.0 acres, 4 borses, 7 cows, £431. Christian Wenger, 100 neres, 2 horses, 1 cow, £ 323, Nicholny Wild, I acre, El0.
Joseph Wengert, 200 acres, 4 horses, 10 cows, ÆG80. John Wilson, 100 acres, 2 cows, € 200.
Widow Stober, 150 acres, I house, I cow, £313. George Westheffer, 100 acres, 2 horses, 4 cows, € 332. Widow Shimp, 100 acres, 1 cow, flo6.
Christian Westenberger, 100 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows, £226.
Widow Gautin, 100 acres, 1 horse, 2 cows, 5316. George Wachter, lo0 acres, 3 horses, 2 cows, £336. Peler Wrinland, 100 acres, distillery, £ 310. Jacole Waidman, 150 acres, & horses, 6 cows, 1008.
George Weaver, Jr , 100 acres, 3 horses, 3 cows, 2336. Widow Miller, 100 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows, 1326. Jacob Wolf, Incre, 1 cow, E10.
Widow Becker, 150 acres, 3 horses, 4 cows, £192.
Widow Millinger, 25 acres, I cow, C78.
Bill Whitman, 3 acres, £12.
Jacob Zinn, GO neres, 2 cows, £70.
John Lesher.
George Cope. John Hoover.
John Mots.
Peter Limnitman.
Joseph Lasey. James Duk. David Gugley. Peter Sneider.
Michael Sherer.
John Ream. William Whickler.
David Ream. Jacob Gorgas. John Whitman. Jacob Suender.
Of the foregoing list of taxables but very few, if any, of their descendants now own any part of the real estate possessed by the owners of over a century ago, and only a small portion of the pioneer lands can be traced to the present owners. However, we can give a few of them, as follows: The land owned by
John Beltcafer is now owned by Jobn Hartmin.
David Bricker =
= Isaac K. Oberholzer.
Henry Bear =
Christian Kellar.
Peter Eherly =
= Adım S Lutz.
Jacob Furlow
lemy Furlow & Co.
Adam Grill =
William Cuhiren.
Henry Householder Jarob Hoover Philip Heft
Isdue Halt
Christian Knopp
Hlemy Gockley,
Nicholas Lesher = S. & J. Lesher.
Marcus Montilione
John S. Player.
Adamı Rram
Jucub Weist
.- Matthias Ream
Widow Brulnker.
William Shoemaker
Ileirs of d. Getz and Widow Kellar.
Widow Shrimp l'eter Weinhold
George Lung.
Michael Miller.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
John Wilson, April 14, 1840. Jolin Gangler,
Cyrus Reum, April 9, 1861.
Cyrus Bentz, April 15, 1862. J. G. Garman, 1865.
Curtis Rram, 1843. Solomon Siegfried, April 15, 1845.
John Wilson, April 11, 1846.
Cmtis Real, April 13, 1818.
Christian Bentz, April 15, 1551.
t Cyrus Ream, 1871. J. G. Gurman, 1875.
Curtis Ream, April 13, 1853.
Cyrus Ream, April 16, 1856.
Cyrus Ream, 1850. George S. Fry, 1881.
Christian Bentz, April 13, 1858.
Muddy Creek Evangelical Lutheran Church.1-
This congregation was organized about 1730, but the records do not commence till 1733. The first records of baptisms were by Peter Müller, and by Rev. John Christian Schultze. Rev. John Casper Stoever vis- ited the congregation here as early as 1734, but he does not appear to have preached to this congrega- tion till 1746. From the time of its organization till 1838, a period of one hundred and five years, this so- ciety was connected with that of New Holland, and to have been served by the same pastors.
Rev. Tobias Wagner succeeded Mr. Stoever in 1749, and continued till 1755. A Rev. Stoever then served the church till 1758, then Rev. John Samuel Schwerdtfeger till 1763.
During the pastorate of Mr. Schwerdtfeger the congregation acquired a deed of their church prop- erty, the warrant for which had been granted in 1744. It was sold by the proprietors to the Lutheran and the German Reformed congregations jointly, and it has always remained their joint property. An agreement was entered into by which each congrega- tion obligated itself to follow the " Augsburg Confes- sion" and the " Heidelberg Catechism," respectively. The joint occupation and use of the property was also agreed on. The elders of the Lutheran congregation who entered into this agreement were Valentine Schneider, Jacob Fry, Casper Lutz, and Philip Stuber. On the part of the Reformed congrega- tion, Henry Ilaller, Christopher Shoup, George Ilefft, and Maneus Egly were the elders and sign- ers of the agreement. The instrument was executed May 30, 1761. The deed was acquired March 25, 1762, and conveyed nine acres and sixty perches, consideration one pound eight shillings and eleven pence.
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