Johannes Michael Rohrer

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• Probate: 17 Jun 1772, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

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Lancaster Co Court House Orphan's Court 1772 pg 221 card CCVII
Immigrated from Alsace France to Big Spring Cumberland Co PA 18 Sep 1732 card CCXXV
Jacob Rohrer and Mary his wife of Lampeter Twnshp, Lancaster Co PA; Christian Rohrer of same; Martin Rohrer of Frederick Co MD; Jacob Houser of Lampter and Anna his wife; Francis Smith of same and Elizabeth his wife; John Bachman of Connestoga Twp Lancaster Co PA and Mary his wife: Peter Miller of Martick Twn Lancaster Co PA.. The said Jacob, Christian and Martin Rohrere, and Anna the wife of Jacob Houser, Elizabeth the wife of Francis Smith and Mary the wife of John Backman being six of the children of John Rohrer late of Lampeter deceased and Peter Miller being the husband of a minor daughter Susanna of the deceased.
Whereas: John Rohrer, deceased, possessed of the following land in Lampeter Twp - beginning at a black oak a corner of land formerly of John Rudolph Bundley, thence Northwest by the London Co land 160 perches to a White Oak, thence west by south by land formerly of William Hughes 318 perches to a black Oak, thens southeast 160 perches by land of Martin Millen to a white oak and thence east by north by land late of Isaac LeFevre 318 perches to the beginning - containing 300 acres - and leaving issue to wit: John Rohrer, Jacob Rohrer, Christian Rohrer, Martin Rohrer, Anna wife of Jacob Houser, Elizabeth wife of Francis Smith, Mary wife of John Bachman and Susannah the wife of Peter mMiller; and by his will gave Jacob Rohrer 140 acres; Jacob, Christian and John mills on 15 acres of land; and John Rohrer his son 145 acres. Will dated 1 Dec 1768.
Probate Records Will Book, John Rohrer C-1-246 written 1 Dec 1768 probated 7 Dec 1771 Lancaster Co PA
Bibliography: St Marie-aMines, Haut-Rhin, France: At the time this family lived in the area, the city was named Markirch, Elsass, Germany. It is now named St Marie-aux-; Mines, Haut-Rhin, France.
1) John Rohrer of Lancaster co PA by Albert Lawrence Rohrer 1856
2) Compiled Genealogy: Biographical History of Lancaster Co PA by Alex Harris, Lancaster 1872 pg 501 Rohrer, 1939 LofC CS71 .R74 1941
3) ?
4) Printed Genealogy The Saga of a People
5) ?
6) Probate Records
Johanne Rohrer by Lister O Weiss CS71.R74 1939 Suppl A Story of Two Johns compiled by Donald L. Spidell
I. Migrations of John Rohrer: the numbers refer to the Bibliography above
1) Johannes Michael Rohrer was born 1 Nov 1701 in Markirch, Elsass, Germany, which is now Ste. Marie-aux-Mines, Haut-Rhin, France. His parents were Hans Michael and Katherina (Schwager-in) Rohrer. It was customary in that area and at that time to give children middle names, and many germanic families had patron saints, after which they named their children. Two sons of Hans Michale were named Hans Jakob and Hans Michael. Hans is Swiss for John, so these two were probably named with their family was still in switzerland. The next two sons were given the name of Johannes, which is German for John. I found from my research that the middle name of Johannes, born 13 May 1696, was Jacob, so I feel it is safe to assume that the middle name of the second Johannes, born 1 Nov 1701, was Michael. Actually we now have five Johns, but I am going to focus on the two named Johannes.
2) The family of Hans Michael Rohrer, Sr was forced to move from Markirch to escape relitious persecution about the year 1711. Johannes Jacob was captured by the French. He somehow excaped from prison, and if he followed the usual route of the Palatine emmigrants, he escaped into Southern Germany. In Southern Germany, with the aid of German Protestants in a sor of underground railroad, most Palatines made their way North down the Rhine River. At the mouth of the Rhine River was Holland and the dutch followers of Menno Simmons, the Mennonites. The Mennonites helped the Palatinates to emmigrat to the American Colonies, usually via London. Actually the ship owners usually sol the emmigrants to England for their passage fees. Most of the Palatines were then put in one of two concetration camps: there was one outside of London, and when that got too full, one was set up in Ireland. There is still a colony of germanic people in Ireland to this day. From theconcetration camps, the English would ship people to oany one of a number of it's colonies throughout the world. Family tradition states that Johannes Jacob studied veterinary surgery in London, and then migrated to the colonies and settled in Lancaster County PA. Another story states that he was sold into bond slavery, he ran off and then married the daughter of a rich land owner, Maria Souder. A family Bible states that John Jacob married Maria Souder in Mannheim in 1732 which is the same year that he arrived in Lancaster PA with his bride and her father.
4) Johannes Michael Rohrer went with his family and they settled in Strasburg. About the year 1725, religious persecution again forced the family of Hans Michael Sr to flee its home. As they left Strassburg, Johnnes Michael was seperated from his family and was captured by the French. He later escaped or was forced to emmigrate. At this time he was about 24 years old.
3) he probably followed the route of the Palatine Migration, and he was most likely the Johanne Roer who landed at Philadelphia in the ship "The Mortonhouse" on 24 Aug 1728. He most likely worked for four years on an English plantation near Philadelphia to pay off his passage fee. About the year 1732, Johannes Michael went to Lancaster co PA and found his brother Johannes Jacob Rohrer. Johannes Michael married Elizabeth Snavely about 1735 and settled near his brother in Lampeter Twp.
5) He bought a farm on the Conestoga Creek 8 Oct 1763.
6) & 7) On the conestoga Creek farm, John Micael raised his family and died in the year 1772. In his will he left his land to the sons who had settled in PA with provisions that his wife be well taken care of until her death or remarriage. His other children apparently had already received their inheritances and moved away from the family homestead.

Johannes married Elisabeth Hester Snavely Miley in 1735. Elisabeth was born on 1 Jan 1710 in Hamm, Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Pfalz, Germany; died on 1 Jan 1787 in Lampeter, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Jacques Rorer
• Residence: 6 Oct 1760, , Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

John married Anna Barbara Weidman in 1757 in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. Anna (daughter of Abraham Weidman and Barbara Snavely) was born in Mar 1736 in Cocalico, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 26 Sep 1806 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; was buried in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1776, Elizabeth Hundred, Frederick, Maryland, USA
• Residence: 1779, West Lampeter, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
• Residence: 1790, , Washington, Maryland, USA
• Residence: 1798, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
• Residence: 1800, Sadsbury, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

Family/Spouse: Veronica Lehmanin. Veronica was born on 23 Oct 1741 in , Washington, Maryland, USA; died on 13 Jan 1813 in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Isaac, the fourth son of Johanne was born on the farm in East Lampeter Tnshp. In his father's will he was given the Southwest half of the home 200 acre plantation. After his marriage, he & Elizabeth lived here (two miles north of Bridgeport & just east of the Conestoga Creek). In 1784 Isaac and Elizabeth bought a plantation of 223 acres in Upper Leacock Tnsp from James Scott for $8827. They lived here there entire lives.

Isaac's will - Recorded in Orphans Court, Lancaster County, Pa
To my wife, Elizabeth I bequeath a dwelling place in my dwelling house, the small room in the lower story and towards Northeast and so much place in the cellar, kitchen and garret as she has need of or the spring house which she chooses. Further I bequeath unto her yearly twelve bushels of wheat which must be carried for her to the mill and in flour back again. Further two beds and kitchen furniture as much as she has need of one stove a chest a clothes press kitchen dresser and the house clock. Further one cow which must be kept on the place in the same manner as the occupier thereof keeps his milk cow also a fat hog of on hundred and fifty lpuds weight, fire wood cut small as much as she has occasion for, garden a much as she has need of two barrels of cyder and of the fruit as much as she may use, fowls and eggs as many as she may have need of also hacklet flax or hemp eight pounds of wool and allow her a good riding horse when she chooses to ride. Further in money the sum of Four Hundred Pounds which shall remain charged on my dwelling place at lawful interest until she demands it. Further, I bequeath unto my son Martin one hundred acres of my plantation in Leacock Township which shall be divided by two men but in such a manner that the buildings, orchard and meadow shall fall to his share and I value it to him at fourteen pounds per acre in payments of two hundred dollars yearly. Further I bequeath unto my son John, fifty acres out of the same place which is surveyed of already and I value same to him at fourteen pounds per acre, gales of one hundred dollars yearly. Further I bequeath unto my son Henry the remainder of my said plantation and not herein-before bequeathed excepting ten acres of wood land situated on the Horse Shoe Road and I value the same to him at twelve pounds per acre in gales forty pounds yearly. Further I bequeath unto my son Isaac my tan yards in Lancaster Township consisting of five acres and also ten acres on the Horse Shoe Road as above mentioned and I value the same to him at three hundred and fifty pounds in gales of twenty five pounds yearly. Further I bequeath unto my son Jacob my plantation whereon I now live together with my part of the piece of land which I have in partnership with John Landis and I value it to him at sixteen pounds per acre in gales of one hundred and twenty five pounds yearly. Further I bequeath unto my son-in-law Jacob Sherrig my part of the piece of land in Hempfield Township which I have in partnership with said Sherrig and I value the same to him at the same price for which we have purchased the same. Further I bequeath unto my son Abraham two hundred and fifty pounds aforehand and before my daughters and then he shall be equal share with my two daughters.

Isaac never learned to write his name and always made an X for his mark after someone else signed his name for him.

Isaac married Elizabeth (Boyer) Groff Rohrer in 1774 in Lampeter, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. Elizabeth was born on 1 Oct 1750 in Lampeter, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 27 Sep 1835 in Lampeter, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Johannes "John" Rohrer

Anna married Jacob (Bauer) Bower on 14 Feb 1782 in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA. Jacob was born on 11 Oct 1754 in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 28 Sep 1825 in Uniontown, Muskingum, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1820, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1830, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Abram (Abraham) Alexander Rohrer, Sr., son of John Rohrer and Anna Barbara Weidman, and grandson of Jacques or Johannes Rohrer and Barbara Kuntz, was probably born in Lancaster County, PA (now Lebanon, PA). He was born on July 9, 1765 and died in Pittsylvania County, VA on June 20, 1830. He was married to Nancy Cook, daughter of the land developer, Harmon Cook on August 11, 1789 shortly after arriving in Pittsylvania County, VA. Nancy was born on January 20, 1770 and died April 28, 1861. Together they had ten or eleven children.This family dropped the H from their Rohrer name and all their descendants used the name RORER. Two of their children, John and George, moved to Caldwell County, Kentucky and apparently raised families there. Another son, David Rorer, became an attorney and ended up as a prominent judge in Burlington, Iowa, where he was apparently active in politics and helped Iowa to become a state. Most of the rest of their children remained in Pittsylvania County, where they raised their families and some of their offspring continue to live.

The following deed conveys 489 acres of land from Harmon Cook to Abraham Rohrar in 1796. From the Pittsylvania Court House in Chatham, VA in Volume 10 page 451.

This Indenture made the -- day of -- in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and ninety six Between Harmon Cooke of Pittsylvania County and State of Virginia of the one part Abraham Rohrer of the said County and State of the other part Witnesseth that the said Harmon Cooke for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred pounds to him in hand paid by the said Abraham Rohrer, the receipt whereof the said Harmon Cooke doth hereby acknowledge, he the said Harmon Cooke hath granted,bargained, sold, aliened and confirmed and by these presents doth grant, bargain, sell, alien, and confirm unto the said Abraham Rohrar his heirs and assigns forever all that piece, parcel or tract of land situate lying and being in the County of Pittsylvania on the East side of the Pigg River, and bounded as follows VIZ Beginning at John Smith's corner Beech at said river, thence his lines South thirty three degrees East fifty eight poles to a Pine, South forty seven degrees East sixty nine poles to a red Oak, thence North seventy one degrees East twenty nine poles crossing a branch to pointers, thence New lines South forty eight degrees East one hundred and ninety four poles to a PINE North seventy five degrees East sixty four poles to pointers South sixty one degrees East thirty six poles to a Black Oak by Linch Burg great road, thence new dividing lines South eighty six degrees East forty two poles to a post Oak thence South thirty one degrees East fifty eight poles crossing a branch to a post Oak, South twenty eight degrees West sixty four poles to a white Oak, thence South seventy eight degrees West forty poles to a red Oak by Pigg River great road South seventy five degrees West thirty poles to pointers in the old line, thence the same South twenty nine degrees West one hundred and fifty poles to Watson's corner White Oak, thence his line North forty two degrees West two hundred and fifty eight poles crossing a branch to a White Oak by the Great road South Eighty Seven degrees West twenty poles to a black Oak ---------------then 2 lines are blank---------, thence new dividing lines North thirty degrees West one hundred and twenty six poles crossing a branch to a black Oak ten degrees East one hundred and forty three poles crossing a branch to a pine North fifty one degrees West eighty poles to a Spanish Oak on Pigg River, thence down the river as it meanders to the beginning containing four hundred and eighty nine acres, be the same more or less, and also the said Abraham Rohrar obliges himself by these presents never to sell or trade away the above land to any person or persons whatsoever during the natural life of the said harmon Cooke, and at the death of the said harmon Cooke the said land and premises becmes the said Abraham Rohrar's his heirs and assigns forever/ and also all Trees, Woods, Commons, Profits -- Advantages, Hired alame? & etc, Ways, waters and Appurtenances whatsoever to the said land above mentioned belonging or in anywise appertaining And also the reversion and reversions, remainders, Renband Services of the said land and premises and of every part thereof, And all the Estate, right, title Interest, claim and demand whatsoever of him the said Harmon Cooke of, in and to to the said Land and Premises and every part thereof supposing the said Abraham Rohrar or his Heirs never sells or treads the above Land and Premises during the natural life of the said harmon Cooke To Have and to hold the said land and all and singular the premises above mentioned and every part and parcel thereof with the appertunances thereof unto the said Abraham Rohrar and his heirs to the only proper use and behoof of the said Abraham Rohrar and his Heirs (during natural life of the said Harmon Cooke, then after the death of the said Harmon Cooke) the said Abraham Rohrar his heirs and assigns for ever And the said Harmon Cooke for himself and his heirs the said land and premises and every part thereof against him and his heirs and against all and every other person or persons whatsoever to the said Abraham Rohrar his heirs and assigns, shall and will warrant and forever defend by these presents In Witness whereof the said Harmon Cooke and Mary his wife hath hereunto set their Hands and Seals the day and year first written above.

Harmon Cooke SS

Appended to this deed is a note that says that this deed was delivered to William C Rorer 6 March 1856. This was apparently William Cook Rorer, Abraham Rohrer's son.

One obvious advantage this family had, due to the marriage to Nancy who was the daughter of a land developer, was that they were able to afford a better education for at least some of their children. This probably explains how David was able to read the law and become an attorney. Public schools were not available in the area at this time.

Abram Rorer and his wife had issue four sons, Rudolph, Charles, David and Abram, Jr. David studied law and removed to Iowa, where he became a distinguished jurist. Abram, Jr. married Mary Wright and settled near his father in the northwestern part of the county. In his will proven September 17, 1855, he named son Ferdinand Rorer and daughters Angeline James, Elvira Harvey, Aquella Ann Lipscomb and Malitta Miller Abram, Sr. was a partner and the overseer of much of the Harmon Cook properties.

Another interesting fact about Abram, Sr. was that he was guardian for the children of a friend, Conrad Grein or Crain, who accompanied him from Pennsylvania to Virginia. Some of their descendants still live in Pittsylvania County, VA.

from the Harmon Cook (Abram Rorer) bible
1804 July Abram Rorer had a mare stole, a gray.

THE HISTORY of PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY VIRGINIA
CHAPTER XVI 1800-1860 TOWN OF COMPETITION--WAR OF 1812--PERIOD OF DEVELOPMENT

In the early years of the county, all elections were held at the courthouse. But as the number of inhabitants increased, for the convenience of the people, other points were named as polling places. In 1823 the General Assembly enacted that a separate election be held at Danville for that part of the county between the North Carolina line and Dan River, "that used to be held at the court house." And in 1829 three other points were named in the county in the following act: "When an election is held in Pittsylvania County, at the same time a separate poll shall be opened at the residence of Abram Rorer, in the northwest part of the county; at the store of Wier and Smith at Mount Airy in the northeast, and the home of Benjamin Walker in the southwest parts of the county."

Abraham married Nancy Elizabeth Cook on 11 Aug 1789 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. Nancy (daughter of Harmon Cook I and Mary Ann Agness Turk {Cook}) was born on 19 Jan 1770 in , Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 28 Apr 1861 in Pullens, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; was buried in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Elizabeth Betsy Debo on 11 Aug 1789 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth was born on 17 Dec 1769 in , Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 28 Apr 1861 in Harpers Creek, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Probate: 10 Sep 1844, , Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, USA

Family/Spouse: Martin Edeneyer Eitniear. Martin (son of John (Johannes) (Eideneyer) Eytenier and Anna Margaretha Maria Witter Velten (Vallentin)) was born on 13 Oct 1755 in Boonsboro, Washington, Maryland, USA; died on 11 Oct 1823 in Shirley, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Mount Union, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Five years after the capture of Quebec by General Wolfe, and one year after the signing of the Treaty of Paris, which put an end to the French and Indian war, and established English supremacy on the American continent, a child was born in Washington County, in the province of Maryland, that was destined to become the pioneer head of a numerous family in the settlement of a region of country which was at that time unknown. The name of this child was Christian Rohrer, and he was just one year old when the notorious "Stamp Act" was passed by the English Parliament. His parents came from Germany, and although their son, Christian, was born in America, they spared no pains in teaching him how to speak and write the language of his forefathers.Christian Rohrer had twelve children. By his first wife he had two--Martin and Fanny; and by his second he had ten--Henry, Mary, Margaret, Elizabeth, Catherine, Daniel, John, Susan, David and Jacob.Henry Baumwart was a brother of Mrs. Christian Rohrer. Mr. Baumwart, no doubt, came from near the same place his brother-in-law came from, although it is said he was a Pennsylvania Dutchman. He came after Mr. Rohrer, but just how long after there is no evidence to show. He settled on Lot 12, concession A., Walsingham, between Port Rowan and Port Royal, He had four sons--Frederick, Henry, Jacob and David; and four daughters--Mary, Catherine, Elizabeth and Susan.Frederick Baumwart, eldest son of Henry, married Fanny Becker, and settled in the family neighborhood. He had one son, John; and four daughters--Margaret, Maria, Catherine and Susan.Henry Baumwart, second son of Henry, was twice married. By his first wife, Nancy Foster, he had one son, Isaac, and four daughters--Mary Ann, Elizabeth, Anise and Laura. His second wife was Mrs. Rachel Huff nee Rachel Smith, daughter of the old pioneer athlete, William Smith. By this union he had several children who, after his death, settled in Michigan with their mother. When war was declared in 1812, Henry Baumwart had no inclination to take up arms against the land of his birth, and he left Canada, remaining away for several years. He returned, however, and ever after was a firm believer in the superior advantages which his adopted country possessed over the land of his birth in the development of a moral, law-abiding and God-fearing citizenship.Jacob Baumwart, third son of Henry, married Sarah Smith, and settled on the homestead. He had one son, Owen; and two daughters--Susan and Mary. Owen succeeded to the homestead. Mary married Lot Spencer.David Baumwart, youngest son of the old pioneer, married Julia, daughter of Oliver Mabee, and settled in Charlotteville. By this marriage he had two sons--Henry and Gideon; and four daughters--Rebecca Ann, Mary Jane, Rachel and Julia. Subsequently, he married Mary Frances, by whom he had two sons--Gabriel and David; and one daughter, Eliza.Susan Baumwart, daughter of the old pioneer, married Eber Decew; and her sister, CATHERINE, married Isaac Decew. The names of their children are given in the Decew genealogy.Elizabeth Baumwart, the third daughter, married William Ferris, and settled near Port Colborne, where she raised a family of five sons--William, Owen, Isaac, Joshua and John; and five daughters--Susan, Hannah, Mary, Elizabeth and Sarah.Mary Baumwart, the eldest daughter, married into the Rohrer family.The Dutch form of the family name has been discarded, and the Anglicized form--BOWER--adopted in its stead.

Five years after the capture of Quebec by General Wolfe, and one year after the signing of the Treaty of Paris, which put an end to the French and Indian War, and established English supremacy on the American continent, a child was born in Washington County, in the province of Maryland, that was destined to become the pioneer head of a numerous family in the settlement of a region of country which at that time was unknown. The name of this child was Christian Rohrer and he was just one year old when the notorious “Stamp Act” was passed by the English parliament. His parents came from Germany, and although their son, Christian was born in America, they spared no pains in teaching him to speak and write the language of his forefathers. This was a wise thing to do, and should never be neglected by foreign-born patents (especially German) in the education of their American-born children. Its value in after life— especially in business pursuits—cannot be over-estimated.[1]

Christian Rohrer married Varonica Rehmein, who did not long survive her marriage. After her death he married Anna Baumwart for his second wife. Mrs. J. B. Davis, of Port Rowan, a descendant of Christian Rohrer, is in possession of two old records which certainly are deserving of a place in some museum of antiquities, these relics are more than a hundred years old; but it is the odd and wildly fantastic attempt at ornamentation that characterizes them rather than their age. It is a print, or stamp, in high colors; and at first sight, remind one of pieces of old, highly-colored wall paper, representing the birds and foliage of some unknown planet far removed from earth. The pages are about sixteen inches square, and contain a number of small blanks on which are German inscriptions. They are old family-record designs, but the blank spaces are filled with matter that furnishes no family historical information except the date and place of Mr. Rohrer’s birth, and the fact of his marriages.

As to the date of Christian Rohrer’s settlement in Walsingham, there is nothing definite. Simpson McCall, Esq., says that Rohrer and Dedrick were living there when his grandfather landed at the mouth of Big Creek in 1796, and that each had a piece of wheat which had been sown the previous fall.[2] If this be correct, the Rohrers were among the first—after Dr. Troyer—in effecting a settlement in the township of Walsingham. Mrs. Rohrer was a Baumwart (Bower), and her family came subsequently.

Christian Rohrer had twelve children. By his first wife he had two—Martin and Fanny; and by his second wife he had ten—Henry, Mary, Margaret, Elizabeth, Catherine, Daniel, John, Susan, David and Jacob.

Martin Rohrer never married, and Fanny married a man named Garrett, and settled in Bayham.[3]

Henry Rohrer, second son of Christian, married Eleanor McCleish, and settled in Walsingham. He had five sons—Daniel, John, Henry, Wallace and David; and five daughters—Susan, Ann, Frances, Jane and Amelia.[4]

Daniel Rohrer, third son of Christian, married Jane McCleish and settled in Walsingham. He had eight children—Martha, Orineus, Catherine, Phoebe, Mary, Susan, Amy and Stephen.[5]

John Rohrer, fourth son of Christian, married Mary Edwards, and settled in Nissouri. One son of this family, Jeremiah, settled in Norfolk.[6]

David Rohrer, fifth son of Christian, married Mary Ann Williams, and settled in Walsingham. They had one son, John and four daughters—Elizabeth, Eliza Jane, Almira and Melissa.[7]

Mary, Margaret, Elizabeth, Catherine and Susan, daughters of Christian Rohrer, married, respectively James Price, Philip Underhill, David Underhill, Luke Dedrick and Titus Williams. They all settled in Walsingham.[8]

In Philip Underhill’s family were three sons—John, William and Edward; and two daughters— Mary and Nancy.

The descendants of Christian Rohrer are very numerous in Walsingham. The females have largely outnumbered the males, and the name, therefore, as it appears on the voters’ lists of the township, is no indication of the numerical strength of the family. As voters they may be outnumbered by some of the other old families, but a roll-call of the wives and mothers of Walsingham’s voters, through whose veins course the Rohrer blood, would show not only the numerous strength of Christian Rohrer’s descendants, but it would also show their superior industrial and moral qualities. In 1891, the autographs of seventy-six Rohrers, all living in the township of Walsingham were obtained by a member of the Illinois branch of the family. Of course, the larger portion were girls attending the township schools, who will become wives and mothers in other families, thereby losing their own family name.

Henry Baumwart was a brother of Mrs. Christian Rohrer. Mr. Baumwart, no doubt, came from near the same place his brother-in-law came from,[9] although it is said he was a Pennsylvania Dutchman. He came after Mr. Rohrer, but just how long after there is no evidence to show. He settled on Lot 12, Concession A, Walsingham between Port Rowan and Port Royal, He had four sons—Frederick, Henry, Jacob and David; and four daughters—Mary, Catherine, Elizabeth and Susan.[10]

Frederick Baumwart, eldest son of Henry, married Fanny Becker, and settled in the family neighborhood. He had one son, John and four daughters—Margaret, Maria, Catherine and Susan.

Henry Baumwart, second son of Henry, was twice married. By his first wife, Nancy Foster, he had one son, Isaac, and four daughters—Mary Ann, Elizabeth, Anise and Laura. His second wife was Rachel Huff nee Smith, daughter of the old pioneer athlete, William Smith. By this union he had several children who, after his death, settled in Michigan with their mother. When war was declared in 1812, Henry Baumwart had no inclination to take up arms against the land of his birth, and he left Canada, remaining away for several years. He returned, however, and ever after was a firm believer in the superior advantages which his adopted country possessed over the land of his birth in the development of a moral, law-abiding and God-fearing citizenship.

Jacob Baumwart, third son of Henry, married Sarah Smith, and settled on the homestead. He had one son, Owen; and two daughters—Susan and Mary. Owen succeeded to the homestead. Mary married Lot Spencer.

David Baumwart, youngest son of the old pioneer, married Julia, daughter of Oliver Mabee, and settled in Charlotteville. By this marriage he had two sons—Henry and Gideon; and four daughters—Rebecca Ann, Mary Jane, Rachel and Julia. Subsequently, he married Mary Frances, by whom he had two sons—Gabriel and David; and one daughter, Eliza.[11]

Susan Baumwart, daughter of the old pioneer, married Eber Decew; and her sister, Catherine, married Isaac Decew. The names of their children are given in the Decew genealogy. Elizabeth Baumwart, the third daughter, married William Ferris, and settled near Port Colborne, where she raised a family of five sons—William, Owen, Isaac, Joshua and John; and five daughters— Susan, Hannah, Mary, Elizabeth and Sarah.

Mary Baumwart, the eldest daughter, married into the Rohrer family.[12]

The Dutch form of the family name has been discarded, and the Anglicized form—Bower— adopted in its stead.

The pioneer head of the family died at the beginning of the second quarter of the century, and his widow survived him several years.

[1] Christian Rohrer was noted to be born at Hagerstown, Maryland on August 12, 1764 in Montross: A Family History, p. 146, by John and Eva Taylor (Stanton, VA: 1958)

[2] It is unlikely that Christian Rohrer planted a field of wheat in Walsingham Township in the fall of 1795. The 1852 Censuses of Bayham and Walsingham Townships indicate that Christian’s children Frances (Fanny) and Martin were born in the United States in 1795 and 1797 respectively. More possibly, Christian came to Walsingham with his second wife’s parents soon after April 1801.

[3] Frances (Fanny) Rohrer married Benjamin Garrett and they were recorded in the 1852, 1861, and 1871 Censuses of Bayham Township, Elgin County. The couple was buried in Straffordville Cemetery, Bayham Township.

[4] There was a may Rohrer, born on 4 Jul 1832 recorded in the 1852 Census of Walsingham Twp. The name of her father has not been learned but Henry Rohrer was the only one married by 1832. Mary’s marriage to Joseph White on 22 Jul 1853 was recorded in the Talbot District Marriage Register. They farmed in Walsingham Township recorded in the 1861, 1871 and 1881 Censuses.

[5] In Montross: A Family History Jacob Lorenzo Rohrer, born on 12 Oct 1850, died on 19 Jul 1853 is included in this family.

[6] Before settling in Nissouri Twp., John Rohrer and his wife Mary Ann Edwards lived in Lobo Twp., Middlesex Co. where they were recorded in the 1852 Census. Their children named in the Census were Alex, J. (Jeremiah), Wm. W. and H. (Henrietta). Other children buried in First Lobo Baptist Church Cemetery: James (died 17 Feb 1843) and John Henry (26 Oct 1847 to 26 Jul 1849). Mary Ann (Edwards) died on 11 Jan 1853 and John Rohrer then married Sarah _______ and had George W., Mary Ann and Martha

[7] Owen has David Rohrer confused with Christian’s youngest son Jacob Rohrer whose name he omitted. David Rohrer’s marriage to Sophronia Troyer was recorded in the Talbot District Marriage Register. They lived in Houghton Twp. then moved to Illinois. They had a daughter Aboreta Rohrer Buffett who, as a widow, was living with her mother in the 1880 Census of Annawan, Henry Co., Illinois. According to Troyer family information there may have been two more daughters whose names have not been learned. Christian Rohrer’s youngest son Jacob Rohrer married Mary Ann Williams (Talbot District Marriage Register) and they lived out their lives in Walsingham Twp. Their children in the 1852 Census: John, Elizabeth and Eliza J. Additional children in the 1861 Census: Almira and Melissa. There was an older son John Rohrer before the one mentioned in the censuses who died young and was buried in Johnson Cemetery, St. Williams.

[8] The husband of Elizabeth Rohrer was Daniel Elnathan Underhill. They were recorded in the 1852 and 1861 Censuses of Walsingham Twp. then moved to Warwick Twp., Lambton Co. where they were recorded in the 1881 Census. The couple was buried in Beechwood Cemetery, Forest, Lambton Co.

[9] This was probably Washington County, Maryland on the Pennsylvania line, a jurisdiction disputed by both colonies for many years. The term “Pennsylvania Dutch” is recognized as being originally “Pennsylvania Deutch” for the Palatine German and the Germanic Swiss immigrants who populated the colony under the sponsorship of William Penn.

[10] Henry Baumwart and his family came to Norfolk after 11 Apr 1801 when his son David was born in Washington Co., Maryland and before 9 Mar 1803 when he served as a Traverse Juror on the London District Court. There were more children in Henry Baumwart’s family baptized in the German Reformed Church, Hagerstown (formerly Elizabethtown), Washington Co., Maryland and all of whom apparently died young: Elisabetha, on 25 Jan 1780, Henrich baptized there on 24 Feb 1782, Johannes baptized on 17 Apr 1786, another Henrich, baptized on 3 Aug 1789. Family records also mention a daughter Sarah, born c. 1795 and two sons Andrew and Michael, both born in 1796.

[11] In the 1852 Census of Charlotteville Twp. and additional daughter Lydia aged 18 was recorded in the family of David Baumwart. He marriage to Henry Winters White on 3 Nov 1852 was recorded in the Talbot District Marriage Register.

[12] Mary Baumwart married pioneer Christian Rohrer mentioned in the first part of this sketch.

Christian married Anna Mary Rohrer-Baroch Baumwart on 8 Sep 1789 in , Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. Anna was born on 6 Jun 1777 in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, USA; died on 27 Feb 1853 in Walsingham, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Note from Winston Dalton's Journal, p. 25: ~ Rorer John Rorer started to the West Saturday September 7th 1833

John married Sally Bennett in 1814 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. Sally was born about 1796 in , Bedford, Virginia, USA; died in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1860, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

Family/Spouse: Daniel Crider. Daniel (son of John Crider and Catharine Croft) was born on 18 Jul 1807 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 2 Nov 1859 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1 Jun 1840, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1852, , Des Moines, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1860, Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
• Residence: 1870, Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa, USA

Notes:

Judge David Rorer
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=2aad33e6-3cb3-4b2f-9c30-c51ab4ad791c&tid=13149490&pid=-116630692

David married Martha Daniel on 29 Mar 1827 in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA. Martha was born in 1806 in Sandersville, Washington, Georgia, USA; died in Jan 1838 in Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Delia Marie Viele on 21 Mar 1839 in , Muscatine, Iowa, USA. Delia (daughter of Abraham L Viele and Hannah Douglass) was born on 28 Mar 1810 in Schaghticoke, Rensselaer, New York, USA; died on 4 Nov 1888 in Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 8 Jul 1836, Fredonia, Caldwell, Kentucky, USA
• Residence: 1842, Hazel Dale, Hopkins, Kentucky, USA
• Residence: 1850, Underwood, Hopkins, Kentucky, USA
• Residence: 1880, Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Self
• Probate: 2 Sep 1880, , Hopkins, Kentucky, USA

Notes:

Notes for Samuel Rorer:
from the Harmon Cook bible

Samuel Rorer was born AD 1810 on Friday the 27th March

Also in the bible is a note that Samuel Rorer and his wife moved to the Arkansas Territory for a time.

A deed from Samuel Rorer to Richard Bennett from Pittsylvania County Courthouse in Chatham, VA in Deed book 34 page 18, 8/4/1832.

This Indenture made the fourth day of August in the year of our Lord 1832 between Samuel Rorer of the one part and Richard Bennett of the other part both of the County of Pittsylvania and State of Virginia Witnesseth that the said Samuel Rorer in consideration of the sum of Five Hundred Dollars of lawful money of this commonwealth to him in hand paid by the said Richard Bennett at or before the ensealing and delivery of these presents ( The receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged ) have bargained and sold and by these presents doth bargain and sell unto the said Richard Bennett his heirs and assigns a certain tract or parcel of land, lying and being in the County of Pittsylvania on the waters of Potters Creek, containing two hundred and forty five acres, be the same more or less, and bounded as follows, Beginning at a corner double white oak thence with Craemers line S 26 degrees W 10 poles to Black Jack and pointers S 86 degrees W 152 poles to a red oak N 72 degrees W 50 poles to a white oak thence with John Rorer's line S 38 degrees W 48 poles crossing a branch to a post oak S 5 degrees E 80 poles to a post oak S 60 degrees W 104 poles crossing Potters Creek to a red oak thence a new dividing lone S 75 degrees E 256 poles crossing Potters Creek aforesaid to a post oak thence with Philip Deboes (now Gills) line N 27 degrees W 88 poles to a post oak N 26 degrees E 96 poles to a Spanish Oak S 76 degrees E 28 poles to a forked Chestnut Oak fallen down thence along David Rorer's new dividing line N 5 degrees W 100 poles to the Beginning with all the appertunances thereunto annexed to have and hold forever and the said Samuel Rorer for himself and his heirs doth warrant and defend unto the said Richard Bennett his heirs, administrators, Executors, and assigns a complete right and title in fee simple free from claims of himself his heirs, administrators, Executors and assigns and free from the claim or claims of all and every other person or person whatsoever in witness whereof the said Samuel Rorer hath hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal the day and year first above written.

signed sealed and delivered in presents of S Rorer and seal
Samuel Berger
D G Nowlin
William C. Rorer
Charles W H Walden

At a court held for Pittsylvania County on the 20th day of August 1832 This Indenture from Samuel Rorer to Richard Bennett was acknowledged by said Rorer to be his act and deed, certificates endorsed and ordered to be recorded.

Teste, William Tunstall

This deed found in the Pittsylvania County Courthouse in Chatham, VA in Deed Book 38 page 40 dated 8/12/1835.

This Indenture made and entered into this 12th day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty five between Samuel Rorer of Livingston County, Kentucky of the one part and Rudolph Rorer of Pittsylvania County, Virginia of the other part Witnesseth that for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred dollars to me in hand paid by the said Rudolph Rorer I the said Samuel Rorer have granted, bargained and sold to the said Rudolph Rorer a certain tract or parcel of land lying in Pittsylvania County Virginia on the waters of Frying Pan Creek bounded as follows TO Wit Beginning at a white oak on the Flag Spring branch called in the Patent Joseph Law corner thence along Smith's line and the line of the said Patent S 32 degrees W 10 poles to a pine fallen down S 50 degrees W 130 poles crossing two branches to a red oak in said line thence a new dividing lines N 2 degrees W 365 poles crossing the Flag Spring branch and several small branches to a red oak N 65 degrees W 156 poles crossing a branch and the Frying Pan Creek to Chas Goard corner pine thence along said line N 40 degrees E 164 poles crossing two branches just above the forks of the pointers two white oaks thence new dividing lines S 62 degrees E 50 poles crossing a branch and the Cider Pond fork of Frying Pan Creek to a pine S 18 degrees E 84 poles to pointers S 69 degrees E 180 poles to a corner pine thence with Patent and ward line S 18 degrees W 259 poles crossing the Flag Spring branch aforesaid to the beginning containing three hundred and forty acres be the same more or less to have and to hold the same tract or parcel of land with the appertunances to him the said Rudoiph Rorer his heirs now and forever free from the claim or claims of all and every person whatever In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand an seal this day and date above written

S Rorer and Seal

We, James McCowley and Thomas Willis two acting Justices of the Peace for Livingston County, KY do hereby cetrtify that Samuel Rorer personall appeared before us and acknowledged the within deed of conveyance to Rudolph Rorer to be his act and deed Given under our hand and seals this 12th day of August 1835

James McCowley, JP and seal
Thomas Willis, Jr., JP and seal
The Commonwealth of Kentucky Livingston County and seal
I, James I. Dollam clerk of the court for the county and Commonwealth aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing attestation on Messrs James McCawley and Thomas Willis who are Justices of the Peace for said county duly commissioned and qualified is in due form of Law that the signatures are genuine and entitled to faith and credit.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office at salem this 12th day of August 1835 and 44 year of the Commonwealth

Jas I Dollam and seal

At court held for Pittsylvania County the 21st day of September 1835 This indenture from

Saml Rorer to Rudolph Rorer with the certificates endorsed and ordered to be recorded

Teste
Will Tunstall cc

Samuel married Josephine Earle on 30 May 1839. Josephine (daughter of Edward Hampton Earle and Susannah Davis) was born on 14 Feb 1820; died on 20 Apr 1861 in , Hopkins, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Cordelia Johnson on 3 Dec 1870 in , Gallatin, Illinois, USA. Cordelia was born about 1853 in , , Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Elijah Towler on 12 Sep 1807 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. Elijah (son of Joseph William Towler and Frances Dixon) was born in 1785 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in Aug 1849 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Frances Custard. Mary was born in 1798; died in 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Henry Copenhaver [Copenhauer] in 1819 in Shirley, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, USA. Henry was born on 19 Jan 1788 in Shirley, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 9 Jan 1872 in Shirley, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1840, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

Henry married Sarah "Sally" Crider on 29 Jan 1833 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. Sarah (daughter of Andrew Crider and Christina Deboe) was born on 11 Jan 1804 in Pittsville, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 21 Dec 1857 in Cherrystone, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; was buried in Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1830, , Henrico, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1840, , Henrico, Virginia, USA

Elizabeth married Samuel T Hutchison on 25 Jan 1826 in , Henrico, Virginia, USA. Samuel was born in 1805 in , , Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

Benjamin married Mary Matilda Harris on 30 Dec 1846 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of Samuel J Harris, Jr and Mary Matilda Pritchett) was born on 17 Feb 1828 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 17 Feb 1873 in Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Sallie N Dickerson on 26 Feb 1874 in , Henry, Virginia, USA. Sallie was born in 1836 in , Franklin, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Pigg River, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

Family/Spouse: Charles Allen Edwards. Charles (son of George Allen Edwards and Judith C Witcher) was born in May 1826 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 26 Apr 1901. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1880, Pigg River, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head: Wife
• Residence: 1900, Pigg River, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head: Wife
• Residence: 1910, Pigg River, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Marital Status: WidowedRelation to Head of House: Head
• Residence: 1920, Pigg River, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Marital Status: WidowedRelation to Head: Mother
• Residence: 1930, Pigg River, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Marital Status: WidowedRelation to Head: Mother

Mary married Henry Coleman Mease on 25 Jul 1860 in , , Virginia, USA. Henry was born on 15 May 1834 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 10 Mar 1910 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1860, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age in 1860: 22
• Residence: 1880, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age: 42Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self
• Residence: 1900, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age: 61Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Residence: 1900, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head: Head
• Residence: 1910, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age in 1910: 71Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Residence: 1920, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age: 81Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Residence: 11 Oct 1924, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1930, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age: 91Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Residence: 10 Jan 1933, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

Joseph married Mary Christina Craddock on 05 Jan 1869 in , , Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of John Smith Craddock and Nancy Ardenia Grubb) was born on 29 Apr 1852 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 3 Jul 1944 in Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; was buried in Whittles, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1870, Brookland, Henrico, Virginia, USA; Residence Post Office: Richmond
• Residence: 1880, Brookland, Henrico, Virginia, USA; Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head: Self

William married Mary Jane Padgett on 19 Sep 1855 in , Henrico, Virginia, USA. Mary was born on 20 May 1836 in , Henrico, Virginia, USA; died on 4 Jul 1917 in , Henrico, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1860, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1880, Pigg River, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1900, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1910, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1920, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

John married Nannie Bill Davis on 3 Nov 1887 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. Nannie was born on 14 Jun 1867 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 7 May 1931. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Pigg River, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Pigg River, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Pigg River, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1900, Pigg River, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Pigg River, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head: Son
• Residence: 1900, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, USA; Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head: Head

James married Sarah Dianna Smith on 20 Jan 1889 in Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA. Sarah (daughter of Ephraim Smith and Nancy Elizabeth Bethers) was born on 13 Apr 1869 in Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA; died on 2 Jan 1945 in , Alameda, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Pigg River, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head: Son

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Pigg River, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head: Daughter

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Pigg River, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head: Son

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Pigg River, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head: Daughter

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Pigg River, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head: Daughter
• Residence: 1910, Pigg River, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head of House: Daughter

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Pigg River, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head: Daughter
• Residence: 1930, Pigg River, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head: Sister

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Pigg River, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head: Son

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1930, Pigg River, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head: Brother

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1900, Pigg River, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head: Daughter

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Pigg River, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head: Son
• Residence: 1900, Pigg River, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head: Son
• Residence: 1910, Pigg River, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: 1920, Pigg River, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head: Head
• Residence: 1930, Pigg River, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head: Head

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age: 10Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1900, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age: 27Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age: 7Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age: 5Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
• Residence: 1900, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age: 25Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
• Residence: 1910, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age in 1910: 34Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
• Residence: 1935, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age: 63Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Head

Mintie married John Abel Motley on 27 Oct 1888 in Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. John (son of William H Motley and Susan Motley) was born on 10 Jan 1853 in Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 20 Feb 1926 in Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; was buried in Oak Grove Christian Church Cemetery, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age: 4Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age: 2Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: 1900, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age: 22Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age: 4mMarital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1900, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age: 18Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1900, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age: 5Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: 1910, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age in 1910: 24Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: 1930, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age: 46Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: 1935, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age: 55Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1900, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age: 11Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1920, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age: 29Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1900, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age: 9Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1900, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age: 6Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
• Residence: 1910, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age in 1910: 16Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1870, Brookland, Henrico, Virginia, USA; Residence Post Office: Richmond

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1870, Brookland, Henrico, Virginia, USA; Residence Post Office: Richmond
• Residence: 1880, Brookland, Henrico, Virginia, USA; Relation to Head: Son

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1870, Brookland, Henrico, Virginia, USA; Residence Post Office: Richmond
• Residence: 1880, Brookland, Henrico, Virginia, USA; Relation to Head: Son

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1870, Brookland, Henrico, Virginia, USA; Residence Post Office: Richmond

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Brookland, Henrico, Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head: Son

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1870, Brookland, Henrico, Virginia, USA; Residence Post Office: Richmond
• Residence: 1880, Brookland, Henrico, Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head: Daughter

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Brookland, Henrico, Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head: Son

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Brookland, Henrico, Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head: Daughter

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Brookland, Henrico, Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head: Daughter

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Brookland, Henrico, Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head: Daughter

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Brookland, Henrico, Virginia, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head: Son

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1900, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head: Son
• Residence: 1910, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head of House: Son

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1910, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, USA; Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head of House: Daughter
• Residence: 1920, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA; Marital Status: Single

Patricia married Willis P Baker on 15 Nov 1957 in , San Mateo, California, USA. Willis was born in 1888. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1900, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age: 9Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
• Residence: 1910, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age in 1910: 18Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1900, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1900, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1910, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age in 1910: 17Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1900, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1900, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age: 4Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
• Residence: 1910, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age in 1910: 15Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Carry MOTLY
• Residence: 1900, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1910, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age in 1910: 14Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1900, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1910, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age in 1910: 12Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1900, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1910, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age in 1910: 10Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: 1930, Lynchburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1935, Lynchburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1940, Lynchburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head: Head
• Residence: 1942, Lynchburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA; Relation to Head: Self
• Residence: 1943, Lynchburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA

Family/Spouse: Nottie Lee Howell. Nottie (daughter of Alexander Willoughby Howell and Missouri James Overstreet) was born on 11 Nov 1903 in Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 18 Dec 1993 in Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; was buried in Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1910, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age in 1910: 8Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1910, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age in 1910: 6Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: 1935, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age: 35Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Son

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1910, Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; Age in 1910: 4Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son

B.E. married C.P. Bennett [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

B.E. married J.L. Towler [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

B.E. married D.S. Guill [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]