HARNSBERGER, Emily Catherine

Emily — STEVENS, James Newton. James was born 1818; died 1857. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Jeremiah and his brother Henry were twins. He built the "River Bend" house, southwest of Elkton in 1833. The house was constructed of brick by slaves. The original barn was burned by Federal soldiers during the Civil War. The second was built in 1868 and burned in July 1953. The land the homes of Jeremiah, John, Adam & Henry are built on is the land originally owned by Stephan Harnsberger, their grandfather.
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Jeremiah was a soldier in the War of 1812. He served under Coleman in the 6th Regiment, Virginia Militia (Aug-Dec. 1814) and served as a corporal.
( Roll Box: 92, Roll Extract: 602 ).
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Although Jeremiah was at one point an anti-Jackson man he eventually changed his opinion, and he and Elizabeth would open their home to General Andrew Jackson when he would travel through the area. One story states that after Andrew Jackson arrived at their home late one afternoon, Elizabeth sent one of the servants to enquire if there was anything special the General would like for supper that evening. General Jackson, being a man of simple tastes, replied "Just some cold cornbread and buttermilk".
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1850 census:
District 56-1/2, Rockingham Co., Virginia (page 192)
Jeremiah Harnsberger, M, 56, Farmer, $10,280 Wealth, b. VA
Elizabeth Harnsberger, F, 53, b. VA
Lucretia Harnsberger, F, 20, b. VA
Sarah Harnsberger, F, 27, b. VA
Thomas Harnsberger, M, 24, Sheriff, b. VA
Charles Harnsberger, M, 21, Clerk, b. VA
Hiram Harnsberger, M, 19, Farmer, b. VA
Simeon Harnsberger, M, 17, Student, b. VA
Samuel Harnsberger, M, 12, b. VA
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1850 census for slaves shows Jeremiah as the owner of the following 16 individuals:
65 year old, Male, Black
45 year old, Male, Black
35 year old, Female, Mulatto
17 year old, Female, Black
11 year old, Female, Mulatto
26 year old, Male, Mulatto
21 year old, Male, Black
15 year old, Female, Black
12 year old, Male, Mulatto
10 year old, Male, Black
10 year old, Female, Mulatto
8 year old, Female, Black
7 year old, Female, Mulatto
6 year old, Male, Mulatto
4 year old, Male, Mulatto
2 year old, Female, Mulatto
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The 1860 census finds Jeremiah, as follows:
Jeremiah Harnsberger, 65, M, Farmer, $24,400 R.E. / $18,400 Personal, b. VA
Elizabeth, 63, F, b. VA
Lucretia, 40, F, b. VA
Jacob, 37, M, Farmer, $10,000 Personal, b. VA
Fannie (Jacob's wife), 31, F, b. VA
Samuel, 20, M, Farmer, b. VA
Charles, 32, M, Farmer, $3,200 Personal, b. VA
Catherine (Charles' wife), 22, F, b. VA
Annie, 2, F, b. VA
Jennie (Virginia), 4 mos., F, b. VA
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The 1870 census shows our 75 year old Jerry (Jeremiah) living in Elk Run Township, Rockingham Co., Virginia (Roll 1676 Book 1, Page 114b), as follows;
Harnsberger, Jerry, 75, male, white, farmer, $20,000 real estate, $2,000 personal wealth, b. VA
- , Elizabeth, 73, female, white, keeping house, b. VA
- , Lucretia, 48, female, white, b. VA
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Jeremiah seems to have been very well landed, as his father and grandfather had been before him.
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1880 census:
(Stone Wall, Rockingham, Virginia) Film Number T9-1388, Page Number 315A
Jeremiah HARNSBERGER Self M Male W 85 VA Farmer VA VA
Elizabeth HARNSBERGER Wife M Female W 84 VA Keeping House VA VA
Lucretia J. HARNSBERGER Dau S Female W 59 VA VA VA
John H. BEAR Cousin M Male W 26 VA Farmer VA VA
Lizzie S. BEAR GDau M Female W 26 VA VA VA
Bessie E. BEAR GGDau S Female W 1 VA VA VA
Belle TERREL Other S Female W 14 VA Servant VA VA
William SCOTT Other S Male W 22 VA Laborer VA VA
John L. MORRIS Other S Male W 17 VA Laborer VA VA
Robert FRASIER Other S Male B 16 VA Laborer VA VA
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Jeremiah died at the age of 86 in Rockingham County.

Jeremiah married MILLER, Elizabeth 21 Mar 1816, Rockingham County, Virginia. Elizabeth (daughter of MILLER, Jacob and BEAR, Anna Barbara) was born 25 Apr 1796, Rockingham County, Virginia; died 12 Jan 1884, Elkton, Rockingham County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Adam was a private with Captain William Nalle's (his future father-in-law) company from August a Co. Va. & fought Indians in the battle at Point Pleasant on 10 Oct. 1774.
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He, or his son "Adam", was a Captain of the 58th Regiment Virginia Malitia in the War of 1812. In a book about the war of 1812 by J. W. Wayland, Adam is referred to as Major and Commandant of the 2nd battalion of the regiment.
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Rockingham Co., VA court records:
Adam Hansberger, for 52 bus. corn, Nov. 5, 1780; etc.
Adam Hansberger, for 1 "Waggoner Cover Very Good," 40 shillings, Oct. 8, 1780.

Adam married NALLE, Catherine 9 Apr 1776, Virginia. Catherine (daughter of NALLE, William Captain Or Colonel and YANCEY, Ann Eleanor) was born Abt 1759, Culpeper County, Virginia; died Mar 1822, Rockingham County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Daughter of Captain William Nalle.

Notes:

Copied from a Family Bible at "Green Meadows", near Elkton Virginia. Date in the Bible 1811

Jacob Miller and Anna Bear his wife were married March 6, 1792.
Daughter Susan was born April 10, 1793 - married George Conrad October 25, 1810.
Daughter Elizabeth was born April 25, 1796 married Jeremiah Harnsberger March 21, 1816
Daughter Katherine was born November 12, 1799 - married April 11, 1822 to Henry Kissling
Thomas Kennerly Miller born August 17, 1808 died April 14, 1885 was married to Amanda J. Harnsberger June 20, 1845.
W. Shanks Miller married February 2, 184(?) to Sarah Ann Gibbons.
Jacob Miller was born July 19, 1769, died August 5, 1861,
Anna his wife was born November 27, 1767, died November 6, 1841.
Anne K Miller was born June 21, 1803, died March 13, 1866.
Amanda J. Harnsberger Miller born April 13, 1813, died July 17, 1889.
Elizabeth B. Miller, born January 14, 1849.
Infant Son born July 15, 1851.
Anne Bear born July 19, 1852, died September 22, 1869.
Charles Stephen Harnsberger Miller born May 21, 1857 died October 22, 1864

NOTE: "Green Meadows" was the home of Adam Mueller ( Miller). first white settler in the Shenandoah Valley. He was born in Germany in 1703, first settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and removed to Virginia in 1726.
Shortly afterward he built a log cabin which now is used as the kitchen of the present house. The home, continuously occupied by the Miller family to the present, now consists of nineteen rooms, which have been added from time to time."

Yerba Buena Chapter, Daughters of the American Colonists, San Francisco, California.

Copied by Verna S. Paterson ( Mrs Chester A.) Reno, Nevada

Jacob married BEAR, Anna Barbara 6 Mar 1792, Virginia. Anna (daughter of BEAR, John and MILLER, Elizabeth Catatrina) was born 27 Nov 1767, Virginia; died 6 Nov 1841, Virginia; was buried , Elk Run Cemetery, Elkton, Rockinham County Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

According to the "Family Gazette" of Elkton, Virginia. Stephen came from Zurich Switzerland. While trying to leave the country he was placed under many "false" arrests and imprisoned. For passage to the Virginia colony, he and his parents worked as an indentured servants at the Germanna Colony for Colonel Alexander Spotswood. They settled first at Orange Co., Virginia. He acquired 150 + 400 Ac. at St. Georges Parrish. Stephen located in Augusta (now Rockingham) County in about 1751 as his name appears on a list of tithables liable to work on the road from the Shenandoah River to the top of the Blue Ridge Mountains at Swift Run Gap. Stephen acquired land about1 1/2 miles southwest of the present town of Elkton and 1/2 mile from the river. In his will Stephen gave his son Adam the power to split his estate 1/3 to his 2nd wife Ursula and 2/3 to be split among the 5 boys. In addition to the 1/3 Stephen gives to Ursula her bed, spinning wheel, a chest and the benefit of living in the family home the remainder of her days and the garden.
Some sources state that Stephen was a member of the exploration party headed by Alexander Spotswood known as the "Knights of the Golden Horseshoe" this story however can't be correct as the expedition occured in 1716 when Stephan would have been a young child still living in Europe. He did however survey the road sthough Swift Run Gap at a later date.
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CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800
DEED BOOK NO. 13.
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
page 449
Page 201.--17th March, 1767. Stephen ( ) Hernsberger and Arsley ( ) to John Miller, £53, 200 acres on Shanand River, part thereof being a tract of 176 acres sold to Stephen by Phillip Long, 19th June, 1764, the other part being part of 304 acres patented to Stephen, 31st October, 1765, line of Henry Sellers. Teste: Jacob Pirkey.
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CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800
DEED BOOK NO. 11.
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
page 413
Page 665.--19th June, 1764. Phillip Long, eldest son and heir-at-law of Paul Long, who was eldest son and heir-at-law of Phillip Long, of Frederick County, to Stephen Hemsburger, £40, 176 acres purchased by Phillip, Sr., of Joseph Phillips (deed recorded in Orange) on Shannando River. Teste: George Carpenter. Delivered: Stephen Hansberger, November, 1766.
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CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800
ABSTRACTS OF WILLS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY VIRGINIA. AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT. WILL BOOK No. 4.
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
page 110
Page 241.--26th November, 1767. Stephen Conrad's estate sold to, viz: John Coutch, Lewis Fisher, Stephen Hensbengar, Zachariah Rexrode, Henry Tamewood, Peachey Gilmore.
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Copy of Will of Stephen Harnsberger
In the name of God Amen, December the 26, in the year of our Lord 1774.
I, Stephen Hanceberger of the County of Augusta in the colony o fVirginia being in health and perfect mind & memory & calling to mind the mortality of my body & knowing that it is apointed for all men once to die do make ordain & appoint this my last will & testament that is to say first & principally of all I give & humbly recommend my soul to God who gave it & for my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in a Christian like & decent manner and as touching my worldly estate that it hath been Pleased God to bless me in this life with. I give devise and dispose of the same in the following manner,
first, I order all my lawful debts to be paid, which I have legally contracted. Imprimis I give & bequeath to my well beloved wife Uachel (sic) her bed & spinning wheel, & chest & the benefit of my dwelling house & garden during her natural life time also 1/ 3 part of my whole estate land & movables & debts
also I give & bequeath to my well beloved sons, Adam, Henry, Stephen & Conrad & Robert the other 2/3 of all my estate of lands, debts & moveables to be equally divided between them at my decease & this I trust will be done & truly fulfilled & I do hereby constitute make & ordain my son Adam Hanceberger sole Executor of this my last will & testament & I do hereby utterly disalow revoke and disannull all & every other former testaments wills & legacies, bequests & Executors by me in any wise before this time named & bequeathed. Ratifying & confirming this & no other as my last will & testament. In witness I have hereunto set my hand & seal day & year above written.
his mark
Stephen x Hansberger
Published & Declared as his last will & testament in presence of
John Zimmerman
George Zimmerman
Adam Carpenter
Jacob Miller
Leonard Zimmerman
Probated March. 19, 1776, in the Clerk's Office of Augusta County, Staunton, VA
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CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800
ABSTRACTS OF WILLS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA. WILL BOOK NO. V.
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
page 146
Page 479.--18th March, 1777. Recorded. Steen Hansbaig's appraisement by Geo. Carpenter, John Zöller (Seller?).

Stephen — SCHIETLEY, Ursula. Ursula (daughter of SHIETLEY, John) was born Abt 1722, Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

A court case in 1766 in Augusta Co. sheds light on the history of Ursula. Her father died in Germany. In Germany the mother married John Fotch who took possession of the remains of the Scheitley estate, which it was contended, amounted to almost one hundred pounds. The family left for America. After Ursula and her sisters were married, their husbands appealed to John Fotch for the girl's share of their father's estate. They received some money but Fotch contended that the balance of the estate was used in their support. Testimony was taken in the case but no decision appears in the records perhaps indicating that the case was dropped.
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Transcribed Court Record follows ;
November, 1766 (A)
Carpenter vs. Fonts (Fotch). - Chancery. Writ dated 24th November 1763. Complaintants are George Carpenter and Ann, his wife; Stephen Hantsberger and Ursilla, his wife; Matthew Hearce and Francis, his wife, daughters and co-heirs of John Shitley, deceased; that John Shitley was an inhabitant of the German Empire, where he died, having a small personal estate, leaving behind him your oratrices, then very young, and ____ his wife, mother of oratrices, and one of the defendants, who by the laws and customs of the empire, possessed herself of the small fortune of her husband. Shortly after the father's death, the widow, thinking to benefit herself and children, transported herself to America, bringing with her your oratrices and what remained of John Shitley's estate, amounting to neary lb100, Virginia currency, and some time after her arrival married John Fotch, the other defendant, who took possession of all the effects. That as your oratrices grew up, they intermarried (as above) and their husbands frequently applied to the said John Fotsch and wife for the parts due their wives, but obtained only lb 20 Pennsylvania Currency, lb7 Virginia Currency, and 2 horses, worth lb14, for which they gave receipt to Fotsch, expecting to receive the remainder in a short time, but now so it is, he refuses to pay them anything more. John Fotch's answer: He married the widow of John Shitley in Germany and not in America, and that on her passage to America she died at Plymouth. He never possessed himself of any part of Shitley's estate, for he died insolvent, except a few trifling bed clothes made use of by his children on shipboard, but he says the grandfather of oratrices, Malchia Shitley, left them goods and chattels which this defendant, marrying their mother, possessed himself of, and before he came to America sold for as much money as came to lb67 Virginia Currency, of which defendant expended lb8 for oratrices for provisions and carriage from Switzerland to Holland, where they took shipping, almost 300 miles. He also paid for their passage to America the sum of 16 pistoles, and provisions growing short on shipboard, he was obliged to expend 30 shillings . Having landed in Maryland and intending to settle at Tulpahocken in Pennsylvania, he spent L 3, 15 for provisions and carriage to that place. That he left Germany in 1744, and about 2 or 3 years after he came to this country he advanced to oratrices lb 24 in Virginia Currency, and two mares of the price of lb14, 10. That lately, on 31st March 1762, he and complainants came to a final settlement and defendant agreed to settle with them lb 42. Augustine Price deposes before Felix Gilbert; That is March 1762, in company with George Carpenter, John Fotch and others, Carpenter and Fotch agreed to leave their dispute to Jacob Pershinger, Jacob Nichols and Daniel Price, but they could not agree, when they came to an agreement themselves, the only question remaining whether Virginia or Pennsylvania Currency. Daniel Price deposes the same. Jacob Miller deposes: That being at the house of John Fotch sometime in March, 1749, he heard George Carpenter ask three Gerles, that were heirs to the estate of _____, if they were satisfied with what they had received. Jacob Pershinger deposes like Augustine Price. Barbary Miller deposes, that being in company with Usley Shutling in 1750, Usley said she had received a mare and some clothes, and was well satisfied.
Records of Augusta County Virginia
Author: Chalkley
Page: Volume 1, Pages 495 and 496

Notes:

About 1774 William was a Captain of a company from Augusta Co., Virginia in Dunmore's War, and was said to have been present at the battle of Point Pleasant.
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In April 1778 he was one of the first justices of Rockingham Co., Virginia.
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On April 27, 1781 he was sworn in as lieut. colonel of the Rockingham Militia.
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In 1781 William was recorded as a member of the Continental Congress, representing Rockingham Co., Virginia.
(Bond, Octavia Zollicoffer, The family chronicle and kinship book : of Maclin, Clark, Cocke, Carter, Taylor, Cross, and other related American lineages. Nashville, Tenn.: McDaniel Print. Co., 1928, 687 pgs. pg. 70).
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He was the Sheriff of Rockingham Co., Virginia in 1785.

William married YANCEY, Ann Eleanor Abt 1758, Virginia. Ann (daughter of YANCEY, Lewis Davis and KAVANAUGH, Mildred Winifred) was born Abt 1744, Culpeper County, Virginia; died Aft 1807, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

Henry — KOGER, Anna Elizabeth. Anna (daughter of KOGER, John Nicholas and WILLHEIT, Maria Elizabeth) was born 2 Dec 1738; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

John originally lived at Brock's Gap Va., with brother his Jacob and his father. In 1747 he purchased 300 Acres at Linville Creek, Rockingham Co.,Va. He lived on Fort Run about 1 Mi. west of Timberville on the road to Rader's Church. This is about 6 Mi. east of Brock's Gap and 18 Mi. northwest of Bear Lithia Springs. Land records show that John bought and sold several 1000 acres over the years. He and brother Jacob married sisters of the Miller family.

John married MILLER, Elizabeth Catatrina Bef Jan 1753. Elizabeth (daughter of MILLER, Adam and KOGER, Anna Maria Barbara) was born 20 Dec 1734, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Known as the first white child born in the Shenandoah Valley.
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Child: Catarina Mueller
Birth/Baptism Date: 20 Dec 1734
Source: Personal register of Rev. John Casper Stoever
State: Pennsylvania
Father: Adam Mueller
Mother: Mrs. ??? Mueller