{"id":380,"date":"2013-08-11T04:26:32","date_gmt":"2013-08-11T04:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/?p=380"},"modified":"2016-10-23T06:02:12","modified_gmt":"2016-10-23T06:02:12","slug":"lhs-free-lecture-series-from-loudoun-to-bedford-county-pennsylvania-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/lhs-free-lecture-series-from-loudoun-to-bedford-county-pennsylvania-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"LHS Free Lecture Series: “From Loudoun to Bedford County, Pennsylvania” (2013)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Press Release:<\/em><\/p>\n

What: Lovettsville Historical Society Lecture: \u201cFrom Loudoun to Bedford\u201d
\nWhen: Sunday, August 11, 2013, at 2:00 p.m.
\nWhere: St. James United Church of Christ, 10 East Broad Way, Lovettsville<\/p>\n

For further information, contact:
\nTom Bullock, President, 540-822-9777
\nEdward Spannaus, Vice-President, 540-822-9194<\/p>\n

Next in the Lovettsville Historical Society Lecture Series: From Loudoun to Bedford<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Presented by: Gillian Leach and David Koontz
\nBedford County (Pennsylvania) Historical Society<\/p>\n

The story of dozens of families who migrated from The German Settlement
\nin Loudoun County, to Bedford County, Pennsylvania, will be featured at the
\nnext event in the Lovettsville Historical Society’s Lecture Series. It will
\nbe held on Sunday, August 11, at the historic St. James United Church of
\nChrist in Lovettsville.<\/p>\n

In the years following the Revolutionary War, many German-American
\nfamilies, who had settled in The German Settlement, around what is now
\nLovettsville, moved to Bedford County. Why did they leave this area for
\ncentral Pennsylvania? Was it for economic reasons, the difficulty if not
\nimpossibility of purchasing land in northwest Loudoun County, which was
\nstill held in large tracts derived from the Fairfax land grant? Was it for
\nsocial reasons, of opposition to slavery? Was it for political reasons, that
\nGerman-Americans could wield far more influence in Pennsylvania than in
\nVirginia?<\/p>\n

Gillian Leach, the Executive Director of the Bedford County Historical
\nSociety, and Col. David Koontz, a descendant of a number of the families who
\nleft The German Settlement for Bedford County in the 1790s, will attempt to
\nanswer some of these questions, as the featured speakers on August 11.<\/p>\n

Leach and Koontz will be backed up by Tom Bullock, President of the
\nLovettsville Historical Society, who will present maps and graphs, showing
\nthe results of his research into where these families lived, and some
\nsurprising information about slave ownership among German-Americans in
\nLoudoun County.<\/p>\n

The names of families who migrated from Loudoun to Bedford include:
\nBiegle, Beltz, Diehl, Exline, Giese, Harclerode, Hickman, Koontz, Ott,
\nRitchie, Shoemaker, Smouse, Usselman, and Zembower.<\/p>\n

The Lovettsville Historical Society, Inc. is a tax-exempt organization
\nunder Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions to the
\nSociety, and membership dues, are tax-deductible under the Internal Revenue
\nCode.<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com\/th\/read\/VALOUDOU\/2013-08\/1375497278<\/p>\n

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