<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Both Conrad and John were notmustered out until December 1783, a period longer than their term of enlistment.\u00a0This record confirms statements found in Elizabeth\u2019s Widow\u2019s Pension that Conrad did not return for a long time after serving his 18 months, and\u00a0that\u00a0he helped guard prisoners at\u00a0the\u00a0Frederick\u00a0(Hessian)\u00a0Barracks\u00a0in\u00a0Maryland.<\/p>\n\n\n\nChristian Ruse<\/strong> (Roose, Rus<\/em>) (1746-1821) \u2013 Christian Ruse was born in Germany, location unknown, in 1746. In 1765, he was naturalized in Frederick MD. He first appears in the Loudoun County Tithable lists in 1769. In 1774, he was married to his second wife, Catharina Lembach, by the Lutheran minister who served both Frederick and the German Settlement in Loudoun County. Christian \u201cRoose\u201d paid the Supply Tax in Loudoun County in 1782 and 1783. After farming the land for many years, he was finally able to purchase it in 1803; this land stayed in the Ruse family through the 19th century, up until 1905. It is now the site of the Lovettsville Community Park. The Lutheran Church burial register lists: \u201cOld Christian Russ\u201d among burials from the 1821-22 period.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGeorge S<\/strong>chaffer<\/strong> (Johann Georg Wilhelm Schaeffer<\/em>) (1724-1810) — Johann Georg Schaeffer was reportedly born in 1724 in Ilsfeld, W\u00fcrttemberg, Germany, and married his wife Maria Magdalena (?) around 1748. The family may have lived in Berks County after they emigrated to Pennsylvania. There are indications that they were in Loudoun County by 1765 where a son was born. The DAR record for George Shaffer lists his Patriotic Service as \u201cfurnished beef 280 lbs at 4 shellings.\u201d3<\/sup>Payment for goods and services is also recorded in the official records of Loudoun County, which cite in an entry for 9 April 1782: \u201cGeorge Shaffer for 280 (ditto: Beef at 4 [illegible]).\u201d He also paid the Supply Tax in 1783. The church burial register for 1810 lists him as \u201cOld Georg Sch\u00e4ffer,\u201d age almost 86 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\nJohn Smith<\/strong>\u00a0(Johannes Schmidt<\/em>) (1756-1793) —\u00a0Johannes Schmidt was born approximately 20 December 1756, whether in Germany or Pennsylvania is not known.\u00a0There was a marriage in Germantown, Philadelphia\u00a0PA\u00a0of\u00a0a\u00a0Johannes Schmidt and Susanna Altemus, which may\u00a0refer\u00a0ti\u00a0the\u00a0Johannes and Susanna Schmidt\u00a0who\u00a0came to Loudoun County. \u00a0Loudoun County tax\u00a0records show a John Smith living in the German Settlement, paying the Supply Tax in\u00a01782 and 1783.\u00a0A\u00a0crudely-carved\u00a0headstone was found among loose markers in the rear of the\u00a0New Jerusalem\u00a0cemetery, which reads: \u201cH.L.\u00a0[Hier\u00a0<\/em>Liegt<\/em>\/Here Lies], John Schmit, October\u00a021\u00a01793.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\nJacob Schmidt<\/strong>\u00a0(Smith)\u00a0(1743-1805) —\u00a0Jacob Schmidt was born\u00a0in\u00a01743\u00a0in Alsace.\u00a0\u00a0He first appears in Loudoun County records in\u00a01783 and\u00a01784. It is unknown where he lived before that time, although it is likely to have been Pennsylvania or western Maryland.\u00a0He paid the Supply Tax in\u00a01783, and\u00a0is\u00a0listed on a 1784 Communicant list at the Lutheran Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\nJohn Michael Swank<\/strong> (Johannes Schwenk<\/em>) (1729?-1804) \u2013Johannes Schwenck\u2019s birthdate is estimated at 1729 to 1732; his place of birth was Miesbach, Bavaria, in Germany. In 1758, John married Eva Catharina “Anna” Huber (or Hubner) at New Goshenhoppen Reformed Church, Upper Hanover, Montgomery County PA. “John” Schwenck first appeared on the Loudoun County Tithables list in 1760, and is also found in 1761, 1765, 1768, 1769, and through the 1770s. He apparently occupied property by the mid-1760s, probably on an informal lease from George William Fairfax. In 1803, Ferdinando Fairfax, a nephew to George William Fairfax, executed a quit-claim deed, transferring the title to 121 acres of land to John Swank, most likely the land he had been farming for 40 or so years. John paid the supply tax in Loudoun County in 1782 and 1783, listed as \u201cJohn Swink.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\nJacob Slater<\/strong> (Johannes Jacob Schloetzer<\/em>) (1729-1815) — Johannes Jacob Schloetzer was born in Germany, specific location unknown, in 1729. He and his father, Johannes Jacob Schloetzer Sr., arrived at Philadelphia in 1754, on the ship John and Elizabeth,<\/em> with passengers from Hesse-Hanau, W\u00fcrttemberg, and the Palatinate. Upon arrival, both father and son took the Oath of Allegiance. Jacob Jr. married Susanna Habicht Spring in 1756, at the Augustus Lutheran Church of Trappe, Montgomery County PA. She was the widow of Casper Spring, who was killed by Indians in 1755 at Bethel, Berks County PA during the French-Indian War. She had four children from her first marriage, two of whom came with them in 1763-66 to Loudoun County: these were Andreas Spring and Frederick Spring. During the Revolutionary War, Jacob Slater provided beef to the Army. Slater obtained a \u201clease for lives\u201d in 1789 from Henry A. Bennet of Great Britain, an agent for the Earl of Tankerville. The lease was for 111 acres, in the area between Lovettsville and Taylorstown, along Slater Lane. The lease indicated that Jacob Slater already occupied the land. He was later able to purchase the land, which remained in the family until 1949.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAndreas Spring<\/strong> (1750-1825) — Johann Andreas Spring was the son of Johann Casper (1724\u20131755) and Anna Susanna (Habicht) Spring (1729-1764), who had been married at Schwabisch Hall, Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, Germany, in 1751. Shortly after being married, they emigrated to America, arriving in Philadelphia the same year. Their son Andreas was born in 1752. As mentioned above, Casper was killed during the French-Indian War. Andreas\u2019s mother remarried, to Jacob Slater, and they moved to Loudoun County in the early 1760s. In Loudoun, Andreas married Anna Maria Steinbrenner. He paid the Supply Tax in 1783 in Loudoun County. After the War, Andreas Spring was one of 25 signers of the 1786 constitution for the New Jerusalem Lutheran Church. <\/sup>He is also listed on the communicant rolls in 1784 (the first year in which records were kept).<\/p>\n\n\n\nJohn Statler<\/strong> (1759-1856) — Johann Statler was born on or about 14 November 1759 in Pennsylvania, the son of Abraham and Elizabeth Statler. He married Priscilla Vincel. He came to Loudoun County at some point, and paid the Supply Tax in 1782. The 1850 Federal Census lists him as \u201cJno. Stratler,\u201d 91, a farmer born in Pennsylvania. An obituary published on 7 July 1856 in the Alexandria <\/em>(Virginia) Gazette <\/em>reported: \u201cAnother Revolutionary Soldier <\/em>Gone.\u2013<\/em>Died at his late residence in <\/em>Loudoun county<\/em>, Va., on the 30th of June, John Statler, in the ninety-seventh year of his age. Mr. Statler served three tours of duty during the Revolutionary war, and was, perhaps, at the time of his decease, the only survivor in this county of the noble band who served their country in <\/em>\u2018<\/em>the time that tried men\u2019s souls<\/em>.\u2019\u201d(We have been unable so far to locate a military record for Statler, which could be in Pennsylvania or Maryland.)<\/p>\n\n\n\nJacob Steinbrenner<\/strong> (Stoneburner) (730-1797) — Johann Jacob Steinbrenner was born in 1730 in Lachweiler, Jagstkreis, Wurtemberg, Germany. He was a son of Johann Jacob and Maria Magdalena (Sommer) Steinbrenner. He arrived in Philadelphia on the ship St. Andrew in 1752 and took the Oath of Allegiance in Pennsylvania. Johann Jacob was married to Anna Eva Beck around 1757 in Pike Township, Berks County PA. Jacob and Anna Eva came to the German Settlement in Loudoun County around 1770. Johann Jacob first appeared on the Loudoun County Tithable list in 1771. During the Revolutionary War, he paid the supply tax in 1782 and 1783, being listed as \u201cJacob Stoneburner Sr.\u201d Jacob obtained a \u201clease for lives\u201d from the Earl of Tankerville in 1789. He likely had lived on and farmed the property for many years before the lease was formally executed. In 1794 he was able to purchase the land.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDRM MAJ <\/strong>John Stautzenberger<\/strong> (1762-1837) — Johannes Conrad Stautzenberger was born at York County PA in 1762, a son of Conrad Stautzenberger and Catherine Firestone. In 1777, at the age of 15 years, Stautzenberger enlisted for a period of three years as a drummer in Captain Nathaniel Irish\u2019s Artillery Artificers Company, a part of Colonel Procter\u2019s Regiment, and subordinate to Commissary General of Military Stores, Benjamin Fowler, who held the rank of Colonel of Artillery Artificers. In 1777, General Washington directed the Commissary General of Military Stores to establish operations at York, although this was eventually transferred to the vicinity of Carlisle PA. Stautzenberger rose to the rank of Drum Major \u2013 a highly-responsible position charged with relaying commands to the troops. In the summer 1780, the Department of the Commissary General of Military Stores directed Captain Nathaniel Irish and \u201chis hands\u201d (who were serving in the Regiment of Artillery Artificers at Carlisle) to establish a workshop at Wesham, near Richmond VA. The company \u201c\u2026began furnishing fixed ammunition, portfires, and tubes to two companies of Artillery.\u201d This may be the reason that in Stautzenberger\u2019s service record, \u201cPenna\u201d is crossed out and he appears with service in the Virginia Line. After the war, Stautzenberger lived in the German Settlement in Loudoun County, and he married Maria Margareta Ritschi (mis-transcribed as \u201cKitchen\u201d) in 1784. He first purchased land here in 1789, and eventually owned a number of properties in the Taylorstown-Hoysville area. <\/p>\n\n\n\nC<\/strong>PT Adam Vincel<\/strong>l<\/strong> (Wentsel, Wentzel, Vencil, Vintsel) (c.1751-1793) — Adam Vincell Jr., was likely born in Pennsylvania sometime before 1751. His father, Johann Adam Vincell (Sr.) appears on the Loudoun County Tithable list as early as 1759. In1761, Johann Adam Vincell, Sr. (Vinsall) executed a lease agreement for 100 acres of land near the present-day Town of Lovettsville with George William Fairfax. The lease was granted during the natural lives of Adam Sr., his wife Elizabeth, and his son Adam. (The land was adjacent to New Jerusalem church, and a portion of that land is occupied today by Lovettsville Union Cemetery.) In 1777, Adam Vincell was commissioned as a Captain in the Loudoun County Virginia militia. <\/sup> Captain Adam Vincel is mentioned in several Revolutionary War pension applications and files as a Loudoun County officer during 1780-1781. In 1782, the Loudoun County Court allowed a claim for 300 pounds of beef provided to the armed forces by Captain Adam Vintzel. And in 1783, \u201cCaptain Adam Vincell\u201d paid the Supply Tax for support of the armed forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\nConrad\u00a0<\/strong>Wertz<\/strong>\u00a0(Virts, Wirtz)\u00a0(1741-1821)\u00a0—\u00a0Conrad Wertz\u00a0was born in 1741 in Baden, Germany, the son of\u00a0Wilhelm\u00a0and Anna\u00a0Catharinia\u00a0Wurtz.\u00a0Conrad emigrated from Germany with his parents in 1753, arriving\u00a0on the ship\u00a0Neptune\u00a0<\/em>at the port of Philadelphia\u00a0the same year. He\u00a0married Maria Barbara Binns, probably in Pennsylvania, since their oldest son Peter was born in 1766 in Pennsylvania. \u00a0\u00a0Conrad first appeared on the Loudoun County tax lists in 1767, and his other\u00a0children, from 1767 on, were born in Loudoun County.\u00a0In 1782, Conrad presented a claim for having provided 300 pounds of beef supplied to the Army and\u00a0militia,\u00a0and\u00a0was allowed \u00a35 payment.\u00a0In 1782 and 1783, Conrad paid the Supply Tax.\u00a0In\u00a01787, Conrad\u00a0entered into a lease for 105 acres with George William Fairfax.\u00a0Later, in 1799, 1802, and again in 1821, Conrad purchased land in Loudoun County.\u00a0\u00a0<\/sup>In 1802, Conrad paid \u00a34 and 10 shillings to John Stoutsenberger toward the\u00a0construction\u00a0of the new stone church building for New Jerusalem Lutheran Church.\u00a0<\/sup>The New Jerusalem burial register lists the burial of \u201cOld Conrad Wertz\u201d on 1 January 1822, at 71 years of age.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPeter Phillip Wertz<\/strong>\u00a0(Virtzs\/Wurtz) (1738-1798) —\u00a0Peter Phillip Wurtz was born\u00a0in\u00a01738\u00a0at\u00a0Tauberbischhofsheim, Baden, Germany; he was a\u00a0son of Wilhelm\u00a0and Anna Catharina\u00a0Wurtz, \u00a0and\u00a0apparently an older brother to Conrad (see above).\u00a0The family left their home and sailed for the American Colonies when Phillip Peter was about 15 years old,\u00a0also\u00a0aboard the ship\u00a0Neptune,<\/em>\u00a0arriving\u00a0at the port of Philadelphia\u00a0in\u00a01753.\u00a0Many of their fellow townsmen\u00a0on board the\u00a0Neptune<\/em>\u00a0settled\u00a0at Lehigh PA.\u00a0Peter\u00a0was reportedly naturalized\u00a0in\u00a0New Jersey in 1755.\u00a0 He married Christina\u00a0Eberhart\u00a0at Frederick\u00a0MD\u00a0in\u00a01758. \u00a0In\u00a01782, apparently still in Frederick County\u00a0MD, he\u00a0provided\u00a0ten bushels of wheat\u00a0for the Continental Army.\u00a0\u00a0 Peter Wertz first appeared\u00a0in\u00a0Loudoun County in\u00a0the\u00a0Virginia\u00a0\u201ccensus\u201d of 1787, where he resided\u00a0on a\u00a0136 acre\u00a0tract of land near\u00a0present-day\u00a0Lovettsville.\u00a0Although Peter\u2019s\u00a0grave\u00a0has\u00a0a\u00a0U.S.\u00a0military marker saying that he served in the Continental Line, family researchers have found no documentation of\u00a0military service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Edward Spannaus Thirty-three Revolutionary War Patriots will be honored at a special ceremony at New Jerusalem Lutheran Cemetery in Lovettsville on November 2, during which a monument listing the names of all 33 Patriots will be…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6946,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,35,89],"tags":[120,282,283,96,83],"class_list":["post-6941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature-article","category-lovettsville-history","category-revolutionary-war","tag-american-revolution","tag-lovettsville-patriots","tag-lovettsville-veterans","tag-new-jerusalem-lutheran-church","tag-revolutionary-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6941"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6954,"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6941\/revisions\/6954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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