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KERSH/CARSH FAMILY

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From HUGH
Ginnihugh@aol.com
MATHIAS KERSH ca 1732/1808 Rockingham Co., Va

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. 3.
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
page 76
Page 223.--16th February, 1763. John Bingaman presented his settlement of John Bingaman's estate: Paid Patton's executors
my father's bond with interest to 10th December, 1762; paid Mathias Carsh (Kersh); paid Wm. Leppard, Nicholas Keys,
Conrad Bloss, Henry and Christian Bingaman.

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 239.--17th August, 1769. Settlement recorded of estate of Stephen Conrad (Geo. Conrod, executor)--Paid, viz: Jacob
Bear, John Fudge, Jno. Michl. Stophelmire, Mathias Kersh, Michl. Summy, Jno. Seller, Valentine Mitcher, Paul Lingal, Mauks
Swadley, Jacob Archinbright, Peter Smith, Saml. Maggot, Michl. Shirley, Jacob Shell, Christian Pikle, Jacob Peters, Conrad
Peterfish, George Fullingar, Geo. Mallo.

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 123
Page 493.--21st March, 1772. Phillip Harles' will--Executors, Mathias Kersh and Augustine Price; to wife, Margaret; to son,
Martin Harless, tract on Sinking Creek called Clover Bottom, in Botetourt County; to son, Immanuel, infant, 600 acres where
testator lives; to son, Philip, 113 acres in Botetourt; to son, David, 300 acres in Botetourt on Tom's Creek; to son, Henry,
cash; to daughter, Margaret; to daughter, Mary. Teste: Archd. Huston, Samuel Bell, Margaret Bell. Proved, 19th May, 1772,
by Huston and Bell (Saml.). Augustine Price qualifies with Charles Rush, Henry Price, Danl. Price. [p.123]

CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800
DEED BOOK NO. 16.
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
page 493
Page 149.--9th September, 1769. Mathew Harrison, of Augusta, Alexander White and Elizabeth, of Frederick, to Mathias
Kersh (Kerse), £62.10, near Peaked Mountain, part of 2,000 acres patented to Robert Green, 20th August, 1740, 290 acres.
Delivered: Mr. Kerse, May, 1776.

CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800
DELINQUENTS.
ADMINISTRATORS' BONDS.
page 422
Daniel Smith's Supernumeraries for 1773: Michael Kales, Steeven Coonrod, Mathias Kersh, Henry Null, Jonathan Evans,
Richard Ragan, Frederick Kaler, Mathias Rhodes, John Thomas, Valentine Castle, Stephen Hancberger, Robert Hook, Jacob
Lingle, John Striclas, Sam'l Erwin, Joseph Sawins, Thomas Powell, Mathias Monse, John Black, Frederick Up.

Contact: John A. Wright <ronight@juno.com>

ID: I404
Name: Mathias KERSH
Sex: M
Note: Note: Mathias and Anna Margaret were sponsors for a child baptized in1756, according to records from the Peak Mountain Church,Rockingham County, Virginia. It is believed he came to theUnited States from Leifsig, Germany, and settled in RockinghamCounty, Va.
Change Date: 25 AUG 1999

Marriage 1 Anna Margaret

Children

1. George KERSH
2. John Jacob KERSH
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ID: I400
Name: George KERSH
Sex: M
Note: Note: sponsors for child baptized in 1789, Peak Mountain Church,Rockingham County, Va.
Change Date: 25 AUG 1999

Father: Mathias KERSH
Mother: Anna Margaret

Marriage 1 Margaret LINGEL

Children

   1. Jacob L. Kersh KERSH b: 3 JUN 1793
   2. Mary Ann KERSH
   3. Mathias KERSH
   4. Unknown daughter KERSH
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Contact: Michael Wright <wright73@execpc.com>

ID: I41487647
Name: George KERSH
Given Name: George
Surname: Kersh
Sex: M
Birth: 1756 in Rockingham County, Virginia
Change Date: 24 Jul 2000

Father: Mathias KERSH
Mother: Anna Margaret UNKNOWN

Marriage 1 Margaret LINGEL

Children

   1. Jacob L. KERSH b: 3 Jun 1793
   2. Mary Ann KERSH
   3. Mathias KERSH

Michael Wright <wright73@execpc.com>

ID: I41487649
Name: Mathias KERSH
Given Name: Mathias
Surname: Kersh
Sex: M
Change Date: 24 Jul 2000
Note: immigrate from Germany and settled in Rockingham County,Virginia

Marriage 1 Anna Margaret UNKNOWN

Children

1. George KERSH b: 1756 in Rockingham County, Virginia
2. John Jacob KERSH
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1800 = no census?
TAX records =
COURT minutes =

CENSUS SCHEDULE

1810 AUGUSTA CO, VA =
GEORGE CASH, PAGE 327 = 11101-10001-00
RANDOLPH CASH, PAGE 272 = 00010-01000-05
SAMUEL CASH, PAGE 259= 10010-00211-03
NO KERSH
JACOB KURTZ, PAGE 402 = 01110-30010-02

1810 ROCKINGHAM CO, VA
(ERROR? on this cd or ???msh)=IS this AUG? check census from web site below
GEORGE CASH, PAGE 327, NO TWN, = 11101-10001-00
RANDOLPH CASH, PAGE 272 = 00010-01000-05
SAMUEL CASH, PAGE 259 = 10010-00211-03
NO KERCH, ETC
NO SELLERS/ZELLERS= WHERE ARE WE??

1810 ROCKINGHAM CO, VA from web site =
0 to 10, 10 to 16, 16 to 26, 26 to 45, 45
NO CASH
KERSH 141B
SELLARS 135A-136B-139A-139B-141B-142B-143B
HENRY SELLARS, PAGE 141 =11001-1120101=male over 45
next
LAYTON YANCY
JACOB BRITT
WM MICHAEL
JOHN AKER
JACOB ARGABRIGHT
PETER AND CHRISTIAN ROYER
GEO AMANTRAUT
JACOB KERCH, PAGE 141 = 00001-00010-00 =male over 45=bef 1765, female 26/45 = 1765/1784
next
MATTHIAS KERCH, PAGE 141= 00010-00110-1=male 26/45, female 16/26 and 26/45
next
CHRISTIAN AND JOHN HAINES?
JACOB LINGLE
JAMES JULSER

ELIZABETH KERSH, PAGE 141 = ? didn't see on original census pages??

JACOB SEILER , PAGE 36 = 01110-00000-01

1820 AUGUSTA CO, VA
GEORGE CASH, PAGE 8, NO TWN
JACOB CASH, PAGE 9
NO KERSCH
NO SELLERS, ETC

1820 ROCKINGHAM CO, VA
ELIZABETH CASH, PAGE 128 , NO TWN
MATHIAS CASH, PAGE 128, NO TWN
NO KERCH, ETC
SELLERS, pages 162 thro 166 = abc list?

1830 ROCKINGHAM CO, VA
MATHIAS KERSH, PAGE 231, NO TWN
1830 LEX DIST , SC
ANN KERSH
1830 CHESTER CO, PA
GEO KERSH
1830 BARNS DIST SC
JACOB KERSH
1830 BEAUFORT DISCT, SC
REBECCA KERSCH, PAGE 331, PRINCE WM
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WHERES JACOB L. KERSH that died 1837?
did we check
1830 AUG CO, VA?

1840 ROCKINGHAM CO, VA
MATTHIAS KERSH, PAGE 53, NO TWN

1850
POST KERSH/CARSH/CASH FAMILIES =

sept 9, 2002
GuyKersh@aol.com
Your note to Fred Sellers has been forwarded to me as I am Fred's neighbor.
My GGF was from Luxembourg, Nicholas Kirch, came over around 1800. Name
spelling was changed to Kersh. Don't know if any of family came over before
that.
He and his brother, Johannes, was separated at arrival, never to be heard
from again.
Guy Kersh.

Interesting,
There is a Mathias Kersh in my family history.
We may have to check further.
Guy
GuyKersh@aol.com
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ADVISE findings,
marie, iowa

FROM MikeAmber [mikeamber@lvcm.com]
I can help out on this a little bit.

Elizabeth SELLERS was the daughter of Adam and Barbara (Teeter) Sellers and
the granddaughter of Heinrich and Anna Maria Zeller.
She was born March 15, 1776 in Rockingham County, near Elkton. She was
baptized at the Peaked Mountain Church on October 8, 1776. Her Uncle and
Aunt, Johannes and Elizabeth (Pirkey) Sellers, were the sponsors at her
baptism. She died April 27, 1862 and is buried at Brown Memorial United
Church of Christ in McGaheysville, VA.
She married her first husband, John Jacob CASH, May 1, 1796 in Rockingham
County. Kersh was probably his original name, however, he was listed as
"Jacob Cash" when they were married.
Elizabeth married a 2nd time to Matthias Snyder, and she carried the Snyder
name to her grave. Her gravestone reads "Elizabeth Snyder". I have a .jpg
file photo of the gravestone.
As to what happened to Jacob Cash/Kersh, I don't have a clue at this point.
I don't have a record of their children, if any, either.
Likewise, I have no record of any children between her and Matthias Snyder
nor do I have a marriage date for them.

Hopefully, what little info I have about Elizabeth and her immediate family
will help the search. Elizabeth's father, Adam Sellers, was my 5th Great
Grandfather so I've been researching that part of the Sellers family as
well. I just haven't gotten anything in-depth so far as to any offspring of
Elizabeth and Jacob Cash/Kersh nor of Elizabeth and Matthias Snyder.

Michael Sellers

Mon 9/9/2002 2:58 PM
FROM
Michael Sellers
Sellers.Michael [msellers@acresgaming.com]

Don't know if this helps or not but perhaps the info will have some value.

4 Kersh are buried at St. Michael's Church Cemetery, located on Route 837 in Rockingham County, which is now called St. Michael's United Church of Christ.

Jacob L. Kersh - born June 3, 1793; died January 20, 1837

Susanna Kersh, wife of Jacob L. Kersh - born October 6, 1796; died ? (the gravestone has sunk enough into the ground as to cover the death date).

Amanda K., wife of John Smith, daughter of Jacob and Susan Kersh. Born December 3, 1826; died April 27, 1869.

Adam Kersh - born November 16, 1828; died March 22, 1905.

I have no idea if they are any relation to Jacob and Elizabeth (Sellers) Kersh but its certainly possible.

Additionally, the following information comes from the Library of Virginia, Virginia Land Office Patents & Grants records concerning "KERSH":

August 3, 1771 - Land Grants
Mathias Kersh - 180 acres between Peaked Mountain and Shenandoah River.

October 9, 1805 - Land Grants
Jacob Kersh - 6 acres adjoining his own land and Moungers land in Rockingham County.

October 9, 1805 - Land Grants
Jacob Kersh - 2 3/4 acres adjoining Mungers land in Rappahannock County (Extinct). This land was probably in then-Rappahannock County before the boundaries changed and it became Rockingham County land.

October 9, 1805 - Land Grants
Jacob Kersh - 11 acres adjoining land of Mathias Kersh and Haines land in Rockingham County.

June 27, 1829 - Land Grants
Jacob Kersh - 1 acre 2r. 4po. his portion of the land surveyed for himself and Jacob Pletcher, etc. in Augusta County

July 30, 1841 - Land Grants
Mathias Kersh, JR. - 1 acres 36p. near Quails Run in Rockingham County.

It appears to me that the Jacob Kersh listed in the 1805 Land Grants is the son of Mathias Kersh and husband of Elizabeth Sellers.
The Jacob Kersh listed in the 1829 Land Grant is probably Jacob L. Kersh, possible son of Jacob Kersh and grandson of Mathias Kersh.
And, the Mathias Kersh, JR listed in the 1841 Land Grant is the son of Mathias Kersh, SR and brother to Jacob Kersh, husband of Elizabeth Sellers.

Hope the info helps ...

Michael Sellers

-----Original Message-----
From: marie sellers hollinger [mailto:mari@netins.net]
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 07:36 PM
To: SELLERS-L@rootsweb.com
Subject: [SELLERS] RE: Sellers/Kersh

HUGH, thanks.
so you connect to Johan George KERSH, born when/where =
married when/where=
and died when/where =
ANY child that went where?

AND he is a Brother of our JOHN JACOB KERSH that married ELIZ SELLERS in
1796?
and died bef 1823 when she maried MATHIAS SNYDER.

SO, the 1820 census would show her kids?

I only see =
1820 AUGUSTA CO, VA
GEORGE CASH, PAGE 8, NO TWN
JACOB CASH, PAGE 9
NO KERSCH
NO SELLERS, ETC

1820 ROCKINGHAM CO, VA
abc list = no neighors
ELIZABETH CASH, PAGE 128 , NO TWN =
0000001001-----------------=
MATHIAS CASH, PAGE 128, NO TWN
000001002001001=
NO KERCH, ETC
SELLERS, pages 162 thro 166 = abc list?

1830 ROCKINGHAM CO, VA
MATHIAS KERSH, PAGE 231, NO TWN
HENRY SELACE, PAGE 263
JOHN SELLANS, PAGE 263
PETER SELLARS, PAGE 263
EMANUEL SELLARE, PAGE 263
DANIEL SELLARS, PAGE 262
JOHN SELLARS, PAGE 262

DO you have the 1850 census on them?

I'll try and get the info on 1820 and post and IF they have kids maybe can
check the marriages and sort out from your family?

IF you have extracted this info = would sure nice of you to send and share.
I will try the 1820 tonite.

1810 ROCKINGHAM CO, VA
GEORGE CASH, PAGE 327, NO TWN, = 11101-10001-00
RANDOLPH CASH, PAGE 272 = 00010-01000-05
SAMUEL CASH, PAGE 259 = 10010-00211-03
NO KERCH, ETC
NO SELLERS/ZELLERS= WHERE ARE WE??
JACOB SEILER , PAGE 36 = 01110-00000-01
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DO YOU Know where YOUR family is in 1810/20?
THANKS for sharing,
marie, iowa

-----Original Message-----
From: Ginnihugh@aol.com [mailto:Ginnihugh@aol.com]
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 5:03 PM
To: mari@netins.net
Subject: Sellers/Kersh

Thanks for passing along the information. I don't subscribe to the
Sellers mail list, so I would have missed it. Thank Michael for me too.

The marriage date of 1/4/1796 that I have for Elizabeth Sellers and John
Jacob Kersh came from a now deceased uncle, but he showed his source as
Rockingham County Marriage Records, Book A, p. 657. He also had a marriage
date of 2/2/1823 for Elizabeth and Mathias Snyder from the same records, but
didn't give a book or page number.

I would guess that John Jacob is probably buried at the old Cash (Kersh)
Cemetery at the edge of Shenandoah Valley Airport in Augusta County. His
father, Mathias, and brother, Johan George, are also supposed to be buried
there. There are no headstones, just a tangle of trees surrounded by an
iron fence, but it lies within the airport property. Johan George is my
gggg grandfather.

I have been trying to track down descendants from this Kersh line, but
there are not too many , because many Kershes did not marry. If you ever
come across any descendants from this couple, please let me know.
Hugh

SEPT 10, 2002
I checked the census reports today. The 1810 census of Jacob Kersh shows 00001-00010. This appears to be Jacob and Elizabeth with no children. The 1820 census of Elizabeth Cash shows 000000-10001. This appears to be Elizabeth and a daughter under age 10. I don't see any other male Cash/Kersh in the census reports which I can't account for.

Johan George mentions in his will that he inherited land from his brother, Jacob, indicating Jacob may not have had any sons to inherit his land. I have not seen a copy of Jacob's will.

So it looks like Jacob and and Elizabeth may have had one daughter and no sons. Thanks for all your help.

Hugh

SEPT 11, 2002
FROM MICHAEL
MikeAmber [mikeamber@lvcm.com]

Here's an interesting ironic twist to the Kersh and Sellers searches ....
As we've been discussing,
Elizabeth Sellers, daughter of Adam Sellers,
married Jacob Kersh, son of Matthias Kersh, on May 1, 1796.
This was Elizabeth's first marriage.
Her 2nd marriage was in 1823 to Matthias Snyder.
And now for the ironic twist.
According to the Peaked Mountain Church
records, the sponsor of John Mathias Snyder's baptism on January 26, 1793
was .... Mathias Kersh.
I found this to be really interesting....

Michael
MikeAmber
mikeamber@lvcm.com