"Publication sponsored by the Hostetter Family Reunion."
Includes indexes.
Contents
Descendants of Jacob and Anna Hostetter of Engleside, Lancaster Cty., Pa. / by Richard L. Hostetter -- Descendants of Oswald and Maria Hostetter of Warwick Twp., Lancaster Cty., Pa. / by David J. Bachman.
Family files are created for Lancaster County families. They may contain correspondence about a family, short genealogies and charts, photocopies of inventories and accounts, letters, etc.
iv, 317 p. : ill., maps, music, plans, ports. 29 cm.
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Includes index.
Abraham Wohlegemuth was born in Germany in 1714 and immigrated to Pennsylvania. He married Elizabeth Miller. They lived in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and named their homestead Chestnut Bottom. Their children included Henry, Christian, Abraham, Mary, Barbara and Salome.Descendants also lived in Colorado, Iowa, Arizona and Delaware.
Contents
Appendix : Passenger list for Ship Harle--1785 Inventory of Abraham Wohlgemute, deceased--Reproductions of last will and testaments--Land patents for Hickory Level and Chestnut Bottom--window blind family tree.
Includes bibliographical references (page 248) and index.
Summary
Ludwig Bottner (ca.1722-1801) immigrated from Germany to Amelia Town- ship, Orangeburg County, South Carolina during or before 1755 (he possibly immigrated to Pennsylvania and moved by 1755 to South Caro- lina), and later moved to land in Fairfield County, South Carolina. Descendants and relatives lived in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and elsewhere. Includes chapter entitled "Black Boatners," particularly those living in South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana.
