Notes for John George Knauss

!Knauss Genealogy; Lukas Knauss (1633-1713) of Düdelsheim Germany and His American Descendants; by Wilbur Lewis King (compiler); Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; 1930; p. 21: John George Knauss ... was born in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pa. He settled on Cedar Creek at the junction of Salisbury and Whitehall Townships, Lehigh Co., Pa., a short distance west of where the Little Cedar Creek flows into the larger stream. Here he obtained a tract of land located in Whitehall Township consisting of 267 acres and 150 perches and the usual allowances from the Honorable Thomas Penn and Richard Penn by patent dated 17 Jan. 1760. The land had previously been warranted in 1738 to Joseph Bishop. In 1764, George Knauss is mentioned in the assessment list of Whitehall Township as the owner of 300 acres of deeded land and in 1768 one hundred acres of this land was under cultivation. At an early date he also erected a grist mill on the tract. He was a member of the Jordan Reformed Church, died in Jan. 1778 and is buried in the old Allentown Cemetery where his gravestone is marked with his name but no dates.

!DAR Patriot Index - National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution; Gateway Press, Baltimore, Maryland; 2003; vol. 2, p. 1565: George Knauss, born ante 1727 Pennsylvania, died post 1782 Pennsylvania, m. (1) Maria Charlotte ___, Quartermaster, Court Martial man, Pennsylvania

!Lineage Book - National Society Daughters of the American Revolution; National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, District of Columbia; vol. 78 (1910), p. 119-120: George Knouse (1727-82) was quartermaster under Lieut.-Col. Stephen Balliet, Capt. Adam Serfoss, 1st battalion, Northampton County, Pennsylvania militia, 1781-82. He died in Whitehall, Pa

!History of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania - by Charles Rhoads Roberts, John Baer Stroudt, Thomas H. Krick, William J. Dietrich; Lehigh Valley Publishing Co., Allentown, Pennsylvania; 1914; vol. 2, p. 697-698: John George Knauss, the ancestor of this branch of the family, settled on Cedar creek, at the junction of Salisbury and Whitehall townships, a short distance west of where the Little Cedar creek flows into the larger stream. The land which he secured had been warranted in 1738 to Joseph Bishop. In 1764, George Knauss is mentioned in the assessment list of Whitehall township as the owner of 300 acres of deeded land and in 1768, 100 acres of this was cultivated. On this tract he erected a grist-mill at an early date. He was a member of the Jordan Reformed church and a prominent man in the township. He died in 1778 and is buried in the old Allentown cemetery, where his grave is marked with his name but no dates. His wife, Maria Charlotta Knauss, was born Nov. 19, 1728, and died Jan. 22, 1804. They had seven children: George Frederick, Charlotta Barbara, Philip, Christiana, Susanna, Margaret, and Elizabeth.
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