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- Name Suffix: Senior
1790 census, pg 36, Longswamp, 1-1-2
1791 tax list, Longswamp, $2.6
1792 tax list, Longswamp, $4.7
1793 tax list, Longswamp, 90A, 2C, $7.0
1795 tax list, Longswamp, 1C, $.9
1800 census, pg 622, Longswamp, 31010-10010 (_a_ Geist??)
1810 census, pg 825, Upper Mahantongo, 00201-01101
1820 census, pg 095, Upper Mahantongo, 000101-00001 (2 Mfg) (by Philip Boyer)
1830 census
1840 census
sp -> 1789, Andreas Geist and Elisabetha [Dormeyer] (at Lehigh Church)
sp - 1789, Jacob Rothenberger and wf Anna Margaretha
sp - 1791, Andreas Geist and wf Elisabeth [Dormeyer]
at Zion New Bethel, Anna Margaretha, single communicant:
1790, 1791
sp -> 1810, Michael Lau [Long?] and Christina
sp -> 1811, Daniel Maurer [Jr] and Christina [Geist]
sp -> 1812, Jonathan Kramer and Esther
sp -> 1815, Lorence Derr and Catharina
George alone:
sp -> 1821, Jesiah Geist and Elisabeth (or George Jr?)
witness to John Diehl's will in Longswamp, 1788/93
at Longswamp Church, 1791, $1.0.0
deed 17:217, 1805/1838, Valentine Truckenmiller to George, Mahantongo Valley
deed 17:218, 1830/1838, George Sr to Iesaias (Assg)
deed 34:288, 1830/1850, George Sr to Isaias (Assg)
deed 40:751, 1830/1853, George to Jesaias (Agr)
deed 17:219, 1837/9, Sally/Salome Neidlinger to George ($36 for 4A, 89p by Anthony Yoder), land from Samuel Fettorlf
Note: Jacob Long of Longswamp, will of 1807, mentions Maria Juliana, decd w/o
George Geist leaving son Jacob
The Geist Relation, 200 years in America
George Geist was born in Frederick Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania,
now Montgomery County, on October 8th,1766. The way the records show this
youngest son was born after the death ofhis father. When he attained the
age of ten years his mother died and all through his life it was nothing but
sad occurrences for this young man. At the age of about twenty-two years
he went into the tannery business with his brother Valentine but it did not
work so well and while in this partnership with his brother he was married
and had one child, then becoming dissatisfied with the tannery partnership
he decided to leave Berks County and go to the wilds of Northumberland
County, where his brothers Andrew and Samuel had gone. The nearest date
we can set for his moving to this wilderness is 1796 and while he followed
the Tulpehocken Trail, he either missed the right direction or deliberately
switched away from this Trail. At the west end of Keffers on top of the
Broad Mountain the Tulpehocken Trail had a branch leading off to the right
and instead of him going straight he turned right bringing him down the
side of this Broad Mountain into the Hegins Valley which he crossed and
came to the Mahantongo Mountain. This he also crossed and came into the
Mahantongo Valley and crossing the the bigger part of this valley he finally
settled to the southwest of now the Howerter's Church. All these names and
places were unknown atthat time and all they knew was the Tulpehocken
Trail. Another sad occurrentce, that he missed the right trail and
had to cross the mountain ranges while the right trail which his brothers
followed pass through the gaps avoiding thecrossing of the mountain ranges.
etc. next wife's name was Ibrig [sic Ihrig]
etc.
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1765 - 1850 (84 years)