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George Muck

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  • Name George Muck 
    Born 5 Jun 1771  Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 22 Jun 1771  Clay Township Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1 Sep 1837  Harrison Co., Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Hottel/Gilmore Cemetary near Corydon, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I130  Mouchet-Roberts genealogy
    Last Modified 26 Jul 2011 

    Father George Mock,   b. Bef 1743, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Sophia Muller,   b. 6 May 1737, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1821, Frederick Co., virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 21 Apr 1761 
    Family ID F9880  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Gander,   b. 21 Sep 1777,   d. 14 Feb 1849, Harrison Co., Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 26 Aug 1802  Frederick Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Rebecca Margaret Muck,   b. 7 May 1803, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jun 1881, Harrison County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     2. Nancy Muck,   b. Abt 1805, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1836  (Age ~ 31 years)
     3. Jacob Muck,   b. Abt 1806, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Samuel Muck,   b. Abt 1808, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Mary Elizabeth Muck,   b. Abt 1810,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. John Muck,   b. Abt 1812,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Henry Muck
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2021 
    Family ID F2791  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • The following information is from Steve Coulter:

      GEORGE MOCK/MUCK, son of George Muck & Sophia Muller, born George Mock, 5
      June 1771 in Lancaster Co., PA; christened 22 June 1771 at Warwick
      Congregation near present-day Brickerville in Clay Twp.; died 1 Sept 1837 in
      Harrison Co., IN; buried with his wife in Hottel/Gilmore cemetery in
      Washington Twp., 4 miles southwest of Corydon, Indiana, near his daughter,
      Rebecca Keller. In the 20th century, the adjacent farmers did not maintain
      their fences, and allowed their cattle to graze in the cemetery. As a result,
      all the gravestones have been knocked over. George's was in many pieces when
      I found it 30 years ago. His surname was spelled Muck on his tombstone, as
      was his wife's. On 26 Aug 1802 in Frederick Co., VA, George Mock married
      Mary Gander, dau of Peter Gander & Barbara Weber; b. 21 Sept 1777; d. 14 Feb
      1849 in Harrison Co., IN. The marriage bond was signed by Mary's brother,
      Jacob Gander. When planning to marry in eighteenth and nineteenth century
      Virginia & North Carolina, the prospective groom took out a bond from the
      clerk of the court in the county where the bride had her usual residence as
      surety that there was no legal obstacle to the proposed marriage.
      George appears in the personal property tax lists of Frederick Co., VA in
      1799, 1801, and 1802. From 1803 through 1811, he is on the Montgomery Co., VA
      personal property tax lists. In the 1810 federal census of Montgomery Co.,
      VA, he is listed as George Muk. In 1811, George & Mary moved to Harrison
      Co., IN, where they owned 160 acres in section 8, twp. 4, range 3. On 8 June
      1818, George Mock purchased 50 acres in section 18, twp. 5, range 5, for $6;
      and 100 acres in section 7, twp., 5, range 5, for $7.
      In his will, dated the same day as his death, 1 Sept 1837, and proved 18 Sept
      1837, George Muck identifies his wife as Mary and their children as
      Elizabeth, John, Jacob, Samuel, Margaret wife of Henry Keller, and Nancy wife
      of Anthony Pitman. The administrator was his nephew, Peter Senseney, son of
      Mary's sister Nancy. All other records found for Henry Keller's wife call
      her Rebecca Muck; possibly her full name was Rebecca Margaret, and her father
      was used to calling her by her middle name. Both her marriage record and her
      tombstone, and the 1850 federal census call her Rebecca. On 24 Aug 1839, in
      Harrison Co., IN, Rebecca Keller sold her 1/6th share of her father's land in
      section 8, twp. 4, range 3, to her brother Samuel & his wife Mary. Children
      of George Muck & Mary Gander:
      1. Rebecca Muck b. 8 May 1803 in Virginia; d. 9 June 1881 in Harrison Co.,
      IN; m. 25 July 1821 in Harrison Co., IN to Henry Keller II, son of Henry
      Keller & Margaret Snapp (see Hottel, Keller, Snapp). Rebecca's husband Henry
      died 18 Oct 1837--48 days after her father, George Muck. Rebecca was
      carrying their last child at the time.
      In the 1850 Federal census, Rebecca, with $2,000 of real estate, was head of
      a household containing her six Keller children. (See Hottel & Keller pages
      for Rebecca's children.
      2. Nancy Muck, b. about 1805 in VA; d. about 1836; m. 22 May 1828 in Harrison
      Co., IN to Anthony Pitman, b. about 1802 in VA; at least 4 children: Mary,
      Samuel, Elisabeth, & Rebecca
      3. Jacob Muck b. about 1806 in VA; farmer; m. 1 July 1832 in Harrison Co., IN
      to Elizabeth Melton, dau of David O.Melton & Catherine Pfrimmer; at least 5
      children:Mary, Catharine, Nancy, David, Sarah A.
      4. Samuel Muck b. about 1808 in VA; farmer; m. Mary ________; at least 2
      children: Eliza J., George S.
      5. Mary Muck, b. c. 1810; possibly the daughter Elizabeth named in her
      father's will? Mary Elizabeth was a common name in the 1800s. 6. John Muck b. about 1812 in IN; farmer; m. 31 Dec 1835 in Harrison Co., IN
      to Ursula Fellme; at least 6 children: Rebecca, Julian, Ester, Elizabeth,
      George, & Sarah
      7. Henry Muck, not named in his father's will, so may have pre-deceased him;
      m. Jane McFadden