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- 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
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