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Subject: Re: Re: [PaOldC] Knauer - Part 2 of 3 Parts. If not interested, don't read 2&3
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 19:34:41 -0700

Knauer Part 2 of 3

Jonathan Knauer, son of John, born July 17, 1788, died June 2, 1848. Like
his father he followed milling and the manufacture of lumber all his active
years. He replaced the old log mills with stone structures which are still
standing, owned by Morris Knauer and in operation. He married a Miss Rice, who
long predeceased him, and to them were born five children: Jonathan, Joshua,
Hannah (married Evan Dampman), Rebecca and Maria (married Henderson Esseck).
Prior to the Revolutionary war and during that period the Knauers had much
to do with the settling up of this part of Chester county and operated the
Warwick Furnaces, manufacturing cannon and similar supplies for the Continental
army. John Knauer (son of Christopher) owned and operated ironworks at
Knauertown and manufactured the first round iron in the United States. The
British, learning of these furnaces, determined to destroy them, but the troops
sent out on that mission were repulsed after proceeding as far as Fountain Inn,
now a part of Phoenixville, near Valley Forge. Many of the supplies at the
furnaces were hurriedly buried in plowed fields, and lost for the time being,
and some of the old cannon and ordinances of war have been found within the last
generation. One of the plowed-up cannon, which had been spiked and had to he
set off with a fuse, was used to celebrate the Fourth of July and battalion
days. At one of the battalion day meets at Knauertown the muzzle burst off and
a fatal accident was barely escaped, one of the pieces coming down through the
roof of a porch that was crowded with people. This old Continental cannon was
later stolen, first from the Republicans and then from the Democrats, to "shoot
out" of the country any Republican or Democrat moving out. As there were no
wheels under it Mr. Knauer's teams and log wagon were used to haul it from place
to place. Eventually, to avoid strife and conflict between the two parties, it
was taken and sunk in Mr. Knauer's upper mill dam, in eighteen feet of water.
But someone "squealed," and again the opposite party obtained Mr. Knauer's log
chains and hoists from his mill, and with boats and a raft to complete the
equipment raised it one night and laid it away along the race bank in the woods
until it was again used to "bang" another party out of the country. It was once
more captured by the other party one night and taken up on the hill near the
falls of French creek, where it was dropped, muzzle down, into an old abandoned
well, which was filled up with rock and stone. There it still remains, but
there are few living today that know of its existence.




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From: <>
Date: 2005/07/12 Tue PM 07:31:34 PDT
To: "Jeff & Pat Carpenter Stano" <>, <>
Subject: Re: Re: [PaOldC] Knauer - Part 1 of 3 Parts. If not interested, don't read 2&3


http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/northumberland/bios2/f225247.txt

Found at website above! Broken into 3 parts for those listers who don't have the time or interest in this part of Chester County History! Tom Simmers in California


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Source: Floyd's Northumberland County Genealogy Pages 225 thru 247

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From: "Jeff & Pat Carpenter Stano" <>
Date: 2005/07/12 Tue AM 10:45:37 PDT
To: <>
Subject: Re: Re: [PaOldC] Knauer

Tom,
I realize that I have my work cut out for me. I have to verify everything
to make sure it is the correct line. Be optimistic. I need all the help I
can get. That's what I'll be doing this afternoon. Perhaps your added info
will solve a few more problems.

I see, too, that there are several Daniel's. The marriage to the son would
be interesting to search. I wonder if, in order for the son to inherit the
property, he had to marry his mother? Hmmmm.

Again, thanks. This will keep me busy for quite some time.

Pat


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