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Pioneer Settlers in Early Washington
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  • ID: I812
  • Name: Johannes SCHERAUS
  • Given Name: Johannes
  • Surname: Scheraus 1 2
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1706 in Ulm, Salzberg, Germany 2
  • Death: in Ebenezer, Effingham County, Georgia 1 2
  • Burial: Jerusalem Church Cemetery, Effingham County, Georgia 1 2 3
  • Immigration: 1741 Effingham County, Georgia
  • Note: Johannes and his family arrived at the port of Savannah, Georgia, on Dec. 2, 1741, as part of the 4th Salzberg Transport aboard the ship, Loyal Judith, John Lemon, Captain. 2
  • Event: Land 1750 Effingham County, Georgia
  • Note: Johannes was granted land in 1750 and in 1755 was listed in the Cattle Brand Book in the Black Creek District. 4
  • Event: Background
  • Note:
    See the Web page posted by Robert Sherouse of Waldorf, Maryland, for more information on the family in Germany.

    URL: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/h/e/Robert-S-Sherouse/GENE5-0001.html?Welcome=1043569270.
  • _UID: C2BC9A3D5BF7412DB57FA5C7709B48050DB1
  • Change Date: 18 Jan 2005 at 02:10



    Father: Johannes SCHERAUS b: Abt 1686 in Ulm, Salzberg, Germany

    Marriage 1 Maria Helena GOTT b: 1697 in Ulm, Salzberg, Germany
    • Married: 1733 in Germany
    • Change Date: 23 Aug 2004
    Children
    1. Has Children Johannes SCHERAUS b: 1735 in Bermeringen, Ulm, Germany

    Marriage 2 Anna Maria Magdelena EPPINGER b: in Bermeringen, Ulm, Germany
    • Married: 9 Jan 1770 in Bethany, Effingham, County, Georgia 5
    • Change Date: 26 Aug 2000
    Children
    1. Has No Children Maria Margaretha SCHERAUS b: 25 Sep 1772 in Ebenezer, Effingham County, Georgia
    2. Has No Children Anna Maria SCHERAUS b: 18 Jan 1774 in Ebenezer, Effingham County, Georgia
    3. Has No Children Hanna SCHERAUS b: 5 Feb 1775 in Ebenezer, Effingham County, Georgia
    4. Has No Children Magdelena SCHERAUS b: 1777 in Ebenezer, Effingham County, Georgia
    5. Has No Children Dorothea SCHERAUS b: 11 May 1779 in Ebenezer, Effingham County, Georgia
    6. Has No Children Catharina SCHERAUS b: 9 Sep 1780 in Bethany, Effingham, County, Georgia

    Sources:
    1. Media: Church Records
      Title: Ebenezer Record Book 1754-1781: Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials of Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, of Effingham, Georgia, More Commonly Known as Ebenezer Church
      Author: Jones, George F., and Exley, Sheryl, Translators/Editors
      Publication: [primary source] Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1991
      Page: p 124
    2. Media: Ships Passenger Records
      Title: The Germans of Colonial Georgia 1733-1783
      Author: Jones, George F., Editor
      Publication: [primary source] Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1986
      Page: p 99
    3. Media: Family History File
      Title: "Scheraus Family Genealogy," Gay & Spaulding Families & Allied Lines [Online]
      Author: Peterson, Susan Gay, Compiler
      Publication: [secondary source] Seattle, WA: Susan's Project Version 65, 1997
    4. Media: Ships Passenger Records
      Title: The Salzberger Saga
      Author: Jones, George F., Editor
      Publication: [primary source] Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1983
    5. Media: Church Records
      Title: Ebenezer Record Book 1754-1781: Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials of Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, of Effingham, Georgia, More Commonly Known as Ebenezer Church
      Author: Jones, George F., and Exley, Sheryl, Translators/Editors
      Publication: [primary source] Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1991
      Page: p 96
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