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State of Service: NC
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Find-a-Grave inscription "Ancestor of the Sowers (Sauers) Family--came from Palatine Germany in 1749 to Penn-- in 1753 to N.C. Settled nearby and attended Pilgrim Church. (Helped Valentine Leonard establish the Pilgrim Church, then known as Leonhardt's Church.) Donated land for Beulah Church. This marker erected by his descendents Sept. 17, 1967."
In addition, the Beulah United Church of Christ Cemetery in Welcome, NC also has a memorial stone (and a bronze plaque) (see Find-a-Grave #15669834) honoring Phillip Sauer (Sower) because he donated the land in 1788 for their church and its cemetery
Memorial headstones were installed at both cemeteries by his descendants in 1967
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Author: Frederick Douglas Learned
Johannes Sauer was born in 1735 in Germany. We can only presume that he and other immigrants lived briefly in Pennsylvania before migrating down the Great Wagon Road to Rowan County, North Carolina, with fellow German-speaking parishioners of the future Pilgrim Church. Based on the birth of his first child, Anna Catharina, whose birth occurred on 27 April 1757, as noted in Pilgrim Church records, we can presume he and Christina Foust/Faust were married about 1756.
Pilgrim Church uses 1757 as the date of its founding, based on the year of birth of the first child of Philip Sowers. The names of Pfilipp and Christina Sauer's 14 children, originally written in German in the Pilgrim Church records, are preserved in the North Carolina State Archives in Raleigh. They were not translated into English until 200 years later, in 1959; they are as follows:
Anna Catharina was born on 27 Apr 1757
Elisabetha was born on 13 Oct 1758
Johannes 'John' was born on 20 Mar 1760
Susanna was born on 27 Nov 1761
Joh[annes] Pfilipp was born on 25 July 1763
David was born on 4 Feb 1765
Joh[annes] Peeder was born on 25 Apr 1767
Vallentine was born on 10 Dec 1768
Anna Christina was born on 13 Dec 1770
Johannes Michael was born on 30 Aug 1772
Maria Juliana was born on 30 Nov 1774
Jacop was born on 14 Nov 1776
Joh[annas] Jorge [George] was born on 10 Sept 1779
Anna Maria was born on 20 May 1781
He took the Oath of Allegiance in Rowan County during the American Revolution.
In his 1784 Last Will and Testament, Philip says he is very sick but of sound mind. He only names his beloved wife, Christina.
Sources:
Old Lutheran Church Records 1757-1848, Lexington, NC, compiled 1969 by Mrs. David G. Koch (Sauer, page 6);
1790 Rowan County, NC Census, page 316
1810 Rowan County, NH Census, page 322
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