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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Birth: 1741 / Baden / Germany Death: 27 Dec 1821 Lovettsville / Loudoun / VA
Qualifying Service Description:
Provided 300lb. beef to Army
1782, 1783, he paid a supply tax in Loudoun County, Virginia
Additional References:
Loudoun County Rev War Papers, Rough Minute Book, 1782-1783, pg 95
Loudoun County Personal Property Tax List 1782B, Ip. 22; 1783A, pg 38
Spouse: Maria Barbara Binns Children: Peter; John; William; Mary Elisabeth; Anna Catharina; Heinrich; Adam; Barbara; Christina;
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Conrad Wertz (Virts, Wirtz) was born in 1741 in Baden, Germany, and died on 27 December 1821 in Lovettsville, Virginia. He was the son of Wilhelm Wurtz (1703-1782) and Anna Catharina (1706-1791).1
Conrad emigrated from Germany with his parents in 1753. They arrived on the ship Neptune at the port of Philadelphia on 23 September 1753.
Conrad married Maria Barbara Binns (1745-1821), probably in Pennsylvania, since their oldest son Peter was born in 1766 in Pennsylvania. The other children were born in Lovettsville, Loudoun County, Virginia.
Their nine known children were:
Peter was born in 1766.
John B. was born in 1767.
William was born in 1771.
Mary Elizabeth was born in 1774.
Anna Catharina was born in 1776.
Heinrich was born in 1779.
Adam was born in 1781.
Barbara was born in 1785.
Christina was born in 1786.
All but Heinrich were alive when Conrad made his Last Will and Testament in 1821.
Conrad first appeared on the Loudoun County tax lists in 1767. In 1772, Conrad’s father, William (Wilhelm), entered into a lead with George William Fairfax; they named William’s wife Catharina and his son Conrad.
On 9 April 1782, Conrad presented a claim for having provided 300 pounds of the beef supplied to the Army and militia and was allowed £5 payment.2
In 1782 and 1783, Conrad paid the Supply Tax.3
In 1787, Conrad entered into a lease for 105 acres with George William Fairfax. Conrad’s sons John, William, and Adams were named as parties to the agreement, which was to last for their natural lives. Later, in 1799, 1802, and again in 1821, Conrad purchased land in Loudoun County.4 On 13 June 1802, Conrad paid £4 and 10 shillings to John Stoutsenberger toward the building of the new stone church building for New Jerusalem Lutheran Church.5
Conrad died on 27 December 1821. The New Jerusalem Lutheran Church burial register lists the burial of “Old Conrad Wertz” on 1 January 1822, at 71 years of age.6
An inventory and appraisement of his estate were made after his death and filed with the court on 11 November 1822. His estate was valued at $2,539. His property included six enslaved people and appeared to be a family of a black man James, age 37, a black woman Jane, age 27, and four children, aged two through seven, all valued at a total of $980. In his Last Will and Testament, dated 7 June 1821, Conrad stated that “my Negroes is not to be sold unless they wish to be, but to be divided amongst my children.”7
Sources:
Family information is from the VirtsFamiies.com website, created and maintained by Gary Virts; “Conrad Wirtz” FamilySearch.org; Findagrave.com #42854472.
Loudoun County Revolutionary War Papers, Rough Minute Book 1782-83, page 95; Virtsfamilies.com.
Patricia B. Duncan, Loudoun County, Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists (Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books, 2004) 1782B, page 22, and 1783A, page 38.
Loudoun County Deed Book Q 87-91; Virtsfamilies.com.
New Jerusalem Lutheran Church Register, reported in Virtsfamilies.com.
New Jerusalem Lutheran Church Register 1784-1836, “Burials,” page 246. (Note: the age of 71 years may be an error in transcription since that would make Conrad too young to have been married and fathered a child born in 1766.)
Loudoun County Will Book O, pages 15 “Conrand Virts/Virtz, and pages 131-132, “Conrad Wertz.” Accessed through Ancestry.com.
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