Christian Stover

(b. Abt. 1750, d. Aft. 1816)

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Christian Stover was born Abt. 1750 in Alsace-Lorraine, Germany, and died Aft. 1816 in Union County, Indiana. He married Susan Lymebok(Lymeboh,Lymbaugh) on Abt. 1773 in Pennesylvania.

Notes for Christian Stover: Indications are that Christian Stover, Sr. immigrated from Alsace-Lorraine and settled in Pennsylvania. He was listed on the 1790 census in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He may have married in Pennsylvania. He came to America with a brother, Joseph, and possibly another named John. By the late 1790's he was in Elizabethton, East Tennessee. No records on Christian after 1811. In the 1790 census, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Christian had 5 sons and 2 daughters.

Christian Stover, Joseph Stover, and John Stover came to Pennsylvania Colony before the Revolutionary War. They were Swiss-German. They Settled in the western county of Lancaster (which encompassed all of Western Pennsylvania at that time) near what is Harrisonburg today. They were all granted land in Dauphin and Lebanon Counties(formed from Lancaster). Joseph later moved Rockingham, Virginia: John went to South Carolina after the war, then on to Carter County, Tennessee: Christian was in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania in 1790. In the 1791 census of the Territory south of the Ohio River, Washington County(or what was known as the Wautaga Settlement of what is now eastern Tennessee and Carter County), Christian owned land along the Doe River and property in Elizabethton, Tennessee. He served as magistrate. It is believed he moved with his son, Samuel to Indiana Territory in about 1811. Christian with many other Swiss-German settlers were seeking iron deposits, for bell making, as they were skilled bell makers

More About Christian Stover and Susan Lymebok(Lymeboh,Lymbaugh): Marriage: Abt. 1773, Pennesylvania.

Children of Christian Stover and Susan Lymebok(Lymeboh,Lymbaugh) are:

• Christian Stover, b. Abt. 1774, Pennsylvania, d. date unknown.
• Daniel Stover, b. 10 Apr 1775, Pennsylvania, d. date unknown.
• Mary Stover, b. Abt. 1779, d. date unknown. +Samuel Stover, b. 17 Dec 1782, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, d. 23 Sep 1850, Crawfordsville, Montgomery, Indiana.
• Joseph Stover, b. Abt. 1783, Pennsylvania, d. date unknown.
• Elizabeth Stover, b. Abt. 1785, d. date unknown.
• Alydia (Lydia) Stover, b. 21 Oct 1786, Huntingdon, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, d. 09 Dec 1823, Crawfordville, Montgomery County, Indiana.
• Simon Stover, b. 1789, d. date unknown.
• Sarah Stover, b. Abt. 1791, Carter County, Tennesse, d. date unknown.
• Jacob Stover, b. 1793, Carter County, Tennesse, d. date unknown.

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This Christian is probably NOT the son of Peter Stover and his wife Frainey Funk who settled in Strasburg, Virginia. Their son Christian Stover married a wife Elizabeth and died in Shenandoah County, Virginia in 1817-1818 (see below):

Shenandoah Co., Virginia Will Abstracts 1772-1850 (p217) Will book (Letter missing) Wills and accounts (1809-1863) page 52 CHRISTIAN STOVER, town of Strasburg, Shenandoah County, son of Peter, Wife: Elizabeth - the tract of land I purchased of Samuel Funk and the tract I purchased of Jacob Funk, also the house and lot whereon I now live. Mentions: Daniel Spengler (son of Anthony Spengler) - the plantation in Frederick County, Va. Mentions: two slaves, Sally and Caty. Mentions: Elizabeth Utz wife of John Utz - the house and lot I purchased of Jacob Funk (son of Joseph Funk). Mentions: Catharine Spengler, wife of Anthony Spengler. Mentions:brothers and sisters. Exors: Joseph Spengler and Philip Williams Wit: William M Bayly, Adam Keister and Joseph Stover Dated:21 Oct. 1817

CODICIL to Will of CHRISTIAN STOVER - Mentions: give wife Elizabeth, 5 acre lot which I purchased of Isaac Funk, exor. of Christian Stover, dec'd. Mentions:Wife's father, Peter Smith, dec'd. Wit: Will M. Bayly, Samuel Gardner and David Yost Dated: 9 May 1818 Proved: 25 May 1818

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Shenandoah Co., Virginia Will Abstracts 1772-1850
(p217) Will book (Letter missing) Wills and accounts (1809-1863) page 52 CHRISTIAN STOVER, town of Strasburg, Shenandoah County, son of Peter, Wife: Elizabeth - the tract of land I purchased of Samuel Funk and the tract I purchased of Jacob Funk, also the house and lot whereon I now live. Mentions: Daniel Spengler (son of Anthony Spengler) - the plantation in Frederick County, Va. Mentions: two slaves, Sally and Caty. Mentions: Elizabeth Utz wife of John Utz - the house and lot I purchased of Jacob Funk (son of Joseph Funk). Mentions: Catharine Spengler, wife of Anthony Spengler. Mentions:brothers and sisters. Exors: Joseph Spengler and Philip Williams Wit: William M Bayly, Adam Keister and Joseph Stover Dated:21 Oct. 1817

CODICIL to Will of CHRISTIAN STOVER - Mentions: give wife Elizabeth, 5 acre lot which I purchased of Isaac Funk, exor. of Christian Stover, dec'd. Mentions:Wife's father, Peter Smith, dec'd. Wit: Will M. Bayly, Samuel Gardner and David Yost Dated: 9 May 1818 Proved: 25 May 1818