Person:Adam Kurtz (4)

Records in Virginia

• 1775: Prisoners at Quebec: Adam Kurtz, [listed among many others] [Source: List of Prisoners at Quebec furnished from their official records and loaned by Benjamin Belchic, President of the Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society].

• 1775: Revolutionary War, Morgan's Company; Adam Kurtz, Private, 11th Company, Age 22, Winchester, Prisoner; Frederick Kurtz, Private, 11th Company, No Age listed, Winchester, Returned. [Source: Voices from a Wilderness Expedition: The Journals and Men of Benedict Arnold to Quebec in 1775, by Stephen Darley, pg. 245].

• July 1775 - A PARTIAL LIST OF CAPT. DANIEL MORGAN'S RIFLE COMPANY OF WINCHESTER, FREDERICK COUNTY, VA, JULY 1775: Privates: Kurtz, Frederick, Kurtz, Adam [Buried at Winchester]. [Note: others omitted]. [Source: Gleanings of Virginia History, Boogher, Fletcher, W., pg. 171.

• 1778 - Deed 7 May 1773, recorded 7 May 1778 in Frederick County, Virginia, Deed Book No. 17. pg. 464. Thomas Rutherford, Esq., of Berkeley County, and Drusilla Rutherford, his wife to Adam Kurtz of Winchester, for 100 pounds, Lt No. 12. Source: Adam Kurtz House Historic American Buildings Survey

• 1801 - Deed July 1801, recorded 3 Sept 1801 in Winchester, Virginia, Deed Book No. 1, p.232 James Smith and Hannah Smith, his wife, of Frederick County to Adam Kurtz of Winchester For 44 pounds, the southern 52'-6" of lot No.11 on the east side of Braddock Street and adjoining lot No.12 on the north. The part of lot No.11 to the north of the part conveyed by this deed had belonged to Jesse Pugh before James Smith bought it. (Note: Kurtz now had a lot that was 157'-8" in north-south direction and 188'-6" in east-west direction. Source: Adam Kurtz House Historic American Buildings Survey

• 1803 - Frederick and Adam Kurtz witnessed the will of Gottfried Miller, dated 6 July 1803. [Note: Godfrey Miller was the brother-in-law of Frederick and Adam Kurtz, he married Frederick and Adam's sister Anna Marie Kurtz.

• 1818 - Deed 22 Aug. 1813, recorded 22 Aug. 1818 in Winchester, Virginia, Deed Book No. 1, p.55 William Jones and Susanna Jones, his wife (nee Kurtz), one of the children of Adam Kurtz, deceased to Isaac Kurtz, Abraham Kurtz, Catharine Kurtz, Elizabeth Kurtz and Julian (sic) Kurtz (later in the document spelled Julia Ann For $188.33 their claim to a certain house and lot in which Adam Kurtz formerly lived, which by his will of 6 May 1814 he devised to his wife Mary during her life and, on her death, to his children, to be equally divided. Source: Adam Kurtz House Historic American Buildings Survey

• 1818 - Deed 2? Aug. 1818, recorded 3 Sept. 1818 in Winchester,Virginia, Deed Book No. 4, p. 5 Jacob Kurtz and Mary Kurtz, his wife; John Haas and Sarah Haas, his wife, nee Kurtz; Henry Linn and Rebecca Linn, his wife, nee Kurtz; George Bostian and Maria Bostian, his wife, nee Kurtz; heirs and devisees of Adam Kurtz, late of Winchester to Isaac Kurtz, Abraham Kurtz, Catherine Kurtz, Elizabeth Kurtz, and Julia Ann Kurtz, of Winchester. For $1,200, Lot 12 and the part of Lot 11 purchased in 1801. The house is mentioned in the deed. Source: Adam Kurtz House Historic American Buildings Survey

• 1828 - Deed 15 June 1828, recorded 1 Jan. 1829 in Winchester, Virginia, Deed Book No. 6, p. 253. Adam Kurtz and Elizabeth Kurtz, his wife; Isaac Kurtz, Peter Kurtz, Catherine Kurtz, and Julian Kurtz, heirs and children of Adam Kurtz, deceased, to Solomon Dodds of Winchester. The north 50 feet of the 52'-6"wide parcel of land that Adam Kurtz purchased in 1801. (Note: As a result of this deed, the Kurtz land is now 107'-8" in the north-south direction, and the 188*-6" east-west dimension remains unchanged.) Source: Adam Kurtz House Historic American Buildings Survey

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

   https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/111479264/person/400087387744/facts

2.   Barton, Lewis N.; Virginia) Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society (Winchester; William Greenway Russell; and Garland Redd Quarles. What I know about Winchester: recollections of William Greenway Russell, 1800-1891. (Staunton, Virginia: McClure Pub. Co., c1953)
   pg. 72-73.

   On part of the same lot (on Court House Avenue) stood a small one-story building, used as a shoe shop by Mr. Adam Kurtz, son of Frederick Kurtz, which was replaced by John Von Reison, son-in-law of Mr. Linn. Next on the lot was an old-fashioned house occupied many years ago by Mr. Conrad Kremer, who carried on the business of Blue Dyeing, and also kept a tavern, and being convenient to both the Court House and the market, did a very good business. He was one of the town police for many years, and a man who was never afraid to do his duty in that capacity under any circumstances. He was a German and had deserted the standard of Great Britain during the Revolution and joined the American army. He was somewhat blunt in his manners, but was a kind man and had many friends. He raised a large family and many of his descendants are still among us. He was considered an efficient police officer, but would sometimes neglect his duties (though not often). On one occasion he was reminded of his dereliction in a new year's speech, by Mr. Samuel Davis, who compared some people to Major [sic] Kreemer [sic], by saying that the dirt in the streets was raked in heaps and there allowed to remain until the rain would wash it away again. Mr. Kreemer's [sic] house stood where now stands the office of Col. F. W. M. Holliday; it had one and a half stories. It was occupied at various times by Thos. Rust, Levi Grim and Wm. Haymaker. The building was about 30 feet long and 20 feet wide, built of logs and weather-boarded. The roof extended over the porch, which was planked up. At the west end of the porch a door led to the basement, going through the front door, and a narrow passage. At the back of the house was some ten or twelve steps leading down to a back building, perhaps the kitchen. The dining room was in the basement. There was a small house adjoining used many years ago as a bakery, by Mr. Mulligan, who was accidentally killed by his son, several years before the late war. From there to the corner the lot was kept for a wagon yard. The house on the former was erected a few years ago by Harrison Bowers, and is now the property of John Jacobs.

3.   Faust, Albert Bernhardt. The German element in the United States: with special reference to its political, moral, social and educational influence. (Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin, 1909)
   pg. 341.

   An interesting group of soldiers were the sharpshooters under General Morgan. Among them there were a large number of Germans gathered from the Valley of Virginia and from the frontier settlements of the Carolinas. The names of a number of German Virginians from Winchester and vicinity who were in Morgan's famous band of riflemen, and have come down to us: Johann Schultz, Jacob Sperry, Peter and Simon Lauck, Frederick Kurtz, Karl Grimm, Georg Heisler, and Adam Kurz. Six of these formed the so-called "Dutch Mess". They messed together during the entire war and survived all their severe campaigns. They acted as aides-de-camp, but never received or accepted officers' commissions. After the war they obtained lands near Winchester, Virginia, and their descendants live in that locality today.