Person:Henry Holtzapfel (1)

Smoke Ferree CD - November 2004

Henry Holtzapfel was born in Smoketown (Plainfield), Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, a son of John Adam and Margaret (Graber) Holtzapfel. He married, February 14, 1798, at Christ German Reformed Church, York, Pennsylvania, Susanna LeFevre, born March 1, 1778, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Jacob and Susanna (probably Peterman) LeFevre. The newly weds lived in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania at least until the birth of their first child, Catharine, born November 5, 1798, they then were in York County, Pennsylvania until after the birth of their second child, Isaac, born September 9, 1800.

Henry and Susanna took their family to Greenbrier County, Virginia, now a part of West Virginia, there the remaining six children were born. Henry Holtzapfel was in the 1st. Virginia Militia, in the War of 1812, and while on a scouting trip to Deliverance (near Chilichoate), Ohio, he and another scout were captured by the Indians and burned at the stake. He was a Private in the Militia at the time of his death. His widow, Susanna, was pregnant with their last child, Samuel, who was born on January 16, 1813, his father having died on January 13, 1813.

Henry Holtzapfel's Venue of Household goods states that he was a cooper (Barrel maker), and the inventory of goods for sale indicates that he was that and, as most men of that time, a farmer as well.

Henry's widow, Susanna (LeFevre) Holtzapfel, a young woman of 36 years, took her 8 children, in 1815 back to her home in York County, Pennsylvania, her father who was remarried deeded a tract of land in Somerset County, Pennsylvania to Susanna. Jacob LeFevre was a well-to-do merchant in the town of York, and he had traded an overcoat for the land to one Mr. Campbell, a fur trader who was heading North for the winter.

This tract of land is located in Paint Township, and it was here that the Widow Holsopple (as the name was now being spelled) lived in a small cabin and reared her young family. Years later, her son Charles Holsopple, named the town of Hollsopple in his mother's honor.

Written with Love and Pride by a Great-great granddaughter of Henry & Susanna (LeFevre) Holtzapfel, through their son Adam & Salome (Lape) Holsopple. . . .

Donna N. (Holsopple) Mowery-Bumbarger May, 1995

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Michael Smoke - mikesmoke@@comcast.net. Smoke Ferree CD - November 2004. (about November 2004).

   Date of Import: Dec 9, 2004

2. ↑ Michael Smoke - mikesmoke@@comcast.net. Smoke Ferree CD - November 2004. (about November 2004).

   1002 NE 198th Street, Shoreline, Washington, USA, 98155, Mikesmoke@@Comcast.Net, 206-362-0504

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Michael Smoke - mikesmoke@@comcast.net. Smoke Ferree CD - November 2004. (about November 2004).

   Date of Import: Dec 10, 2004

4. ↑ Brøderbund Family Archive.

   Brøderbund WFT Vol. 3, Ed. 1, Tree #2823, Date of Import: May 23, 1997

5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Broderbund. WFT - World Family Tree.

   Brøderbund WFT Vol. 3, Ed. 1, Tree #2823, Date of Import: May 23, 1997

6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Estimated date.
7. ↑ Notes. (See Notes Section for this information).
8.   Charles Heisterkamp, III, M.D..

   1949 Pine Drive, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, 17601-5529, kamp3genealogy@netscape.net