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Notes for George Coover and Elizabeth Mohler

1741 George Kober, son of Dietrich Kober, was born 27 January 1741 and was baptized 22 February 1741 at a Lutheran church in Conewago, Pennsylvania. John Egidius Hoffman and wife were sponsors. [1]

"Hon. George Coover, was married October 22, 1764, to Elizabeth Mohler, by Rev. Nicholas Hornell, of York, minister of the High German Lutheran Church, of which both were members. They lived on the plantation at Cedar Spring, and had five sons and four daughters: George, Jr., Henry, Elizabeth, Susannah, Catherine, Anne, Michael, Jacob and John." [2]

1764 George Kober and Elizabeth Mohler were married on October 22 at Christ Lutheran Church in York, York County, Pennsylvania. [3] [4]

1778 George Coover was taxed £6.6.8 for 43 acres, 2 horses and 3 cattle in Allen Twp, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Brother Gedion sic was taxed the same. [5]

1790 George Cover [Coover] lived in Eastern Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Gideon Cover was listed adjacent. [6]

1793 George Coover and George Coover Junr, both farmers, were listed on the septennial census for Allen Twp, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.[7]

Research Notes:

Various researchers have named either Ludwig Mohler [8] or Henry Mohler [9] as the father of Elizabeth Mohler. We seek evidence about which hypothesis, if either, is correct.

A biosketch of son John Coover reports [10]:

John Coover (deceased) as one of the early settlers deserves more than a passing notice. Prominent in church, society and business, he and his descendants have always been people of note. He was one of the founders of Mechanicsburg, and was descended from the German family named "Kobar"-—afterward changed to Coover—who immigrated to this country as early as 1700. Soon after this date his grandfather, Gideon Coover, bought a large tract of land, being of the "Manor on Conodoguinet," situated b the Cedar Spring, south of Shiremanstown, Cumberland Co., Penn. One of his sons, Hon. George Coover, was married October 22, 1764, to Elizabeth Mohler, by Rev. Nicholas Hornell, of York, minister of the High German Lutheran Church, of which both were members. They lived on the plantation at Cedar Spring, and had five sons and four daughters: George, Jr., Henry, Elizabeth. Susannah, Catherine, Anne, Michael, Jacob and John.


Footnotes:

[1] John Casper Stoever, Rev. F. J. F. Schantz, trans., Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever. Baptismal and Marriage 1730-1799, 19, [InternetArchive], [RootsWeb], [Stoever_Biosketch].

[2] Samuel P. Bates, P. A. Durant, and J. Fraise Richard, History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania [Cumberland] (Warner, Beers:1886), 407, [GoogleBooks].

[3] Henry James Young, translation, Vital records of Christ Lutheran Church of York, Pennsylvania (Viewable only at FamilySearch libraries), Vol 5, page 517, item 10497, film 8188976, image 24, [FamilySearchImage].

[4] Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940, [FamilySearchRecord].

[5] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 20 (Cumberland Taxables) (1897), 13, [GoogleBooks], [InternetArchive].

[6] United States Federal Census, 1790, middle column, line 17, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[7] Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863, 1793, Allen Twp, Cumberland County, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[8] Janet and Robert Wolfe, Genealogy Page for Ludwig Mohler, married to Barbara, [JRWolfeGenealogy].

[9] Janet and Robert Wolfe, Genealogy Page for Henry Mohler, born about 1700, [JRWolfeGenealogy].

[10] Samuel P. Bates, P. A. Durant, and J. Fraise Richard, History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania [Cumberland] (Warner, Beers:1886), 407, [GoogleBooks].