Selected passages from a paper by H. L. Price, May
1934.
The history of the Montgomery branch of this family begins
with Michael Kinser, Sr., who bought land in 1754. The
Montgomery family tradition has it that he had three brothers. One
settled in Pennsylvania, one in New Jersey and one in Rhode Island.
His land fell to Michael Kinser, Jr.,(2641) who is thought to be the
only Kinser to leave descendents in this Virginia County."
Michael
Kinser, Jr. was born in 1762 and died in 1826. He served in the
Revolutionary War at a very young age and was wounded in the
hand." (he was a water boy). See Kinzer Family Records Mrs. Paul
Linkous (f) Information here given has been obtained from abstract
of Augusta records; L. P. Preston's ANNALS OF S. W. VA; old St.
Peters Lutheran Church records, and interviews and correspondence
with various members of the Kinzer family. H. L. Price May 1934.
I must assume that there has been a house on this property since
post 1754. I was told by the current owner during my visit that the
house was 1780s. The house was "added to" from the rear some
years later, called the kitchen addition. Evidence of two other
kitchens have been found. The kitchen addition is a very large story
and a half tee. Could that have been built in 1802? Could the
assumed original house have been added on to in 1802 and the tee
built later? History and genealogy produces more questions.
PAPER OF GEORGE KODITEK, JR., HISTORIC PRESERVATION 1 , 14 MAR 1981
VTech
"...prominent 18th Century, four room brick house....built for
Michael Kinser(2641) in the late 1700s.....in the year 1754 George
Michael Kinser bought two hundred acres...on Tom's Creek.
.Mr. French Pack...has obtained a large amount of family documents,
heirlooms, and other data that cannot be duplicated."
(foot note) Kinzer family records, Mr. and Mrs. French Pack,
Blacksburg, Va.
Don't get me wrong the dates are no big deal to me. The real deal is
standing there touching the bricks in the chill of a Southwest
Virginia morning and listening to the breeze.
Johnnie K., Lynchburg Va.
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Highlighted entries below are linked to the family
tree.
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Event |
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Jacob Kinzer |
| 1782 |
Montgomery Co. Paid taxes. |
| 1782 |
Montgomery Co. Commissioner's certificate: Jacob
Kinsor assignee of William King, 400 acres on Tate's Run, part of
454 acres surveyed for Kinsor 1774, settled 1770. |
| 1782 |
(12 Sep) Montgomery Co. Land records: Michael Wampler,
assignee of John Montgomery, 100 acres on Reed Creek joining Henry
Grub and Jacob Kinser. |
| 1774 |
14 December; also, Commissioner's certificate of
preemption, 100 acres on Tates Run adjoining his settlement, 54
acres of which were surveyed for Jacob Kinser, being part of 454
acres surveyed 14 December 1774. |
| 1783 |
(5 Mar) Montgomery Co. Land records: Michael Wampler,
assignee of James Clark, by attorney Walter Crockett, 100 acres on
Tate's Run, branch of Reed Creek joining lands of John Wolf, Stophell
Kettering and Jacob Kinser. 1783 (12 Mar) Montgomery Co. Land
records: 352 acres on Tate's Run south branch of Reed Creek, waters
of New River. |
| 1783 |
(5 Mar) Montgomery Co. Land records: Jacob Kinser,
assignee of William King, Commissioner's certificate, 400 acres on
Tate's Run, part of 454 acres surveyed to Jacob Kinser |
| 1787 |
Tax Census of Virginia, Montgomery Co. No white males
16-20, 5 Horses, 8 cows. |
| 1789 |
(Dec) Montgomery Co. Sold to William King 100 acres,
waters of New River. |
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George Kinzer |
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Probable parent: Jacob Kinzer Probable Siblings:
Walter, Michael, Peter, Jacob Jr. |
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Married: Catherine Wampler, 28 Sep 1786, dau. of
George Wampler |
| 1775 |
In the list of Revolutionary soldiers of Virginia. Was
paid at Romney (W.Va.) in 1775. These were militia late getting
paid. Practically all joined Revolutionary Army. Member of 4th, 8th,
and 12th Virginia regiments of the Continental Line. The 8th was at
King's Mountain. |
| 1782 |
Montgomery Co. (Wythe was formed ca. 1787 from
Montgomery) Paid taxes. |
| 1782 |
Montgomery Co. Commissioner's certificate: George
Kinser assignee of Michael Walter assignee of Frederick Raper
assignee of John Houndshell, 160 acres on South Fork Reed Creek to
include survey for Walters 1775, settled 1772. |
| 1783 |
(20 Jan) Montgomery Co. Land records: George Kinser,
assignee of Walter Crockett, attorney for James Clark, treasury
warrant, 200 acres on both sides of South Fork of Reed Creek
adjoining Barney M. Smith (Messersmith) and Jonas Attborn's (?) land
(withdrawn). |
| 1783 |
(20 Jan) Montgomery Co. Land records: George Kinser,
assignee of Walter Crockett, attorney for James Clark, treasury
warrant, 100 acres joining Davis Doak, Henry Newman and Adam Walker
on both sides of Reed Creek (10 acres withdrawn; 50 acres withdrawn
also); 100 acres on above warrant on south side of dividing ridge
between Cripple Creek and Tate's Run, branch of Reed Creek joining
Peter Younch (Yonce) and to begin on waters of Cripple Creek; also
100 acres on said warrant on North Fork of Reed Creek under Walkers
Mountain (withdrawn). |
| 1783 |
(20 Jan) Montgomery Co. Land records: George Kinser,
assignee of Walter Crockett, attorney for James Clark, treasury
warrant, 100 acres on head of Reed Creek under Walkers and Brushy
Mountain, assigned to Jacob Spangler (withdrawn). |
| 1783 |
(20 Jan) Montgomery Co. Land records: John King,
assignee of George Kinser, assignee of Walter Crockett, attorney for
James Clark, treasury warrant, 100 acres on branch of South Fork of
Reed Creek on dividing ridge between South Fork of Reed Creek and
Cripple Creek on north side of said ridge. |
| 1783 |
(20 Jan) Montgomery Co. Land records: Frederick Moore,
assignee of George Kinser, assignee of Walter Crockett, attorney for
James Clark, 100 acres on South Fork of Reed Creek adjoining Adam
Bough's survey and Ratliff's Marsh. |
| 1783 |
20 Jan) Montgomery Co. Land records: John Davis,
assignee of George Kinser, assignee of Walter Crockett, attorney for
James Clark, treasury warrant, 30 acres between Stophell Cymerman
and Wiley on branch of Reed Creek. |
| 1783 |
(20 Jan) Montgomery Co. Land records: George Kinser,
assignee of Walter Crockett, attorney for James Clark, treasury
warrant, 55 acres between Nicholas Darter and Mr. Dickson on south
side of Brushy Mountain on branch of Stony Fork of Reed Creek. |
| 1783 |
(20 Jan) Montgomery Co. Land records: Frederick Moore,
assignee of George Kinser, assignee of Walter Crockett, attorney for
James Clark, 20 acres on Tate's Run between Peter Yancey (Yonce) and
Brown's survey. |
| 1783 |
(20 Jan) Montgomery Co. Land records: George Kinser,
100 acres in Rich Valley on branch of head of Holston, adjoining
Widow Althers. |
| 1783 |
(20 Jan) Montgomery Co. Land records: John Houndshill,
Senr., assignee of James Clark, by Walter Crockett his attorney, 150
acres on South Fork of Reed Creek joining Henry Lambert, George
Kinser, and Richd.(?) Hanks(?). |
| 1783 |
(11 Mar) Montgomery Co. Land records: 197 acres south
fork of Reed Creek branch of New River. |
| 1783 |
(13 Mar) Montgomery Co. Land records: 47 acres on
south side of dividing ridge between Cripple Creek and Tate's Run
branch of Reed Creek branch of New River. |
| 1783 |
(26 Apr) Montgomery Co. Land records: 80 acres on Reed
Creek opposite Blue Spring. |
| 1783 |
(1 May) Montgomery Co. Land records: 55 acres Stoney
Fork branch of Reed Creek on the south side of Brushy Mountain. |
| 1786 |
(24 Aug) Montgomery Co. Ensign in Captain Doak's
company of county militia. |
| 1786 |
(28 Sep) Montgomery Co. m. Catherine Wampler, dau. of
George Wampler, Sam Irvine surety, Richard Whitt minister. Recorded
8 Oct 1786. |
| 1787 |
Tax Census of Virginia, Montgomery Co. No white males
16-20, 3 Horses, 5 cows. |
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Michael Kinzer |
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Born: ca. 1758, Pennsylvania Probable Parent: Jacob
Kinser Probable Siblings: Walter, George, Peter, Jacob Jr. Married:
Elizabeth (19 Jun 1765-), 4 Sep 1783 (1784?) Known Children:
Elizabeth, Hetty Died: Nov 1823, Wythe County, Virginia |
| 1780 |
(11 Sep) Captain Joseph Scott of the Virginia Colonial
Militia signed a Size Roll in Chesterfield Co. which listed Michael
Kinsor, age 22, 5'4 1/2", planter, born Pennsylvania, dark
brown hair, black eyes, fair complexion, residence Montgomery Co.,
enlisted this date. |
| 1782 |
Montgomery Co. Commissioner's certificate: William
Ewing assignee of Richard Ward, 480 acres on Sugar Branch, the
waters of Cripple Creek, to include improvements of the survey made
for Michael Kinser 1775, settled 1771. |
| 1782 |
(23 Sep) Montgomery Co. Commissioner's certificate:
William Ewing, assignee of Richard Ward, 208 acres on Sugar Run,
branch of Cripple Creek to include survey made for Michael Kinser 14
Mar 1775. |
| 1785 |
(20 Oct) 1st Va. Regiment Pensioner's List, private.
(probably age 27) |
| 1786 |
(29 Mar) Granted certificate for a pension. Wounded at
Guilford Courthouse (?), private. "Ordered that Michael Kinser,
a pensioner have a certificate that he is an object of charity and
ought to receive the same as heretofore given" (Orders of
Montgomery Co. Court). |
| 1786 |
(25 Apr) Montgomery Co. Court. Granted certificate for
pension. |
| 1786 |
(24 May) Montgomery Co. Court. "Michael Kinser, a
pensioner came into Court and proved by the oath of Samuel Sadler
that he was wounded at Camden and that he belonged to Capt. Besitlys
(Bentlys ?) Company of the Regiment and that the wounds he received
was in the service of the United States it also appears to the
satisfaction of the Court that said Kinser is so disabled and remote
from the seat of Government as to render his personal attendance
there too burdensome. Whereon Thomas Huff Surgeon is ordered to
examine his wounds and certify the same to the Governor"
(Orders of Court). |
| 1786 |
(28 Nov) Montgomery Co. Court. Proved that he was
wounded at Couilben (Camden) and that he belonged to Capt. Bestley's
company. |
| 1787 |
(28 Apr) Montgomery Co. Court. Certified that Michael
Kinser, age 27, late private in the 1st Virginia Regiment pay was 40
shillings a month was disabled by wounds which occasioned the loss
of all fingers of the right hand except forefinger. He was allowed
12 pounds yearly by 1 January 1786. Signed Edmund Randolph, April
28, 1787. |
| 1787 |
(30 Nov) 1st Va. Regiment Pensioner's List, private,
age 27 (probably 29). |
| 1788 |
(4 Apr) Montgomery Co. Court. Produced pension
certificate. |
| 1789 |
(1 Dec) Montgomery Co. Court. Ordered that the Sheriff
pay Michael Kinzer his pension allowed by law. |
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