The Herrold Herald

Tag Drei--We finally meet our 6th Great-Grandfather,
Georg Christoph Horoldt and his second son (our 5th Great Grandfather), Georg Stophel Herrold

Georg Christoph
We continue west through low rolling hills to Stouchsburg, an ageing main street of a town that nobody west of here has heard of. The small 1800's houses on Main St. still have outhouses and barns in their backyards and the Lutheran Church hasn't had a minister in 7 years.

Now back in 1744, when Georg C. and his wife Maria Catherine moved here from Philadelphia, probably to land his brother owned, Stouchsburg was Western Frontier Indian country where raids were common and settlers were killed or kidnapped, even though fellow German Conrad Weiser and General John Forbes signed a treaty with the Shawnee to allow German settlers establish the Tulpehocken (land of turtles) Settlement here.

Conrad Weiser is an important person to our Herrold settlers. He was the same age as Georg C. and from a town in Germany close to Steinheim and an immigrant to this area. At 15 he was sent to live with Mohawks, learn the language and Iroquois customs and became a go between for Iroquois and British. We were told by the local historian that Weiser lived near Georg C, and grew grapes. We suppose since Georg C was a vintner they might have connection. We do know that Weiser ran wagons and pack trains through the wilderness and that Georg Stophel (Georg C's son) worked as a teamster.

Georg C. lived here 4 years, perhaps never owning land but working with what he knew-grapes or farming. He is buried next to our 6th great grandma Maria Skelkopf in Christ Lutheran Church Cemetary. Christ Lutheran Church, Stouchsburg, PA.