Rev. John Stanger founded Zion Lutheran Church in 1790. The Rev. John
Stanger was born in Kercheim, Germany on 10 June 1765, he attended the
University of Tubigen majoring in Theology and in Medicine. He arrived
in the spring of 1787 in Charleston, SC and moved with other Germans
to Rowan Co. NC to minister to the German Lutherans there.
In 1790 he received a call to organize a church among the German
Lutherans in Wythe Co. Virginia. From 1791 to 1794 the services were
held outside under a make shift pulpit between two trees until a log
church was built in 1794. The trees are still standing today, although
one of the trees acquired severe damage after hurricane Hugo in 1989.
Rev. Stanger served as the minister until 1824 when he was elected to
the Virginia House of Delegates for four terms. He married Anna
Magdalena Wampler on Christmas Day 1791 and had nine children. He died
Oct 14, 1848 and is buried at this church.
To this date there have been nine generations baptized at the church
and most of the residents of the cemetery can all find a branch of
their family tree that goes back to John Stanger.
Public Service
Trustee, Wythe Academy, 1792
Magistrate, Wythe County, 1798-1848
Commissioner of Revenue, Wythe County, 1815-1816
Sheriff, Wythe County 1822
Commissioner, Wythe County Schools, 1824-1848
Virginia House of Delegates, 1827-30,1832-37,1839-40
Performed over 500 rites of marriage, 1790-1827 Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wythe, VA
Stanger was born in Kercheim, Germany on 10 June 1765, he attended the
University of Tubigen majoring in Theology and in Medicine. He arrived
in the spring of 1787 in Charleston, SC and moved with other Germans
to Rowan Co. NC to minister to the German Lutherans there.
In 1790 he received a call to organize a church among the German
Lutherans in Wythe Co. Virginia. From 1791 to 1794 the services were
held outside under a make shift pulpit between two trees until a log
church was built in 1794. The trees are still standing today, although
one of the trees acquired severe damage after hurricane Hugo in 1989.
Rev. Stanger served as the minister until 1824 when he was elected to
the Virginia House of Delegates for four terms. He married Anna
Magdalena Wampler on Christmas Day 1791 and had nine children. He died
Oct 14, 1848 and is buried at this church.
To this date there have been nine generations baptized at the church
and most of the residents of the cemetery can all find a branch of
their family tree that goes back to John Stanger.
Public Service
Trustee, Wythe Academy, 1792
Magistrate, Wythe County, 1798-1848
Commissioner of Revenue, Wythe County, 1815-1816
Sheriff, Wythe County 1822
Commissioner, Wythe County Schools, 1824-1848
Virginia House of Delegates, 1827-30,1832-37,1839-40
Performed over 500 rites of marriage, 1790-1827 Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wythe, VA
Rev. John Stanger founded Zion Lutheran Church in 1790. The Rev. John
Stanger was born in Kercheim, Germany on 10 June 1765, he attended the
University of Tubigen majoring in Theology and in Medicine. He arrived
in the spring of 1787 in Charleston, SC and moved with other Germans
to Rowan Co. NC to minister to the German Lutherans there.
In 1790 he received a call to organize a church among the German
Lutherans in Wythe Co. Virginia. From 1791 to 1794 the services were
held outside under a make shift pulpit between two trees until a log
church was built in 1794. The trees are still standing today, although
one of the trees acquired severe damage after hurricane Hugo in 1989.
Rev. Stanger served as the minister until 1824 when he was elected to
the Virginia House of Delegates for four terms. He married Anna
Magdalena Wampler on Christmas Day 1791 and had nine children. He died
Oct 14, 1848 and is buried at this church.
To this date there have been nine generations baptized at the church
and most of the residents of the cemetery can all find a branch of
their family tree that goes back to John Stanger.
Public Service
Trustee, Wythe Academy, 1792
Magistrate, Wythe County, 1798-1848
Commissioner of Revenue, Wythe County, 1815-1816
Sheriff, Wythe County 1822
Commissioner, Wythe County Schools, 1824-1848
Virginia House of Delegates, 1827-30,1832-37,1839-40
Performed over 500 rites of marriage, 1790-1827 Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wythe, VA
Stanger was born in Kercheim, Germany on 10 June 1765, he attended the
University of Tubigen majoring in Theology and in Medicine. He arrived
in the spring of 1787 in Charleston, SC and moved with other Germans
to Rowan Co. NC to minister to the German Lutherans there.
In 1790 he received a call to organize a church among the German
Lutherans in Wythe Co. Virginia. From 1791 to 1794 the services were
held outside under a make shift pulpit between two trees until a log
church was built in 1794. The trees are still standing today, although
one of the trees acquired severe damage after hurricane Hugo in 1989.
Rev. Stanger served as the minister until 1824 when he was elected to
the Virginia House of Delegates for four terms. He married Anna
Magdalena Wampler on Christmas Day 1791 and had nine children. He died
Oct 14, 1848 and is buried at this church.
To this date there have been nine generations baptized at the church
and most of the residents of the cemetery can all find a branch of
their family tree that goes back to John Stanger.
Public Service
Trustee, Wythe Academy, 1792
Magistrate, Wythe County, 1798-1848
Commissioner of Revenue, Wythe County, 1815-1816
Sheriff, Wythe County 1822
Commissioner, Wythe County Schools, 1824-1848
Virginia House of Delegates, 1827-30,1832-37,1839-40
Performed over 500 rites of marriage, 1790-1827 Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery, Wythe, VA
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