Better known as Peter. Arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Oct 26 1767 on ship Brittania with parents and three brothers. Birth and baptismal record says: "In dem DorfFloersbach, in dem gabied Hanau in Europe,". He was baptized by the Rev. Reitz of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Furschbach. Sponsers were Peter Kunckel and his wife. According to a family record he was confirmed in the Allengeter Kirche" (All Saints Church) in Berks County on April 15, 1776. In 1781 he served with his brother Carl in the Revolutionary War in Captain Jacob Ladich's Co; Colonel Ely's Battallion of the Berks County Militia. He served until the surrender at Yorktown in 1781. There is a second record naming Peter as a Private in Company 6, 1st Battalion, Northampton County Militia in 1785 under the command of Lt. Col. Michael Brobst. A bronze memorial has been erected on the site of his grave by the Steigerwalt descendents. Sometime after his marriage to Maria, they migrated over into Schuylkill County, settling at the present site of Andreas. Tradition says they erectd a temporary shelter under a spreading oak near the Lizard Creek until a log house could be built. On October 27, 1794, J. Peter Steigerwalt purchased 321 acres of land from the estate of Abel James for the sum of 65 pounds, the annual interest to be paid in like money on the 27th of November of each year.
He also purchased 59 acres from John Handwerk. Altogether there were four tracts: the 321 acres from the Abel James estate; another of 59 acres from the aforesaid John Handwerk, then 4 acres and 121 acres, a total of more than 500 acres. The 59 acres and 149 acres of the Abel James estate were later transferred to his second youngest son, Joseph, who built the present brick colonial type farm house near the site of the original log house, on the edge of what is now the village of Andreas, Pa. A second part of the tract was transferred to Solomon, third youngest son, who built a house on the east side of the tract. A third part of the tract was transferred to Joel, youngest of the eleven children of J. Peter Steigerwalt and his wife Maria Christina. Joel built a house and established a farm house on the west side of the original tract near Andreas. The remaining eight children received grants of money as their part of the inheritance. Served as a trustee of Ben Salem Church.
He also purchased 59 acres from John Handwerk. Altogether there were four tracts: the 321 acres from the Abel James estate; another of 59 acres from the aforesaid John Handwerk, then 4 acres and 121 acres, a total of more than 500 acres. The 59 acres and 149 acres of the Abel James estate were later transferred to his second youngest son, Joseph, who built the present brick colonial type farm house near the site of the original log house, on the edge of what is now the village of Andreas, Pa. A second part of the tract was transferred to Solomon, third youngest son, who built a house on the east side of the tract. A third part of the tract was transferred to Joel, youngest of the eleven children of J. Peter Steigerwalt and his wife Maria Christina. Joel built a house and established a farm house on the west side of the original tract near Andreas. The remaining eight children received grants of money as their part of the inheritance. Served as a trustee of Ben Salem Church.
Better known as Peter. Arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Oct 26 1767 on ship Brittania with parents and three brothers. Birth and baptismal record says: "In dem DorfFloersbach, in dem gabied Hanau in Europe,". He was baptized by the Rev. Reitz of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Furschbach. Sponsers were Peter Kunckel and his wife. According to a family record he was confirmed in the Allengeter Kirche" (All Saints Church) in Berks County on April 15, 1776. In 1781 he served with his brother Carl in the Revolutionary War in Captain Jacob Ladich's Co; Colonel Ely's Battallion of the Berks County Militia. He served until the surrender at Yorktown in 1781. There is a second record naming Peter as a Private in Company 6, 1st Battalion, Northampton County Militia in 1785 under the command of Lt. Col. Michael Brobst. A bronze memorial has been erected on the site of his grave by the Steigerwalt descendents. Sometime after his marriage to Maria, they migrated over into Schuylkill County, settling at the present site of Andreas. Tradition says they erectd a temporary shelter under a spreading oak near the Lizard Creek until a log house could be built. On October 27, 1794, J. Peter Steigerwalt purchased 321 acres of land from the estate of Abel James for the sum of 65 pounds, the annual interest to be paid in like money on the 27th of November of each year.
He also purchased 59 acres from John Handwerk. Altogether there were four tracts: the 321 acres from the Abel James estate; another of 59 acres from the aforesaid John Handwerk, then 4 acres and 121 acres, a total of more than 500 acres. The 59 acres and 149 acres of the Abel James estate were later transferred to his second youngest son, Joseph, who built the present brick colonial type farm house near the site of the original log house, on the edge of what is now the village of Andreas, Pa. A second part of the tract was transferred to Solomon, third youngest son, who built a house on the east side of the tract. A third part of the tract was transferred to Joel, youngest of the eleven children of J. Peter Steigerwalt and his wife Maria Christina. Joel built a house and established a farm house on the west side of the original tract near Andreas. The remaining eight children received grants of money as their part of the inheritance. Served as a trustee of Ben Salem Church.
He also purchased 59 acres from John Handwerk. Altogether there were four tracts: the 321 acres from the Abel James estate; another of 59 acres from the aforesaid John Handwerk, then 4 acres and 121 acres, a total of more than 500 acres. The 59 acres and 149 acres of the Abel James estate were later transferred to his second youngest son, Joseph, who built the present brick colonial type farm house near the site of the original log house, on the edge of what is now the village of Andreas, Pa. A second part of the tract was transferred to Solomon, third youngest son, who built a house on the east side of the tract. A third part of the tract was transferred to Joel, youngest of the eleven children of J. Peter Steigerwalt and his wife Maria Christina. Joel built a house and established a farm house on the west side of the original tract near Andreas. The remaining eight children received grants of money as their part of the inheritance. Served as a trustee of Ben Salem Church.
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