Amity Township (incorporated in 1719) was located in Philadelphia County until Berks County was created in 1752.
Revolutionary War Veteran
"John George Bechtel Locates in Amity in 1745", article in "Reading Eagle", 1 Oct 1916.
Montgomery County Veteran's Affairs Department:
Name: George Bechtel
Birth Date: 12 Nov 1744
Age: 73
Death Date: 29 Apr 1818
Military Branch: Army
Veteran of Which War: Revolutionary
Registration County: Montgomery
Cemetery Name: St Mark's Union
** The burial location in the above Montgomery County record is incorrect. St. Marks Union Church was not established until 1855. And St. Marks did not have a cemetery until 1902. George was buried in what was Zion Union Cemetery in 1818.
Zion Reformed Church Cemetery
Also known as Old Burying Ground of Pottstown:
"What is today the Emmanuel Lutheran Church and the Zion Reformed Church began as a Union Church and they established a burial ground together, at the site of the first church. Later the two churches split, each building their own churches at either end of the same block. The burial ground remained between the two churches and was used by both congregations among others. They never divided the burying ground into Lutheran or a Reformed sections."
"Today there are two large bronze plaques in the Emmanuel Lutheran Church foyer commemorating the removals Emmanuel did and there are also two large bronze plaques on a memorial at the Zion Reformed Church, commemorating the removals Zion did. The removals in the north half of the burying ground were re-buried under the new Emmanuel Lutheran Sunday School building and the removals in the south half of the burial ground were re-buried under a portion of the Zion Reformed Church administrative building."
Findagrave cemetery page.
Revolutionary War Veteran
"John George Bechtel Locates in Amity in 1745", article in "Reading Eagle", 1 Oct 1916.
Montgomery County Veteran's Affairs Department:
Name: George Bechtel
Birth Date: 12 Nov 1744
Age: 73
Death Date: 29 Apr 1818
Military Branch: Army
Veteran of Which War: Revolutionary
Registration County: Montgomery
Cemetery Name: St Mark's Union
** The burial location in the above Montgomery County record is incorrect. St. Marks Union Church was not established until 1855. And St. Marks did not have a cemetery until 1902. George was buried in what was Zion Union Cemetery in 1818.
Zion Reformed Church Cemetery
Also known as Old Burying Ground of Pottstown:
"What is today the Emmanuel Lutheran Church and the Zion Reformed Church began as a Union Church and they established a burial ground together, at the site of the first church. Later the two churches split, each building their own churches at either end of the same block. The burial ground remained between the two churches and was used by both congregations among others. They never divided the burying ground into Lutheran or a Reformed sections."
"Today there are two large bronze plaques in the Emmanuel Lutheran Church foyer commemorating the removals Emmanuel did and there are also two large bronze plaques on a memorial at the Zion Reformed Church, commemorating the removals Zion did. The removals in the north half of the burying ground were re-buried under the new Emmanuel Lutheran Sunday School building and the removals in the south half of the burial ground were re-buried under a portion of the Zion Reformed Church administrative building."
Findagrave cemetery page.
Amity Township (incorporated in 1719) was located in Philadelphia County until Berks County was created in 1752.
Revolutionary War Veteran
"John George Bechtel Locates in Amity in 1745", article in "Reading Eagle", 1 Oct 1916.
Montgomery County Veteran's Affairs Department:
Name: George Bechtel
Birth Date: 12 Nov 1744
Age: 73
Death Date: 29 Apr 1818
Military Branch: Army
Veteran of Which War: Revolutionary
Registration County: Montgomery
Cemetery Name: St Mark's Union
** The burial location in the above Montgomery County record is incorrect. St. Marks Union Church was not established until 1855. And St. Marks did not have a cemetery until 1902. George was buried in what was Zion Union Cemetery in 1818.
Zion Reformed Church Cemetery
Also known as Old Burying Ground of Pottstown:
"What is today the Emmanuel Lutheran Church and the Zion Reformed Church began as a Union Church and they established a burial ground together, at the site of the first church. Later the two churches split, each building their own churches at either end of the same block. The burial ground remained between the two churches and was used by both congregations among others. They never divided the burying ground into Lutheran or a Reformed sections."
"Today there are two large bronze plaques in the Emmanuel Lutheran Church foyer commemorating the removals Emmanuel did and there are also two large bronze plaques on a memorial at the Zion Reformed Church, commemorating the removals Zion did. The removals in the north half of the burying ground were re-buried under the new Emmanuel Lutheran Sunday School building and the removals in the south half of the burial ground were re-buried under a portion of the Zion Reformed Church administrative building."
Findagrave cemetery page.
Revolutionary War Veteran
"John George Bechtel Locates in Amity in 1745", article in "Reading Eagle", 1 Oct 1916.
Montgomery County Veteran's Affairs Department:
Name: George Bechtel
Birth Date: 12 Nov 1744
Age: 73
Death Date: 29 Apr 1818
Military Branch: Army
Veteran of Which War: Revolutionary
Registration County: Montgomery
Cemetery Name: St Mark's Union
** The burial location in the above Montgomery County record is incorrect. St. Marks Union Church was not established until 1855. And St. Marks did not have a cemetery until 1902. George was buried in what was Zion Union Cemetery in 1818.
Zion Reformed Church Cemetery
Also known as Old Burying Ground of Pottstown:
"What is today the Emmanuel Lutheran Church and the Zion Reformed Church began as a Union Church and they established a burial ground together, at the site of the first church. Later the two churches split, each building their own churches at either end of the same block. The burial ground remained between the two churches and was used by both congregations among others. They never divided the burying ground into Lutheran or a Reformed sections."
"Today there are two large bronze plaques in the Emmanuel Lutheran Church foyer commemorating the removals Emmanuel did and there are also two large bronze plaques on a memorial at the Zion Reformed Church, commemorating the removals Zion did. The removals in the north half of the burying ground were re-buried under the new Emmanuel Lutheran Sunday School building and the removals in the south half of the burial ground were re-buried under a portion of the Zion Reformed Church administrative building."
Findagrave cemetery page.
Inscription
*George Bechtel 1744 - 1818
Name engraved on a bronze plaque inside the church. No tombstone has survived.
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