George Muck was born George Mock Jr., son of George Mock & Sophia Muller. He was christened 22 June 1771 at Warwick Congregation near present-day Brickerville in Clay township, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. About 1775, he moved with his parents and siblings to Frederick county, Virginia, around Middletown. On 26 Aug 1802 in Frederick county, Virginia, George Mock, age 31, married Mary Gander, age 24, daughter of Peter Gander & Barbara Weber. Mary was born 21 September 1777 and died 14 February 1849.
George's father opposed the marriage so vehemently that when he wrote his will the following year, on 13 September 1803, he left George Jr. only one dollar---in effect, disinheriting him---for being disobedient.
The younger George appears on the personal property tax lists of Frederick county, Virginia in 1799, 1801, and 1802. From 1803 through 1811, he is on the Montgomery county, Virginia, personal property tax lists. In 1811, George & Mary Muck and their young children moved to Harrison county, Indiana, not far from the Ohio River along Indiana's southern border.
When I visited Keller Cemetery in 1974, George Muck's white tablet headstone was in many pieces. See snapshot of fragment of the two-inch-thick limestone tombstone:
(GEORG)E MUCK
(DI)ED
... 1837
In the 20th century, adjacent farmers had not maintained their fences properly, and their livestock had broken through and grazed in the cemetery, knocking over many tombstones. When I revisited the hillside cemetery in 2002, the destruction of the abandoned burial ground was complete: neither George nor Mary's headstones remained; and even the tall, heavy Keller obelisk monument for their daughter Rebecca, her husband Henry, and their youngest son Samuel Henry Keller had been toppled and was lying in three parts.
George's father opposed the marriage so vehemently that when he wrote his will the following year, on 13 September 1803, he left George Jr. only one dollar---in effect, disinheriting him---for being disobedient.
The younger George appears on the personal property tax lists of Frederick county, Virginia in 1799, 1801, and 1802. From 1803 through 1811, he is on the Montgomery county, Virginia, personal property tax lists. In 1811, George & Mary Muck and their young children moved to Harrison county, Indiana, not far from the Ohio River along Indiana's southern border.
When I visited Keller Cemetery in 1974, George Muck's white tablet headstone was in many pieces. See snapshot of fragment of the two-inch-thick limestone tombstone:
(GEORG)E MUCK
(DI)ED
... 1837
In the 20th century, adjacent farmers had not maintained their fences properly, and their livestock had broken through and grazed in the cemetery, knocking over many tombstones. When I revisited the hillside cemetery in 2002, the destruction of the abandoned burial ground was complete: neither George nor Mary's headstones remained; and even the tall, heavy Keller obelisk monument for their daughter Rebecca, her husband Henry, and their youngest son Samuel Henry Keller had been toppled and was lying in three parts.
George Muck was born George Mock Jr., son of George Mock & Sophia Muller. He was christened 22 June 1771 at Warwick Congregation near present-day Brickerville in Clay township, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. About 1775, he moved with his parents and siblings to Frederick county, Virginia, around Middletown. On 26 Aug 1802 in Frederick county, Virginia, George Mock, age 31, married Mary Gander, age 24, daughter of Peter Gander & Barbara Weber. Mary was born 21 September 1777 and died 14 February 1849.
George's father opposed the marriage so vehemently that when he wrote his will the following year, on 13 September 1803, he left George Jr. only one dollar---in effect, disinheriting him---for being disobedient.
The younger George appears on the personal property tax lists of Frederick county, Virginia in 1799, 1801, and 1802. From 1803 through 1811, he is on the Montgomery county, Virginia, personal property tax lists. In 1811, George & Mary Muck and their young children moved to Harrison county, Indiana, not far from the Ohio River along Indiana's southern border.
When I visited Keller Cemetery in 1974, George Muck's white tablet headstone was in many pieces. See snapshot of fragment of the two-inch-thick limestone tombstone:
(GEORG)E MUCK
(DI)ED
... 1837
In the 20th century, adjacent farmers had not maintained their fences properly, and their livestock had broken through and grazed in the cemetery, knocking over many tombstones. When I revisited the hillside cemetery in 2002, the destruction of the abandoned burial ground was complete: neither George nor Mary's headstones remained; and even the tall, heavy Keller obelisk monument for their daughter Rebecca, her husband Henry, and their youngest son Samuel Henry Keller had been toppled and was lying in three parts.
George's father opposed the marriage so vehemently that when he wrote his will the following year, on 13 September 1803, he left George Jr. only one dollar---in effect, disinheriting him---for being disobedient.
The younger George appears on the personal property tax lists of Frederick county, Virginia in 1799, 1801, and 1802. From 1803 through 1811, he is on the Montgomery county, Virginia, personal property tax lists. In 1811, George & Mary Muck and their young children moved to Harrison county, Indiana, not far from the Ohio River along Indiana's southern border.
When I visited Keller Cemetery in 1974, George Muck's white tablet headstone was in many pieces. See snapshot of fragment of the two-inch-thick limestone tombstone:
(GEORG)E MUCK
(DI)ED
... 1837
In the 20th century, adjacent farmers had not maintained their fences properly, and their livestock had broken through and grazed in the cemetery, knocking over many tombstones. When I revisited the hillside cemetery in 2002, the destruction of the abandoned burial ground was complete: neither George nor Mary's headstones remained; and even the tall, heavy Keller obelisk monument for their daughter Rebecca, her husband Henry, and their youngest son Samuel Henry Keller had been toppled and was lying in three parts.
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