Private cemetery in Washington Township, Dauphin County. Stone found in back of a house that is along Feidt Road, over new cement bridge on left on top of Creek hill going from route 209. Must ask owner of property to see it. The stone is in good shape.
FIRST SETTLER PETER LONG, 200 ft. SOUTH
Drove Out by INDIANS 1756
Sold Rights TO JOHN GEORGE KUPPER 1769
Whose Great-Great Grandson SAMUEL W. COOPER Erected This Stone 1929
Here Rest the Bodies of
JOHN GEORGE KUPPER
AND ELIZABETH HIS WIFE
Emigrated From STRASBURG, GERMANY 1741
Original online transcription available on the USGENWEB Cemetery Project at this link: Kupper
John George Kupper (aka Cooper or Kooper) moved to the area east of the Susquehanna River and south of the mountains that divide the "civilized" settlements. Indian tribes who had previously been friendly to the settlers began to be infiltrated by war-like parties stirred up by the French. Those who had ventured north of the mountain, including Peter Long, abandoned their lands and moved south for protection. John George was part of the growing group of Germans who the English asked to give an oath of Alligience (1752) to insure they didn't fight with the French or rebell against the British.
John George married Elizabeth, the daughter of Michael Zimmerman, another immigrant from Germany, on 1 July 1756 in Lancaster County (now Lebanon County), Pennsylvania. After they purchased the property from Peter Long in 1769, they moved their family to the home in the newly formed (Upper) Paxton Township (1767). The war had calmed and they began to build their new lives in the new land before the Revolutionary War expelled the British rule a few short years later. George Kooper is on the "Upper Paxtang, Wiconisco District Continental Tax" list dated 1778.
FIRST SETTLER PETER LONG, 200 ft. SOUTH
Drove Out by INDIANS 1756
Sold Rights TO JOHN GEORGE KUPPER 1769
Whose Great-Great Grandson SAMUEL W. COOPER Erected This Stone 1929
Here Rest the Bodies of
JOHN GEORGE KUPPER
AND ELIZABETH HIS WIFE
Emigrated From STRASBURG, GERMANY 1741
Original online transcription available on the USGENWEB Cemetery Project at this link: Kupper
John George Kupper (aka Cooper or Kooper) moved to the area east of the Susquehanna River and south of the mountains that divide the "civilized" settlements. Indian tribes who had previously been friendly to the settlers began to be infiltrated by war-like parties stirred up by the French. Those who had ventured north of the mountain, including Peter Long, abandoned their lands and moved south for protection. John George was part of the growing group of Germans who the English asked to give an oath of Alligience (1752) to insure they didn't fight with the French or rebell against the British.
John George married Elizabeth, the daughter of Michael Zimmerman, another immigrant from Germany, on 1 July 1756 in Lancaster County (now Lebanon County), Pennsylvania. After they purchased the property from Peter Long in 1769, they moved their family to the home in the newly formed (Upper) Paxton Township (1767). The war had calmed and they began to build their new lives in the new land before the Revolutionary War expelled the British rule a few short years later. George Kooper is on the "Upper Paxtang, Wiconisco District Continental Tax" list dated 1778.
Private cemetery in Washington Township, Dauphin County. Stone found in back of a house that is along Feidt Road, over new cement bridge on left on top of Creek hill going from route 209. Must ask owner of property to see it. The stone is in good shape.
FIRST SETTLER PETER LONG, 200 ft. SOUTH
Drove Out by INDIANS 1756
Sold Rights TO JOHN GEORGE KUPPER 1769
Whose Great-Great Grandson SAMUEL W. COOPER Erected This Stone 1929
Here Rest the Bodies of
JOHN GEORGE KUPPER
AND ELIZABETH HIS WIFE
Emigrated From STRASBURG, GERMANY 1741
Original online transcription available on the USGENWEB Cemetery Project at this link: Kupper
John George Kupper (aka Cooper or Kooper) moved to the area east of the Susquehanna River and south of the mountains that divide the "civilized" settlements. Indian tribes who had previously been friendly to the settlers began to be infiltrated by war-like parties stirred up by the French. Those who had ventured north of the mountain, including Peter Long, abandoned their lands and moved south for protection. John George was part of the growing group of Germans who the English asked to give an oath of Alligience (1752) to insure they didn't fight with the French or rebell against the British.
John George married Elizabeth, the daughter of Michael Zimmerman, another immigrant from Germany, on 1 July 1756 in Lancaster County (now Lebanon County), Pennsylvania. After they purchased the property from Peter Long in 1769, they moved their family to the home in the newly formed (Upper) Paxton Township (1767). The war had calmed and they began to build their new lives in the new land before the Revolutionary War expelled the British rule a few short years later. George Kooper is on the "Upper Paxtang, Wiconisco District Continental Tax" list dated 1778.
FIRST SETTLER PETER LONG, 200 ft. SOUTH
Drove Out by INDIANS 1756
Sold Rights TO JOHN GEORGE KUPPER 1769
Whose Great-Great Grandson SAMUEL W. COOPER Erected This Stone 1929
Here Rest the Bodies of
JOHN GEORGE KUPPER
AND ELIZABETH HIS WIFE
Emigrated From STRASBURG, GERMANY 1741
Original online transcription available on the USGENWEB Cemetery Project at this link: Kupper
John George Kupper (aka Cooper or Kooper) moved to the area east of the Susquehanna River and south of the mountains that divide the "civilized" settlements. Indian tribes who had previously been friendly to the settlers began to be infiltrated by war-like parties stirred up by the French. Those who had ventured north of the mountain, including Peter Long, abandoned their lands and moved south for protection. John George was part of the growing group of Germans who the English asked to give an oath of Alligience (1752) to insure they didn't fight with the French or rebell against the British.
John George married Elizabeth, the daughter of Michael Zimmerman, another immigrant from Germany, on 1 July 1756 in Lancaster County (now Lebanon County), Pennsylvania. After they purchased the property from Peter Long in 1769, they moved their family to the home in the newly formed (Upper) Paxton Township (1767). The war had calmed and they began to build their new lives in the new land before the Revolutionary War expelled the British rule a few short years later. George Kooper is on the "Upper Paxtang, Wiconisco District Continental Tax" list dated 1778.
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