PLEASE DO NOT MERGE THIS MEMORIAL WITH ANY OTHER MEMORIAL. IT IS NOT A DUPLICATE OF ANY OTHER MEMORIAL. IT IS NOT A DUPLICATE OF "JOHN BACH SR."
The man on this memorial, John Back, never spelled his last name as "Bach." It was always spelled as "Back," in every census report, and in every document, that he was ever named in.
When John died, his sons buried him here, and when his wife Catherine died, they buried her, here, on top of John. Their sons then built a stone sarcophagus, on top of both of their graves.
Nearly 100 years later, in 1952, some of their descendants, who spelled their own last names as "Bach" (both spellings are used within the family) had a traditional gravestone made, which misspelled John's last name as "Bach." They also misspelled his wife Catherine's maiden name as "Robinson." Then they put that traditional gravestone next to the stone sarcophagus, under which John Back and his wife Catherine Robertson Back had been buried, many years before. They even announced that they were going to do that, in the newspaper (see the attached 1952 newspaper article).
In the early 1990s, some people in southeastern Kentucky formed a little club that they called, "The Back-Bach Genealogical Society," even though not one of them was a genealogist. They created a fraudulent genealogy about the Back (Bach) family, from southeastern Kentucky, by claiming, without and proof whatsoever, that they descend from Harman Back, through his son Henry Back (1740-1809). But Harman never had a son named Henry, and Harman was from Freudenberg, Germany, but the ancestors of the Back (Back) family from southeastern Kentucky came from Thuringia, Germany, which is 160 miles away.
Many Board-Certified genealogists, as well as several respected historians and professional researchers, have overwhelmingly proven that the genealogy created by "The Back-Bach Genealogical Society" was fraudulent, and the genealogy experts at DAR (The Daughters of the American Revolution) have confirmed, and have verified, that. The reason that DAR got involved is because Harman Back (1708-1789), and Henry Back (1740-1809), are both considered to be "Patriots," by DAR, which means that those two men were involved in the Revolutionary War. (Harman provided supplies to some of the soldiers, and Henry's name was on a list of soldiers, in the far southern part of Culpeper County, near the Robinson River.)
The genealogy experts at DAR carefully studied a large number of documents and evidence, and they decisively concluded the following:
(1) Harman Back only had one son, which was Harman Back Jr.
(2) Neither Harman Back, or his only son, Harman Back Jr., had sons named Henry Back (1740-1809) or John Back (1738-1794).
(3) Although Henry Back (1740-1809) DID have sons named John Back and Henry Back, they were not the John Back (1774-1853) who married Catherine Robertson (the man on this memorial), or the Henry Back (1785-1871) who married Susannah Maggard (the brother of the man on this memorial).
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The correct memorial for Harman Back (1708-before 1789): Please click here: Harman Back
The correct memorial for Henry Back (1740-1809): Please click here: Henry Back
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There is a very informative website that describes exactly what "The Back-Bach Genealogical Society" did, and why. You can find it through a Google search.
The genealogy shown here, on this memorial, and on all of its links, is accurate, well-documented, and proven, by several Board-Certified genealogists, numerous respected historians and professional researchers, and the genealogy experts at DAR.
***It has been said that John actually died in 1854, not 1853.
PLEASE DO NOT MERGE THIS MEMORIAL WITH ANY OTHER MEMORIAL. IT IS NOT A DUPLICATE OF ANY OTHER MEMORIAL. IT IS NOT A DUPLICATE OF "JOHN BACH SR."
The man on this memorial, John Back, never spelled his last name as "Bach." It was always spelled as "Back," in every census report, and in every document, that he was ever named in.
When John died, his sons buried him here, and when his wife Catherine died, they buried her, here, on top of John. Their sons then built a stone sarcophagus, on top of both of their graves.
Nearly 100 years later, in 1952, some of their descendants, who spelled their own last names as "Bach" (both spellings are used within the family) had a traditional gravestone made, which misspelled John's last name as "Bach." They also misspelled his wife Catherine's maiden name as "Robinson." Then they put that traditional gravestone next to the stone sarcophagus, under which John Back and his wife Catherine Robertson Back had been buried, many years before. They even announced that they were going to do that, in the newspaper (see the attached 1952 newspaper article).
In the early 1990s, some people in southeastern Kentucky formed a little club that they called, "The Back-Bach Genealogical Society," even though not one of them was a genealogist. They created a fraudulent genealogy about the Back (Bach) family, from southeastern Kentucky, by claiming, without and proof whatsoever, that they descend from Harman Back, through his son Henry Back (1740-1809). But Harman never had a son named Henry, and Harman was from Freudenberg, Germany, but the ancestors of the Back (Back) family from southeastern Kentucky came from Thuringia, Germany, which is 160 miles away.
Many Board-Certified genealogists, as well as several respected historians and professional researchers, have overwhelmingly proven that the genealogy created by "The Back-Bach Genealogical Society" was fraudulent, and the genealogy experts at DAR (The Daughters of the American Revolution) have confirmed, and have verified, that. The reason that DAR got involved is because Harman Back (1708-1789), and Henry Back (1740-1809), are both considered to be "Patriots," by DAR, which means that those two men were involved in the Revolutionary War. (Harman provided supplies to some of the soldiers, and Henry's name was on a list of soldiers, in the far southern part of Culpeper County, near the Robinson River.)
The genealogy experts at DAR carefully studied a large number of documents and evidence, and they decisively concluded the following:
(1) Harman Back only had one son, which was Harman Back Jr.
(2) Neither Harman Back, or his only son, Harman Back Jr., had sons named Henry Back (1740-1809) or John Back (1738-1794).
(3) Although Henry Back (1740-1809) DID have sons named John Back and Henry Back, they were not the John Back (1774-1853) who married Catherine Robertson (the man on this memorial), or the Henry Back (1785-1871) who married Susannah Maggard (the brother of the man on this memorial).
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The correct memorial for Harman Back (1708-before 1789): Please click here: Harman Back
The correct memorial for Henry Back (1740-1809): Please click here: Henry Back
***************
There is a very informative website that describes exactly what "The Back-Bach Genealogical Society" did, and why. You can find it through a Google search.
The genealogy shown here, on this memorial, and on all of its links, is accurate, well-documented, and proven, by several Board-Certified genealogists, numerous respected historians and professional researchers, and the genealogy experts at DAR.
***It has been said that John actually died in 1854, not 1853.
