Eva Houtz Ohio Connection

By James D. Hartsell, Oct. 23, 2010. Updated Nov. 2, 2010.
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Validation that Abraham Hartzell, brother of Adam, is the one who married Eva Houtz in 1796, Franklin County, VA.
Connection between Adam Hartzell and the owner of the land upon which he lived in Montgomery County, Ohio, 1820, 1830.
Connection between the Houtz family and George Hartzell born 1812 Montgomery County, Ohio.
Suggestion that Abraham & Eva Hartzell had a child named David A. Hartzell born in 1802 Bedford/Franklin County VA.

I believe that in 1820 the households of my ancestor Adam Hartzell, his son John, and his son-in-law Moses Rentfro were located near Bear Creek on the west side of land owned by Michael Moyer/Myers, Section 27, Jefferson Township, Montgomery County, Ohio. Michael Moyer's name is 9 names from Adam Hartzell in the 1820 census. Michael's nephew John Moyer is two names from Adam Hartzell. Michaels's nephew Henry Moyer is 4 names from Adam. There is even a John Houts (Houtz?). The order of names is:

John Houts, -, -, -, -, -, Michael Moyer, -, -, -, Nicolas Moyer, -, -, -, Moses Rentfro, Adam Hartzel, John Hartzel, John Moyer, -, Henry Moyer.

Michael Moyers "entered" the entire Section 27 (a square mile), on April 7, 1802. This land was later owned by John Getter, for whom Gettersburg was named, which later became Ellerton. Names and occupations in the 1850 census show that this cluster of homes became the town of Gettersburg.

Abraham Hartzell married Eva Houtz in Franklin/Bedford County VA in 1796. In Oct. 2010, I found that Eva had a sister named Catherine Houtz, both daughters of Christian Houtz, surety for Abraham's marriage to Eva. Catherine married John Moyer/Myers about 1790 in VA. John Moyer had a brother named Michael Moyer. The name is spelled "Moyer" in the census, but "Myers" in the land records. It is sometimes spelled "Meyer" at the link below.

The Houtz-Moyer chart below was derived from
wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=lacor&id=I52311.
This web page does not show any children for Abraham & Eva (Houtz) Hartzell, nor any information about Abraham and Eva except their marriage date and approximate birth years.

From the chart below, Adam Hartzell was living on land owned by his brother Abraham's brother-in-law's family. In other words, Abraham's brother-in-law John Moyer ("Sr.") was a brother of Michael Moyer. Adam Hartzell was living close to Abraham Hartzell's nephews John Moyer ("Jr.") and Henry Moyer.

Jim Hartzell of Piqua, Ohio thinks that Eva (Houtz) Hartzell played a role in the Joseph Watson family taking on guardianship of his ancestor George Hartzell in 1827 in Montgomery County, Ohio. This would be hard evidence that Eva was actually in Ohio. This George is the one who was born in 1812 and married Margaret Yaughey in 1834 in Montgomery County, Ohio.

Jim Hartzell of Piqua, Ohio reported that Joseph Watson married Nancy Houtz in 1827. RootsWeb shows that Joseph was in Indianapolis in 1850. From what I can find on RootsWeb, for the Ron and Janice (Unruh) Hoffman Family Trees, it looks like Nancy Houtz was the daughter of Eva Houtz's cousin John Houtz. This means Nancy was a 2nd cousin to Eva. John Houtz took his family to Jefferson Township, Montgomery County, Ohio in late 1819/early 1820. In the order of names for 1820 above, the John Houts shown must be the father of Nancy Houtz, since the ages of the family members fit.

John Houtz was born in 1779 and died in 1860 in Miami County, Ohio. John Houtz was a son of Henry Houtz, born in 1745. Christian Houtz was born in 1741. Eva Houtz's father and Nancy Houtz's grandfather apparently were brothers. See second chart below.

There was David A. Hartzell (not my ancestor) in Montgomery County, Ohio in 1835, and Cincinnati, Ohio in 1840 & 1860. That in 1835 he was a business partner of George Sinks ("Jr.") provides a critical clue that he was connected to our family. See The Other David Hartzells for more info. He was a member of the Cincinnati Pioneer Association, where their publication says that he was born in 1802 in Bedford County, Virginia, and arrived in Ohio on 1804. Some sources say Abraham & Eva Hartzell were married in Bedford, not Franklin County. The area north of the Blackwater River in Franklin County was Bedford County up to 1785.



Philip Hartzell             
-------------------+
                   |ADAM HARTZELL
                   +------------------+
                   |                  |David Hartzell, my ancestor
                   |                  +------------------+
                   | Christina Sink   |b.1805 VA
                   | -----------------+
                   |                   
                   |
                   |Abraham Hartzell
                   +------------------+
                   |b.~1773           |David A. Hartzell?
                   |In KY 1798.       +------------------+
                   |In OH bef.1805,   |b.1802 VA 
                   | Jefferson Twp,   |In 1835 Dayton, OH
                   | Montgomery Co.   |court case (Montgomery
                   |                  |County). Partnership
-------------------+                  |with George Sinks.
                           m. 1796 VA |
                                      |
                                      |
John Christian Houtz                  |
-------------------+                  |
                   |EVA HOUTZ         |
                   +------------------+
                   |b.~1776 PA                 See chart below for Eva's
                   |                           2nd cousin Nancy Houtz.
                   |              
                   |Catherine Houtz    
                   +------------------+
                   |b.~1772           |John Moyer/Myers
                   |d.1850            +------------------+
Barbara Emmert     |                  |b.~1792           |
-------------------+                  |Age 28 in 1820    |
                                      |In 1820 census,   |
                                      | age 26-44,       |
                                      | 2 names from Adam|
                                      |                  |
                           m.~1790 PA |        m.1815 VA |
                                      |                  |
                                      | Elizabeth Britts |
                                      | -----------------+
                                      | b.1798 VA
                                      |  d.1833 Ladoga Twp,
                                      |  Montgomery Co, IN
                                      |
                                      | Henry Moyer/Myers
                                      +------------------+
                                      | b.1797
                                      | Age 23 in 1820;
John Moyer/Myers                      | 4 names from Adam
-------------------+                  |   
                   |John Moyer/Myers  | 
                   +------------------+
                   |b.1765     d.1842
                   |
                   |                   
                   |MICHAEL MOYER/Myers
                   +------------------+
                   |b.1761 MD         |Martin Moyer/Myers
                   |d.1838 OH,        +------------------+
                   |  Jefferson Twp,  |b.1805 OH,
                   |  Montgomery Co.  | Jefferson Twp,
                   |Entered Sect.27,  | Montgomery Co.
                   |  Jefferson Twp,  |
                   |  Montgomery Co,  |
                   |  Apr. 7, 1802    |
                   |                  |
                   |       m.~1790 MD |
                   |                  |
                   | Mary Billmeyer   |
                   | -----------------+
                   | b.1775
                   | d.1834
Margaret           |
-------------------+
b.~1736
d.~1806

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RELATIONSHIP OF NANCY HOUTZ (M. JOSEPH WATSON) TO EVA HOUTZ.
TO BE VERIFIED: Philip Lorentz Houtz is the same as Henry Houtz's
father Johann Philip Houtz.

Philip Lorentz Houtz             
-------------------+
                   |John Christian Houtz                    - also had son John,
                   +------------------+                       b. 1768, d. 1847 VA
                   |b.1741            |Eva Houtz
                   |                  +------------------+
                   |                  |b.1780
                   |                  |m. Abraham Hartzell
                   |                  |
                   |                  |Catherine Houtz
                   |                  +------------------+
                   |                  |b.~1772
                   |                  |m. John Moyer,
                   |                  |brother of Micheal who was
                   | Barbara Emmert   |Adam Hartzell's "landlord"
                   | -----------------+
                   |
                   |Henry Houtz
                  ?+------------------+
                   |b.1745            |John Houtz
                   |                  +------------------+
                   |                  |b.1779            |Nancy Houtz
                   |                  |Was in Jefferson  +---------------+
                   |                  |Twp, Montgomery   |b.1805
                   |                  |Co. 1819/20.      |m. Joseph Watson
                                      |                  |   1827
                                      |In Adam Hartzell's|Joseph Watson
                                      |vicinty in 1820.  |guardian for 
                                      |                  |George Hartzell,
                                      |Had brother       |1827.
                                      |named Christian.  |
                     Maria Barbara Dups                  |
                     -----------------+                  |
                                                         |
                                        Eliz. Synder     |
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