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She was married to Ernest L. BENNETT on 28 Nov 1927.

Children were: Drussy BYERLY, Neely BYERLY.

He was married to Nancy RANSON.

Children were: Elizabeth "Betsy" BYERLY, Peter BYERLY 3, Nancy Ann BYERLY, Jacob BYERLY 1, William BYERLY, Lewis BYERLY, Martin BYERLY 3, David BYERLY 3, Peter BYERLY 4, Margaret (Peggy) BYERLY, Sarah (Sally) BYERLY, Catherine (Cathy) BYERLY 3 .

He was married to Elizabeth on 25 May 1826 in Floyd Co., IN.

Children were: Jonathan W. BYERLY .

Children were: Addie HEGE, Ollie HEGE, Jake HEGE, Ethel HEGE, Nannie Sue HEGE, Hattie HEGE, Sue HEGE, Norman HEGE.

She was married to Isaac SIMPSON on 29 Aug 1816.

Children were: Columbus (Lum) BYERLY .

He was married to Lillian YOUNTS on 10 Aug 1920 in Greensboro, NC. Children were: Guy Lee BYERLY 2.

Children were: Susan Adams BYERLY, Nancy Younts BYERLY, Guy Lee BYERLY 3.

Children were: Alice BYERLY, Frances BYERLY, Elizabeth BYERLY 2, Sarah Anne BYERLY, Nathaniel Gaston BYERLY, Martha Victoria BYERLY , Thomas Jefferson BYERLY.

Children were: Cicero Harvey BYERLY.

He was married to Rachel JENKINS on 2 Sep 1832 in Floyd Co., IN.

He was married to Catherine FRANK on 5 Mar 1812.

He was married to Louisa LOCKABILL on 10 Apr 1775. by Rev. Arends.

Children were: Frederick BYERLY , William BYERLY, Anna Maria BYERLY, John Jacob BYERLY I, Katherine BYERLY.

He was married to Magdalena SUMMI about 1768 in Rowan Co. North Carolina. Children were: Jacob BIERLY Jr., Martin BYERLY 1, David BYERLY 1, Barbara BYERLY, Catherine BYERLY 2, Christina BYERLY, Molly BYERLY, Margaret Elizabeth BYERLY, Susannah Sally (Sarah) BYERLY, Daniel BYERLY, Andrew BYERLY, Peter BYERLY .

He was married to Mary Elizabeth in 1728/29 in Tambour, Germany. Children were: John Martin BYERLY, Phillip BYERLY, John Jacob BYERLY Sr., John David BYERLY, Mary Catherine BYERLY, Maria Barbara BYERLY.

He was married to Elizabeth GRIMES in Holly Grove.

He was married to Mary Catherine SPENGLER on 2 May 1765. Children were: Catherine BYERLY 1, John Jacob BYERLY 4, Christina Barbara BYERLY, Peter BYERLY 1, Maria Barbara BYERLY, David BYERLY 2, Phillip BYERLY.

He was married to Anna Margaret EVERHARDT in 1778. Children were: Elizabeth BYERLY , Martin BYERLY 2, John BYERLY 1.

Children were: Joseph Grant BYERLY .

Children were: Orah May BYERLY.

She was married to Harry Edwin BUNDY on 23 Sep 1931. Children were: Patricia Jane BUNDY, Nancy Anne BUNDY.

She was married to Count Conrad WALTMAN before 1738 in Bavaria, Germany. To: Asbernard

ANN:
Got another chapter for you. Enjoy. Got on your GenWeb site the other nite. Very good job and informative. Cliff.

CHAPTER X

THE INJURY TO THE OLD BIBLE
"They Believed the Scriptures." ---- John.ii,22

It has already been briefly told that Conrad Waltman in a fit of temporary insanity tore out the fly leaves out of the old Bible that came from Count Hiram von Frundsberg. This was the autumn of 1777.
His eight sons were in the Revolutionary War. Only his wife and two younger daughters, Anna Barbara and Maria, were at home. At that time the State was seething with war. Eight were fought on Pennsylvania soil, in three months' time, from September 3 to December 7, 1777. The American troops ran absolutely out of wadding, a necessity to the rifles of that day. Tow, hemp and paper were requisitioned by foraging parties sent out far and near. Church after church loyally turned their hymn-books over to the American troops. There are Pennsylvania records which tell that Captain Weitzel asked twice in 1777 for hemp for wadding before he could get any. Colonel Bertram Galbraith took from the press of the Mennonites at Ephrata,Pa., three cart loads of unbound Bibles. Shortly after on a similar occasion, in the neighbor state of New Jersey, occurred the incident related by Brete Harte in his poem of "Parson Caldwell."
It was in 1780 when Brete Harte's hero "gave them Watts." Over in Pennsylvania in the autumn of 1777, when the poorly equipped American army were fighting desperately against great odds, there was the same calamity, no wadding. Some one told the officers that there was a "crazy German" in Northampton County that had a whole roomful of books. That was Conrad Waltman. Officers and soldiers appeared and demanded the books in the name of the Continental Army. Of course the easily unbalanced fellow became excited. He carried out armful after armful of his mother's cherished books that had been sent to him after her death fifteen years before. Some of these books were very rare. He tore to pieces the venerable old Lutheran hymn-book, that was then over 100 years old.
Next followed the family Bible, 125 years old, and treasured because the last Count Frundsberg bought it, and because it had the old, old records of the family in it. Good Katherine begged the officers to not let it be destroyed. When they did nothing to stop him, she and her two strong-armed daughters tackled the madman and by sheer force took the Bible from him.
He gave a last fierce yank that tore the back loose, ripping out a V-shaped piece, and tore off a strip of the pig-skin binding from the back cover. He jerked out all of the fly leaves, back and front, and a dozen pages beside out of the front of the sacred book. The officers grabbed their arms full of papers and scraps, then fled. Those priceless records of hundreds of years, that could never be replaced, were fired away at the British.
Religiously the three women gathered up every scrap that was left. When the Bible came into the author's possession in July 1921, there were still three double leaves of the more than a hundred-year-old Lutheran hymn-book in the old Bible, Jacob Hottenstein's letter, and the dozen loose leaves torn out of the Bible. An expert repaired it, putting in a false inside back and attaching the old one to it, antiquating a piece of pigskin and inserting it in where the wedge had been torn out, and making it ready for another three hundred years.
During the repairs, safely hidden under the lining of the inside back cover, was found fragments of an old document that had doubtless been kept in the Bible, and had been torn to bits by Conrad in his frenzy. Poor Katherine had gathered every scrap she could find of what she knew was a most important document of settlement between Valentine Waltman and Count Hiram von Frundsberg, on the former becoming of age, April 9, 1699. She slipped in every scrap, some of them not over an inch in diameter. Then she pasted the lining back.
Out of eleven pieces only two matched. This shows something of what a good sized document it was. German experts deciphered enough to tell that it was an accounting with an heir that had come of age. Probably not over a fourth or fifth of the manuscript was left. Count Hiram showed a careful, methodical mind. Everything was shipshape, and his writing was plain, as a college man's writing should be, but often is not.
The letter of Jacob Hottenstein's has been referred to in Chapter IX. This Jacob Hottenstein was a prominent man in those days. He lived at a considerable distance from Allen Township, Conrad's home, in what was then Northampton County, but is now Luzerne. But the families visited each other. There was a congeniality between them. Jacob Hottenstein himself descended from a noble German family. Not long after the visit of the officers to Conrad's home, seeking material for wadding, and shortly after the visit of Baron DeKalb and Baron Steuben, a new misfortune visited the Waltman's.
Eight sons were in the Revolutionary War. William died in the service. A blow to the already distressed family. Then Frederick, fifer in another company, paid the supreme sacrifice, leaving a wife and three children. But the first of the three sons to sacrifice his life was the next to youngest son, Nicholas, a happy-dispositioned boy and a handsome young fellow, who lost his life in 1778. The other brothers, Frederick in 1779 and William in 1782, met their death.
Poor Conrad went stark, raving mad over Nicholas' death. He never was sane again, although he lived eighteen years longer, dying in 1796, aged 81. Faithful Katherine cared for him. After Andrew, the youngest child, returned from the war, he cared for him and her until their deaths. Katherine was broken-hearted over her husband's plight and the death of her three sons. Then it was that Jacob Hottenstein wrote that comforting letter, reminding her that "this world is full of trouble and sorrow, but he who puts his trust in the loving, living God will be sustained." This letter was such solace to her that she kept it in the Bible It was still there when the Bible came into the author's possession. {Lora LaMance}.
The question has been asked, who fell heir to that historic book? It was well understood that the Bible was to go to the oldest son's line. Probably that was Count Conrad's own request in his lucid hours. John Peter therefore should have been the next custodian. But he was not. The old man was a daily trial to care fore. Andrew, the youngest of all, did this, and did it cheerfully. Peter was the soul of generosity. When the father died in 1796 he insisted that Andrew was entitled to it above any other son, as he so faithfully cared for both parents. So Andrew kept it, and his bold autograph is seen on the inside cover of the front lid.
Andrew told his children that the Bible should next go to his oldest son, Valentine, the author's grandfather. But his wife, Anna Maria Margretta, thought differently. Valentine was a fine young man, that any mother might well have been proud of. The next son, Adam, was named for her own father. But her special favorite was the third son, Abraham. When the two oldest sons were married and in home of their own, Anna Maria Margretta took things into her own hands and gave the precious book to Abraham, giving as her excuse that he was "such a fine German scholar."
Abraham's line kept it until 1921, when the last owner of that book, Oscar Waltman of San Diego, California, for reasons that seemed good to him, restored it to the line of Valentine, "where we knew all of the time that by rights it belonged." Valentine left only daughters, of whom Kezia Waltman Nichols, the author's mother, was the oldest child. At the time the Bible changed hands, July 1921, there were but two of Kezia's children alive, Valentine Nichols, of San Jose, California, and Lora LaMance, the writer of this book. Valentine Nichols was as generous in his day as Peter Waltman was in his. He surrendered his rights to his sister, only asking that for six weeks he might have it in his possession. He studied it lovingly all of this time and then gave it up to her.

End Chapter X
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THE HOUSE OF WALTMAN AND ITS ALLIED FAMILIES
LORA S. LaMANCE
1928

VALENTINE WALTMAN®S LINE
VALENTINE 3RD GENERATION
A just man and perfect in his generation. Genesis,vi, 9

Valentine was born October 25, 1790, exactly fifty-two years after his grandfather landed in America. Nature was lavish with her gifts. He was fine looking, had high principles, sound judgment, and a quick brain. All of the family spoke English or German equally well. Valentine also wrote German easily and fluently. He was always a reader, and Countess Barbara®s books, the few that escaped Conrad®s frenzy in 1777, when he carried armloads of them out to the American troops to be used as wadding, had been read by him over and over.
Countess Barbara died in February, 1762. Count Conrad in 1796. Officially the family died in the eyes of German law. Great was the Waltman family®s surprise, therefore, along about September, 1811, to receive an official letter from the Bavarian Government, telling them that while the estate had lapsed to the crown upon her death, as Conrad put forth no claim to it, and was then a resident of a foreign land, the government had kept the estate intact as well as all the monies received from it for that half century. They had all of the time kept track of the possible claimants. The title had lapsed, as there were no legitimate heirs to a title. But if the family of Conrad Waltman, deceased, would bring clear proofs of their descent from Conrad Waltman and his morganatic wife, Katherine Bierly, and bring properly drawn up powers of attorney, the government was ready to turn over the estate and the large sum of money accrued to a representative of the family. Only, this must be done before the half century anniversary of her death. Upon that date, if no proper representative appeared, it would be turned over to the crown, and the heirs would be forever barred from receiving this property.
There was a great commotion. It appears that all of the brothers and sisters alive at the close of the Revolutionary War, were still living. They were not so old; but a trip to Germany in those days of slow sailing vessels that took two months to make the voyage, and if storms interfered, took sometimes four months, was considered as great an undertaking as it would now to go around the world. Every brother had some excuse or other. In family conclave it was settled to send Valentine the Younger. He would be 21, the 25th of October, was foot-loose and single. He prepared for the trip.
Michael2 was living in Maryland. Ludwig2 was in York County. The sisters, Katherine Hampshire,2 Eleanor Lutz2 and Margaret Yonce2 were living in Lancaster and Berks Counties. William,3 the son of William,2 was in Lycoming County. Frederick,3 the son of Frederick,2 and Nicholas,3 his brother, were living in a remote part of the state. Every one of those had to be visited and a power of attorney obtained from them for Valentine the Younger to act for them.
A fine broadcloth suit was made for the young man for best occasions together with a suit to travel in. Everything was made by hand in those days. Valentine had a little trunk made for the voyage. It was 24 inches long, 13 inches wide and 12 inches deep. It had thin iron bands at the edge and two brass bands around the center, riveted with broadheaded brass brads. On the lid was his initials, V. W., in closely placed brass tacks. It was lined with a small figured blue and white wall paper. It is now in the possession of his granddaughter, the author.
It had taken two months to get all of these powers of attorney and to get the other legal papers ready for him. It was now close to December. Just as he was all ready to start, the busybody got in his work Someone told Valentine that such and such of the heirs had said that they never expected to see him again. He would go over there, get all of that money and all of that property, and never come back. He would keep it. They had signed the agreement that he should have full authority to act for them, but he would be beyond their reach and they could not help themselves if he kept every cent.
Valentine was a pleasant man, and one that usually controlled himself well, but he did have in his veins some of that hot Spanish temper. In a rage he tore up every power of attorney, threw the pieces in the fire, and swore the only oath of his whole life. He said he®d be d----d if he would go! He used to say that his one swear word cost a fortune. The mischief was done. It was impossible to assemble all of those legal papers again from those widely scattered points and get them together in time for a voyage to Germany, where the family agent must be early in February, 1812. So perished the family fortune.
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He was married to Drusilla HUFFSTULLER on 10 Jul 1828.

She was married to Isaiah William WATKINS on 29 Sep 1836 in Blount Co., IN.

She was married to William FRANK Jr. on 12 Nov 1796 in Rowan Co. North Carolina.

She obtained a marriage license on 24 Oct 1887 in Davie County, NC.. Married by J.R. Williams, a Justice of the Peace at Hiram Byerly's residenceon 27 Oct 1887.
Witneses: Daniel Hobbs, Julius Hobbs, William Carter, Francis Carter, Pinkney Burton, all of Davie Co., NC. Signed by Geo W. Sheek, Register of Deeds
On marriage certificate her age is listed as 18-this would make her birth year 1869.
On marriage certificate his age is listed as 23 which from 1887 would make his birth date 1864. Maybe he lied on the marriage cert. so she wouldn't know she was marrying such an old man (30)!
Her name on marriage certificate is: Martha Victory Byerly. She was married to William Thomas BURTON on 27 Oct 1887. Children were: Rad Byerly BURTON, Clyde Thomas BURTON, Samuel Gaston BURTON 1, Ray Harmon BURTON, Maude BURTON, May Elizabeth BURTON, Lola BURTON, Bessie BURTON, J. Frank BURTON, Hugh Elmer BURTON, Travis Smithdeal BURTON, Edna BURTON.

She was married to Fritz HEGE on 23 Apr 1929 in Mocksville Baptist Parsonage, Davie Co., NC. She obtained a marriage license. After death of Elizabeth Byerly Hege and William Thomas Burton, Fritz Hege married Victoria Byerly Burton. Witnesses: H. L. Foster, Annie Foster, Mrs. W. B. Waff, a Missionary Baptist Minister united them in marriage at the Mocksville Baptist Parsonage in Mocksville, NC. E.D. James, Register of Deeds signed the Marriage Certificate.

Children were: Elias BYERLY.

He was married to Elizabeth SEARS on 31 Mar 1830.

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