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1. Johannes SCHERAUS ,1 2 3 son of Johannes SCHERAUS, I and Unknown , was born in 1706 in Ulm, Salzberg, Germany, 3 died in Ebenezer, Effingham County, Georgia 2 3 , and was buried in Jerusalem Church Cemetery, Effingham County, Georgia. 2 3

Noted events in his life were:

  • He immigrated in 1741 to Effingham County, Georgia. Johannes and his family arrived at the port of Savannah, Georgia, on Dec. 2, 1741, as part of the 4th Salzberg Transport aboard the ship, Loyal Judith, John Lemon, Captain. 3

  • Johannes was granted land in 1750 and in 1755 was listed in the Cattle Brand Book in the Black Creek District. 4

  • Background: See the Web page posted by Robert Sherouse of Waldorf, Maryland, for more information on the family in Germany.

    URL: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/h/e/Robert-S-Sherouse/GENE5-0001.html?Welcome=1043569270.

Johannes married Maria Helena GOTT 1 5 6 in 1733 in Germany. Maria was born in 1697 in Ulm, Salzberg, Germany, 1 6 died before May 1759 in Ebenezer, Effingham County, Georgia 1 6 , and was buried in Jerusalem Church Cemetery, Effingham County, Georgia.

The child from this marriage was:

+ 2 M    i. Johannes SCHERAUS, II 1 3 7 was born in 1735 in Bermeringen, Ulm, Germany 1 3 7 and died in 1793 in Goshen, Effingham County, Georgia 1 3 7 at age 58.

Johannes next married Anna Maria Magdelena EPPINGER 1 5 6 on Jan 9, 1770 in Bethany, Effingham, County, Georgia.8 Anna was born in Bermeringen, Ulm, Germany 1 5 6 and died in Ebenezer, Effingham County, Georgia.

Children from this marriage were:

3 F    i. Maria Margaretha SCHERAUS 3 9 was born on Sep 25, 1772 in Ebenezer, Effingham County, Georgia. 3 9

4 F    ii. Anna Maria SCHERAUS 10 was born on Jan 18, 1774 in Ebenezer, Effingham County, Georgia. 10

5 F    iii. Hanna SCHERAUS 10 was born on Feb 5, 1775 in Ebenezer, Effingham County, Georgia, 10 died on Apr 14, 1785 in Bethany, Effingham, County, Georgia 11 at age 10, and was buried on Apr 15, 1785 in Jerusalem Church Cemetery, Effingham County, Georgia. 11

6 F    iv. Magdelena SCHERAUS 12 was born in 1777 in Ebenezer, Effingham County, Georgia. 12

7 F    v. Dorothea SCHERAUS 1 13 was born on May 11, 1779 in Ebenezer, Effingham County, Georgia. 1 13

Dorothea married David HELMLY 1 on Oct 29, 1800 in Ebenezer, Effingham County, Georgia.1

8 F    vi. Catharina SCHERAUS 14 was born on Sep 9, 1780 in Bethany, Effingham, County, Georgia. 14


Source Citations

1. Peterson, Susan Gay, Compiler, "Scheraus Family Genealogy," Gay & Spaulding Families & Allied Lines [Online] ([secondary source] Seattle, WA: Susan's Project Version 65, 1997
<http://www.uftree.com/FamilyGatherings/WebPages/petersnn/de fault/d0/i0000378.htm>).

2. Jones, George F., and Exley, Sheryl, Translators/Editors, Ebenezer Record Book 1754-1781: Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials of Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, of Effingham, Georgia, More Commonly Known as Ebenezer Church ([primary source] Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1991), p 124.

3. Jones, George F., Editor, The Germans of Colonial Georgia 1733-1783 ([primary source] Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1986), p 99.

4. Jones, George F., Editor, The Salzberger Saga ([primary source] Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1983).

5. Jones, George F., and Exley, Sheryl, Translators/Editors, Ebenezer Record Book 1754-1781: Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials of Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, of Effingham, Georgia, More Commonly Known as Ebenezer Church ([primary source] Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1991).

6. Jones, George F., Editor, The Germans of Colonial Georgia 1733-1783 ([primary source] Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1986).

7. Jones, George F., and Exley, Sheryl, Translators/Editors, Ebenezer Record Book 1754-1781: Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials of Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, of Effingham, Georgia, More Commonly Known as Ebenezer Church ([primary source] Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1991), p 88.

8. Ibid, p 96.

9. Ibid, p 58.

10. Ibid, p 63.

11. Ibid, p 135.

12. Ibid, p 72.

13. Ibid, p 80.

14. Ibid, p 81.

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