Map of the Tulephocken Valley Pioneer Homesteads, 1723
The following names are recorded on the map. It was drawn by C.I. Lindenmuth:
Anspach, Balthas
Anspach, Leonard
Batodorff, Martin
Bender, —
Blum, Ludwig
Boyer, Hans
Braun, Philip
Brossman, Francis
Cushwa, Isaiah
Deck, —
Diffebach, —
Diffebach, Adam
Ernst, Michael
Essel, —
Etchberger, Jacob
Felger, —
Fisher, Lawrence and Sebastian
Fohrer, Johan
Goldman, Conrad
Heckndorn, Martin
Hulston, Leonard
Kapp, Jacob
Kayser, Christopher
Kinzer, Nicholas
Kitzmiller, Jonas
Laucks, Abraham
Lebo, Peter
Lechner, Hans Georg
Lederman, Jacob
Lesch, Adam
Lesch, George
Long, Conrad
Lower, Christian
Minnich, Mathias
Reizz, Michael
Rieth, Caspar
Rieth, George
Rieth, John Leonhard
Rieth, Michael
Rieth, Nicholas
Schaeffer, Jacob
Schaeffer, Peter
Schell, Peter
Schmidt, Michael
Shuetz, Adam
Shump, Christopher
Stupp, Adam
Unruh, George
Walborn, Christian
Walborn, Herman
Weiser, Christopher
Weiser, Conrad
Weiser, Michael
Wenrich, Franz
Weyant, Nicholas
Winter, Friderich
Zeh, George
Zeller, Johan
Zerbe, Christian
Zerbe, George Peter
This map also shows the location of three churches:
- Reith’s Church, 1727 (also known as Zion’s Church)
- Lutheran Church, 1743 (Christ Lutheran, Stouchsburg, established 1743 on lands (5 acres each) donated by Lawrence and Sebastian Fischer, Geroge Unruh, and Christian Lower.)
- Reformed Church (Trinity Tulpehocken Reformed, c. 1738)

Source: The Blue Book of Schuylkill County, by Ella Zerbey Elliott, Pottsville, PA: Press of Pottsville, 1916. [Map appears between pp. 36 and 37.]
Submitted by: Harrison and Nancy.
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