Elizabeth Greathouse

  Notes:

Source: Vivian Morlock Taylor. Letter 29 Dec 1999
"We found St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Strasburg, Shenandoah, Co., VA. That was the oldest Lutheran congregation in the area. We purchased an English translation of the church records from 1768-1829, edited by Klaus Wust. The Greathouse entries were:
Page 19, 2nd entry:
Parents John Greatrhouse & Catharina Elissen
Child: Elizabeth
Born 22 Sept 1778
Baptized 15 Nov 1778
Godparents: Tobias Haag & wife Catharina Dorothea
Page 20 7th entry:
Parents Johannes Groothaus & Catharina
Child: Isaac
born 22 Nov 1782
Baptized 25 Dec 1782
Godparents: the parents" Vivian continues--
" The John Greathouse who finally settled in Mt. Carmel, IL was married between September of 1775 and September of 1778 (and probably in 1777) to Catharina Elissen Haack (Catherine Elizabeth Hague). Their two children Elizabeth and Isaac were both born and baptized in Shenandoah County, VA."
Source: Elizabeth Durovic-Faler:
Has information identifying one Eva Greathouse who married James Majors, Sept 18, 1775, at Baltimore, MD. 1790 census Maryland, Frederick Co., page #62, lists James Majors family listed as age ranges in household -01--03-04-00-00; 1800 census page #190 listed Eve Ann Majors age ranges 01ll0-0000000.
1807 census Indiana Territory, Knox Co., lists #1047 James Majors and #1048 John Greathouse.
And Elizabeth Greathouse who married James Majors, May 27, 1803 in Warren Co. KY. 1850 census Illinois, Wabash Co., Elizabeth Majors, 73, in home of Frederick Miller and wife Hester. (to be verified Hester probably is daughter of James and Elizabeth Majors) 1860 census shows Elizabeth Majors, age 83 and Emory Majors age 21 born Wabash, Co., IL

Elizabeth married James Majors on 27 May 1803 in , Warren County, Kentucky.

  Items of interest in their marriage were:

• Marriage Fact: Bond Given, 27 May 1803, , Warren County, Kentucky.

• Marriage Fact: Bond Given, 27 May 1803, , Warren County, Kentucky.

  Marriage Notes:

Consent given by her parents John and Caty Greathouse. Security John Greathouse. Source Warren County, KY marriage Records 1797-1832 abstracted by Chris Bailey.