r £ ana ni i v 7iC& PETER GOSE LITZ (1802-1880) BURKE'S GARDEN, TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA AND WIFE SARAH GOSE (1805-1860) ANCESTORS - DESCENDANTS AND HISTORY By Sam Lower Peter Gose Litz (1802-1880) Sarah Gose (1805-1860) Preface This History contains information on the Peter Gose Litz and Sarah Gose Litz family their ancestors and descendants. My genealogical file now has over 3,600 descendants for this faithful couple. I would like to extend a special thanks to My Dear Mother, Oka Litz Lower for her 50 years of genealogical research work that has made this compilation P^J^^ {Q Zan md Carole Litz, Kaydell Bowles, Steve Jamison, Beulah Jamison Newman, Elnora Litz Hickman Jeff Simmonds, and many others for their help and historical information. I have learned much from compiling this information. I have a much greater appreciation for my great-great-grandparents Peter and Sarah Litz. L hope you will enjoy this information and continue to keep genealogical records ot y0Ur Mv mother (Oka Litz Lower) had a tradition of keeping track of the living relatives I would like to carry on with her tradition. After you have examined this work, you will likely find missing families that you have genealogical information on. If you will supply that information to me I will refund $5.00 ot the purchase price of this book. I believe Sarah Gose and Peter Litz now have nearly 5 000 descendants. Most of the missing ones will still be living The descendants chart starting on page 129 provides the names of those currently have. If you, or your descendants are missing, please provide the information so it can be included in the next update I hope to get to know all of you better I also hope that you will use this information to become more acquainted with your relatives. "We are all Kin Folk and we have a great common heritage" I am so thankful for my ancestors who have worked so hard to give us the great opportunities and comforts of life we now have. I hope this book will help you feel the same closeness to them that I have felt while compiling it The Southern hospitality and service the Litz family and their descendants have given to commumty, church, neighbors and friends is truly outstanding We have good reason to be proud of our heritage. I'm sure our ancestors would admonish us to carry on their tradition ot love and service to our families, fellow men and women. Those of you interested in obtaining more detailed genealogical information on the Litz family please contact me at the below address This book would have been over 1,000 pages if family group information had been included. Peter Gose Litz (1802-1880) - - Sarah Gose (1805-1860) TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents page Forward - Litz Family Background 2 Peter Gose Litz Introductory Life Sketch 3 Peter & Sarah Gose Litz Genealogy (Chapter 1) 4 Peter Gose Litz Pedigree Chart 8 Sarah Gose Pedigree Chart 9 Peter and Sarah Gose Litz Life Chronology (Chapter 2) 16 General Litz History (Chapter 3) 22 Bowles and Kinnamon Families (Chapter 4) 35 Clark Family (Chapter 5) 52 John Tiffany Litz Family (Chapter 6) 57 William Sawyers Litz - Sarah Spence Family (Chapter 7) 68 Mary Rebecca Romans Litz & William hardy Jamison Family (Chapter 8) 85 Religious History (Chapter 9) 96 Military History (Chapter 10) 105 Descendants of Peter Gose Litz who fought in World Wars I & II ( Appendix I) 120 Appendix II. Last Will and Testament of Peter Gose Litz 121 Appendix III. Burkes Garden and the Mormon Church 123 Appendix IV, Marriage Licenses John Tiffany & William Sawyers Litz 127 Appendix V. Descendants of Peter and Sarah Gose Litz 129 Descendants Chart Index 205 j i o General Index ~1U 539 Twenty Fourth Stre^ Peter Gose Litz (1802-1880) - - Sarah Gose (1805-1860) Peter Gose Litz and wife Sarah Gose History and Family Genealogy Compiled by Sam Lower 4362 West 1975 North, Plain City, Utah 84404 A special thanks to those who supplied help and information Oka Litz Lower Mother spent much of her life dedicated to genealogy and family history. She collected most of the information in this history. Carole Young Litz and Daniel Lower Edited and provided suggestions on text arrangement Zan Litz Compiled and Wrote Chapter on Litz Military History Jeffery Simmonds Shared his Introductory Life Sketch and family traditions on Peter Gose L February 1996 1 Peter Gose Litz (1802-1880) - - Sarah Gose (1805-1860) Forward LITZ FAMILY BACKGROUND Meaning of the "Litz" name. As to the derivation and the meaning of the name "Litz" Francis E. Litz has done a fairly comprehensive search on the meanings.1 In summary Litz means "people". Litz also means "prayer ofthe people " Another source said the name was locational and meant "dweller near a fence of hedge". Still another Litz meaning was "people or warriors". I guess we can pick the one we like. Immigrants to America Litz is a very uncommon name This has great benefits when doing genealogical research. Because there are so few that carry the Litz name the probability of being related to another Litz, you meet in America, is great Likely the first Litz to come to America was Johannes. He arrived on the Ship Furtherance on 30 November 1750 The second Litz to arrive in America was the great grandfather of Peter Gose Litz. His name was Johan Philip Litz Johan was born about 1709 in Germany. He and his family arrived on the Ship Patience in Philadelphia 9 September 1751 Peter Gose Litz's grandfather John William Litz was also born in Germany Peter's Grandmother, Mary Catherine Dinniger, was born in Aichotz, Wurttemburg, Germany The third family to come was Adam Litz from Bavana in about 1844. The fourth to come was Franz Josef Litz " Where have the Litz families migrated to since their arrival in America? Peter Gose Litz's grandparents (John William Litz and Mary Catherine Dinniger) were married in Deny township, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania in 1755 John William died in Montgomery county, Virginia and Marv Catherine in Wythe county, Virginia Peter Gose Litz was born 25 April 1802 in Cripple Creek, Wythe county, Virginia and died in Burke's Garden. Tazewell county, Virginia in 1880 The Litz family has scattered themselves pretty much throughout the country. A survey made bv Francis E Litz in about 1967s gives a picture where the Litz families have migrated to since their arrival in Amenca His survey showed Litz families living in the following states: Arizona 2 Michigan 2 California 15 Missouri 8 Connecticut 2 Nebraska 7 Colorado 6 New Jersey 6 Delaware 1 New York 44 Dist of Columbia 2 North Carolina 1 Florida Ohio 3 Illinois Oregon 1 Indiana 8 Pennsylvania 39 Marvland 70 Texas 2 Massachusetts 1 Virginia 10 Michigan 2 West Virginia 10 Though the Litz families have dispersed over 50% of them have concentrated themselves in three states Man. land. New York and Pennsylvania Of the above 256 families 141 of them live in cities. The 1967 surveBaltimorv showe s Baltimor43e as the citSyracusy of choice e for the-7 Litz clan Chicago 17 Los Angeles 7 Buffalo 14 St Louis 7 Philadelphia 14 Denver 6 Pittsburgh 10 Miami 5 Indianapolis 8 Detroit 3 Notes on the Lit/ Family bv Francis E Litz page 5. 1 Notes on the Lit/ Famih by Francis E Lit/ page 8 1 Noles on the Lit/ Family by Francis E Litz page 6-7 2 Peter Gose Litz (1802-1880) --Sarah Gose (1805-1860) INTRODUCTORY LIFE SKETCH OF COLONEL PETER GOSE LITZ By A. J. Simmonds (Written 7 June 1964) . Pef Gose Liu was £g^Kl«Ü^£ïK ^ ^ï^tfáSS^ bdS still —• a problem augmented by self-study. nn Anril 8 18^4 he married Sarah Gose, his first cousin They moved to Tazewell Countv, by his company to the governor as aft person o the OSce ot bns.gr, returned home and greeted his wife, -Sally, you can kiss a colonel Hard work thrift and a °ood bit of luck enabled Colonel Peter to expand and develop his holdings SSSldren If a child cned out ,n the night. Aunt Jennv was to its beds.de betore the mother The Colonel's house reflected the aristocratic character of its owner It was a large felling with several Icatterec wings There was a detached kitchen from which the alreadv prepared tood wastakento SleÆnShouse When in 1891 William Sawyers Litz, the Colonel s second son bu,It h own hSSSSSSZ Utah, it was an exact repl.ca ofthe center section ot the Colonel s Burke s (Sarden home The Litz family early joined the Mormon Church Colonel Peter was the first male in the State of VTrgmia^ok^SoS H.s home was used for church meetings, and many missionaries staved there while tracting in the area When the War Between the States broke out m 1861. Colonel Peter was placed in command of the Home (^rd for the western Virginia count.es He was additionally charged with the training ot troop, ior the Confederate armies His two sons both served in the war John Tiffany and William Sawyers entered the war in 1861 William Sabers contracted Typhoid Fever and was paroled to go Tiffany was a prisoner of war at Camp Chase, Ohio and was released two months after the war had ended Sarah Gose Litz died on May 16, 1860 and during the war the Colonel marned Mrs. Mnr<W Bland County. After the war many ofthe Colonel's children and grandchildren moved to Utah But the Colonel lived at his home in Burke's Garden until his death on April 3, 1880 3 Peter Gose Litz (1802-1880) --Sarah Gose (1805-1860) Chapter 1 PETER & SARAH GOSE LITZ GENEALOGY Peter Gose Litz was the eighth of nine children.