The Schneider Family of Nöttingen Germany 1650-1744 And the Snider Family in the Colony and State of South Carolina From 1745 to 1900 by Dewey Gene Snyder Seventh great grandson of Hans Jacob Schneider July 15, 2016 If you can contribute material or your comments Please contact: [email protected] © 2016 Dewey Gene Snyder The Schneider Family of Nöttingen Germany Table of Contents Table of Contents ...................................................................................................................... i Table of Figures and illustrations ............................................................................................ iv Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................. ix Elloree Heritage Museum and Cultural Center , Elloree, SC ........................................ ix The Schneider Family from Nöttingen Germany ................................................................... 11 The story behind the story: Nöttingen Germany .................................................................... 12 Explanations of the Plaque Narrative ............................................................................. 16 References for the Schneider Family of Nöttingen Germany ................................................ 18 Descendants of Hans Jacob Schneider b. abt. 1650 ........................................................... 21 Latter Day Saints Family History Center Birth Records .................................................... 24 Schneider Nöttingen marriage and birth records ............................................................... 25 Hans Jacob Schneider born 1713 marriage and children records .................................. 29 The Manumission papers of Hans Jacob and Johann Michael Schneider .......................... 34 Manumission translation from German/Latin to English ................................................... 36 Johann Michael Schneider b. 1720 marriage record ...................................................... 41 The Schneider’s dream of the new land ................................................................................. 42 The Voyage: To the new land ............................................................................................ 46 St. Andrew voyages ............................................................................................................ 52 The Schneider families leave for the new land ...................................................................... 54 The Schneider’s arrive in ‘the new land", the colony of South Carolina ............................... 57 1744/45 Council Record entries ..................................................................................... 60 Hans Jacob Schneider family in South Carolina .................................................................... 71 Neighbors of the Schneider's along Raiford's Creek .............................................................. 74 Meriweather’s map 3 .......................................................................................................... 74 The Thomas Howell Site, Columbia, South Carolina ........................................................ 76 The Roundabout on Raiford's Creek .............................................................................. 77 Jacob Snider quitrent 250 acres ...................................................................................... 83 Anna Maria [Deeg] Deg-Schneider’s family ................................................................. 85 Hans Jacob Schneider, elder of the German Congregation ............................................ 87 1751 Meeting House ...................................................................................................... 87 Finding the location of the meeting house ..................................................................... 89 Early Lutheran Churches ................................................................................................ 92 Additional Schneider Land Grants ................................................................................. 96 Hans Jacob Schneider’s 1753 additional land, grant near Ridge Springs, SC ............... 98 The death of Hans Jacob Schneider ................................................................................. 106 1763 Probate Inventory of Jacob SNITHER ................................................................ 108 Hans Jacob Schneider’s Children ......................................................................................... 114 Anna Barbara, b. 13 Nov 1738 Nöttingen, Germany ....................................................... 114 William Snider, son of Jacob Schneider, Craven County, planter ................................... 116 Jacob Snider Junr son of Hans Jacob Schneider .............................................................. 123 Mary Snider, wife of Jacob Snider Jr ........................................................................... 131 Mary Snider in the 1790 census ................................................................................... 132 William Snider ............................................................................................................. 136 © 2016 Dewey Gene Snyder i The Schneider Family of Nöttingen Germany Jacob [father of Obanyan] Snider ................................................................................. 139 Mary Snider, daughter of Jacob Snider Junr ................................................................ 144 Deacon William Jacob Snider, son of Wm. Snider .......................................................... 145 The sons of Deacon Jacob Snider - Lehre, William and Allen .................................... 147 Johann Michael Schneider ................................................................................................... 148 The family and descendents of Johann Michael Schneider ............................................. 149 Johann Michael Schneider, b. 8 Aug 1720 d. about 1763 ................................................ 151 Michael Schneider Petitions For Land ............................................................................. 153 The Schlägel family ......................................................................................................... 156 Anna Rosina Schlägel-Schneider-Ragnous ...................................................................... 158 Estate of Adam Schlägel, Berks County PA ................................................................ 159 The Schlägel and Knodel connections ......................................................................... 162 William, Son of Michael Schneider b. abt 1746 d, to abt..1800 ...................................... 166 Jacob Snider son of Johann Michael Schneider b. abt 1747 d. abt 1813 ......................... 169 The Battle of Juniper Springs ....................................................................................... 176 The Jacob Snider-Susanna Snider Conundrum ............................................................ 179 Children of Jacob Snider and Susanna Snider ............................................................. 180 Caloff’s will .................................................................................................................. 180 Sniders in the War of 1812 ........................................................................................... 182 Alabama Fever ............................................................................................................. 182 Josiah Snider son of Reverend Matthias Snider ........................................................... 183 Other Early Snider folk in South Carolina ........................................................................... 184 Appendix A .......................................................................................................................... 190 Schneider DNA ................................................................................................................ 190 Dewey Snyder DNA ..................................................................................................... 191 Dewey Snyder DNA ..................................................................................................... 191 STR values ....................................................................................................................... 191 UEP values ....................................................................................................................... 191 Appendix B .......................................................................................................................... 192 South Carolina Council Meetings .................................................................................... 192 St. Andrew passenger list ................................................................................................. 193 Miscellaneous Records of early Sniders of South Carolina ............................................. 195 Appendix C: Hans Jacob Schneider and Descendent Documents ....................................... 201 Frigate South Carolina papers ...................................................................................... 202 George Snider, Son of William Snider, son of Hans Jacob Schneider ........................ 202 St. Matthews Lutheran Church Records .....................................................................