The Pennsylvania
/ Ohio Kipps
George Kipp
(1796-1869)
Johann Heinrich Kipp --
John George Kipp – George Kipp – George William Kipp Jr.
– John Wilbert Kipp – Earl Lloyd Kipp
LANCASTER
and YORK COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
George Kipp was born on August 25,
1796, one of eight children of John George Kipp and Anna Barbara Blasser
Kipp.
George Kipp was married to Elizabeth
Neff (1790 - 1860) on December 14, 1819. Elizabeth was born on
March 6, 1790, the daughter of Johan Peter Neff and Susanna Blasser.
Susanna Blasser was a sister of Anna Barbara Blasser, the wife of John
George Kipp.
The 1840 census records indicate that
George and Elizabeth had three sons. They were John (about 1820),
George William, Jr. (1822), and Joseph (about 1824). All three sons
were born in Pennsylvania, most likely in York County.
ASHLAND COUNTY, OHIO
George Kipp and his family moved to
Ashland County, Ohio in 1830. George died on June 5, 1869 and
Elizabeth died on January 16, 1860. They are both buried in the Pleasant
Valley Cemetery in Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio.
REAL ESTATE
A township map of the Montgomery Township,
Ashland County, Ohio shows George Kipp as having 30 acres. Next
to his property is a 19 acre parcel owned by a J. Kipp. This was
most likely George Kipp’s son, John Kipp. The 1850 census lists
George as a farmer. The crop most likely was flax.
CENSUS
1830 Census
George appears as a head of household
in the federal U S Census of 1830 for Spring Garden, York County, Pennsylvania.
Census has the following information.
| |
FREE WHITE MALES |
FREE WHITE FEMALES |
| 5 to 10 |
2 |
|
| 10 to 15 |
1 |
|
| 30 to 40 |
1 |
1 |
1840 Census
George appears as a head of household
in the federal U S Census of 1840 for Montgomery Township, Richland
County, Ohio. Montgomery Township became a part of the newly formed
Ashland County in 1846. The census has the following information.
| |
FREE WHITE MALES |
FREE WHITE FEMALES |
| 10 and under 15 |
1 |
|
| 15 and under 20 |
1 |
|
| 20 and under 30 |
1 |
|
| 40 and under 50 |
1 |
1 |
No
“Free Colored Persons” were noted.
1850 Census
The census of 1850 for Montgomery Township,
Ashland County, Ohio lists George Kipp and Elizabeth (Mary) as age 56.
George’s occupation is listed as farmer and the value of his real
estate is noted as $1,000. No other household members are listed.
1860 Census
The 1860 census for Montgomery Township,
Ashland County, Ohio lists George Kipp as age 62 and a member of the
household of his son John Kipp. Elizabeth is not listed as she
had died earlier that year before the census was taken on July 17, 1860.
No occupation is noted for George. The value of his real estate
is listed as $1,200 and his personal estate at $200.
ESTATE SETTLEMENT
In the Intestate Records of John George
Kipp, father of George, the court in 1826 gave guardianship of a grand-daughter
Barbara Hollinger to his son George Kipp because she had no father or
mother. The 1830 Census does not indicate that the girl
was with the George Kipp family at that time.
COPYRIGHT 2009 BY E. MICHAEL KIPP
June 20, 2009
SOURCES:
US Federal Census of 1830, Spring Garden,
York County, Pennsylvania
US Federal Census of 1840, Montgomery
Township, Ashland County, Ohio
US Federal Census of 1850, Montgomery
Township, Ashland County, Ohio
US Federal Census of 1860, Montgomery
Township, Ashland County, Ohio
Cemetery Grave Stone inscriptions –
George Kipp and Elizabeth Kipp
Intestate Records of John George Kipp
Records of baptisms, marriages, and
burials from Trinity Reformed Church of York County, Pennsylvania
Counties of Cumberland, Jasper, and
Richland, Illinois, F. A. Battey & Co. 1884
Map of Ashland County Ohio, 1861 John
McDonnell - Montgomery township
1796 - 1869 (72 years)