In a message dated 9/19/2004 3:11:34 PM Pacific Standard Time,
dcagle(a)centurytel.net writes:
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Descendants of Johannes "John Dutchman" Cagle
Generation No. 1
1. Johannes "John Dutchman"2 Cagle ((Leonhart Kegell ) Leonard1) was born
1724 in Obermehlingen, Germany, and died May 12, 1799 in , Moore, North
Carolina. He married (1) Johanetta Hart December 25, 1754 in Oley, Berks,
Pennsylvania. He married (2) Catherine Unknown Abt. 1774 in , Moore, North Carolina.
Notes for Johannes "John Dutchman" Cagle:
Ancient Pennsylvania Landmarks Known to Leonhart Kegel, 1732-54
Oley Township, Berks County, PA
Oley Township, a few miles east of Reading, in Berks co., PA, is the only
township in America which has been added to the National Register of Historic
Places, as an entire Township. Its settlement dates back as far as 1699, and it
ancient German and French Huguenot homesteads have building standing dated
from 1706. It was already a generation old, and a thriving settlement, when the
Cagles arrived from Germany in 1730s; and was nearly a half-century old when
John "Dutchman" Cagle lived in Oley in the early 1750s. Leonhart Kegel, the
1732 immigrant, and believed to be father of John "Dutchman" Cagle, acquired
land
in Oley Township in 1737; at that time, however, old Oley Township
encompassed more territory than does the present Oley Twp., and section in which
Leonhart lived was later made into Alsace Township.
The economy of Oley Township was based, originally, on farming in the broad
Oley Valley, and on iron-working in the scenic hills which ring the valley. Of
the iron furnaces and forges in Oley, perhaps the most famous was that of
Iarger Family (later Anglicized to "Hunter"), headed by Nicholas Hunter. In an
obscure court case, dating for 1753, Berks Co. records sho that Nicholas Hunter,
on one occasion, filed suite against a John Kegle, believed to be John
"Dutchman" Cagle, who later moved to North Carolina in 1754-55. Oldest homestead
in
Oley is that of Johannes Keim, built 1706; he was the ancestor of the Kime
family of Guilford Co., NC. Oley Township furnished a number of families to
central North Carolina during the 1740s adn 1750s including the Keim, Cagle, and
Stutts Families.
(The Nicholas Hunter homestead in Oley Twp., neat the ruins of the famed Oley
Forge. The Oley Lutheran Church stands nearby, but its early recors are lost.
One of the most memorable sights in the city of Reading, Berks Co., PA, is
Alsace Hill in the northern part of town, capped by the twin towers of the
Alsace Lutheran and Alsace German Reformed Churches. The two churches, identical
in construction, stand on either side of a common parking lot, and share a
common graveyard. From date of founding in 1732, until construction of the present
buildings in 1907, the two congrrefations worshipped in a single building, at
alternatin times, under a "Union Church" arrangement.
The Alsace churches stand on the homestead of Dewalt Baum, closest neighbor
of Leonhart Cagle, during Leonard's period of residence, 1737-1748, in Alsace
Township. The Cagles may will have been members of the Alsace Lutheran Church,
but this cannot be verified, as early records of the Church have been lost.
There is a replica of the original Alsace Church building, which served the
congragtion form ca1737-1753 replaced by a stone church in 1753. The log church
was in use during the period of Leonard Cagle's residence in the township,
and stood about a quarter-mile from his home. The present Alsace Lutheran
Church, in use since 1907. and identical building, standing adjacent, is the German
Ref. church.
Here is a paragraph from the published history of the Alsace Church describes
the expansion of the Church in the era of 1748-1754. In 1748, the year of
the founding of Reading, PA, Leonard Cagle, vacted his homstead in Alsace and
move a few miles distant to Brecknock Township, in Berks Co.
(I found this in one or the Cagle Journal of Historical Inquiry's,) (July
1987 pg. 2) by; John G. Cagle of Little Rock , Arkansas.
1810 Census Moore County, North Carolina
Cagle , Caty 001 - 01001 P. 060 (widow of John , d-1799)(second wife
of John )
John "Dutchman " Cagle ( Some called him Dutch)
John Cagle 1726-1799, America's first gold rush, Cabarrus County, North
Carolina . The first find was a 17 lb. gold nugget, founded in Little Meadow
Creek by Conrad Reeds, minor son of John Reed. A German immigrant , it soon
became the nations source of gold. (Then there was a gold strike in California in
the late 1840s). Henry Cagle 1760-1830 was a neighbor of John Reed. Old
David 1728-1780. and his brother John Dutchman 1726-1799, had homesteaded at
this location in 1764.
Old David became the owner and operater of the first gold mine in Moore
County, North Carolina . John Dutchman's son John inherited 150 acres, John
moved to Mississippi in the early 1810s and left his land to his brother ,George
1760-1830. George gave his land to his son John M. Cagle born 1793-1860, He
stayed on the place and worked the mine, he became the wealthist Cagle , in
America, his assets valued at $35,000.00.
Census 1860:
John M. Cagle, age 67, born in Nort Carolina
Martha Cagle, age 50, born in North Carolina
Enoch S. Cagle , age 25, born North Carolina
Real Estate Value $ 5,371.00, Personal Property $30,000.00 .
John "Dutchman" Cagle - Land Grants & Tax List.
John Kegill - died 1799 Bought 100 acres Feb. 1764, by Bear Creek. (This is
where the Gold Mine was)
David Cayjill - Bought 100 acres, both sides of Flat Creek. Acres.
Charles Cagle died 1802, bought land August 11 1767 , on Little Buffalo
River .
Leonard Bought land in 1768, on Buffalo River.
Henry died 1802, bought land on Little Buffalo River .
George Died 1825 bought 30 acres between Cabin Creek and Bear Creek.
1767 Tax List:
Cumberland County, North Carolina :
John Cagle, Henry Cagle, Leonard Cagle .
1777 Tax List:
John Cagle 310 Acres.
Henry Cagle 150 Acres
George
Cagle 120 Acres.
Names where all misspelled by the land office.
Notes from John G. Cagle's books on the Cagle's
Children of Johannes Cagle and Johanetta Hart are:
2 i. George Kagel3 Cagle, born 1757 in , Moore, North Carolina; died 1830.
He married Eliza.
3 ii. Elizabeth Cagle, born Aft. 1760 in , Moore, North Carolina.
4 iii. Jacob Cagle Sr, born 1766 in , Moore, North Carolina; died October
20, 1856 in , Franklin, Georgia. He married Elizabeth "Betsey" Gilmore; born
1770 in , , North Carolina; died 1850 in , Franklin, Georgia.
Notes for Jacob Cagle Sr:
1830 Hall Co. GA
Household
Cagle, Jacob 1011000010000 - 1211000100000
1840 Hall Co. Ga
Cagle, Jacob 0010010001 - 000120001
1850, Cherokee County, GA
Household#1217 (page 416)
Cagle, Jacob 84 NC Farmer/$700
E. 80 " (Elizabeth)
L. 23 GA (granddaughter Lucinda Cagle d\o John 1790-1820)
H. 21 GA Farmer/$400 (Grandson Henry s\o John " ")
These grandchildren were raised in there household, and receibed full shares
in his estate settlement in 1858-59. (notes are from John G. Cagle
Died in Franklin County, Georgia
5 iv. Mary Cagle, born Aft. 1767 in , Moore, North Carolina.
6 v. John Cagle.
Children of Johannes Cagle and Catherine Unknown are:
7 i. Henry3 Cagle, born 1770 in , Moore, North Carolina.
More About Henry Cagle:
Census: 1790, Hancock County, Georgia
8 ii. Susanna Cagle, born Aft. 1775 in , Moore, North Carolina.
9 iii. John Cagle, born Aft. 1776 in , Moore, North Carolina.
10 iv. William Cagle, born 1788 in , Moore, North Carolina; died September
18, 1860 in , Moore, North Carolina. He married Sarah Bruer in , Moore, North
Carolina; born in , , North Carolina; died in , Moore, North Carolina.
More About William Cagle:
Burial: Cagle Cemetery, Moore, North Carolina
More About Sarah Bruer:
Burial: Cagle Cemetery, Moore, North Carolina
11 v. Dorothy Cagle, born Aft. 1789 in , Moore, North Carolina.
12 vi. Margaret Cagle, born Abt. 1790 in , Moore, North Carolina.