Elder John Koontz, Sr. b. 26 Mar 1739 Opequon, Frederick Co, VA d. 25 Apr 1832 Alma, Page Co, VA: Adkins-Horton Family

1739 - 1832 (93 years)

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Name	John Koontz
	(Counts)
Title	Elder
Suffix	Sr.
Born	26 Mar 1739	Opequon, Frederick Co, VA
Gender	Male
Died	25 Apr 1832	Alma, Page Co, VA
Buried	Koontz Shuler Cemetery, Alma, Page Co, VA [1]
Person ID	I8673	adkinshorton
Last Modified	30 Jan 2019

Father	Johannes Cuntz, b. 18 Apr 1706, Niederndorf, Germany , d. Aft 1745 (Age 39 years)
Mother	Anna Elizabetha Catherine Stoever
Married	25 Jun 1738	Earltown, Lancaster Co, PA
Family ID	F26646	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Elizabeth Baker, d. 1825-26, VA

Children

+	1. Isaac Newton Koontz, Sr., b. 14 Feb 1777, d. 18 Jul 1834, VA (Age 57 years)
	2. Jacob Counts
	3. John Counts, Jr.
	4. Elizabeth Counts

Family ID F26603 Group Sheet | Family Chart

[S18809] History of the Descendants of John Koontz, ref.203, pg.13.
John born 26 Mar. 1739 in Opequon, Va. in Frederick Co., Va. (Ref. 203, p. 13) He died 25 Apr. 1832 in Page Co. near Alma, Va. and buried in cemetery 73. The tombstone was removed from the Koontz Shuler Cemetery by Carroll R. Shuler of Stanley and placed in a cement and rock memorial to the Reverand John Koontz which stands in the Seekford Cemetery in Alma, Va. In talking with Carroll R. Shuler he stated that the body had not been disinterred and that he had taken the tombstone from near the center of the Koontz Shuler Cemetery where the body still remains. The date on the limestone slab is hand carved and is still quite legible. The foregoing date is correct for it is not only listed on the tombstone that way but Elder John had a will probated 28 May 1832. Two things have confused the issue: one, Elder John had a son who died in 1831 and his son's will was probated Dec., 1831 and secondly the Mill Creek Church records state death in the church since the beginning of the year 1832 probably recording this at the end of that calendar year. The church record states "Edward Holmes, Eld. John Koontz; since 1832, " meaning since 1832 began not before 1832.