[Johannes] "John" CUNTZE, at age 8, immigrated to Germanna, Virginia, USA in 1714
with father, [Joseph] "Jost" CUNTZE and family. His Mother died enroute or
shortly after arrival at Germanna, Virginia, USA.

Johannes CUNTZE/KUNTZ/COONS/COUNS/COUNTS m Anna Elisabetha [Catherine] STOEVER on 25 Jun 1728 in Earltown, Pennsylvania, USA.

He may have returned to GERMANY about 1729 and returned again to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA on 30 NOV 1730 on ship "Joyce", Master was Captain Atilliam FORD
of Boston.

He may have lived awhile in southern Pennsylvania, about thirty miles from half brothers, Henry CUNTZE, in northern Virginia and Tillman CUNTZE in western Maryland.

It is also possible that he is the same John COUNTS granted 350 acres of land in
South Carolina in 1751.

Jim WHITE say's it is reasonable to assume Johannes CUNTZE was born near Oberfishbach, about halfway between Frankfurt and Dortmund, GERMANY perhaps forty miles east of Cologne.

John (KOONTZ) [COUNTS] estate settled in 1778 in Augusta County, VA who late in life married Elizabeth (HETTERICH) ERMENTROUT.

The information above was supplied by Shadrick Counts from Ancestry.com file tnshad

History of the Descendents of John Koontz. by Lowell Koontz
(6327 Phyllis Lane, Alexandria VA 22312), 1979.

"JOHN (CUNTZ) KOONTZ

thought to be the son of immigrant Joseph Cuntz and Anna Gertrud
Reinschmidt, married Anna Elisabetha Catherine Stoever,
daughter of Reverand John Casper Stoever, Sr. On 25 June 1738 at
Earltown, Pa. by Reverand John Casper Stoever, Jr. (Itef. 203,
p. 56) (Ref. 202, p. 93)

John born 18 Apr. 1706 Niederndorf, Germany, died after 1745,
the last year any records can be found on John and Elizabeth. On
5 Aug. 1745 John of Frederick Co. sold 195 acres of land to
Lewis Stephens and Elizabeth surrendered her dower on 6 Aug.
(Ref. Fredericls Co. D.B. 1, pp. 227 & 229)

Descendants of our lineage believe the father of John was Joseph
Cuntz, as named above, the 1714 Germanna immigrant. Evidence
seems to indicate Joseph was John's father but as Joseph's will
does not mention his son, John, there is no proof. (Ref. 202,
pp. 104 & 105) The evidence that associates John Cuntz as the
son of the Germanna immigrant Joseph Cuntz is as follows:

(A) Holtzolaw (Ref. 202, p. 93) lists John born 18 Apr. 1706 in
Niederndorf, Germany as the son of Jost Kuntze (Joseph Koontz)
and first wife, Anna Gertrud Reinschmidt, the daughter of Martin
Reinschmidt of Lower Wilden.

(B) Immigrant Joseph Cuntz is listed with his second wife,
Katherina, and his son John Annalis (sic) and Kathrina his
daughter (Ref. 209, p. 370) and also a daughter Elizabeth (Ref.
202, p. 93) This establishes the fact Joseph had a son, John, he
brought to America. The (sic) indicates that Annalis was not a
part of his name at all but was part of his sister's name, Anna
Elizabeth, and that the original record was in German and this
mistake has been made in translation. (Ref. 17, p. 282)

(C) Johanes Coones or Johannes Cuntz (two different spellings on
ship list) age 24 arrived in the port of Philadelphia 30 Nov.
1730 on the ship "Joyce. " Presented to the Court of
Philadelphia were the names of 24 Palatines, who with their
families made about 52 persons that were imported on the ship
"Joyce" from Europe by Captain Atilliam Ford oi Boston. (Ref.
201, pp. 37 & 38) This may cxplain why Joseph Cuntz did not list
his son, John, in his will as his son may have returned to
Germany before returning to America in Nov. Of 1730.

(D) John married the daughter of John Casper Stoever, Sr. the
pastor Of the Hebron Church founded by the 1717 Germanna Colony.
John Casper Stoever, Sr. came from Germany via England and
Pennsylvania to Virginia, where he had been licensed by Governor
Spotswood to become pastor of the Lutheran Church now in Madison
Co., Va. but then in Spotsylvania Co. (Ref. 205, p. 62) The
Orange Co. W.B. 1, pp. 237-238 lists Elizabeth Catherine Cuntze
as a daughter and one of the heirs of Reverand John Casper
Stoever, Sr.

Subject:
License of Rev. Stoever
Date:
Tue, 17 Oct 2000 05:56:49 -0400
From:
John Blankenbaker <johblank@pipeline.com>
To:
guyz@cookeville.total-web.net

When Rev. John Caspar Stoever started his work in the Robinson River
Valley, Spotswood had been gone from Williamsburg for more than ten years
so could hardly have licensed Stoever. In addition, none of the ministers
were licensed by the colony.

(E) Joseph Cuntze's will was dated 18 Oct. 1730 and probated 10
Feb. 1731 Stafford Co. W.B. 1729-48, p. 22 (Ref. 202, p. 93) as
Joseph died early in 1731 and was possibly in failing health in
1730. This adds reason to the return of John to America on the
ship "Joyce."

It has not been possible to establish that John did return to
Europe but in light of the above evidence it is believed that
John is, in fact, the son of Joseph Cuntz the 1714 immigrant.

John Cuntz and his wife moved from Pa. to Frederick Co., Va
after their marriage. John Koontz of Orange Co. was deeded 195
acres by John Branson of Orange Co. on 23 June 1739. (Orange Co.
D B 3, p. 191) This land now is located in Frederick Co., Va.
after the change in the boundary (1738-43). While they were
living at Opequon, Va. located 4 to 5 miles S.S.W. of
Winchester, Va. their son John was born 26 Mar. 1739. (Ref. 203,
p. 13) That this John born 26 Mar. 1739 was the later Elder John
Counts of the current Page Co. area has been well established by
born C. Holtzelaw.

At Jobn's birth in what is now Frederick Co., Va. the sponsors
were Casper Stoever (the Uncle), Jacob Neuschanger, and lsfaria
Baumann. John and Anna Elizabeth Catherine, his wife, were
sponsors at Opequon 29 Apr. 1740 for John, son of Johann
Broband. (Ref. 203, p. 13)

"Jacob Neuschwanger, sponsor of the child John Cuntz in 1739
(Later Elder John Koontz), was the son-in-law of Melchior
Brumback, the 1714 Germanna colonist. " (Ref. 202, p . 105)

The last appearance of the couple in Frederick records was 6 Aug
1745 when Elizabeth surrendered her dower."

Children were: Conrad COONTZ, Nicholas X. COONTZ, Lewis COONTZ, William Henry COUNTS, Jacob COONTZ, Peter Dietrich COONTZ, John Coons, George KOONTZ, Michael Coons.

Spouse: Deborah COMBS. Deborah COMBS and Joseph Coons were married on 11 June 1799 in Jefferson County, Tennessee.⁶⁷ Children were: Elizabeth COONS.

Children were: Mary Louise Coons, Tommy J Coons.

Children were: David Allen Coons.

Spouse: Phillip Roberts. Children were: Aaron Roberts, Sarah Roberts, Benjamin Roberts, Eli Mark Roberts, Phillip , Jr Roberts, Elizabeth Roberts, Margaret Roberts.

Spouse: James Dilley Hubbard. Children were: Martha Joan Hubbard.

Spouse: Nancy Melinda Mabry. Nancy Melinda Mabry and Martin P Coons were married on 8 February 1827 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Children were: James Thomas Coons.

Spouse: Hannah Shields.

Spouse: William Buntain. Mary Coons and William Buntain were married on 28 February 1813 in Highland County, Ohio. Children were: Lucinda Ann Buntain, Rachel Ann Buntain, Nancy Buntain, Mary Buntain, William H Buntain, Martha Buntain, Elizabeth J Buntain.

Spouse: John , Jr Cate. Mary Ann Coons and John , Jr Cate were married on 5 January 1795 in Jefferson County, Tennessee. Children were: Elisha Porter Cate, Daniel Cate, Rebecca Cate, Gideon Cate, Mary Cate, Aberiah Cate, Thomas Cate, Noah Cate, William Cate, Michael Cate, Joseph Cate, Alzira Cate.

Spouse: John Calhoun Teague. Mary V Coons and John Calhoun Teague were married on 14 March 1875 in Camp San Saba, Texas. Children were: James Stokes Teague, Martha Francis Teague, Minnie B Teague, Otis Ardell Teague, Lola E Teague.

Michael Counts sold this same tract in 1783, with his wife Rebecca Counts signing (to release dower). Michael was in Green, NC by 1784 he owned 640 acres of land; this would become Jefferson County,TN. Michael died abt. 1804. Michael and Rebecca Counts/Coons/Koontz had the following children:
Jacob Coons m. Judah Tackett ?, they moved to Tuscaloosa Co., AL Dec 21 1825
John Coons,Sr. and Catherine his wife moved to Overton Co TN 1825 (Catherine may have been Carlock).
Rebecca Coons and Peter Tackett moved to Franklin Co., AL 1825.
Margaret Coons and Phillips Roberts lived in Sevier Co., TN.
Elizabeth Coons and Daniel Morrow to Bath Co VA 1826
Michael Coons of Jefferson Co., TN (not sure who he married)
John Cate Jr. and Mary Ann Coons raised their family and are buried in Dumplin Cemetery, Jefferson Co., TN.
George Coons "of HighlandCounty, Ohio, March 26, 1827;" Deed Bk. 4 p. 204-205
All of the above are from deeds recorded in Jefferson Co., when each of Michael's children quit claimed their share of land to their brother Phillips Coons. It seems there was a Joseph Coons also.

The First Baptist Church of Dandridge - it was organized first as the Lower French Broad Baptist Church on March 25, 1786, three miles northeast of Dandridge in Coons' School House by two pioneer Baptist ministers, Jonathan Mulkey and Isaac Barton. The twelve charter members were: Michael Coons, James Randolph, Henry Haggard, John Cryder, Wesley White, Charles Gentry, Rebecca Coons, Margarette Smith, Sara Cryder, Dolly Haggard, Tabitha Gentry and Elizabeth Gentry

Michael was "Virginia Deutsch" (German). We know they were in Virginia for several years as sons, John and Michael, Jr. and daughter Elizabeth, were born there. Son George was born in Maryland per 1880 census for Highland Co., Ohio. Mary Coons Cate and Joseph Coons were born in N.C. (Tennessee was then called N.C.). They were charter members of the Church of Christ on French Broad River 25 Mar 1786. This church is now the First Baptist Church of Dandridge of the Southern Baptist Convention. The old church records refer to their meetings being "held at Coones Creek" or "Coons Meeting House".

The 1783 census for Virginia shows Michael Coonse, 13 whites, George Coons, 2 whites. Michael Coon's land grant No. 841, State of North Carolina for 640 acres, dated 2 Nov 1790 was sold to Michael 20 Oct 1788 for 10 pounds for every 100 acres (or for $64.00). This was also under warrent No. 1545. This land was in Greene Co., Tenn from 1783-1792, when Jefferson Co. , was formed. This land is now known as the Sullivan property and there is an old cemetery there.

Michael made his will 17 Mar 1803, Jefferson Co., Tenn., but there were several land transactions made up to 1813. Michael probably died soon after this date.

The book "Pioneer Preachers of Indiana" by Madison Evans, A.M. published 1862, on page 139 states "The Coonses were mostly Baptists noted for their piety and zeal for God. Among them were many preachers, one of whom, John Coons, was imprisoned in the days of the Revolution, by the English or Episcopal Church". Michael Coons would have been 32 years old when Elder John Coons died.

In the book, Tennessee Cousins by Worth S. Ray:
The French Broad Baptist Church was the second church organized around Dandridge and it was established about two and a half miles east of Dandridge in 1786 by Jonathan Mulkey and Isaac Barton. The following is what is said to be an authentic roll of its original members: Michael Coons, James Randolph, Henry Haggard, John Fryer, Tabitha and Elizabeth Gentry, Charles Gentry (the first clerk), Wesley Whiate, Rebecca Coons, Dolly Haggard, Margaret Smith, Sarah Fryer, Elizabeth Morrow, Alexander Morrow, Unius and Sarah Carlock, Elizabeth Johnson (Sr. and Jr.), Margaret Johnson, Joseph and Sarah Witt, Elizabeth Whitman, Catron McGirk, Duke Kimarough and Robert Gentry.

In the book, "Tennessee Cousins" by Worth S. Ray:
In 1801 and prior thereto at Bean's Station some miles North and East of Rutledge, the Thomas Whiteside hotel flourished and became famous, being patronized by travelers on the road to and from Kentucky and Virginia. After the town of Rutledge was established the first house of entertainment (hotel) was that of Michael Coons, who was also a blacksmith. Michael Coons died in 1803, only two years after he opened his hotel and blacksmith shop in Grainger County.
Parents: John? Coons.

Spouse: Rebecca Geor. Rebecca Geor and Michael Coons were married about 1759 in Shenandoah Co., VA. Children were: Phillips Coons, George Washington Coons, Elizabeth Coons, Michael , Jr Coons, Jacob Riley Coons Rev, John Coons Sr., Mary Ann Coons, Margaret Coons, Joseph Coons, Abigail Coons, Rebecca Coons.

Spouse: Elizabeth Allison. Children were: Isabell Coons, Joseph McDowell Coons, Sarah Coons, Henry A Coons, George Edward Coons, Rachael Coons, Nancy Coons, Lidia E Coons, John Allison Coons, Martin Van Buren Coons, Elizabeth J Coons, Mary Ann Coons.

Spouse: Priscilla M Cate. Priscilla M Cate and Michael , Jr Coons were married about 1801 in Tennessee.

Spouse: Harriett N Rush. Children were: Marvin Oren Coons, Mary Olive Coons, John Alexander Coons, Grace M Coons, Inez Marie Coons, Eva M Coons.

Had five children.
- Kaiser-Kiser-Keyser history compiled by Vivian Dickison Bales, Joyce
Kiser
Logan, and Woodrow Burchett, obtained from Mimi Smith

Their marriage bond was signed by mark as "Philip Couts", and the
whole record
is in that name. His bondsman was his brother-in-law, Jacob Rasnake
(Rersneck) [Husband of B2], who signed in German. A certificate,
filed with
the bond, is in the following words:

"Shenandoah County and beckford in Virginy.
"Philip Couts and Anna Kiser is a go to git marred and his
father John Couts and mother is will that they should git mared
And Anna Kiser friends is all will that she shd get mared to
Sad Couts August 22 1785."

This paper was endorsed by "Any Kiser," and "John Couts," both by
mark, and in
person by "Andrew Kiser."

Philip Counts remained all his life on his father's farm on Hawksbill
Creek in
Shenandoah and Page counties. In 1802 his parents, in Russell County,
executed a deed to him for the remainder of the John Counts tract of
land in
that section (ShenCo DB N, pp 162-3). On January 25, 1808, Christian
(Chrisley) Bumgarner and wife conveyed to Philip "Countz" 2-3/4 acres
on the
west bank of Hawksbill, adjoining said Counts' land (DB Q, p 212). The
1830
Census lists Philip "Kountz" between 50 and 60 years of age, living
alone,
except for four slaves.

On December 10, 1833, Philip "Kountz" (by mark) executed his last will
and
testament, and it was probated in the Page County Court on January 23,
1843
(WB B-274). He mentions only two children in his will, Jacob and
Elizabeth.
He does not mention his wife's name and it is presumed she was dead at
the
time. Philip and Anna are both probably buried in the old Counts
Graveyard on
the west side of Hawksbill Creek.
- Some Descendants of John Counts of Glade Hollow by Elihu Jasper
Sutherland Parents: John Coons and Magdalena Eve Summers.