Geiger/Kiger Family
Geiger/Kiger Family
Although John Adam Kiger was a Lutheran, he was closely associated with the Moravians. In 1778 Adam Geiger/Kiger donated 102 acres (located in present day Rural Hall NC) to the Nazareth Evangelical Lutheran Church. The church was soon erected and served the community for 94 years. (This church was sometimes called Beaver Dam Church, Fessler's Church and eventually came to be known as Nazareth Lutheran Church. In 1863 the congregation sold 92 acres to John W. Bostick. In 1878 the present church was built and is still serving the community. A great many of the Kigers listed below are buried in the Nazareth Lutheran Graveyard.
Children of Johann Adam Geiger (1735/36-1827) and Maria Margaretha Fiedler
(probably) Mary Elizabeth Geiger (1765-1829) m. John Speas (1762-1841)
Anna Christina Geiger (1769-prob. bef. 1799) probably m. Peter Binkley (c1764-1811)
Johann Adam Geiger Jr. (1771-ca. 1839) m. Christina Moser (1774-aft.1850)
(d/o Leonard Moser and Sarah Binkley)
Jacob Keiger (1775) m. Nancy (1781) (both died after 1850)
Lewis Geiger
Maria Catharina Geiger (1777-c1805) m. Henry Moser (m. 1804)
Johann Peter Geiger (1780-?) m. Sally Cooper [error corrected 2 Jan 2001; we had this couple confused with John and Margaret KISER in the 1850 census]
John George Geiger (bap. Feb. 12, 1782) m. Clary Beck, d/o John Beck and Catherine Null (m. 1796, Solomon Beck, bondsman)
Henry Geiger (1784) m. Elizabeth Doss (m. in 1807)
Gertraud Geiger (1786) (did not marry)
Sally Geiger m. Harmon/Harmonius Kiser
Children of Johann Adam Geiger Jr. and Christina Moser
Johannes Geiger (1796-1797)
Sarah "Sally" Geiger (abt.1797) m. Christian Moser
Henry (Bald Henry) Geiger (1799) m. Elizabeth Edwards (1798), d/o Edward Edwards
Catherine Geiger (abt.1800) m. Joseph Banner (1799) (m. in 1825)
Margaret Geiger (abt.1802) m. Benjamin Banner Jr. (abt.1790-1846)
Simon Kiger/Geiger (1804-abt.1860) m. Mary Elizabeth (Polly) Moser (1807-1899)
Lewis Geiger (1808) m. Paulina/Polina Kiger (1824-1893?) (m. in 1843)
Elizabeth Geiger (abt.1810-?)
Mary Geiger (abt.1811) m. Jacob Shouse (1812)
Anna E. Geiger (abt.1812-?) m. George Washington Tuttle
(Who is William Kiger, age 42, with wife Nancy, age 40, found in the 1850 Forsyth County Census? William Kiger married Nancy Slaughter in Stokes County in 1830. Nancy is probably the daughter of Samuel Slaughter who came to NC from Lunenburg Co. VA Children listed in census for William and Nancy are - William 12; Francis, 9 and Martha J. Merritt, age 16. Note: In the 1850 Forsyth Co. Census, 1441/1456 John Merret Jr. is only four households from the William Kiger family. What is the connection, if any, to the Merritt family?) Rose Berry is researching the Slaughter/Slawter family and would like to correspond with anyone who has information concerning William and Nancy Kiger. Rose's e-mail is: roseb@knology.net
Updated September 22, 2002. Minor changes were made on March 1, 2004.
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Visit Descendants of Valentine Geiger by Peggy Loos
Personal communications with Mark E. Johnson. Mark's email address is: mejohnson@dpcmail.dukepower.com
Personal communications with Fred O. Bodenhamer at: boden@spacestar.com
Personal communication with Donna Vaughn at: rooter@pe.net
Personal communication with Pennie Fletcher at: pfletc2115@aol.com
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Surry County Heritage, Volume I
Stokes County Heritage, Volumes I & II
Robert Carroll, Various articles published in the Danbury Reporter
One Hundred Years of King History 1888-1988, Robert Carroll
Personal Interviews with James & Bea Kiger Collins, Alta and Helen Kiger Kluttz, James Collins II and Betty Shinault
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