Conrad Herr ^{3 4 5 6}

   FamilySearch ID: MTTY-D6Z.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1820 in , Frederick, MD. ⁷ The 1820 census recorded Conrod Her [sic, as indexed] with this household:
Home in 1820 Election District 8, Frederick, Maryland
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 2.

2. Census in 1830 in Greencastle, Franklin, PA. The 1830 census recorded Name: Conrod Harr
[Cnrod Karr]
Home in 1830 Greencastle, Franklin, Pennsylvania
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 7
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 9.

3. Conrad Herr and Catherine are listed as members of the German Reformed church in 1835. In 1835 in Greencastle, Franklin, PA. ⁸ German Reformed Church Membership roster from 1818 to 1864. (It appears it shows the year member joined, as members only listed once.)
Elizabeth Bueger - 1823
Elisabeth Beecher - 1829
Margaret Beecher - confirmed 1843
Mary A. Beecher - 1846
John P. Herr - 1834
Susan Herr -1834
Conrad Herr - 1835
Catharine Herr - Confirmed 1835
Betty Herr - Henrietta - Confirmed 1841
Charles Beecher Wolf - 1857.

4. Census in 1840 in Greencastle, Franklin, PA. ⁹ The 1840 census recorded Conrod Harr [sic] with this household:
Home in 1840 Greencastle, Franklin, Pennsylvania
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 6
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 4
Total Free White Persons: 10.

5. Newspaper: Herald of Freedom: Legal Notice of Herr Estate Dispute, on 17 Oct 1849, in Hagerstown, Washington, MD. ^{10 10} Legal Notice published on 17 Oct 1849 in the newspaper Herald of Freedom, Hagerstown, MD:

No. 1080

George M. Irwin, Mary Irwin, his wife
vs.
Samuel Herr and wife,
William Herr and wife,
Daniel Herr and wife,
Conrad Herr and wife,
Elizabeth Beecher,
John Herr and wife.

In Washington County Court, sitting as a Court of Equity.

The object of the suit is to procure a decree for a sale of certain real estate, lots and houses, of which John P. Herr died seized and possessed.

The Bill states that said John P. Herr in the year 1844, departed this life in Franklin County, in the State of Pennsylvania, intestate, seized and possessed of certain lots and houses, (described in the bill and accompanying exhibit,) situate in Hagerstown, in Washington County, in the State of Maryland, leaving the said Complainants and Defendants as his heirs at law; that the said Samuel Herr and Susan Herr, his wife; William Herr, whose wife's Christian name is unknown, reside in the State of Ohio, or elsewhere beyond the jurisdiction of the Court; Daniel Herr, whose wife's Christian name is unknown, Conrad Herr and Catharine Herr, his wife; Elizabeth Beecher, widow, formerly Elizabeth Herr, resides in the State of Pennsylvania; Peter Herr, who departed this life, intestate, and unmarried, in Pennsylvania, in the year 1848; and John Herr and Sarah Herr his wife, reside in Williamsport, in Washington County, in the State of Maryland. That the Complainants and Defendants are seized as tenants in common in fee of said real estate, and this it would be for the interest and advantage of the Complainants and Defendants that said real estate should be sold and the proceeds divided according to the respective interest of the said parties. The bill further charges that John Herr has been the recipient of the rents of said real estate since the decease of said John P. Herr, and calls upon him for an account thereof to be taken under the direction of Washington County Court, as a Court of Equity.

It is thereupon adjudged and ordered that the Complainants, by causing a copy of this order to be inserted in some newspaper published at Hagerstown, once a week for one month before the 17th day of November next, give notice to the said absent Defendants of the object and substance of this bill; and warn them to appear in this Court in person or by solicitor, on or before the 18th day of February 1850, to answer the premises, and shew cause if any they have why a decree ought not to pass as prayed -- otherwise said bill will be taken pro confesso against said Defendants.

True copy -- Test:
Isaac Nesbitt, Cl'k.
October 17, 1849.

6. Census in 1850 in Greencastle, Franklin, PA. ¹¹ The 1850 census recorded Conrad Herr, tailor, 52, living with wife Catherine, 53; Sarah, 21; Catherine, 17; and George, 13. The parents were born in Maryland and the children in Pennsylvania.

7. He signed a will Franklin County Will Book F, page 219. On 3 Feb 1857 in Chambersburg, Franklin, PA. ¹² Be it remembered that I Conrad Herr of the Borough of Greencastle County of Franklin and the State of Pennsylvania, in view of the uncertainty of human life, do make publish and declare this to be my last will & testament, to wit
First I direct that all my just debts & funeral expenses be paid and fully discharged. Second I direct my executor hereinafter named to sell and convert into money all my estate real personal and mixed and invest the proceeds arising therefrom in some safe and productive securities. Third I do hereby rest in my executor full power and authority to dispose of my real estate in fee simple in as full and large a manner in every respect, as I myself do, if living. Fourth, I direct my executor to pay the interest of my estate as invested unto my wife Catharine annually during her natural life. The said interest being for the support and maintenance of my said wife Catharine and my son George. Fifth, in case my son George survives my wife then I allow as much of the interest as may be necessary for his support & maintenance. Sixth after the death of my wife Catherine and my son George I direct the principal sum to be divided equally as soon as it can be done share and share alike amongst my several children who shall survive me the heirs or representatives of any of my children who shall die between this time and the time of such division or distribution, shall be entitled to such share or shares as theirs to receive -- if then living. And I do hereby constitute and appoint John Rine executor of this my last will & testament. In witness whereof I Conrad Herr the testator have to this my will set my hand and seal this third day of February AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty seven.

Conrad Herr (SEAL).

8. Probate Indexes for Conrad Herr in 1858 in Chambersburg, Franklin, PA. ¹³ Orphans court Docket Index 1785-1903 Vol A-H
Page 179 lists...
Conrad Herr probate records
Widows appraisement #16 1858 book A page 96
Appointment of trustee book R page 397
Sales of Real Estate
-- Petition & Order #40 book S page 323
-- Bond book C 268 and book R 398
-- Return book S page 379
Executor, Admin. & Trustee
-- Acct # 93 1863 book E page 524
-- Acct # 6 1886 book M page 526
-- Appt. of Auditor book T page 421
-- Auditor's Report No. 53 Year 1886 book F page 161

Page 179 also lists probate following death of...
Catharine Herr (wife of Conrad)
Executor, Admin. & Trustee
Acct # 56 1881 book K page 530
Acct # 60 1883 book L page 464.

Conrad married Catharine Biegler on 28 Mar 1818 in Hagerstown, Washington, MD.^{1 2} (Catharine Biegler was born on 11 Apr 1796 in La Plata, Charles, MD,¹¹ died on 5 Feb 1882 in Upton, Franklin, PA ¹⁴ and was buried in Greencastle: German Reformed Cemetery, Franklin, PA ¹⁴.)