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 1740 - 1789 (49 years)
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| Name |
John Justus Grovenstein |
| Birth |
c 1740 |
Austria  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1789 |
St. Marys, Camden, GA |
| Person ID |
I265 |
Georgia Revolutionary War Graves |
| Last Modified |
18 Dec 2015 |
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| Notes |
- John Justus Grovenstein - Native of Austria was a Salzburger, who moved from Charleston, South Carolina to Ebenezer in St. Matthews Parish in 1760. He was a deacon in the church at Ebenezer in 1775.
John Grovenstein married Catherine Biddenback on February 22 1763, at Ebenezer in now Effingham County, Georgia. They had six children: Christian, Henry Lewis, Mary, John Justus Jr. who married Mary Reiser, Henry Lewis (II) who married Hannah M. Dasher, and Christopher who married Elizabeth Trevant. After the Revolution, John Grovenstein moved to St. Marys, and lived on the Satilla River. He died in 1789 and was buried in an unmarked grave at Oak Grove Cemetery, one of the earliest burials in the cemetery.
Sources:
1-- Oak Grove Cemetery, --Kay Westberry page 227- Six Grovenstein and Grovenstine family members were buried in Oak Grove with many unmarked plots around them. Christopher & Elizabeth Trevant Grovenstein; John Lewis and Henrietta Simpson Grovenstine & son J.W.A; Henry Grovenstein One son, Henry Grovenstine married the daughter of Patriot John Bachlott, Jr, thus further linking the families of Revolutionary War Patriots.
2-- Pioneers of Wiregrass, Folks Huxford, see John Justus son, Christopher Vol 5- page 181- info for himself and children
3- The Salzburgers and Their Descendants- P.A. Strobel
John Justus- p 125; - his Genealogy
John Justus p 180- was a deacon in the Salzberger church at Ebenezer in 1775.
Christopher p 137 ? two generations; also his daughter Rebecca and her children
- Married Catherine Biddenback on February 22 1763, at Ebenezer in now Effingham County, Georgia.
- John Justus Grovenstein rendered patriotic services during the Revolutionary War, by providing supplies to the Continental Army, including a horse for the Cavalry of Count Casimir Pulaski during the Siege of Savannah in September and October 1779.
Sources:
1-- DAR Patriot Index: Not listed in printed book, but included in DAR GRS files-John Justus Grovenstein Ancestor # A047943- DAR Member- Madera Arnow Procter (Natl # 163107), member Earl Of Camden DAR Chapter; submitted May 17, 1978
GROVENSTEIN, JOHN JUSTUS Ancestor #: A047943
Service: Georgia Rank: Patriotic Service
Birth: Circa 1740; Death: After 7- -1789 Ebenezer Georgia
Service Description: Rendered Aid to the Armed Forces
- Grave marked by Marshes of Glynn Chapter GA SAR 12 Sep 2015
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