Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameGeorge CORTNER 
214,213,470, George “Jurg” Cortner
214,213,470, George “Jurg” CortnerBirthMay 1738, Augusta County, Virginia214,470, George “Jurg” Cortner
DeathFeb 5, 1819213,470, George “Jurg” Cortner
BurialBrick Reformed UCC “Old Brick Church”, 3699 Brick Church Rd, Guilford County, North Carolina213,470, George “Jurg” Cortner
Mother“Mary” Maria Catharina CLAPP (1704-1768)
Spouses
Birth1742, Oley Twp, Berks County, Pennsylvania214
Father“Jorg” George Valentine CLAPP Sr. (KLAP) (1702-1773)
Mother“Barbery” Anna Barbara STIESS (1706-1775)
ChildrenDaniel (1763-1813)
Eva (1770-1851)
Margaret (1772-1845)
Matthias (1773-1854)
George (1775-1851)
Barbara (1777-)
Maria Magdalena (1777-)
Mary Elizabeth (1765-1807)
John Matthew (1782-1852)
Samuel (1779-1844)
Obituary Online notes for George CORTNER
From Brick Church records," A very prominent man in his church & community. A delegate to the Patriot Convention at Hillsborough, NC August 21, 1775."
Tombtone Inscription
HERE LIES THE RE
MAIN S OF
GEORGE COURTNER
He was Born in May
1738 And he Departed
This Life in February
The ad 1819 The Days
And years of his pilgra
mage is eighty and nine
Months.
Extract from "History of Brick Church" by Whitsett, 1925:
In unmarked graves in Brick church cemetery sleep Rev. John W. Bithahn, and the following regulators: Tobias Clapp and Peter Goertner. In graves properly marked are these regulators: Capt. William Albright, Barney Clapp and Michael Schwenck. Here also well marked is the grave of George Cortner (Goertner) who was in his time a leader in the civil life of this part of Guilford county.
Contributor: JanisG (47652946) 470, George “Jurg” Cortner
Tombtone Inscription
HERE LIES THE RE
MAIN S OF
GEORGE COURTNER
He was Born in May
1738 And he Departed
This Life in February
The ad 1819 The Days
And years of his pilgra
mage is eighty and nine
Months.
Extract from "History of Brick Church" by Whitsett, 1925:
In unmarked graves in Brick church cemetery sleep Rev. John W. Bithahn, and the following regulators: Tobias Clapp and Peter Goertner. In graves properly marked are these regulators: Capt. William Albright, Barney Clapp and Michael Schwenck. Here also well marked is the grave of George Cortner (Goertner) who was in his time a leader in the civil life of this part of Guilford county.
Contributor: JanisG (47652946) 470, George “Jurg” Cortner