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| − | Johan Jost entered the service on May 1, 1778 as a Private at Schoharie and served under Captain Stubrach in Colonel Vrooman’s regiment. They were headquartered at the lower fort in Schoharie and he was discharged from there. <br> In the Spring of 1779, at about May, he was ordered into the same company and regiment and served there until November of that same year and was again discharged. He was again ordered into the same regiment and company at Schoharie in the Spring of 1780 until November of the same year, and was again discharged. <br> He was ordered into service again in the Spring of 1782 in the same company and served again until about September 15, 1782. <br> Nothing found in his pension records or his payroll records indicate that he | + | Johan Jost entered the service on May 1, 1778 as a Private at Schoharie and served under Captain Stubrach in Colonel Vrooman’s regiment. They were headquartered at the lower fort in Schoharie and he was discharged from there. <br> In the Spring of 1779, at about May, he was ordered into the same company and regiment and served there until November of that same year and was again discharged. He was again ordered into the same regiment and company at Schoharie in the Spring of 1780 until November of the same year, and was again discharged. <br> He was ordered into service again in the Spring of 1782 in the same company and served again until about September 15, 1782. <br> Nothing found in his pension records or his payroll records indicate that he served as an officer.<ref name="Pension declaration"> Revolutionary War Pension Application of Johan Jost Dietz</ref> |
==Marriage & Children== | ==Marriage & Children== | ||
Revision as of 13:47, 20 February 2013
Birth
Col. Johan Jost Dietz was born on Sep 19, 1760 at Foxes Dorf, Schoharie, NY. His parents were William Dietz. Esq. (1720-1782), who emigrated from Vielbach, Germany c. 1734, and Dorothea Wanner (1717-1782) of Huntersland, Schoharie, NY.
His father, William, had a 229 acre farm in Beaverdam on the Switzkill, and later was a blacksmith in Schoharie, Schoharie, NY, while son Adam W. ran the farm. Johan Jost was one of seven children. The others were Maria Elizabetha, Peter W., William Jr., Lt Col. Johannes, Adam W., and Eva.
Johan Jost resided at Schoharie at different periods of time until he entered the service, and in 1785 removed to Berne where he has lived ever since. [1]
Occupation
Col.Johan Jost Dietz was a farmer, a storekeeper and businessman. He was confirmed on Aug 8, 1779 at Schoharie Lutheran Church, Schoharie, NY. He served in Capt. Christian Strubrach's Company, 15th Regiment of the Albany Country Militia, at the Old Stone Fort during the Revolutionary War, according to his pension application of Feb.5, 1834, made at the age of 73. He continued with local military training after the War in the NY State militia , and earned the rank of Colonel. (He was later known around Bernville as Col. Dietz). By 1787 he had married and inherited or purchased the 166 acre farm at Beaverdam, Albany,NY, that his Uncle Adam(brother of William)had homesteaded in 1740 on the Foxenkill between present day Berne and West Berne. (His Uncle Adam had died leaving no living children).His house at 393 Rock Road is currently(2009) owned by Steve and Amy Anderson and sons. In 1812, Col.Johan Jost and partner Jacob Settle opened a store on the Colonel's property. They were very successful at exporting potash to NYC and selling other goods to the local population. The census of 1800 shows he had five slaves. One slave, Jacob (Jack) Deitz, is buried near a monument at nearby Berne and Beaverdam Cemetery, Berne, Albany,NY. In 1835, a bank of yellow clay on his farm was used to make bricks for the new St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Berne, Albany, NY. He invested heavily, with other Bernville citizens , in the Daniel Simmons Axe Factory in 1825. Bernville prospered until 1833 when Simmons moved the factory to Cohoes. Col.Johan Jost and others lost much from that and a second investment in a Bernville Acadamy and female seminary planned to begin building just before the axe factory closed. Col. Dietz was active in public service. He served the community as collector in 1792, assessor in 1795, commissioner of excise in 1803 and 1805, overseer of the poor in 1805, and supervisor in 1797-98, 1812-13, and in 1818.
Military
Johan Jost entered the service on May 1, 1778 as a Private at Schoharie and served under Captain Stubrach in Colonel Vrooman’s regiment. They were headquartered at the lower fort in Schoharie and he was discharged from there.
In the Spring of 1779, at about May, he was ordered into the same company and regiment and served there until November of that same year and was again discharged. He was again ordered into the same regiment and company at Schoharie in the Spring of 1780 until November of the same year, and was again discharged.
He was ordered into service again in the Spring of 1782 in the same company and served again until about September 15, 1782.
Nothing found in his pension records or his payroll records indicate that he served as an officer.[1]
Marriage & Children
Johan Jost Dietz married Eva Hilts (daughter of George Hilts and Elisabeth Bellinger of Gallupville ,after the War, on Dec 15, 1783 and moved onto the Beaverdam farm of his deceased Uncle Adam by 1787. They had the following six children:
- Elisabeth Deitz-b. Jun 3, 1784. She died before 1787 at probably, West Berne, Albany, NY.
- Dorothea Dietz-b. Jan 29, 1786. She married Matthias William Schultes, son of William Schultes and Catherina Post, on Oct 15, 1808 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Schoharie, Schoharie, NY.
- Elizabeth Jos.Dietz-b. Sep 2, 1787. She married Jacob Adam Schell, son of Adam Schell and Maria Salsburg, on May 31, 1807 at the Reformed Church, Berne, Albany, NY.
- Peter Ives Deitz-b. Apr 15, 1791.
- Maria Deitz-b. Mar 22, 1796. She married John Sidney.
- Jacob J. Dietz -b. May 21, 1798.
Death
Col. Johan Jost Dietz died in 1841 at his farm, at Beaverdam, Town of Knox, Albany, NY. It is believed he was buried at Berne and Beaverdam Cemetery, Berne, Albany, NY. No grave marker remains today.
Additional Media
DIETZ, JOHAN JOST Ancestor #: A204276
Service: NEW YORK Rank: PRIVATE
Birth: 9-19-1760 SCHOHARIE-BP ALBANY CO NEW YORK
Death: (POST) 1840 KNOX-LIV ALBANY CO NEW YORK
Pension Number: *S45837
Service Source: *S45837
Service Description: 1) CAPT STUBRACH
2) COL VROOMAN
Residence 1) City: SCHOHARIE - County: ALBANY CO - State: NEW YORK
Spouse 1) EVA HITZ/HULS
The Said Peter I Dietz was the child of Johan Jost Dietz born on 19 - Sep - 1760 at Schoharie Albany Co NY died at Knox Albany Co NY on (p) - - 1840 and his ( 1st ) wife Eva Hiltz born on 1 - Sep - 1763 at Berne Albany Co NY died at Albany Co NY on - May - 1840 married on 15 - Dec - 1783 married at Berne Albany Co NY
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Johan Jost’s service/pension record 
First page of Johan Jost’s pension application 
Second page of his pension application showing his signature
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