The Boone-Ludwig Genealogy Home Page:Information about Margaret Bohn
Margaret Bohn (b. 1743, d. March 03, 1814)
Notes for Margaret Bohn:From list of heirs of Abraham Bohn in the distribution of his estate:
To children of Margaret (Bohn) Everly, dec'd. (d.1814 in Frederick Co, MD; had m. Leonard Pouder & John Everly)
1. John Sander (Pouder)....................................... 11.05
2. Jacob" ........................................"
3. Leonard" .............................................."
4. Andrew" ........................................"
5. Mary"had m. (John) Schaeffer............"
6. Catherine"had m. John Dullerson (Dutterer)"
7. Rachel"had m. Samuel Hooker (m.1st JohnDiehl-Deal)"
8. David Everly .............................................."
9. Margaret "had m. Wolerick (Ullerick) Z.
Bucknell (Buchen, origniall Zurbuchen) "
WORDS IN PARENTHESIS INSERTED BY NELLIE WHEDEN
Margaret Boon, daughter of Johann Diel and Mary Bohn, was the first named daughter in her father's will. She married Leonard Powder/Pouder, 1730-76, agout 1760, and John Everly, who died in 1802, about 1780. A picture of her tombstone in Kreider Cemeter, Westminister, Maryland, shows the inscription to be "In Memory of Margaret Everly who was born in the year 1743 and departed this life the third day of March 1814, aged 71 years." She lies with her Everly grandchildren, and David Everly, her son, is in another row. The grave of John Everly cannot now be identified.
Leonard Powder, one of the organizers of Kreider's union Lutheran and German Reformed Chruches in 1763, did not get to be buried in the cemetery in connection. His lone grave is on their home place, the "Spinning Wheel" farm, about 2 miles from Westmnster on the state road toward Union Bridge, now owned by William H. Robertson. He died in December and the story is that a very severe snow storn and bad roads made it impossible to get to the cemetery. Descriptions by descendants and a picture of his limestone marker, show it to be about 1 1/2 feet hight, 1 foot wide, with just the date "1776" carved on it, the sevens made backwards.
The old Kreider Church Records, which Mr. Zahn translated from the German, are at the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore. On page 26 they state that Leonard Puter was one of 34 men to bind themselves to pay (each) 100 pounds lawful money if, for any reason, they break the agreement afte Dedication of the Church, April 4, 1763. The two congregations--Lutheran and German Reformed --worshipped alternately in the same building in an early day.
Many of the descendants cal Leonard Powder by the name of Jacob Leonard Powder, but his name in all church and court house records and his own signature to his will is simply "Leonard Powder" so this compiler uses that name. While most of the family now spell it Pouder (pronounced Pooder), the early ones spelled in Powder and those in Carroll County Maryland, still do. Other ways found in Maryland records by this compiler are--Puder, Puter, Pewder, Peuder, Poeter and Peeder. The story in the family is that his parents, Jacob and Mary (Leonard) Powder, embarked for America in 1730, the wife giving birth to a son on the voyage, succumbed, and was buried at sea, the son being Leonard or Jacob Leonard Powder. All efforts to learn the name of the boat, etc. have failed.
The Debt Books for Frederick County, which are in Annapolis, show this entry in 1768--Leonard Powder to Michael Wells for part of the "Resurvey on Good Fellowship" (150 acres), also "Now Unwilling" and "Spinning Wheel." A deed is on file at Frederick for "Spinning Whell" purchased by Leonard Powder from Michael Wells in 1767--150 acres.
The will of Leonard Powder, which he signed in German on Dec. 3, 1776, was filed at Frederick, Sep 11, 1797 (Liber G.M. #3, folio 186), over 20 years after his death and about the time his younges chld, Abraham, became of age. .............
Margaret (Boon) Powder was left with a family of eight young children ranging from fifteen years down to very small ones. About 1780 she married second, John Everly (one of the witnesses to Leonard Powder's will), by whom she had two more children--David and Margaret Everly. Both are named in the list of heirs in the estate of her brother, Abraham Bohn-Boon. in Virginia.
In 1775 John Everly patented 92 acres of a tract called "The Bad Wife." In 1798 and later he bought the interests of the Powder heirs in the land left to them by their father. On October 3, 1798 John Powder, joiner, of Frederick County, and Leonard Powder and wife Elizabeth of Baltimore County, deeded o him their 2/8 interest in tracts "Good Fellowship" and "Spinning Wheel" for 206 pounds current money (Liber W.R. #17, folio 334). Jacob and Andrew Powder deeded their 2/8 interest to him in 1802, etc.
John Everly was on the Committee of Observation of Frederick County during the Revolutionary War (Md. Hist Mag. Vol. 11-1816) which entitles his descendants to membership in the S.A.R. and D.A.R. He died intestate in 1802 and Henry Peters was appointed administrator of his estate. his first account was dated Dec. 14, 1802 (Liber G.M. #2, folio 231) and his final account Dec. 11, 1804 (Liber G.M. #2, folio 389) at which time distribution of the personal estate was made--1/3 to the widow, and 1/3 to each of his children, David and Margaret.
When Michael Sullivan sent the list of heirs of Abraham Bohn-Boon living in Maryland, Abraham Pouder's name was not included. He probably did not enter into the suit, as he was yet in the state when distribution was made in 1834, his daughter Mary having died there in 1836.
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Burial: Unknown, Kreider Cem, Westminster, MD.