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This note was sourced to a RootsWeb site that no longer exists; I don't know who wrote it, but it's my source for 7-year-old Adam Kimberling's immigration from Germany with his parents (Fredrich Kimberling and step-mother Maria Schmaltzhoff) on the Osgood in 1750. The "Kummerlin" family was from Wuerttenberg, Germany. The Osgood sailed from Rotterdam, Holland to Philadelphia. An excellent account of that voyage can be found at susanleachsnyder.com/Genealogy/TheOsgoodShip1750.html
- RobinJOHANNES ADAM (Kummerlin) WAS BORN 7 JULY, 1743 IN GERMANY. HE CAME TO AMERICA WITH HIS PARENTS (STEP-MOTHER) ON THE OSGOOD IN 1750. AROUND 1770 (in Augusta County, VA) HE MARRIED NANCY DAVIS, THE DAUGHTER OF PATRICK DAVIS. ABOUT 1793 ADAM AND HIS SON, JACOB, PURCHASED SOME LAND ON THE CEDAR CREEK, A TRIBUTARY OF THE JACKSON RIVER AND ABOUT 20 MILES UPSTREAM FROM COVINGTON, VA. THIS IS SITUATED IN PRESENT BATH CO.,VA (near Hot Springs, VA).
IN 1803 ADAM AND NANCY AND THEIR CHILDREN MOVED TO MASON CO., THE KIMBERLINGS TRAVELED FROM COVINGTON, VA. TO CHARLESTON, VA IN A TWO-WHEELED OX CART ON THE ARMY POST ROAD. FROM THE FALLS BELOW CHARLESTON, THEY FLOATED DOWN THE KANAWHA RIVER ON A RAFT TO GRIMM'S LANDING. AFTER MAKING A SLED FROM THE RAFT, THEY HITCHED UP THE OXEN, WENT OVER TWO HILLS AND SETTLED ON THIRTEENMILE CREEK.
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