Introduction: This is the beginning of a web page about Daniel Korn of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, who is said to be a brother of Michael Korn of Southampton Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. I haven't found much information about Daniel so far.
1781: According to Chapter 1 of the Charles Byron Korns' 1949 book "The Genealogy of Michael Korns, Sr. of Somerset County Pennsylvania", a February 8, 1781 Berks County Orphan's Court record indicates that Daniel Korn was then still a minor.
1790: I did not find any Korn(s) or Corn(s) listings in the index of the published transcript of the 1790 census of Pennsylvania.
1800: Daniel Korn in the 1800 census of of Macungie Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
1810: The following composite image shows Daniel Korn in the 1810 census of of Macungie Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania:
1811: Benjamin Korn is buried in Saint Pauls Church Cemetery, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. His tombstone indicates he was born on December 1, 1811 and died on December 24, 1888. Based on the 1860 census (see below), Benjamin Korn was born circa 1812. Chapter 16 of Charles Byron Korns' 1949 book indicates that Daniel Korn's son Benjamine was born circa 1809.
1812: According to Volume 1 of the 1914 book "History of Lehigh County Pennsylvania", Lehigh County was formed from a part of Northampton County in 1812.
1812: Chapter 16 of Charles Byron Korns' 1949 book puts Daniel Korn in Macungie, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania and reports that he was a tax collector in 1812.
The following assessment transcript is from the 1884 book "History of the Counties of Lehigh and Carbon, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania".
1820: In a transcript of an August 7, 1820 census record from Weisenburg township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania the Daniel Korn household has one male and one female in the 26 to 45 age group, and two makes and one female in the up to ten age group. One individual in the household is engaged in manufacturing. This is the only Korn Household I found in the transcript of the 1820 census of Lehigh County. Here is the manuscript census record:
1830: The following excerpt is from the 1830 census of Lynn Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania:
1840: In the following excerpt from the 1840 census of Lynn Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, the Widow Korn is the right age to be the widow of Daniel Korn:
1840: The Benjamin Korn household is listed in the following excerpt from the 1840 census of Weisenburg Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania:
1841: Phaon D. Korn is buried at the Ziegels Union Cemetery in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, where his tombstone indicates he was born on August 26, 1841 and died on December 23, 1906 at the age of 65 years, 3 months, and 27 days. This seems to be the 19-year-old Phaon Korn who appears in the listing of the Benjamin Korn family in the 1860 census record from Weisenburg township of Lehigh County that is included below. Chapter XVI of the 1949 book "The Genealogy of Michael Korns, Sr. of Somerset County Pennsylvania" indicates that Daniel Korn's son Benjamine Korn had a son named Phaon Daniel Korn.
1850: The Benjamin Korn household listing is included in the following 1850 census record excerpts from Weisenburg township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Benjamin is listed as a 38-year-old carpenter.
1860: In the following July 16, 1860 census record from Weisenburg township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Benjamin Korn is listed as 48-years-old.
1900: The following record from the 1900 census has a listing for the household of Phaon D. Korns, and indicates he was born in August of 1841.
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