The Lost Village of Christian's Spring

Johann Adam Schaus

1704-1770. Born in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Was the first miller at Christiansbrunn in 1748.

1710-1771. Born at Carlstadt in the Palatinate.

1751-1817. Born at Christiansbrunn.

1749-????. Born in Bethlehem. Was in Christiansbrunn in 1762.

The slaughterhouse stood very close to the Monocacy Creek, just to the west of a bridge.

70 x 29. Wood frame.

46 feet long by 26 feet wide. Masonry. Four rooms and one cellar. Also a drying house of masonry.

1752-1824. Born in Bethlehem. Worked as a mason. Left for North Carolina in 1766.

1748-1819. Born in Nazareth, PA. Left Moravian community before 1776, when he joined a continental army unit.

1743-????. Born in Nazareth. Occupation unknown. Left Christiansbrunn for Bethlehem in September 1757 with six other boys.