Our family history includes a lawsuit involving the heirs of Burkhard Moser (1748-1828) regarding land and/or mineral rights in Pennsylvania. The lawsuit would have been pending in the early 1900s. Morton Montgomery's biography mentions the lawsuit but says Burkhard was a bachelor. However, the history of Coaldale (Coal Dale) mentions Burkhard and his wife (unnamed) and son, John Moser (1805-1895). There is also a mention of a son named Jacob (1790-1883) in another internet posting. Does anyone have info to share on this lawsuit and/or more info on Burkhard Moser's descendancy? Our oral tradition says that the land was leased to a coal or oil company for 99 years and the outcome of the lawsuit invalidated the lease, awarding the land/mineral rights to the company. Our Burkhard Moser was the son of Hans Michael Moser, who immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1751 with his children, George-Peter-Barbara-Burkhard. Burkhard settled in Tamaqua, PA. I'm having trouble tracing him, particularly since there was a Burkhart Mosser, Jr. living in PA around the same time. Our Burkhard's brother, Peter, had a son named John as well. Our family is descended from Burkhard's brother, Peter (married Margaretha Lampe, I think), though his son, George (married Mary Ludwig), through his son, Nathan (married Ellen Nagel), through his son Alvin (married Margaret Hannah Wintersteen), through his son, John (married Cora Dutmer). Would appreciate any info at all.

Hi,
I received this message today because it was forwarded to the Rootsweb MOSER mailing list.

I am familiar with the proposed lawsuit in the early 1900's, actually it was sometime between 1913 and 1915. I have a number of letters written to my grandfather over the period of about a year and a half from a lawyer who was working on the case.

I suspect that Peter's son John may be the father of my gggrandfather, but am a long way from proving it. However, I have found some information on John.

Getting more information on Burkhard, and the rest of the family, also interests me. I am familiar Montgomery's biography.

Please contact me off-line at this e-mail: mjmoserct@yahoo.com

I do not want to discuss this topic on an open forum at this time. There are things I don't want to post here that I am willing to share privately. Some of my information is factual, but my ideas about the relationship is still speculative. I don't want any one to pick it up and including it in their research as fact.

Looking forward to hearing from you. If the lawsuit sounds familiar to anyone else, please make contact either through the list or privately. The more we compare and share what we have, the more we may learn.

Marilyn
Connecticut

Sharing creates connections; connections grow family trees.

Marilyn - I will contact you via email shortly. If anyone else has information to share, I'm eager to hear from you. Debbie

hello just reading thought on moser family but john moser was my grandfather theodore moser is my dad which is 1 of his 2 sons, i remeber my dad telling me on some coal mine the family once owned.

Hi. Do you mean that the John Moser born in 1805 is your grandfather, or did you mean John Irvin "Bing" Moser who was married to Cora is your grandfather?

john moser who was married to cora.

This is Debbie; Sis and Claire are my parents; Sis being Uncle Ted's sister. (Ask Uncle Ted; he can tell you how I fit in). We are first cousins, either once or twice removed. Are you working on a family tree? You can e-mail me directly if you'd like at thedeb7777777@aol.com.

Hi Marilyn,

I have been trying to track down my ancestors and found your posting of Burkhard Moser. It is extremely interesting to me, because in finding the various lines of my gg grandfather, Elisha, each of these branches has a story that sometime maybe in the 1930's a "lawyer" or "relative" was visiting Moser families in Missouri. It had something to do with a 100 year lease with a RR company. The stories are vague, but similiar enough that it connects. I am hoping that this is the same lawyer as you mention below. For a few years I have been trying to find who this was. Do you have the name of the lawyer and the law firm. I am hoping that the records might tell me who our John G. Moser ancestors were.

Thanks so much,
Mike Moser

The name I have for the lawyer who was investigating the coal mine claim in the early part of the 1920s is Harry E. King of Cleveland, Ohio. Anita Mott's book, "Mosser/Musser Family" is a valuable source of information. Debbie

My mother is also a decendant of Burkard Moser thru her great grandmother Fiern Ann Moser. We have been tyring to track any relatives down for years. Please contact me directly.