Tracing six generations of a Reformed German family from Eckweiler and Albisheim in the Rhine Palatinate, across the Atlantic to the Moravian settlements of North Carolina — spanning ten generations and over four centuries of history.
From the Rhine Valley of Germany to Philadelphia, through Pennsylvania, and finally to the Moravian settlements of North Carolina. Click any marker for historical detail. The orange dashed line traces the family's migration path.
Six generations of the Schauss (Schauß, Schaws) family have been traced in Germany, from the village of Eckweiler near Bad Kreuznach in the late 1500s, through Büdingen, to their permanent seat in Albisheim an der Pfrimm in the Palatinate. The family belonged to the Reformed (Calvinist) church tradition. Research draws on church records, the award-winning Weller dissertation (2004), and multiple genealogical databases.
Traced from Eckweiler (Bad Kreuznach) through Albisheim. Philipp Heinrich Schauss, Mayor of Albisheim, anchored the family in Germany while his nephew Johann Adam emigrated to America in 1736.
| Gen. | Name | Born | Died | Location | Key Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Hanß Schauß & Catharina Von Allenfeldt | bef. 1600 / c. 1560 | unknown / Apr 5, 1609 | Eckweiler, Bad Kreuznach | Earliest documented ancestors. Protestant Reformation era. |
| 2nd | Melchior Schauß | Feb 24, 1595, Eckweiler | Jun 24, 1628, Eckweiler | Eckweiler, Bad Kreuznach | Married Helena Anteßes Dec 4, 1621 in Eckweiler. Died age 33. |
| 3rd | Johannes (Gabriel) Schauss | c. Jul 23, 1620, Büdingen | c. Feb 27, 1674, Büdingen | Büdingen (Lorraine) | Married Maria Magdalena Klein Jan 30, 1644 at Evangelische, Albisheim. Had 7 sons & 3 daughters. |
| 4th | Hans Bernhardt Schauss | c. 1650, Büdingen | Aug 31, 1720, Albisheim | Büdingen → Albisheim | Married Anna Margarethe Naass Apr 21, 1674 in Albisheim. Established the family in Albisheim. Wife was local Albisheim family. |
| 5th | Johann Conrad Schauss Sr. | Jan 2, 1675, Albisheim | Apr 27, 1734, Albisheim | Albisheim / Göllheim | Married (1) Anna Engle-Burgis Conrad 1699, Albisheim; (2) Johanna Felicitas Heßlerin 1723, Göllheim. |
| Anna Margaretha Schauss | Oct 31, 1680 | — | Albisheim | — | |
| Hans Adam Schauss | Jun 10, 1683, Albisheim | — | Albisheim | — | |
| Philipp Heinrich Schauss Stayed | Feb 3, 1686, Albisheim | Apr 11, 1765, Albisheim | Albisheim | Linen weaver & Mayor of Albisheim. Married Anna Barbara (Waltherin). Had 16 children. Lived his entire life in Albisheim. | |
| 6th | Johann Adam Schauss Emigrated 1736 | c. 1703/1704, Immesheim | 1770, Bethania, NC | Albisheim → Philadelphia → NC | Millwright & miller. Married Maria Barbara Baum (of Albisheim). Arrived Philadelphia Sep 1, 1736 on the Harle. Progenitor of the Shouse family in NC. |
| Philipp Nikolaus Schauss Emigrated | Dec 17, 1728, Albisheim | 1810, Stokes Co., NC | Albisheim → NC | Son of Johann Adam. Married Maria Catherine Beck Jul 19, 1748 at Jordan Evangelical Lutheran Church. |
A village of 1,892 people in the Donnersbergkreis district of Rhineland-Palatinate, situated in the Pfrimm Valley (Zellertal) about 21 km west of Worms. Postal code 67308.
St. Peter’s Protestant Church, with its historic Stumm organ. The family’s church — Schauss baptisms, marriages, and burials were recorded here. The municipal coat of arms features Saint Peter. The Lutheran parish dates to 1554, with records beginning 1641. After 1818, Lutheran and Reformed congregations merged.
The historic town hall of Albisheim. Philipp Heinrich Schauss (1686–1765) served as Mayor (Bürgermeister) of Albisheim — an earlier building would have been his seat of office. His mayoral service demonstrates the family’s prominence in village life.
An 8-meter stone watchtower that has overlooked the village since at least the mid-1500s — a landmark the earliest Schauss arrivals would have known. Located on the Zellertalweg walking trail, a 9 km round walk from Albisheim.
Albisheim’s annual “King’s Festival” traces its tradition back to 1222 — over 800 years. The Schauss family would have celebrated this festival for generations. A living connection to the family’s homeland, held every September.
Immesheim (~150 people): birthplace of Johann Adam Schauss, c. 1704. Part of the Albisheim parish.
Göllheim (~4,000): Johann Conrad Sr. married his second wife here in 1723. Seat of the Verbandsgemeinde.
Gauersheim: administered the Albisheim parish 1688–1698 during a gap period.
The earliest known Schauss origin and home to at least 4 brothers who stayed
when Hans Bernhardt left for Albisheim. Hanss Caspar (1656), Johannes Melchior (1657),
Hanss Velten, and Hans Christoph all remained in Eckweiler — their descendants became the
Daubach/Monzingen winery family and the Roxheim mill family.
The village was abandoned in 1979 when NATO expanded the Pferdsfeld airbase.
Only the Heiligkreuzkirche (Holy Cross Church, c. 1500) and cemetery
survive — both monument-protected. Open May–Oct, 1st Sunday, 2–5 PM.
The cemetery may contain Schauss headstones from the 1600s–1900s.
Key repositories for researching the Schauss family in Germany. The Albisheim Lutheran parish began records in 1641 with gaps; the parish was unoccupied 1688–1698 (administered from Gauersheim).
Albisheim Kirchenbuch #1 available from 1720. Over 175,000 church books digitized.
Images only (not indexed) — browse page by page for Schauss entries.
archion.de
Domplatz 6, 67346 Speyer. Holds Protestant Palatinate church records on microfilm.
Library includes family pedigrees and town chronicles. Tue–Thu 8–16h; 2nd Thu 8–18h.
zentralarchiv-speyer.de
Otto-Mayer-Str. 9, 67346 Speyer. Holds French-era civil records (1798–1814), emigration records,
tax lists, land records, and court records. Phone: 06232 9192-0.
Email: post@landesarchiv-speyer.de
LDS-filmed Albisheim records. FHL Microfilm 193,748 contains Evangelische
church marriage records (confirmed source for the 1699 Schauss-Conrad marriage). Collection:
“Rhineland-Palatinate Church Record Extractions and Family Registers, 1600–1925”
(106,564 images, browsable free). Source: PRFK archives, Ludwigshafen.
Albisheim Wiki Page ·
Browse Collection
Rottstraße 17, 67061 Ludwigshafen. Archive with 8,500+ publications, nearly
1 million family name cards (Familiennamenkartei), and a Miller Database (Müllerdatenbank).
850+ members. Regional groups in Worms and Speyer.
prfk.org
Church records from Eckweiler covering 1568–1798 — predating the Albisheim records.
Contains the earliest Schauß baptisms, marriages, and burials.
FamilySearch microfilms: Film 489885 (1632–1675) and Film 493211
(1760–1798). Manuscripts at Staatsarchiv Koblenz.
WeRelate source page
Author: Detlef Uhrig ·
Published: 2009, Kaiserslautern ·
Format: 2 volumes ·
Catalog #: 1b 6809 (1+2)
This is the definitive genealogical resource for Albisheim. An Ortsfamilienbuch
(village family book) compiles all births, marriages, and deaths from parish records
into family groups for the entire village across 259 years. Every Schauss family member
recorded in Albisheim from 1641 to 1900 should appear in this book — including the
descendants of Philipp Heinrich Schauss (Mayor) who stayed in Germany after 1736.
Where to consult:
• Pfalzbibliothek (Palatinate Library), Kaiserslautern —
pfalzbibliothek.de
• Geschichts- und Heimatverein Albisheim e.V. (History & Heritage Society),
Pfrimmtalstraße 9, 67308 Albisheim. Chairman: Ralf Petri —
albisheim.de
The history and heritage association of Albisheim. Holds a copy of the Ortsfamilienbuch.
Organizes archaeological events and historical research. Registered association (VR 11771,
Amtsgericht Kaiserslautern).
Address: Pfrimmtalstraße 9, 67308 Albisheim
Chairman: Ralf Petri
Official page
Holds transcripts of nearly 400 church books and family books for the entire Palatinate,
available for loan. The Albisheim Ortsfamilienbuch (catalog # 1b 6809) is available here.
Also holds Detlef Uhrig’s study of the Albisheim Lutheran Church, 1641–1798.
pfalzbibliothek.de
Academic institute with a library cataloging the Geschichts- und Heimatverein Albisheim’s
publications. Their catalog includes Albisheim historical works.
Library catalog
The still-active Protestant parish of Albisheim. The Peterskirche at Kirchgasse 14 continues
to serve the community. May have knowledge of historic parish records and local family histories.
Parish page
“A Family History/Genealogy of the Schauss/Shouse Family in North Carolina, 1755–1900”
by Dr. Nelson A. L. Weller. Ph.D. dissertation, Union Institute and University.
Won the NC Genealogical Society’s Award for Excellence in Publishing. Traces the German
line back to 1620.
FamilySearch Library ·
WorldCat
Compiled and edited by Eugene Trimble (1987). Comprehensive family compilations with
German origins data including the Albisheim 1100th Anniversary Book references.
Download PDF
“Untertanen der Pflege Albisheim” published in Pfälzisch-Rheinische Familienkunde 12:7:342–348 (1992). Lists taxpayers in the Albisheim administrative district — may include early Schauss entries predating the church records.
Extensively sourced free profiles with church record citations:
Johann Conrad Sr. ·
Hans Bernhardt ·
Johannes ·
Melchior ·
Overview
A search of Das Telefonbuch (German phone directory) found 92 people named Schauss or Schauß currently living in Germany. The geographic distribution reveals clusters that align with the historic family locations.
The most important present-day discovery:
Albert Schauß was born in Eckweiler and lived there for 30 years.
When the village was destroyed in 1979–82 (NATO airbase expansion), he and his family were
resettled to Roxheim in 1980. He now leads the Freundeskreis Eckweilerer Kirche
(Friends Circle of Eckweiler Church), which preserves the 500-year-old Heiligkreuzkirche —
the very church where Hanß Schauß, Melchior, and Johannes Schauss worshipped, and where
church records date from 1568. He rings the three bells and organizes spiritual and cultural events
at the site.
Albert is a direct descendant of the Eckweiler Schauss brothers who stayed when
Hans Bernhardt moved to Albisheim in 1674. He is the living connection between the ancestral
homeland and the present day.
Contact: In der Rossbach 27, 55595 Roxheim
Phone: 0671 36471
Email: albert.schauss@web.de
Source:
Rhein-Zeitung
| Name | Location | Distance | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freia Schauss | Zeller Weg 3, 67308 Zellertal-Niefernheim | ~3 km | Same postal code as Albisheim. Adjacent village in the Zellertal valley. |
| Fritz Schauß | Zeller Weg 3, 67308 Zellertal-Niefernheim | ~3 km | Same address as Freia — family members living together. |
| Richard Schauss | 67297 Marnheim | ~5 km | Neighboring municipality to Albisheim. |
| Eckhard Schauss | Kirchenstr. 1, 67259 Heuchelheim b. Frankenthal | ~20 km | Palatinate region, near Lambsheim (where the Baum family married). |
Freia and Fritz almost certainly descend from Philipp Heinrich Schauss (Mayor of Albisheim, 1686–1765) who stayed in Germany with his 16 children while his nephew Johann Adam emigrated in 1736. Zellertal-Niefernheim is the next village over from Albisheim — the family has remained in the same valley for over 350 years.
An officially recognized settlement (Wohnplatz) belonging to the municipality of
Roxheim, Bad Kreuznach — in the same district as Eckweiler, where
the earliest Schauss ancestors lived before 1600. The mill sits on the Katzenbach creek,
north of the Nahe river. It is significant enough to have its own weather pages, transit stop,
and official administrative listing.
Why this matters: Johann Adam Schauss was a miller
by trade, working at the “Klein Mühle” in Albisheim before emigrating. Mills in this era
were family businesses passed down through generations. Three Schauss families currently live in Roxheim
(Dirk, Annette, and one other). The Schauß Mühle may be a centuries-old family property
connecting the Eckweiler branch of the family to the milling trade.
| Name | Location | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Dirk Schauss | Am Birnbaum 2, 55595 Roxheim | Home of the Schauß Mühle |
| Annette Schauss | 55595 Roxheim | Same town as Dirk |
| Schauss | In der Lehmkaul 4, 55595 Roxheim | Third Roxheim listing |
| Reinhard Schauß | 55566 Bad Sobernheim | Near Eckweiler |
| Elmar Schauß | 55569 Monzingen | Near Eckweiler |
| I. u. J. Schauß | Rüdesheim (Kr Bad Kreuznach) | Bad Kreuznach district |
| Stephan u. Doris Schauß | 55595 Burgsponheim | Bad Kreuznach area |
This cluster may descend from the Eckweiler branch — Nicholaus Schauss (c. 1685, Ippensheid) who married Maria Elisabetha Wickert in Eckweiler in 1708. Also: Susanna Maria Schauss (b. 1781, Daubach, Bad Kreuznach), daughter of Peter Schauß, confirms the family was still present in this area into the late 1700s.
A Schauß family winery has been operating in Monzingen an der Nahe
since 1800 — now in its 7th generation. Founded when Johann Nicolaus Schauß
from Daubach married Henriette Jäger of Monzingen on May 9, 1800. Daubach is in the
Bad Kreuznach district — the same district as Eckweiler, where the earliest Schauss
ancestors lived.
Current owner: Elmar Schauß
(Dipl.-Ing. Weinbau u. Oenologie) with wife Simone and two children
Address: Römerstraße 12, 55569 Monzingen
Phone: 06751 2882
Website:
weingut-schauss.de
The family also operates Hotel-Restaurant Stadtmühle Monzingen — a historic
1533 mill they purchased and renovated in 2016–2019. The recurring connection between the
Schauss name and mills (Schauß Mühle in Roxheim, Klein Mühle in Albisheim,
now the Stadtmühle in Monzingen) is striking. This winery family very likely descends from
the Eckweiler Schauss branch and represents one of the most accessible present-day
contacts for the family.
Manfred, Ronald, Martin Schauß in Kaiserslautern; Harald in Föckelberg; Brigitte & Florian in Waldleiningen. Deep Palatinate region.
Largest single cluster: Arthur, Claudia, Helmut, Jörg, Margarete, Pia & Rudolf, Reinhold, Thomas, Walter, Werner. May represent a later migration from the Palatinate.
Jürgen & Petra Schauß-Knab (Wiesbaden), Erika Schauss (Frankfurt), Thorsten Schauß (Frankfurt), Udo Schauss (Wiesbaden).
Volker Schauß (67346 Speyer) — lives in the city that houses both the Zentralarchiv der Ev. Kirche der Pfalz and the Landesarchiv Speyer.
Published Familienbücher (village family books) that will contain Schauss entries. These are compiled from church records into indexed family groups — the fastest way to trace the German lines.
| Book | Author | Dates | Why It Matters | How to Get |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Familienbuch Rehbach (Vol. 1 & 2) |
Paul Wilbert & Maria Blum | 1684–1960 | Covers Eckweiler, Daubach, Winterburg, Ippenschied + 10 villages. Will contain all Schauss entries for the ancestral homeland. | WGfF or local libraries |
| Familienbuch Roxheim | Heinz Augustin (Bd. 170) | 1691–1905 | 967 pages. Covers the Roxheim evangelical parish — home of the Schauß Mühle and Albert Schauß. | WGfF Shop (WG10060) |
| Familienbuch Bad Sobernheim | Josef Schmieden (Bd. 152) | 1664–1880 | 1,185 pages, 2 vols. Bad Sobernheim is where Eckweiler residents were resettled. | WGfF (WG10047) |
| Werner Bentz Verkartung | Werner Bentz | 1568–1885 | Indexed card file of ALL Eckweiler church records. The most comprehensive source for the earliest Schauss generations. | Archiv der Ev. Kirche im Rheinland, Bad Kreuznach |
| Ortsfamilienbuch Albisheim | Detlef Uhrig | 1641–1900 | 2 volumes. Every Schauss in Albisheim for 259 years. The definitive Albisheim resource. | Pfalzbibliothek Kaiserslautern (1b 6809) or Geschichtsverein Albisheim |
WGfF orders: phone 0221-277 59 443 or 0221-277 59 447. wgff-shop.de
Daughter of Philip Nicolaus Schauss & Maria Catherine Beck. Married Johann Jacob Krieger;
had 6 children. Born on the Yadkin in NC. One of the earliest documented Schauss burials in America.
Find a Grave
Wife of Philip Nicolaus Schauss. Born Jan 6, 1734 in Pfullingen, Württemberg, Germany.
Died Nov 16, 1796 in Bethania, NC.
Find a Grave
Modern Schauss burial in Germany. Connection to the historic family unconfirmed
but the Frankfurt/Hesse area has a significant Schauss population cluster.
Find a Grave
The cemetery of the ancestral Schauss village survives alongside the Heiligkreuzkirche. No new graves since 1979. May contain Schauss headstones from the 1600s–1900s. Contact Albert Schauß (Freundeskreis) for access and information.
Ship: Harle of London ·
Master: Ralph Harle ·
Route: Rotterdam → Cowes → Philadelphia ·
Arrival: September 1, 1736
Passengers: 151 foreigners from the Palatinate qualified, 388 total including families
Passenger #94: “Johan Adam Shans” — listed age 32.
This is Johann Adam Schauss of Albisheim/Immesheim. He signed his full name “Johann Adam Schauss”
on the oath of allegiance at the Philadelphia courthouse. His wife Maria Barbara Baum and
their four children born in Germany (ages ~11, 9, 8, and 5) traveled with him.
Source: Pennsylvania German Pioneers by Ralph Beaver Strassburger, LL.D., Vol. 1
(Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1980). Also: PA State Archives Record Group-26,
“Names of Foreigners who Took the Oath of Allegiance, 1727–1775.”
Olive Tree Genealogy — Ship Harle Passenger List ·
Immigrant Ships — Full List
Married January 16, 1725 in Albisheim. Johann Adam was a wheelwright and miller (“Klein Mühle”). First four children born in Germany, remaining seven born in Pennsylvania after emigration.
| # | Name | Born | Birthplace | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maria Magdalena Margaretha | Sep 25, 1725 | Albisheim, Pfalz | Born in Germany |
| 2 | Friedrich Christoph | Apr 13, 1727 | Albisheim / Immesheim | Born in Germany |
| 3 | Philip Nicolaus | Dec 17, 1728 | Immesheim, Pfalz | Born in Germany; d. 1810 Stokes Co., NC |
| 4 | Anna Maria Gertraud | Jul 18, 1731 | Immesheim, Pfalz | Born in Germany |
| 5 | Johann (Show) | Jan 7, 1737 | Pennsylvania | First child born in America |
| 6 | Conrad | Jan 7, 1738 | Falkner Swamp, Montgomery Co., PA | — |
| 7 | Anna Margaretha | Jul 18, 1740 | Falkner Swamp, Philadelphia Co., PA | — |
| 8 | Heinrich Sr. | 1741 | Falkner Swamp, Philadelphia Co., PA | — |
| 9 | Gottlieb | Dec 14, 1744 | Bethlehem, Northampton Co., PA | — |
| 10 | Beniginia | Dec 1746 | Bethlehem, Northampton Co., PA | — |
| 11 | Christian (Shouse) | Jul 11, 1748 | Whitehall, Bucks Co., PA | Name already Anglicized |
Johann Philipp Baum (c. 1670, Albisheim — Apr 13, 1729) married Anna Margaretha Stahler (Apr 28, 1678, Albisheim — May 8, 1723) in 1706 at Lambsheim. Their daughter Maria Barbara Baum (Jan 8, 1707, Albisheim) married Johann Adam Schauss in 1725. Siblings: Johann Jacob (1699), Maria Margaretha (1703), Johann Engelberth (d. 1705), Hans V. (d. 1706), Johann Christian (1709). The Baums were an established Albisheim family.
Anna Margarethe Naass (Mar 1, 1657, Albisheim — Aug 31, 1720, Albisheim) married Hans Bernhardt Schauss in 1674. Her family was native to Albisheim, predating the Schauss arrival. Anna Engle-Burgis Conrad’s mother may also have been a Naas(s). The Naass name appears repeatedly in Albisheim records.
Anna Engle-Burgis Conrad (Oct 30, 1680, Albisheim — c. 1712, Albisheim) married Johann Conrad Schauss Sr. on Aug 29, 1699 at the Evangelische church, Albisheim (FHL Microfilm 193,748). Possible parents: Hans Michael Conrad and Anna Margretha Barbara Naas Conrad. Mother of Johann Adam, the emigrant.
A separate Schauss branch remained in the Eckweiler area: Nicholaus Schauss (c. 1685, Ippensheid, Bad Kreuznach) married Maria Elisabetha Wickert (Mar 25, 1689, Eckweiler) on Jan 31, 1708 in Eckweiler. Also: Anna Catharina Schauss (c. 1680, Winterburg), daughter of Niclaus Schousser, married Johann Melchior Wickert Feb 9, 1700 in Eckweiler. These may be cousins of the Albisheim branch.
The Palatinate had a turbulent confessional history. Elector Frederick III promoted Reformed (Calvinist) faith after 1560, commissioning the Heidelberg Catechism in 1563. John Casimir restored the Reformed faith in 1583. But in the late 1600s, Reformed worship was prohibited, driving emigration. The Albisheim parish is documented as Lutheran (est. 1554), yet the Schauss family is identified as Reformed. In 1818, all Palatine Lutheran and Reformed congregations merged into the united Protestant-Evangelical-Christian Church. Records after 1818 are simply “Protestantisch.” The family may have been Reformed members recorded in Lutheran parish books — a common practice in mixed areas.
Ten generations from Eckweiler (c. 1560) to North Carolina (1900). Click any person to see details, sources, and connections. Scroll to zoom, drag to pan. The tree forks where the family split — one branch stayed in Albisheim, the other emigrated to America in 1736.
The first four generations of the Schauss/Shouse family in America, from the Palatine emigrant to the post-Civil War era.
The primary immigrant ancestor. Son of Johann Conrad Schauss Sr. and Anna Engle-Burgis Conrad of Albisheim. Millwright and miller by trade. Married Maria Barbara Baum (daughter of Johann Philip & Anna Maria Baum of Albisheim) in 1725. Arrived Philadelphia Sep 1, 1736 on the ship Harle. Settled in Pennsylvania before relocating to Bethania, NC c. 1754. Died at his son’s home in Bethania. Had eleven children including Philipp Nikolaus.
Son of Johann Adam. Born in Albisheim, emigrated with his father as a child. Married Maria Catherine Beck Jul 19, 1748 at Jordan Evangelical Lutheran Church. His death in Stokes County represents one of the last events for someone born in the German homeland who lived in North Carolina.
Children of Johann Adam, born partly in Germany or Pennsylvania, raised in Bethania. By this generation the name "Shouse" appears alongside "Schauss" in tax lists, church records, and land deeds. Members worship at Bethania Moravian Church and Shiloh Union Church.
Grandchildren of Johann Adam. Fully American-born, they expand across the Muddy Creek and Germanton areas of Stokes County. Many appear in the 1790 and 1800 federal censuses. Intermarriage with the Beck, Shore, and Transou families is documented.
Marriage between Shouse and Beck family members created a lasting bond documented in the Beck-Shouse Cemetery on Bethania Station Road. This cemetery remains a key genealogical site. Some descendants later moved west to Indiana and Missouri following frontier migration patterns.
Fourth and fifth generation descendants who lived through the Civil War. Served in NC Confederate units. The Shouse family, like their Moravian neighbors, faced difficult choices between religious pacifist tradition and Confederate conscription pressure. Post-war records show resilience and continuation of farming traditions.
The Shouse family history is documented across several archives. The Moravian Archives in Winston-Salem holds unparalleled records of life in the Wachovia settlements.
The primary repository for Wachovia settlement records. Contains congregation diaries, Bethania land records, death registers, and correspondence dating from 1753. Holds the Bethania Record Book with early Schauss family references.
Northern Province archives. Contains records of Pennsylvania Moravian communities that had contact with the Shouse family during their brief residence in Lancaster County. Also holds emigrant passenger records.
Land grant records, colonial court documents, Revolutionary War pension files, and tax lists. Stokes County records (pre-1849 Forsyth County formation) are especially relevant to Shouse family research.
Deed books, will books, and estate records from 1849 forward (when Forsyth County was formed from Stokes). Contains Shouse land transactions, probate records, and guardianship papers through the 19th century.
Multi-volume published transcriptions of Moravian congregation records edited by Adelaide Fries. Essential secondary source with English translations of German-language diaries, letters, and reports.
Shouse households appear in NC census records from 1790 onward. The 1850 and later censuses include ages, birthplaces, and occupations. Available via Ancestry.com, FamilySearch, and the National Archives.
Parish records (Kirchenbücher) from 1641 with gaps; Kirchenbuch #1 from 1720 on Archion. Microfilms at Zentralarchiv der Ev. Kirche der Pfalz, Speyer. Civil records at Landesarchiv Speyer. Eckweiler Kirchenbuch (1568–1798) covers earliest Schauß generations. See German Origins section for full details.
Pennsylvania German immigrant ship lists and naturalization oaths. Philadelphia Port arrival records (1727–1808) often list German immigrant men by name. The Schauss name may appear on late 1740s or 1750s manifests.