Mary Bach

1760-1765 - After 1825  (61 years)

• Name	Mary Bach
  	The source of Mary's name is a letter written by W. J. (William Jefferson) Tapp of Powder Springs Georgia to Frank Tapp of Henderson Kentucky 28 Sep 1907. In that letter W. J. Tapp gives the identity of his great grandmother as "Mary BACH, a German girl." The wording in the letter was used in the book Genealogy of the Cloyd, Basye and Tapp Families in America by Augustus David Cloyd 1912 except he mistakenly gave her identity as "Mary BOCH, a German girl" and the mistake has been copied by others.
  Born	1760-1765	probably Culpeper County, Virginia
  Gender	Female
  Died	After 1825	probably Spartanburg, South Carolina
  	From the probate of Moses Tapp, "the widow" was still alive when Moses died in 1825.
  Person ID	I826	Bach to Back
  Last Modified	9 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Harman Back,   b. 1708,   d. 1797, Garrard Co., Kentucky  (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Unknown Mother
  Notes	No evidence has been found of the identity of the mother(s) of Harman's sons or his daughter Mary Back Tapp
  Family ID	F90	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Moses Tapp,   b. Before 1766, Culpeper County, Virginia ,   d. 1825, Spartanburg County, South Carolina  (Age ~ 59 years)
  Children	1. Sarah "Sally" Tapp,   b. 1784-1786   2. Joshua Tapp,   b. After 1788   3. James Tapp,   b. About 1790   4. Thornton Tapp,   b. 1796-1800   5. William Tapp,   b. 1796-1800   6. Elizabeth Tapp,   b. About 1794   7. Anna Tapp,   b. About 1797
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F388	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos

  Plat of Harman's land in Culpeper Co VA Harman Back's land in relation to Vincent Tapp, Sarah Jett, George Wayman, and the original plat of Jacob Holtzclaw

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		1786 Fauquier County Court Minute Book, page 34 August term, Joseph Back assignee of Vincent Tapp vs Daniel Greenwood, Fauquier County Court Minute Book, page 34 Vincent Tapp was a near neighbor of Harman Back in the Little Fork community of Culpeper County.
  		1907 Letter W. J. Tapp to Frank Tapp Adlai Robin Yates Papers,Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives Original source of Mary's name from her great grandson
  		1912 INCORRECT interpretation of Mary's name Genealogy of the Cloyd, Bayse, and Tapp Families in America A. D. Cloyd 1912 Written after the letter from W. J. Tapp to Frank Tapp, the original source of Mary's name from her great grandson
  		1907 Letter compared to 1912 Book A. D. Cloyd's book made a mistake in the spelling of the last name of Moses Tapp's wife. The phrase is identical to the letter except for one important letter in her maiden name.
  		1786 Fauquier VA Religious Petition Moses Tapp and Harman Back signatures adjacent, Moses' father Vincent Tapp and brother-in-law Joseph Back on same page Legislative petitions, Fauquier County 1784-1786 FamilySearch Film # 008993667 Images 669-671

  
  

• Notes

  I'm going to transcribe a letter that I have; dated 1907, it may help those of you that are researching this family. (Alvin Byrd, posted to Genealogy.com 13 Oct 2004) Powder Springs GA Sep. 29, 1907 Mr Frank R. Tapp Henderson. Ky Dear Cousin. Yours of the 20th, August to hand, I regret I could not answer sooner. I think all the Tapps are related. Col Sidney C Tapp of Atlanta GA may be able to give you some history. My father had one sister whose address is Mrs Nancy Wingo, Douglasville GA. who can give youmore information than any one else I know. She has just been to see me and I spoke to her about your letter, said she would be pleased to hear from you. My great grand-father was named Moses Tapp, came from Culpeper County Va., settled in Spartanburg S.C. in 1797. He married Mary Bach, a German girl. Names of sons were, William, Joshua, Thornton and James. James ( my grandfather) married Martha Selman in Spartanburg SC. Sons of James; Wm F. Tapp, James Tapp ( my father) and Joshua Tapp, all born in Spartanburg S.C. My grandfather, my father and Wm F. Tapp all moved to Georgia about the time of the civil war, I don't remember the date of any of their deaths. I have one older brother, James L. Tapp who is in wholesale and retail merchant in Columbia S.C. Wm F. Tapp has some boys in Texas. Joshua Tapp has two sons in S.C. . My people so far as I know were all baptists. My grandfater was a mill man and farmer. Wm F. was a farmer and mill merchant. I am a farmer at present; have been in the general merchandise& ___________? business in Texas and Georgia. Mrs Wingo can give you full information of all the members of families from her grandfather to date. I live one mile north of Powder Springs on Southern and S.A.L. railroads; 12 miles northwest of Marrietta. Run out and see us. Yours Truly, Signed W.J Tapp P.S.please excuse the pencil. Run out and see us. I have two children, boy and girl; both are away from home in school.