John Jacob VON NIEDA

                   1850 US Census listed as farmer with $4800 of real estate owned.  
Members of household: Henry VonNieda - 55 yrs., Catharine VonNieda - 62 yrs., Adam VonNieda - 26 yrs., Margaret VonNieda - 22 yrs., William Grill(?) - 17 yrs., Anna Farlow - 20 yrs., Catharine VonNieda - 53 yrs.

1860 US Census listed as widower with real estate valued at $6000 and personal property at $200. 
Living with a Margaret Begersise(?) age - 31 yrs. listed as a widow.  

1870 US Census listed as a retired farmer with $10,000 of real estate and $4000 of personal estate.  
Members of household: Henry VonNieda - 76 yrs., Selif(?) Miller - 47 yrs. - copper, Margaret Miller - 42 yrs. - keeping house,  Sarah E. Miller - 6 yrs., Daniel Fleisher - 74 yrs. - $2000 of real estate, Margaret Fleisher - 32 yrs. - servant, Catharine VonNieda - 72 yrs. - $1000 personal estate.

CHURCH:  A Member of the Muddy Creek and Cocalico German Reformed Church.  A part of the building committee that oversaw construction of a church in 1847. 

From:http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/lancaster/church/mudcr-ref-swa.txt: History of the Classis of Lancaster of the Eastern Synod of the Reformed Church in the United States, 1852-1940; Part II, Histories of the Congregations of the Classis of Lancaster, Pg. 168-182 Printed by The New Holland Clarion, New Holland, PA; Editors Rev. Daniel G. Glass, Rev. C. George Bachman, Rev. Harry E. Shepardson, Rev. John F. Frantz, Rev. J. N. Le Van, D.D. 

...During "Father Hertz's" ministry at Muddy Creek, the Reformed and Lutheran Congregations there jointly erected a new house of worship. The new Church building was a Colonial type stone structure with three balconies, the one across the end being later occupied by the choir and organ. At the other end was a fine "High Pulpit" reached by a stairway. This pulpit, together with the entire Chancel, is still preserved by the congregations. The name of this new church was inscribed on a marble "Name- Stone" and placed in the wall under the eaves, the inscription being "Moden Krick und Cocalico Deutsche Reformirte and Luterische Kirche--1847" (Muddy Creek and Cocalico German Reformed and Lutheran Church--1847). According to records of the Building Committee, stone quarrying was begun on March 12, 1847, masonry work on April 12 and was completed by the end of August, when the dedication took place. This was the third building on the original site. The Building Committee reported that in view of the most generous contributions of labor and materials by the members, the church, exclusive of steeple, bell and pulpit which were added afterwards, had been erected at a total cost of $1,909.96. The Building Committee was composed of William Liede, Jacob Heft, Henry Von Nieda and Henry Stauffer, representing the two congregations. They engaged craftsmen overseers who seem not only to have taken great pride in their work, but in keeping with the times, their politics as well, for, when they had completed their work they subscribed their signatures in the altar which they had constructed, and which is still well preserved, the following: Daniel Harting, Democrat, Voganville, Bauermeister; William Lied, Whig, Adamstown; Joseph Kochel, Democrat, Adamstown; Isaac Winters, Democrat, Hinkletown; and John Kiehl, Democrat, Voganville. In the large sandstone corner-stone were placed a Bible, membership and builder lists, a bottle of Sacramental wine and some coins of the period. When this stone was opened at the time the building was razed in 1938, the coins and sealed bottle of wine were still intact, but all else had crumbled to dust. This stone and the "Name-Stone" were placed in the walls of the new building in 1938.