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Johann Justus Henckel is the 5th Great Grandfather of my wife, Clara Fern Fritz Tripp. Johann Justus Henckel, Senior died in Germany Valley, Augusta County, Virginia. It is now located near Riverton, Pendleton County West Virginia. In about 1750 he moved from Upper Milford Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (now in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania) to Rowan (now Davidson) County, North Carolina. Because of Indian depredations, he later moved his family to Augusta County, Virginia (now PePendleton County, West Virginia) where he constructed a stockade with enclosed area sufficient to house the families of his sons and sons-in-law, as well as other settlers in the immediate area. This structure, known as Henckle's Fort was used as an out-post prior to and during, the Revolutionary War.
The site for Henkle's Fort was located by Miss Cora C. Curry in 1925. A beautiful granite marker, cut in the shape of an arrowhead, was erected in 1935 near the former site of the fort. The inscription reads: "Several hundred yards West of this marker, about the years 1761-1762, John Justus Hinckel, Senior, built a blockhouse as a home for his family and a protection against the Indians. It became a nucleus for a Colonial Frontier Fort; later used by Continental forces during the Revolution and was called HINKLE'S FORT."
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Tripp Families of North America
1706 - 1778 (72 years)