[S765] Bexar County Texas Marriages, (Bexar County Texas Court House Records, Roll 1,Book C, 29 Jun 1852 to 03 Jun 1855), FHL Microfilm #0024917 Book C., Microfilm #0024917 Book C, pp. 149, 150, 29 Jun 1852.
Licence No. 917, date 02 Feb 1854, Philip Schaffer and Caroline Frederica Richter (consent of mother). By C.E. Jfferson, J.P., Bexar Co., Wit: C.D. Gorman, L. Sargent.
[S66] KIRCHENBUCH DER PROTESTANTISCHEN GEMEINDE, First Protestant Church, (New Braunfels, Texas), No. I & II, vol 1, #49, p. 163, 29 Jun 1852.
Chistening record for Johann Philipp Schaefer states father is "Philipp Schaefer aus Nassau, wohnt 7 Meilen an der St. Antonio Strasse", or translated Philipp Schaefer from Nassau, living 7 miles down San Antonio Street [from New Braunfels.]
[S366] Headstone Inscription for Philipp Schaefer, New Braunfels Cemetery, New Braunfels, Texas, (photograph), No. I & II, vol 1, #49, p. 163, 29 Jun 1852.
Marker is located in south corner of cemetery.
[S6] NEW BRAUNFELS: THE FIRST FOUNDERS, VOL II, Fey, Everett Anthony, (Eakin Press, Austin, Texas, 1994, ISBN 0-89015-987-4, Vol. II The Genealogies), pp. 175, 183, 29 Jun 1852.
[S39] Philipp Schaefer Family for NEW BRAUNFELS: THE FIRST FOUNDERS from Melinda Birdsong, Birdsong, Melinda, (New Braunfels, Texas), [Schaefer p. 4], 29 Jun 1994.
[S368] NEW BRAUNFELS: THE FIRST FOUNDERS, VOL I, Fey, Everett Anthony, (Eakin Press, Austin, Texas, 1994, ISBN 0-89015-987-4, Vol. I The History), pp. 47, 111, 117, 124, 127, 129, 141, 286, 523, 524, 29 Jun 1994.
Philip immigrated from Schadeck, bei Runkel, Nassau to Texas in 1844 on the brig JOHANN DETHARDT. Philipp is one of the first founders of New Braunfels, Texas. Philipp was enrolled as #158 in the German Protestant Congregation register. He received Town lot #99, a 1/2 Bavarian acre lot situated on the east side of Mill Street midway between Seguin and Market Streets on his 17th birthday on 01 Jul 1845. The deeds do not indicate that he received an Acre lot out of town.
[S66] KIRCHENBUCH DER PROTESTANTISCHEN GEMEINDE, First Protestant Church, (New Braunfels, Texas), No. I & II, vol 1, #73, p. 163, 29 Jun 1994.
Chistening record for Johann Philipp Schaefer states father is "Philipp Schaefer aus Nassau, wohnt 7 Meilen an der St. Antonio Strasse", or translated Philipp Schaefer from Nassau, living 7 miles down San Antonio Street [from New Braunfels.]
[S370] Headstone Inscription for Carolina Schaefer, New Braunfels Cemetery, New Braunfels, Texas, (photograph), No. I & II, vol 1, #73, p. 163, 29 Jun 1994.
[S20] DIE BREMERVERWANDTSCHAFT IN DEUTSCHLAND UND IN TEXAS, Robinson-Zwahr, Robert R. Jr., (Nortex Press, Wichita Falls, Texas, 1977), p. 1071, 29 Jun 1994.