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First Settlers List Kutter, Russia 1775 Census Surnames and head of household
Altwater, Johannes; Bauer, Johann Heinrich; Bechtoid, Melchior; Bechtoid, Marcus; Beckel (Pekel), Georg; Behm, Konrad; Bleibtreu, Kasimir; Brenning, Christoph;
Dietz, Peter; Engel, Johannes; Faust, Philip; Fink, Martin; Foos, Konrad Wilhelm; Frank, Jakob; Fuchs, Anton; Fuchs, Wilheim;
Geigorn (Gelhorn), August; Gutman, Christoph; Haag, Johannes; Haas, Heinrich; Hagelgenz (Gagelgents), Johannes; Hanhart, Daniel; Heintz, Friedrich; Hert, Widow Margareta; Hicks, Georg; Hilt, Heinrich; Huck, Stefan; Icks, Baitazar; Jager, Georg; Jakel, Friedrich;
Kaufman, Christian; Kerschner, Anton; Klein, Georg; Klein, Heinrich; Kolman, Johannes; Kramer, Johannes; Krieg (Grikh), Johann Heinrich; Kunkel, Johannes; Kunkel, Kasper;
Lach, Kasper; Loos, Johannes; Loos, Peter; Lorei, Meichior; Lorenz, Georg; Lorenz, Philip;
Maul, Konrad; Muller, Johann; Nazarenus, Kazimir; Nazarenus, Ludwig; Neuman, Vorsteher Phillip; Niedental, Heinrich; Niedental, Johannes;
Orsulet (?), Ludwig; Reifschneider, Andreas; Reifschneider, Beisitzer Johannes; Reifschneider, Heinrich; Reifschneider, Johannes; Reifschneider, Konrad; Reifschneider, Melchior; Reigert (Reichert); Reinhard,, Beisitzer Andreas; Reinicke, Johann; Rieger, Konrad; Rerikh (Rohrig), Jakob; Roth, Heinrich; Ruppel (Ripel), Georg;
Schenk, Heinrich; Schneider, Andreas; Schneider, Johann; Schmidt, Anton; Schmidt, Johann Heinrich; Schmidt, Peter; Schroder, Philip; Sturtz, Adam; Sturtz, Ernst;
Thiel, Konrad; Trott, Johannes; Vorbach, Friedrich; Wagner, Adam; Wagner, Philip; Weigand, Kasper; Weigand, Konrad; Weitzel, Heinrich;
From census record: "According to the inhabitants, 50 desyatina [1=2.7 acres] are under cultivation. They hold 75 desyatina in hay fields. This colony has shortages of everything it needs, and as a result, most of the farming is conducted on non-arable land. Up to 600 desyatina are plowed each year. They farm with ploughs and horses. They do not use any fertilizer. On the arable land harvests are good, but poor otherwise. Every summer gophers consume a significant quantity of the sown grain. Because of inadequate harvests of hay, they purchase it from neighboring colonies. Instead of firewood, they burn dung fuel. They have no possibility of improvement from any direction. They do not have sufficient fleece or hemp ... all are involved in farming. in addition, the women make paper for the colony of Sarepta. They receive about 700 rubles a year from the agent of that colony who resides here. Of the skilled trades, they have 4 blacksmiths, one metal smith, three wheelwrights, 5 weavers, and two cabinetmakers. They are favorably disposed toward work."
"They live in moderate condition. Buildings are for the most part dilapidated. There is very little new construction. There are 5 stone houses, and stone is used in some of the farmsteads. Yards are fenced with stones and wattle. There is a sufficient quantity of this stone on their allotted lands. Harvested grain is threshed on local threshing floors adjacent to their farmyards. They have been encouraged to move these threshing floors to a more distant and safer location. There are vegetable gardens next to all of the homes. They have no orchards, apiaries, or mills. The local grain storage facility is dilapidated, but constructed in a suitable place. Rye, wheat, and oats are stored there.(Mai, vol.I, p.142)."
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The original colonist families came from Isenburg, Hesse, Prussia.
Many of them first went to Denmark before finally settling in Russia.
All this through a loan from the Russian government, which they had to pay back, down to the last shovel. That's the reason for the inventory.