KAPPUS: Descendants of John Kappus & Mary Ann Hiltman of Prussia & the United States 1987By Lillie Kappus The history of the family, the coat of arms, Descendants of John Kappus and Mary Ann Hiltman of Prussia and the United States. John was born in Schwarzburg Sonders Hausen, in 1804. They had meager living supplies, their farm land was outside the compound . they took their animals and geese to to graze and feed, and then back to the compund at night to protect them from thieves. Taxes were paid to the Czar by a percentage of grain