Valentine Leonard II (1751 - 1814)

Born 24 Mar 1751 in Rowan, North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Catherine (Sowers) Leonard — married about 1771 (to about 1810) in Lexington, Davidson, NC

Descendants

Died 3 Sep 1814 at age 63 in Rowan, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Valentine Leonard II performed Patriotic Service in North Carolina in the American Revolution.

Valentine Leonard II is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A205929.

This Valentine Leonard (Jr.) was the son of the original emigrant ancestor of the U.S. Leonards of this county. His father, born 1718, d: in 1781, murdered at his home by a band of Tories following his service in the Rev. War. He married Elizabeth Wallacher in PA and settled in Davidson Co, N.C. He established the Leonhardt's Church with the help of his friend and neighbor Jacob Berrier in 1753-54 (now known as the Pilgrim Reformed Church).

He died in the part of Rowan County that became Davidson County in 1822.

This Valentine Leonard Jr. married Anna Catherine Sowers, daughter of Phillip Sowers, b: 1757

Buried in the Old German Section, Pilgrim Reformed Church Cemetery in Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina, USA.^[1]

Valentine spelled "Voentein" on headstone.

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave Valentine Leonard, Jr., Memorial# 14789383

• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SP66-1JH : accessed 2014-11-15), entry for

Anna Catherine /SAUER\SOWERS/.

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK1-YJF : accessed 3 November 2018), Valentine Lenard, Rowan, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 314, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 568,147.
• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRW-4HS : accessed 3 November 2018), Valentine Leonard, Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 348, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 33; FHL microfilm 337,909.
• "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2J-1DQ : accessed 3 November 2018), Val Leanard, Rowan, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 244, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 43; FHL microfilm 337,916.