Michael Barndollar I (1740 - 1818)

Born 29 Aug 1740 in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine Margarethe Unknown — married about 1768 in Frederick County, Province of Maryland

Descendants

Died 29 Mar 1818 at age 77 in Everett, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Private Michael Barndollar I served with 2nd Pennsylvania Battalion, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Michael Barndollar I is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A006269.

Was raised around Philadelphia, Germantown. He then moved to Frederick County, MD. In 1787 he bought a tract of land from John Musser in Bedford County, PA known as Bloody Run. On June 15, 1795 he plotted out a town on his land calling it Waynesburg. The name never became familiar and people continued calling it Bloody Run. In 1860 Bloody Run was incorporated into a Borough. In 1873 the name of Bloody Run was changed to Everett. Michael Barndollar owned and operated a hotel in Bloody Run known as the Union Hotel.

The History of Everett....At the beginning... Waynesburg, Bloody Run, and Everett - all names for the same town. How the name Bloody Run came about is shrouded in history. Sometime before the official start of the town, the little stream that runs through it got the name Bloody Run. Whether it was named that after an ambush turned the run red with English blood, or some cattle were slaughtered on its banks, perhaps no one will ever know. But those are the two possibilities most often presented. John Patton built a house still standing within present day Everett in 1738, possibly the oldest house in Bedford County. In 1787 a man named Michael Barndollar from Frederick, Maryland, and Philadelphia before that, purchased, from John Musser Of Lancaster, 400 acres of land where the creek named Bloody Run empties into the Raystown Branch of the Juniata River. He laid out a town on that land in 1795. Barndollar named the town Waynesburg in honor of the Revolutionary War General "Mad" Anthony Wayne. The name, however, did not stick, and people soon knew the town only as Bloody Run. Barndollar built first on the west side of the run, but sold that part of the property in 1800 to Samuel Tate of Shippensburg, PA. Most of that would later be bought back by Barndollar's son, Jacob. On his part of the tract Barndollar erected a stone building and ran a tavern and store. Among other early settlers were Robert Culbertson and Billy Paxton, who operated hotels. Hotels and taverns were very popular on this main route between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Charles Ashcom settled here about 1806, and was Justice of the Peace as well as running a carpentry shop. The settlement grew slowly, and in 1860 some citizens petitioned to have the town incorporated as a Borough. The first election, held in 1861 with 58 voters, made Josiah Baughman Chief Burgess and William States Assistant Burgess. Councilmen elected were J. M. Barndollar, William Masters, P. G. Morgart, Samuel D. Schooley, and David Brody. W. P. Barndollar and Jacob Barndollar served as Clerk and Treasurer of the Council. In 1873, with the citizens wanting a more respectable name for their town, it was officially renamed Everett. This name honored Edward Everett, a former governor of Massachusetts, minister to Great Britain, and most famously a great orator. It was he who gave the main speech at the dedication of the Gettysburg cemetery when President Lincoln gave his "Gettysburg Address.".

In 1880 the Everett Fire Company was established by Borough oridnance. D. S. Elliot was appointed chief engineer, and D. B. Ott and John A. Gump were his assistants. Other charter members were S. A. Gump, Theodore A. Klahre, William Emme, Michael Ott, Fred Felten, E. N. Hofmier, Frank Herman, John C. Chamberlain, Thomas M. DuBois, Peter Barndollar, B. M. Barndollar, John H. Giles, and Phil M. Bussard.

Michael Barndollar lived in the vicinity of Philadelphia at the time of the Revolutionary War, and afterward moved to Frederick county, Maryland. In 1787 he came to Bedford county and purchased a tract of land, including the site of Everett borough. He settled on the west side of Bloody Run and began keeping hotel. Finding it impossible to pay for his entire purchase, in 1800 he sold to Samuel Tate, of Shippensburg, all that portion of the tract lying west of Bloody Run, including his tavern-stand and improvements, and removed to the eastern side of the stream. In 1802 he erected the stone building--still standing and now a part of the Union Hotel--where he lived and kept store and tavern. He died in 1818, at the age of seventy-eight. His sons were Peter, Daniel, Jacob and Michael, all of whom lived and died in this county, except Michael, who died in Fulton county. (^[1])

Pg. 320. James M. Barndollar. The name of Barndollar is a prominent one in the annals of Bedford County, so much so that its history, especially that portion devoted to East Providence and Everett, would be radically incomplete without a more extended notice then is there given. The American progenitor of the family was Michael Barndollar, who came from Germany some time previous to the revolutionary war and settled in Philadelphia. After a residence there of some years, he removed to Maryland, where he lived until 1787, when he emigrated with his family to Everett, then known as Bloody Run, where he purchased a large tract of land, on a portion of which the borough of Everett is now located. He was a thrifty, energetic man, and he left his impress on the village of which he was the founder. His wife, whom he probably married in the mother country, bore him a family of nine children - four sons and five daughters. (next paragraph to son Peter Barndollar profile). ^[2]

Baptism of Children

Maria Catharina Bernthaler b. 6 May 1772 and baptized 7 Jun 1772 in Germantown, Philadelphia County, PA. Parents: Michael Bernthaler and Catherarina Margarethe Bernthaler. St. Michael's Lutheran Church. ^[3]

Margaretha Bernthaler b. 29 Jun 1774 and baptized 7 Aug 1774 in Germantown. Parents Michael and Catharina Margarethe Bernthaler. St. Michael's Lutheran Church. ^[4]

Elisabethe Bernthaler b. 27 Apr 1776 and baptized 2 Jun 1776 in Germantown. Parents: Michael and Margarethe. St. Michael's Lutheran Church. ^[5]

Military

Michael Bardollar; Ancestor #A006269; Service: Pennsylvania; Rank: Private; Birth: circa 1740; Death Ante 4-3-1818 Bedford County, PA; Service Description: 1) Capt. Holgate 2nd Batt.; Residence: Philadelphia Co, PA; Spouse: Catherine X. ^[6]

Census

• 1790 Census: Bedford County, PA pg. 20 (Micael Barndolar).

• 1800 Census: Bedford County, PA pg. 399.

• 1810 Census: Providence, Bedford County, PA pg. 20.

Slavery

Book: Kernel of Greatness, An Informal Bicentennial History of Bedford Co. 1976): pg.71 THE BLACK PEOPLE : Michael Barndollar, a slave holder, gave this information. he certified in 1798 that his Negro woman Sall, a slave, had a child born of her body the 11 day of November, a female named Felis, then three months old. Sall had another child named Dina on Aug 24, 1803. On Jan 9, 1806 the owner records a mulatto named Dina.

• Bedford County Slaveholders A-Z. (www.afrolumens.orgslavery/bedfazhtml) April 19, 2003. Slaveholder Name: Barndollar, Michael. Notes: The registration for the slave Sall does not appear with the 1780 registrations, but is recorded 18 years later, and does not include the required age and name. It may have been added later, when Barndollar recorded the birth of Sall's daughter Philis, in 1798. If so, this is a clear violation of the law, and Sall should have been legally manumitted along with her daughter.

• Slave Name: Sall; Description: "Negro Girl"; Mother of Philis, born 11 November, 1797 and Dina, born 24 August, 1803. Date of Record: 22 January, 1798. Source: Bedford County Prothonotary and Clerk of Courts Record of Negro and Mulatto Slaves.

• Slave Name: Philis. Sex: Female. Age: Two months old at registration. Date of Birth: 11 November, 1797. Status: Slave to the age of 28 years. Description: "Negro Child". Notes: Daughter of Sall. The Registration letter for Philis reads as follows: These are to certify that my Negro Woman Called Sall a slave had a child Born of her Body the Eleventh day of November last which child is a female and Named felis. (Source: Bedford County Misc Slave Records Circa 1780-1834). Date of Record: 22 January, 1798. Source: Bedford County Prothonotary and Clerk of Courts Record of Negro and Mulatto Slaves.

• Slave Name: Dina. Sex: Female. Age: Infant at Registration. Date of Birth: 1803, August 24. Status: Slave to the age of 28 years. Description: "Negro child". Notes: Daughter of Sall. The Registration letter for Dina reads as follows: One Negro child born of Negro woman named Sall the Child named Dina born the 24th day of August 1803.". Date of Record: 1804. Source: Bedford County Misc Slave Records Circa 1780-1834.

Will

In the name of God, Amen, I, Michael Barndollar being weak in body but perfectly sound in mind and memory, blessed be the Lord for the same, do make and publish this my last will and testament in the following manner, that is to say, first, I give and bequeath until my beloved wife Catherine all the property at Bloody Run consisting of the following, the tavern and all the buildings. About the same and the land until the stone bridge east of Bloody Run and all that tract in dispute with James Sparks for her to enjoy the same as long as she lives and then to fall to my executors to be divided amongst the boys Peter and Jacob and Daniel and Michael Barndollar. I likewise do give and bequeath until my son Peter Barndollar a tract of land adjoining Peter O'Neal containing 220 acres or thereabouts and I give and bequeath unto my son Daniel Barndollar a tract of land joining of Gillame land in Southhampton Township containing 170 acres. I likewise give to my son Michael Barndollar a lot of ground after myself and wife's death, adjoining Mrs. Long's lot, being one-half of the lot between Jacob Barndollar and Mrs Long's lot and east of hers. I likewise give and bequeath to my daughter formerly Nancy Mitchell five hundred dollars to be paid when she calls for it and five hundred dollars after myself and wife's decease. I likewise bequeath to my second daughter Catherine Compher five hundred dollars when she calls for it and five hundred dollars after myself and wife's decease to her heirs of the said Catherine Compher, I likewise give to my daughter Margaret Woods a tract of land. In the State of Ohio in Guernsey containing one hundred acres and I likewise give and bequeath to the said Margaret Woods four hundred dollars when she calls for the same and five hundred dollars after myself and wife's decease. I likewise give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Coulter five hundred dollars to be laid out in real estate for her and her heirs forever. And I hereby empower my executors to lay out the same for her as above described , and I likewise give to her further the sum of five hundred dollars after myself and wife's deceased to be paid to her and her lawful heirs. I likewise give and bequeath to the trustees in the trust of the Bloody Run meeting house one hundred dollars for the repairing of the same. And I desire after my decease that my movable property be sold and my executors; and I hereby name and appoint Jacob Barndollar and Peter Barndollar my two sons as my sole executors to carry the foregoing will into execution revoking all former wills by me made. In testimony whereof I have set my hand and seal this twenty fifth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. ^[7]

Burial

Everett Cemetery, Bedford, Pennsylvania ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ The History of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton Counties, Pennsylvania, 1884, Waterman, Watkins & Co., p. 313.).
2. ↑ The History of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton Counties, Pennsylvania, 1884, Waterman, Watkins & Co., p. 320
3. ↑ Maria baptism Link to record
4. ↑ Margaretha baptism Link to record
5. ↑ Elisabethe baptism Link to record
6. ↑ DAR search database: http://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A006269
7. ↑ Last Will and Testament
8. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV4-3S5C : 13 December 2015), Michael Barndollar, 1818; Burial, Everett, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Everett Cemetery; citing record ID 6801646, Find a Grave, https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6801646

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