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Names: | John, Johan, Johann, Johannes[1] | ||
Born: | 1729 | ||
Baptized: | 24 September 1729 (Evangelische Kirche in Erzberg, Bavaria)[2] |
Prevailing wisdom maintains John arrived in America with his family in September 1732. He would have been about 3 years old according to the Erzberg baptism record. A passenger corresponding to his father, Andreas Killian was listed in among the adult males on the manifest of the ship "Adventure", however, no Killians were listed among the women or children.[3]
John's first known appearance in North American records came in 1749 when he entered a grant for a 1,000 acre tract of land in Anson County, North Carolina.[4] Since the nearby creek was called "Killian's Creek" in his father's adjoining grant issued the same day, it is reasonable to believe that the Killian family was already living in the area prior to entering these grants. John's grant also tacitly demonstrates he had come of legal age.Around the same time, John's name also appeared on the muster roll of unmarried men[5] within Captain Samuel Corbin's district west of the Catawba River in Anson County, North Carolina (parts of present-day Lincoln and Gaston Counties). The Killian residences at points 18 & 19 on this MAP of the district are just west of the present-day village of Lucia.
John married Ann Elisabeth, widow of Hans Michael Zimmerman II, about 1759, though the earliest known record acknowledging his marriage is from 1765, when "John Killian and Ann, his wife," sold some land in what was then Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.[6] Over the next several decades, John's name appeared in numerous land transactions which document his eventual move to a Lincoln County property near present-day Newton, Catawba County, North Carolina, including a 1795 land transfer to son, Jacob, on which John's wife, "Ann Elisabeth Killian", also gave her mark.[7]
John gave his mark on two final Lincoln County, North Carolina land transactions in late April 1798[8][9] and is believed to have died shortly thereafter, as he is not listed in the 1800 census as a head of household and Elisabeth was listed as a widow in an April 1801 Lincoln County, North Carolina land transaction.[10]
There is no record of where John was buried, though it was likely in present-day Lincoln or Catawba County, North Carolina (the latter was formed in 1842 from the northern third of the former). Unsourced FindAGrave memorial #227999159 provides a middle name ("Conrad") not identified on any primary source documents and a death date (1795) which precedes land transactions signed by John (1798) during his lifetime. The memorial also includes no indication of how burial location was ascertained.
1747 | Enlisted with Colonial forces at time of Spanish Alarm 1747-1748.[citation needed] |
1749 | Colonial Council held in New Bern granted him 1,000 acres along Leeper's Creek in Anson County, North Carolina (border of present-day Lincoln and Gaston Counties, just west of the village of Lucia).[13] His father, Andreas, and brother, Leonard, were granted adjoining tracts on the same day. |
1750s | Served as private in Captain Samuel Corbin's Militia along with his brother, Leonard.[5] Corbin commanded a district west of the Catawba River in Anson County, North Carolina (present-day Lincoln and Gaston Counties). On this MAP of the district, the names of 56 landowners are numbered 1 to 56 with the location of their homes indicated. Several names of potential interest include: |
Johann Kilian (#19) | Andreas Kilian (#18) | Leonhard Kilian (#55) | ||||
Bostian Best (#17) | ? Fischer (#54) | 3 Zimmermans (#20-22) |
The undated muster roll naming the members of this company has commonly been supposed to relate to the Spanish attack on Brunswick in 1748, but appears to have been filed under the wrong year as most members of the company did not arrive in the Carolinas until the early 1750s. The company was most likely raised in 1754 for protection of local frontier settlers at the beginning of the French & Indian War. This is when a fort was built on the point at the confluence of the Catawba and South Fork Rivers because of fear of attack by the Cherokee which never manifested.[citation needed] | |
1754 | In January, John and wife, Ann, sold the 1,000 acres from his first grant to Jacob Brown.[13] In May, he entered a second grant for a 157 acre tract of land along the west side of Killian's Mill Creek.[14] |
1759 | On Sep 13, John Killian was granted 250 acres to south side Catawba river on Coburns Creek.[citation needed] |
1765 | John and Ann Killian sold 157 acres of land that had been granted to John in May 1754.[6] |
1766 | On Jun 26, John bought 200 acres along Clark's Creek adjoining Bostian Cline in Rowan Co, NC near present day Newton in Catawba County from Mathias Beaver and wife, Susanna[15] John's father, Andreas, bought 293 acres nearby on the same day. |
1773 | John Killian was appointed constable of his area of Rowan County for the year.[16] He was replaced the next year by his neighbor, Thomas Winkler.[17] |
1778 | "Jhon Killian" signed a Christmas Day petition from inhabitants of Burke County, North Carolina, who wished their area to become part of Tryon County.[18] Instead, Tryon County was dissolved the next year and divided into Lincoln and Rutherford Counties. |
1788 | Like the other older children of Andreas Killian (who had likely already received their inheritance), John received only 1 shilling from his father's Lincoln County, North Carolina estate.[19] |
1790 | Lincoln County, North Carolina census household of "Jno Killian Sr"[20] with presumed corresponding family members' names in parentheses: 4 males over 16 (John Sr, John Jr, Phillip, Abraham) 1 male under 16 (possibly Mary's son, John Jonas) 3 females (Anna, Sarah, Mary) |
1795 | John Killian, Sr. sold 141 acres to son, Jacob Killian, for 120 £ on January 17th. This land had been granted to John in October 1782. Both John and "Ann Elisabeth Killian" gave their marks.[7] |
1798 | John Killian, Sr. sold 200 acres of land in Lincoln County, North Carolina to son, John Jr., for 20 £ on 20 April 1798 and signs his mark.[8] John Killian, Sr. sold 150 acres of land in Lincoln County, North Carolina to son, Abraham Killian, for 250£ on 28 April 1798 and signs his mark.[9] |
1801 | Elisabeth Killian, widow of John, sold land along Clark’s Creek on 6 April 1801 along with Philip Killian, Jacob Killian, John Killian, Abraham Killian, Jacob Yount, Jacob Dietz and the legal representatives of Jacob Fye, dec’d (husband of Mary Killian), all of Lincoln County, North Carolina.[10] A land record for Bostian Cline dated 1801[citation needed] states that Bostian's land was on a branch of Lyles Creek and adjacent to John Killian Sr., deceased. |
1802 | Elisabeth Killian signed her own will on 1 March 1802 in Lincoln County, North Carolina.[12] As heirs, it named two children from her first marriage and seven from her marriage with John. |
The two main areas of present-day Lincoln, Catawba, and Gaston Counties, North Carolina where John lived and owned land were part of several other counties during the development of North Carolina including: Tryon, Mecklenburg, Burke, Rowan, & Anson. See this interactive time lapse map of North Carolina county formation history. If the marriage date (~1759) is correct and there is still a record of the marriage, it would likely be found in either Anson or Rowan County, since those are the only two that existed in the area at the time. Mecklenburg County was added in 1762, and Tryon in 1768. Since there were many familial and cultural connections to Pennsylvania at this time, it's also possible the marriage may have taken place there.
John was the blacksmith of the 'Dutch Settlement'.[citation needed]
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Elizabeth's 1802 will names her son Michael Zimmerman, her son-in-law Daniel Smith (married Catherine Zimmerman), her son Jacob, her daughter Marellis Yount, her son John Killian, her son Philip Killian, her daughter Mary Suttlemire, her daughter Sarah Dietz
(and the information I found in the changes page about that was moved to a profile for his wife - Zimmerman-2075, died 1802).
Includes a lot of interesting info (hopefully moved to her profile), including
1) Johannes Michael Zimmerman (Baptized 1733, probably died by 1756-57 in PA) married Ann Elizabeth (Unknown) b 1732 d 1820 Lincoln Co. NC. Their children were Michael and Catherina Zimmerman, later of Lincoln Co, NC {From Ann Elizabeth (Unknown) (Zimmerman) Killian's Will.]
Ann Fullbright marriage as 1758 in Lincoln, NC, USA
-- comment about birth location not making sense was made 13 Jan 2017 (but not sure what birth location was showing at the time)
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