Re: Leonard Killian family N.C. Linc. Co
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Leonard Killian family N.C. Linc. Co
Mary Harbinson 6/04/01
ACCORDING TO THE ANNALS OF LINCOLN CO.,N.C.LEONARD KILLIAN WAS THE SON OF ANDREAS KILLIAN THE PIONEER WHO CAME TO AMERICA ON OCT. 4,1732,ANDREAS KILLIAN LANDED IN PHILADELPHIA,PA. ON THE BRITISH SHIP "ADVENTURE"HIS SIGNATURE TO THE DECLARATIONOF ALLEGIENCE TO THE COLONIAL GOVT. ON A PHOTOSTAT COPY OF THE PAGE ON WHICH HE SIGNED HIS NAME AND A SIGNATURE ON A WILL NADE BY ANDREAS KILLIAN OF LINCOLN,CO.,NC ON SEPT 2,1785 WERE MADE BY THE SAME PERSON.ANDREAS WAS MARRIED TWICE .LEONARD KILLIAN WAS HIS OLDEST SON BORN IN GERMANYTO ANDREAS FIRST WIFE MAY,15,1723.HIS WIFES NAME WAS MARY MARGARET BUT THERE IS NO RECORD OF HER MAIDEN NAME.THEY HAD 4 CHILDREN OR MORE. WILLIAM,MATHIAS,MARY,AND MARGARET.LEONARD KILLIAN DIED MAY 15,1795 BURIED ST. PAULS CHURCH NEAR NEWTON ,N.C.