Person:Henry Trollinger (2)

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From "The Land That Is Pulaski County" by Conway Howard Smith:

Chapter 24

Henry Jacob Trolinger, Powder Manufacturer

Radford Arsenal not the Area's first Powder Plant.

Those living in Pulaski County before World War II will remember the excitement caused by the building (by Hercules) of the Radford Arsenol ~the "bullet-factory", as it was called by some.

The huge powder plant,Straddling New River at the Lower Horseshoe, is the largest Plant ever built in this area. Most Pulaski County folks thought Powder making was something new in these parts. This was not so. A Powder plant, near present Dublin, was producing Powder during the Revolution. But instead of employing thousands, it was a two~man operation.

A German Powder Maker of the Revolution

At the beginning of the Revolution a German powder maker came into the New River Valley. Henry Jacob Trolinger, born in Germany in the early 1700's, came here from North Carolina. He acuired land near present Dublin, where a "saltpetre" (postassium Nitrite) cave lay beneath a limestone ledge on a hillside. Saltpetre, the main ingrediant (oxidizer) of gunpowder, was what the old powder maker sought. (He found it in a natural occuring state instead of having to Produce it.)

Here Henry Jacob Trolinger settled, and assisted by his older son Henry, Mined "saltpetre" and made Powder. ( It is not clear if he acutally made the "black" powder mix or if he just made the main ingrediant mix of Postassium Nitrites in powder form and packaged that for transport.)

Trolinger's product was much in demand during the Revolution. he prospered and aquired much land in the area ( which was then Montgomery County).

After the Revolution Henry Jacob Trolinger's older son, moved back to North CArolina. The old Powder maker taught the craft to John Trolinger, his youngest son. John following his father's footsteps, continued to manufacture gunpowder at the old saltpetre cave for some years after the Revolution.

Many descendants of Henry Jacob Trolinger are among the citizens of today's Pulaski County.

(**Also The Trolinger Family can and should be able to quilify for SAR and DAR status based on the fact that Henry gave aid to the American Revolution cause as a Patriot.**)

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   HENRY JACOB7 TROLINGER (ADAM6 DROLLINGER, HANS MICHAEL5, MICHAEL4, WENDELIN3, MELCHOIR2, BERNHARDT1) was born August 03, 1731 in Ellmendingen, Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany, and died August 1798 in Dublin, VA. He married ANNA BARBARA WIDMER, daughter of SAMUEL WIDMER.
   
   Children of HENRY TROLINGER and ANNA WIDMER are:
   
   i. SAMUEL8 DROLINGER, b. May 11, 1753, Upper Saucon Twp Lehigh Cty PA10.
   Notes for SAMUEL DROLLINGER: Baptismal Sponsors Samuel Widmer and Margaretha Drollinger
   ii. MARGARET TROLINGER, b. Bef. 1762; m. JOHN SERVER.
   iii. MARY TROLINGER, b. Bef. 1762; m. ADAM WALL , CAPT..
   49. iv. HENRY TROLINGER, b. March 10, 1762, Orange Co., NC;d. February 29, 1844, Haw River NC. 50.
   v. BARBARA TROLINGER, b. Bef. 1771.
   vi. JOHN TROLINGER, b. 1771, Orange Co., NC (Haw River); d. October 11, 1842, Pulaski Co., VA (Dublin Cemetery).
   vii. ELIZABETH TROLINGER, b. 1778; m. JOHN LINKOUS, Bef. 1804.
   viii. PHOBE TROLINGER, b. 1786, Montgomery Co., VA; m. PHILIP MARTIN, September 08, 1807, Montgomery Co., VA.
   ix. MARY TROLINGER, b. Aft. 1786; m. JOHN HUFFMAN, Bef. 1804.
   x. MARGARET TROLINGER, b. Unknown.
   xi. WILLIAM H. TROLINGER, b. Unknown.
   
   http://www.trolinger.com/david/tree/tree.htm

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   http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/43406848/person/12746091718
   
   Note: some internet sites claim that this Henry Jacob Trollinger was born in 1718, this appears to likely be a different person.