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Facts and Events
== Biography ==:: NOTE: There are facts in this profile that appear to be conflated with other Johann Christian Leatherman profiles: Leatherman-49; Leatherman-89; and Leatherman-174. Facts for all 4 Johann Christians need to be rechecked and reconciled. Bechman-4 23:29, 13 January 2016 (EST)
- Johann Christian was born on 27 Aug 1755 in New Hanover, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.[1]
- Johann Christian's family moved from Pennsylvania to Frederick County, Maryland in 1759.
- Johann Christian married Julianna L. Stewart about 1773, either in Pennsylvania or in Frederick County, Maryland.[2][3]
- Before the American Revolution, four members of the Leatherman family staked out 400-acre tracts on Pigeon Creek in Washington County: Christian Sr 1774; Son Christian Jr 1774; son Peter 1772; and cousin Daniel 1776.
- All of these tracts, except that of Christian Jr., were surveyed after the Revolutionary War. Located on the Somerset-Bethlehem Township boundary, they totaled almost 1000 acres:
- Daniel, to the west, 393 acres;
- Peter, to the east, 276 acres;
- Christian Sr, to the south, 364 acres.
- Daniel died on his farm in 1799. Christian Sr. sold his farm to George Myers and went to Kentucky. Peter sold his farm to Michael Hosick and may have gone to Ohio."[4]
=== Census ===:: 1790 US Census, Rowan County, North Carolina.[5]:: 1800 US Census, Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina.[6]:: 1810 US Census, Rowan County, North Carolina.[7]
Sources
- ↑ Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Births, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, Provo, UT, USA, Dec 2001
- ↑ Larry Leach, contributor, Descendants of Nicholas (Theobold?) Leatherman, Genealogy.com, accessed May 2004
- ↑ Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, Provo, UT, USA; Accessed May 2004
- ↑ Posted 3 Oct 2007 in the Brethren-L Rootsweb archives by [email protected] [No references offered to these claims.]
- ↑ 1790 US Census, Rowan County, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 330; Image: 523; Family History Library Film: 0568147
- ↑ 1800 US Census, Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina; Roll: 33; Page: 416; Image: 358; Family History Library Film: 337909
- ↑ 1810 US Census, Rowan County, North Carolina: Roll: 43; Page: 271; Image: 0337916; Family History Library Film: 00106
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