Display Patriot - P-179130 - Adam/Johan/Johann/John HEDRICK/HEYDRICH

Adam/Johan/Johann/John HEDRICK/HEYDRICH

SAR Patriot #: P-179130

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
 

State of Service: NC      Qualifying Service: Lieutenant / Patriotic Service
DAR #: A054152

Birth: 12 Oct 1741 / Lancaster / PA
Death: 16 Mar 1815 / Rowan / NC

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Member of the North Carolina Militia, Salisbury District
  2. Signed Oath of Allegiance
  3. Furnished sundries to the Militia

Additional References:
  1. Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution, pg 387
  2. Haun, Weynette Park, North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts, North Carolina. Durham: self-published, 1990-1999, Book A, Part XII, pg 1624
  3. North Carolina Revolutionary War Pay Vouchers, #17500, roll S.115.97
  4. DAR cites: DAR Magazine, Volume 82, 1948, pg 208
  5. Graves report submitted by Frederick D Learned, 154907, NC SAR - Apr 2025

Spouse: Maria Barbara Hege/Hedge/Hageny;
Children: Anna Marie; George; Jacob; Phillip; Adam; Barbara; Anna Margaret; John; Peter; Eve;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1969-03-25 IN Unassigned Cyril LaFawn Johnson (93605) Margaret   
1992-04-23 NC Unassigned John Wilbur Sharp (112641) George   
1994-08-09 NC 213075 David Reynolds Koontz (139200) Jacob   
1994-10-25 NC 207433 Richard Leon Conrad (143412) Eve   
2015-07-24 WA 64310 Morton Dyas Hurt (186199) Jacob   
2017-12-15 AZ 78597 Thomas Alexander Weber lll (205668) George   
Burial:
Pilgrim Reformed (aka Leonardt's) Church Cemetery (C-0371496)
Location:
Lexington / Davidson / NC / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2179454
Grave Plot #:
Section 6, Row 2, Plot 10
Grave GPS Coordinates:
35.853440 / -80.217120
Find A Grave Memorial #:
150494132
Marker Type:
SAR granite;
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • Headstone, arched. top, aged, legible stone is in German
  • Photo used with permission of Frederick D Learned, 154907, NC SAR
  • Headstone inscribed "A H. b 1741, d 1815"
  • Church Cemetery Records "Adam Hetrick"


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Author: Frederick Douglas Learned

Johann Adam Hedrick was born on 12 October 1741 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Rowan County, North Carolina Marriage Bonds shows that Adam Hedrick and Barbara Hageny were married there on  30 January 1769. Adam Hedrick is number one on the old baptismal list of the Pilgrim Church, where his children are listed:

  • Anna Marie
  • George was born on 16 May 1772 and married Elizabeth Snider.
  • Jacob was born on 16 October 1774 and married Barbara [surname unrecorded].
  • Phillip
  • Adam
  • Barbara
  • Anna Margaret was born on 29 December 1782 and married John Sink.
  • John was born on 13 February 1785 and married Elizabeth Hoppess.
  • Peter was born on 20 February 1787 and married Maria Zink.
  • Eve was born on 14 April 1792 and married David Conrad.

Records show that he served in the Rowan County Militia during the American Revolution. He was also paid for sundries to be provided to the Militia, and he took the Oath of Allegiance. After which, he is shown as a resident in the first three US Censuses of 1790, 1800, and 1810 of Rowan County, North Carolina, which would later become Davidson County in 1822. 

The Patriot died on 16 March 1815 in Rowan County, North Carolina.

Sources:

  1. Koch, Mrs. David G., Old Lutheran Church Records 1757-1848, North Carolina. Lexington: [np]  1969, page 3
  2. North Carolina, Rowan County Marriage Bonds, pg 188
  3. 1790 Census, Rowan County, NC, pg 315 
  4. 1813 Transcribed Will of Adam Hedrick, Rowan County, North Carolina, three pages

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