Display Patriot - P-313153 - Leonard KILLIAN

Leonard KILLIAN

SAR Patriot #: P-313153

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State of Service: NC Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service

Birth: 15 May 1723 / / Germany
Death: 06 Jun 1795 / Lincoln / NC

Qualifying Service Description:

Paid for services rendered
Provided sundries to patriots at Salisbury District

Additional References:

"North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-PSTM : accessed 30 September 2021), Leonard Killion, 18 September 1781; citing Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh. Leonard was paid £ 670.00 for sundry services
“North Carolina and Tennessee, US Revolutionary Land Grant Warrants, 1783-1843.” Survey orders 1-3992. State of North Carolina Survey order number 3922, pg 449. Presented to the heirs of Leonard Killian 140 acres for service as a private, 8 December 1795

Spouse: Mary Margaret Fey
Children: John; Adam; Andrew; William; Robert; Frances;

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Burial:

Old St Paul's Lutheran Church (aka Old Saint Paul's, Saint Pauls) Cemetery_(C-0371500)

Location:

Newton / Catawba / NC / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

2180690

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

35.677498 / -81.242778

Find A Grave Memorial #:

9008762

Marker Type:

SAR

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

20 May 2022

Comments:

The gravesite is to the right of the old church, second row
Photos displayed courtesy of Ben Setser, NC SAR

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Corner of Old Conover-Startown Rd and W 7th Street, Newton NC 28658

Photo: 1 of 2

Photo: 2 of 2

Author: SN Bennett Lee Setser

Leonard Killian was born at Rhenish Hesse, Germany, 15 May 1723. He arrived at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the ship Adventure, 23 September 1732, with his parents and other family members. Killian's father, Andreas, migrated south with his children, about 1747. He received his first North Carolina land grant in 1749. Both Killian and his brother, John, were registered for service in 1747 with the Colonial forces during the Spanish alarm of 1747-1748. For his service, Leonard Killian was awarded a land grant at Anson County, 13 April 1749, for 1000 acres on the south side of the Catawba River, 40 miles southwest of his father's property.

Leonard Killian married Mary Margaret Fey in 1749. They were the parents of at least six children: John, Adam, Andrew, William, Robert, and Frances.

Killian received a pay voucher dated 18 September 1781, in the amount of £ 670.00 for providing sundry services to the Salisbury District.¹

Leonard Killian died 6 June 1795 at Lincoln County, North Carolina. He was buried at the Old Saint Paul's Lutheran Church of Newton, North Carolina, NC, to be with his parents and several siblings.

Six months after his death, Killian’s heirs were granted 140 acres for his service as a private.²

Sources:

1. North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-PSTM : accessed 30 September 2021), Leonard Killion, 18 Sep 1781; citing Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh.

2. North Carolina and Tennessee, US Revolutionary Land Grant Warrants, 1783-1843. Survey orders 1-3992. State of North Carolina Survey order number 3922, Pg. 449.

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