Christiana Boehm
Christiana Boehm, wife of John George Hartlein, arrived in Philadelphia aboard the galley "The Pink Johnson" with her father Conrad and mother Anna Catherina, on September 18, 1732. The ship had sailed from Rotterdam with David Crockatt as master. Other families on the ship were: Aronhart (Ehrenhardt), Bostian (Bastian), Miller, (Mueller), Kruise (Cruiz), Hartman, Pfeiffer, Fridele, Kridell, and other names familiar to German communities in America. (1)The Germans were close knit people, and John George Hartlein, Jr. married an Aronhart, his son married a Bostian and his daughter married a Miller. The Boehms came to America from Fehrfeld, Gurtenberg, Germany. Christina's mother Anna Catherina Ensbach Boehm, was born in 1707, the daughter of Philip Ensbach and his wife Anna Eva, and married Conrad Boehm in 1729.
Their only child:
Maria Christina, born December 25, 1730.
Anna Catherina died in 1733.
Conrad remarried in 1734, to Maria Sophia Burchhard, born August 19, 1704, daughter of Lorent Friedrich Burchhard of Massenbach, Germany and his wife Margretha, who came to America without her parents in 1732.
Conrad Boehm was born in 1705, the son of Peter Boehm of Fehrfeld and his wife Anna Catharina. *He died in December of 1788 or January of 1789. *Margaret Bame West. Conrad and Maria's children:
Eva, Born September 20, 1735 between one and two a.m.
Johann Jacob, Born January 1, 1737, between two and three p.m.,
Johann Baltdaser, born April 1, 1739.
Anna Maria, born May 28, 1741, between eight and nine a.m.
Maria Elizabeth, born September 18, 1743, between two and three a.m. (2)
Conrad's third wife was Eva Elizabeth, listed in his Will of December 6, l788.* *Margaret Bame West. Other Sources: 1-Jerrell Duckworth. 2-Delong.
More information on John George Hartlein born 1732:
In 1767 and 1768, John George Hartlein was listed as a taxable of Eastern District township of Berks County, Pennsylvania, with 150 acres of land. In 1774, George moved to York township, York County, Pennsylvania, and on March 3, 1774, he bought 200 acres of land in York township on the "Great road from York to Baltimore."
On May 27, 1778, John George Purchased 138 acres of land from Jacob Speck and his wife Catherina by an unrecorded deed. This land was in an area known as "Five Springs."
George was a taxable in York County for the years 1779, through 1783, and had 300-350 acres of land, with cattle, including horses and no slaves.
John George Hartlein had been a private in Captain Long's Company of the Pennsylvania militia during the Revolutionary war, while he lived in Yorkborough township of York County. He is listed in a payroll of a party of men of York County who apprehended British deserters and brought them to the stockade fort. This entry is not dated, but was apparently before 1781 when a stockade for British prisoners was built. On this entry, his name was spelled Jorg Hertlein.
His eldest son Jacob was enlisted into Armond's Legion during their stay in York. On July 2, 1785, Georg sold his land in York township. The first part was sold to David Caquelein of Cocalico township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for 400 pounds, recorded in deed 2C-366.
On August 17, 1785, George and Christina sold the remaining 138 acres and 133 perches to John Heckman of Shrewsbury township, York County for 125 pounds, witnessed by Peter Hurtz and Conrad Loub. The deed is now listed in 2C-425, York County.
In the fall of 1785, John George Hartlein took his family and belongings and moved southward to the Yadkin valley of North Carolina, which was then fast becoming a major German Community. No doubt, a portion of the journey was along the same path traveled thirty-five years earlier by another Berks County, Pennsylvanian, Daniel Boone. Boone was born in a log cabin beside the Schuylkill river in Berks County, on November 2, 1734. He grew up in Berks County, not far from the home of Johann Michael Herdlein, and it is conceivable that the Herdleins and Boones were acquainted, since most families in that vicinity traveled to the mill at Spangsville, Pennsylvania periodically to grind their grain.
George likely traveled along the "Great Wagon Road" and the "Great Valley Road," which many early German and Scoth-Irish settlers used to move from Pennsylvania southward through the Shenandoah Valley to the Carolinas. The road followed the Blue Ridge chain. A portion of this route was a natural path for travelers bound for the mountainous western part of North Carolina. Although it was a treacherous, rocky route, menaced by unfriendly Indians, many dared to make the journey. The Second Treaty of Albany (1722) guaranteed use of the valley trail to the Indians. At Salisbury, North Carolina, the Great Warrior Path was joined by the Indian's "Great Trading Path." In 1744, the Indians agreed to relinquish the Valley route. Both German and Scoth-Irish immigrants had already been following the route into Virginia and on to North and South Carolina and into Georgia. After 1750, the Piedmont areas of North Carolina attracted new settlers. At Roanoke, the Wagon Road went through the Staunton Gap and on South to North Carolina.
A typical traveler along the wilderness road would drive his cows, pigs and sheep along in front of a canvas covered wagon, sometime drawn by four horses. In the wagon were all the belongings of the family and feed for the animals. Apparently, George and his sons were searching for better hunting and farming lands, which they found in the Yadkin valley.
The essentials for survival in this environment were energy, common sense and thrift, which the German immigrants and their descendants had in abundance. Their farms were neat and well tended, their cabins comfortable. They had little interest in politics, because they understood little English, but were law abiding and patriotic. Most did not believe in slavery, and were community minded, industrious farmers depending solely on white skilled labor. Neither George nor his sons George and Peter had any slaves.
The principal book in the home of the Germans was the BIBLE. Their communities were centered around the church and school. Their first churches were log cabins, but later they used frame buildings and some stone.
When George move to Rowan County, North Carolina, he took along his entire family with the exception of his eldest son Jacob, later recorded in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, (1) and his youngest son Jacob of whom we have no record except his birth. George settled along Reedy Creek, where he purchased 298 acres of land from John Redwine on January 23, 1786. (2) The Hartleins attended the Zion Lutheran Church, organized not long after 1747. The Church was in its second building, a log cabin, when George first arrived, but the construction of a new building to be made of stone was under way. The new sanctuary was completed in 1794, and still stands. It is familiarly known as the Organ Lutheran Church, because of a magnificent Organ designed and built for the church by Johannes Steigerwalt (1769-1828). And now a fourth sanctuary made of beautiful stone pays tribute to the importance of Organ Church in the lives of the German Immigrants. Click link above to see photo of Organ Lutheran.
On January 25, 1793, George Hartlein, being in failing health, made his last will and testament, recording it at the Rowan County courthouse in North Carolina. In the will, which is printed in its entirety herein, he named his wife and six of his children, all of which were living in Rowan County. No mention was made of his son Jacob who was living in Franklin County Pennsylvania at the time. The will was witnessed by George Hosner and Robert Linn. On February 9., 1794, at sixty-one years of age, George died, and was buried in the cemetery of Organ Lutheran Church. His tombstone is the second oldest readable stone in the cemetery, Georg Barringer having been buried there in January 1794. The stones are both made of a material containing some iron ore apparently, and are very readable, both being inscribed in German with Pennsylvania "Dutch" influence. The inscription on George Hartlein's stone reads: "Herlight Be Gbn Georg Hartlein ist gebohren im jahr Christi 1732 den 21 October und ist gestorben im jahr Christi 1794 den 9 Februario und sein lehk texts wo er sich selbst er waehlet ( )at der ist begeschrieben auf der andern seite." Translation: Here lies Georg Hartlein born in the year of Christ 1732 the 21st October and died in the year Christ 1794, the 9th February and his precept which he chose for himself is inscribed on the other side. And the text on the other side reads: "Dereckts ist psalm 22 verse 7 das sind die worte: Ich aber bin ein wurm und kein mensch ein spott der leute und verachtung des volks." Which translated reads: The text is Psalm 22, verse 7 (actually it is verse 6)"But I am a worm and no man; scorned by men and despised by the people." The verse numbering German Bible could have been different to ours.
After George's death, Christina lived with her son Peter Hartlein and his family on land owned by Peter, a few miles from the Reedy Creek home-place. Peter died about 1803-1804, and Christina apparently lived with another member of the family until her death. She is listed in the 1800 census, in Peter's household, but she is not listed in the 1810 census. (3) A widow Hartline, presumed to be her was in attendance at Organ church on Whitsunday, in 1806, (4) and this is the last record of her presence. It is not known where she is buried, but believed to be in the Organ cemetery. Some of the stones are unreadable.
The heirs of George Hartlein, on July 9, 1806, purchased 50 acres of land from David Woodson for 10 pounds. This land was adjoining that previously purchased by George. (5)
1-Pennsylvania Archives, II Ser. Vol., II, p 155. 2-Deeds, Registrar of, Rowan County, NC, book 10, p 467. 3-U.S. Census microfilm, Rowan County, NC 1810. 4-Organ Church. 5-Registrar of deeds, Book 20, p 17, Rowan County, NC.
GEORGE LORENTZ HERDLEIN A
(1734-18 )
George Lorentz Herdlein was born in Weigenheim, Germany in 1734, son of Michael and Eva Brehm Herdlein. He came to America with his parents and other relatives aboard the ship "Snow Molly," arriving in Philadelphia September 10, 1737. (1) He spent his early years in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, attending New Hanover and Trappe Lutheran Churches. George Lorentz was confirmed at New Hanover Lutheran on April 8, 1750, at the age of 16. (2)
The family lived in Limerick township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. George Lorentz married sometime prior to 1767 to Maria Elizabeth Boehm, born September 18, 1743, daughter of Conrad and Maria Sophia Burchhard Boehm and they had the following children: (3)
Joseph (Jost) born January 8, 1767, died December 21, 1852. (4) D
Conrad Hartlein, born February 1, 1768. D
Eva, born October 3, l775, baptized November 12, l775. (5)
Johannes, born March 1, 1778, baptized April 19, 1778. (5) D
It is possible that George Lorentz and Elizabeth had other children, but no record of such has been found. Elizabeth apparently died in 1778, and on September 14, 1779, at New Hanover Lutheran Church, George Lorentz was married to Maria Magdelena Seibert. (6)
In 1769, he was a taxable in Limerick township with one cow and in 1774 with two horses and two cows. It is believed that he moved to Berks County, Pennsylvania about 1779, where he and Maria were living in 1806. The 1790 Census lists Laurence Hartlein in Earl township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. George Lorentz and Magdelena had the following children:
George, born January 11, 1781 (7) D
Magdelena, born September 23, 1782, baptized March 3, 1783. (8)
Catharina, born January 29, 1785, baptized April 10, 1785 and confirmed in 1803. She married Mathias Moser at Hill Church in 1811. (9)
Anna Margaret, born July 25, 1787, baptized September 16, 1787 and confirmed in 1809. She married Mr. Liebenguth and died on October 1, 1850. (10)
Daniel, born August 1, 1789, baptized September 27, 1789. (11) D
Susanna, born July 23, 1791, baptized September 25, 1791. (12)
George Lorentz and Anna Mary (Maria) Boehm were sponsors for the baptism of Hanna Hartlein, daughter of George and Christina Hartlein on July 25, l761. Anna Maria was a sister of Maria Elizabeth.
In most of the County Histories in Pennsylvania, George Hartline who was born January 11, 1781 is listed as the son of George Hartlein 1732. There is no evidence of truth to such listing, and in fact, George born in 1732 had moved to York County, Pennsylvania in 1774. There is tremendous evidence to support our listing of George 1781 as the son of George Lorentz and Magdelena Hartlein, and thus we felt compelled to list it.
l. George Lorentz's wife was named Magdelena, and George of 1781 name his daughter Magdelena.
2. George Lorentz had a daughter named Susanna, and George of 1781 name his daughter Susanna.
3. George Lorentz's daughter Anna Margaret was the sponsor of the baptism of Mary Magdelena, George 1781's daughter.
4. The birth date of George 1781 fits with family of George Lorentz and conflicts with all other Hartline families at that time.
5. Census records of 1790 show two males under 16, two males over 16 and four females in George Lorentz's household. George 1781 and Jost 1767 fit in this family.
6. In attendance at Hill Church, 21 Nov. 1800, George Hartlein and Maria Delaplain, with Lorentz and Magdelena Hartlein.
7. George 1781 named a son Daniel. George Lorentz had a son named Daniel (George 1781's brother).
8. George 1781 named a daughter Elizabeth. George Lorentz's first wife was Elizabeth.
1-Passenger list, Snow Molly. 2-6-Church, New Hanover. 3-No record of this marriage found. 4-Not of certain record. 5,8&9-2-Hill Church. 7-Not documented but of strong evidence.
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trusteth in
thee. (Isaiah 26:3)
MICHAEL HARTLINE
(1742-1847)
Michael Hartline, born 1742, married Mary unknown, born 1754. They lived in Monroe County, Ohio. They had at least one child:
Christian Hartline, born about 1803 in Adams Township, Monroe County, Ohio and married Mary Ann Duvall Lippincott. D
Michael Hartline died In Monroe County, Ohio June 30, 1847.
JOHN LEONHARDT HERDLEIN A
(1748-1817)
John Leonhardt Herdlein was born in Limerick township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (1) on August 28, 1748, the fifth child of Michael Herdlein and his wife Eva Brehm Herdlein. His birth was eleven years after the arrival of his parents in America. (2)
Leonhardt grew up in this same area, and at age 17, in 1766, he was confirmed at New Hanover Lutheran Church. (3) The family also attended two other churches on occasions, Trappe in Montgomery County, and Hill Church in Berks County. In 1781, Leonard Hartlein was a single freeman, living in Eastern District township of Berks County, Pennsylvania. (4) His brother Lorentz had moved to Berks County and was living in Earl township. In 1782, Leonhardt married Elizabeth and they had the following children: (5)
Henry, born October 31, 1783 and baptized January 20, 1784. D
Jacob, born December 7, 1784, baptized April 10, 1785. D
Catherine, born in 1785, married Mr. Bean.
Elizabeth, born March 14, 1788, baptized June 8, 1788.
Michael, born April 11, 1791, baptized June 5, 1791. D
Anna Maria, born March 10, 1794, baptized April 20, 1794.
John Leonhardt was a weaver by trade. He is recorded in 1816 in attendance for communion at Hill Church in Berks County, Pennsylvania. The date of death of Leonhardt or his wife is unknown, as is their place of burial. His last will and testament was made July 9, 1817 and is recorded in Will Book D-190 at the Berks County Courthouse in Reading Pennsylvania.
1 & 3- Church records, New Hanover. 2-Passenger List, Snow Molly. 4- Tax records, Berks County, Pa. 5-Church records, Hill Church.
(1758- )
Jacob Hartlein was born July 30, 1758, (1) a son of John George Hartlein and his wife Maria Christina (Boehm) Hartline of the Oley Mountains of Berks County, Pennsylvania. Jacob was baptized August 13, 1758, with his mother's half-brother, 24 year old Jacob Boehm and his three-year-old sister Catharina Hartline, as his sponsors.
Jacob lived his early days in the Oley Mountains, (2) until 1774 when the family moved to York County, Pennsylvania. In the fall of 1781, Jacob was enlisted in Shepherd’s Town Virginia by Lieutenant Swartz and continued in the service until the end of the war and was discharged in York, Pennsylvania by General Armond. Captain Barone de Uechtritz commanded the Company to which he was attached, and Major Shaefner commanded the regiment. (3)
It is believed that Jacob married either in York County or Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and they had five children. We do not yet have a full list.
George Hartline.
Jacob Hartline, Jr., born February 4, 1805, married Anna Mary Logan. D
Jacob was a butcher by occupation, and in 1823, unable to pursue his occupation from the effects of fever and rheumatic pains and old age (sixty-six), he filed for a pension as a revolutionary war soldier. At that time he had a daughter about twenty-one and a son about seventeen living at home. The total estimated value of his property was listed at forty-one dollars.
Jacob was granted pension on his application in 1823. He was still living in Franklin County, Pennsylvania in 1835 at the age of almost 80. (4)
l-Hill Church records. 2-Trappe Church (lists his sister and indicates the family lives in the Oley Mountains). 3-Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd Series, Vol. II, p 155. 4-Ibid. Additional information from David Calvin Hartline.
(1763-1804)
Peter Hartlein was born November 13, 1763, (1) in Berks County, Pennsylvania, the son of George Hartlein and Maria Christina Boehm Hartlein. Peter was baptized January 1, 1764. (2) He lived in the Oley Mountains above Spangsville, Pennsylvania, and moved with his parents to York County, Pennsylvania in 1774, (3) living on property along the "Great road from York to Baltimore . " In 1785, the family moved to Rowan County, North Carolina. (4) Peter married in Rowan County in about 1788, but no record has yet been found of his marriage or his wife's maiden name, or given name.
Peter and his wife had the following children: (5)
Betsy, born before 1790 (6) married Noah Knup (son of William Knup) September 17, 1806. (7)
Susannah, born before 1790 (8) married Henry Arnhart.
John, born April 3, 1794 married Betsey Cauble. (9) D
Jacob, born February 20, 1796, married Sally Poole. (10) D
Christine Barbara, born May 15, 1798, married Jacob Boger, August 25, 1821. (11)
Henry, born January 30, 1801, married Sophia Kessler. (12) D
Sophia, born September 24, 1803, baptized June 17, 1804, married Tobias Harkey, January 15, 1824. (13)
After the death of Peter's father, George, in February 1794, his mother Christina lived with Peter, until his death about 1804. The exact date is unknown, and his place of burial is believed to be in Organ Church cemetery.
His wife apparently died earlier than 1807, as the children were orphans at that time. In the McCubbins Collection of papers in the Rowan County Library, Salisbury, North Carolina the following entries are made: April 11, 1804 (page 281) Administration on the estate of Peter Hartline is granted Henry Casper and John Miller who gave bond of 400 pounds with Peter Ribbin and Jacob Ross as security. May 5, 1808 Estate of Peter Hartline filed by administrators Henry Casper and John Miller as administrators of Peter Hartline Dr. 297.4.2 by voucher 105.11.10, balance in hands of administrators 191.12.4.
February 3, 1807, Barbara Hartline, orphan of Peter Hartline age nine years, bound to Margrett Lynn til the age of eighteen. Henry Hartline, orphan of Peter Hartline, age six years bound to Michl Lence til the age of eighteen years to learn the Joiner trade to give him freedom, suit and ten pounds.
Sophia Hartline, orphan of Peter Hartline, age three years and three months, bound to Michael Lence til the age of 18.
August 13, 1811, Michael Lence is appointed guardian of Henry and Lavena heirs of Peter Hartline and gave bond of 100 pounds each with Andrew Brown and Peter Lence.
Book D, page 117, Peter Hardlin witnessed the will of Jacob Beam, January 10, 1801, about midnight while sitting up with him. He and the other witness swore to the will January 16, 1801. The land was originally granted to Jacob Boem, Sr., by the state, October 25, 1786. Jacob Beam, Jr. (Boehm) was the first cousin of Peter Hartlein, and Jacob Boehm, Sr. was Peter's uncle, the brother of his mother Christina.
1,2-Hill Church records. 3-York Co. Pa. records. 4,7,9,10,11,12 &13-Rowan Co. records. 5-Organ Lutheran Church records, births, 6-8-U. S. Census records 1790, Rowan Co. NC.
MARY MAGDELENA HARTLEIN A
(1766-18 )
Mary Magdalena Hartlein was born November 15, 1766 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, (1) the sixth child of John George and Maria Christina Boehm Hartlein.
Mary moved with the family to York County, Pennsylvania when (2) she was eight years old, and when she was 18, the family moved again, this time, to Rowan County, North Carolina, settling along Reedy Creek near Salisbury. (3) She married July 2, 1786 in Rowan County, to Peter Lentz, (4) and they had the following children: (5)
Christine, born January 27, 1793.
John George, born September 27, 1794.
Catharine, born June 29, 1797.
Elizabeth, born September 4, 1796.
John Peter, born August 8, 1798.
Anna Catherine, born October 20, 1800.
Polly, born March 15, 1801 (Sponsor George Hertlein).
Dewalt, born December 11, 1802.
Jacob, born February 11, 1805.
Sarah, born July 11, 1807.
In 1802, another Peter Lentz is also listed in the Church records of Organ Lutheran Church, and it is difficult to determine which children belong to which Peter Lentz. therefore, there is reasonable doubt about all those born from 1802 on, and it is possible that Dewalt, Jacob and Sarah or any one of these three could be the children of the other Peter Lentz. We found no sure way to resolve this dilemma.
1-Organ Church. 2-York County records. 3-Rowan County records 4-Ibid. 5-All births recorded at Organ Church.
(1767-1852)
Joseph (Jost) Hartlein was born January 8, 1767 in Limerick township of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, son of George Lorentz and Elizabeth Hartlein. (1) He married Sarah Mutter about 1801. Sarah was born December 18, 1780. Joseph and Sarah had the following children: (2)
Johann Jurg (George), born May 8, 1802. D
Elizabeth, born September 3, 1804, baptized October 21, 1804, married Shantley.
Catherina, born November 1806, baptized March 30, 1807, M. Everhart as sponsor.
John, born June 2, 1809.
Lydia, born December 12, 1812, died September 27, 1880.
Gideon, born July 15, 1818. D
William, born May 14, 1820.
Benneville
Louisa Ann, married Linsenbigler.
Joseph died December 21, 1852 and was buried at the Oley Lutheran Church Cemetery in Berks County. Sarah lived on with her daughter Lydia in her household, until Sarah's death on September 24, 1873. She is buried beside her husband. Her daughter Lydia died in 1880 and is buried near her parents.
1-New Hanover Church records. 2-Hill Church records. 3-William J. Dietrich, 32 N. 12th St. Allentown, PA., exerpts from Lydia's will.
(1768-1825)
John George Hartline, Jr., was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, the son of John George and Maria Christina Boehm Hartlein. George Jr. was baptized at Hill Church on March 2, 1768. (1)
John George Hartline, Jr. spent the first six years of his childhood in the Oley Mountains. Then in 1785, his family moved to York County, Pennsylvania, and lived along the "Great road from York to Baltimore." (2) Eleven years later, when George Jr. was seventeen, the family moved again, this time to the Yadkin valley of North Carolina, south of Salisbury, where they took up residence along Reedy creek. (3) On August 9, 1793, at age twenty-five, George Jr. married seventeen year old Maria Ann Earnhardt, daughter of a Palatine neighbor, George Earnhardt (Aaronhart). (4)
The Earnhardts had moved to North Carolina from Pennsylvania in 1752. Maria was born in Rowan County, North Carolina on May 15, 1776. (5) George Earnhardt was himself a Revolutionary war soldier. (6)
John George Hartline, Jr. bought two hundred acres of land adjoining his father's farm on September 24, 1793 and they set up housekeeping. The land was purchased from Henry Fullenwider for ninety pounds. (7) The following year, George Sr. died and was buried at the Organ Church Cemetery. (8)
John George Hartline Jr. and wife Maria had the following children: (9)
George, born July 20, 1794. D
Elizabeth, born November 26, 1795 died November 15, 1855. (10)
John, born March 4, 1798 . D
Mary (Polly), born March 8, 1798. (11) D
Isaac, born July 28, 1800. (12) D
Samuel, born about 1802. (13) D
Catherine, born January 2, 1805, baptized April 14, 1805. (14) D
Rachel, born January 6, 1807. (15) D
Nancy Margaret, born January 30, 1812. (16) D
Sophia, born about 1812. (17) D
Caleb, born July 23, 1814. (18) D
Charles, born June 24, 1817. (19) D
Silas, died young.
On October 18, 1804, George Jr. bought an additional tract of land adjoining his farm on the west side. This was 220 acres purchased from David Woodson for 60 pounds. (20) George Jr. and his family attended the Organ Lutheran Church and six of their children are on record there, prior to 1807. George's oldest son George (probably also John George), married in 1815 and moved to Georgia about 1816. (21) George Jr. had acquired a total of about 420 acres of land in North Carolina, but he, like some of his friends, was attracted to the lands being opened up to the west. His son John made the first trip across the mountains into Tennessee, then through Kentucky and into Union County, Illinois. On April 15, 1819, John bought approximately 160 acres from John Thornton for a hundred-twenty-five dollars. (22) This land adjoins the southern corporation line of the present city of Anna, Illinois. (23)
George Jr. sold his 420 acres in North Carolina to Jacob Lentz for nine hundred-fifty dollars in 1819. 13 On February 19, 1820, George purchased 136.68 acres on Clear Creek from Israel Thompson for one thousand dollars. (25)
After their arrival in Union County Illinois, they attended the Casper Church, and the tombstones there attest to the large numbers of the Hartline family. A rather unusual occurrence in this family was the marriage of five children of George Hartline, Jr. to the children of Jacob Rendleman, Sr., (26) who had also moved from Rowan County, N.C. in 1814, to Union County, Illinois. (27)
George Hartline, Jr. died October 19, 1825, only six years after his arrival in Union County. (28) Mary, his widow, died December 27, 1849, and both are buried in Casper Church Cemetery.
1-Hill Church records. 2-York County, Pa. records, deed 2C-366, July 2, 1785. 3-Rowan County, N. C. registrar of deeds, book 10 p 467. 4-Rowan County, N. C. marriage records. 5-6-Lawanda C. Wiley. 7-Rowan County, N. C. deeds. 8-Organ Church records. 9-All born in N. C., Organ Church records. 10-Headstones, Casper Church Cemetery, Union Co. Ill. 11-14-15-Organ Church records. 16-18-19-Headstones, Casper Church Cemetery. 13-1820 Census, Illinois, Union Co. 17-Billee Snead Webb, Martin Christopher Randleman, His Kin and Heirs, 1754-1964. 20-Rowan County registrar of deeds. 21-No date established. 22-Union County, Ill. registrar of deeds. 23-Lawanda Carter Wiley. 24-Rowan County, N. C. registrar of deeds. 25-Union Co. reg. of deeds. 26-See Rendleman section. 27-Attorney D.A. Rendleman, Salisbury, N.C. letter, June 26, 1972. 28-Union Co. records.
Information herein on the Hartlines of Union County, Illinois was all collected and compiled by Lawanda Carter Wiley.
ABOUT OUR RENDLEMAN RELATIVES
Jacob Rendleman married Elizabeth Fullenwider in Rowan County, North Carolina, November 20, 1804. (1) He was a son of John Rendleman and Margaret Snap Rendleman, daughter of Lawrence Snap, and the grandson of Christopher Rintelmann, (30) one of two emissaries who traveled from Rowan County, North Carolina to Hanover, Germany at their own expense to obtain a minister for their church and a school teacher. They left Rowan County on horseback in 1772, bound for Charleston, South Carolina, where they took passage for Europe. They carried two letters of recommendation to the "Society for the spread of the Gospel in Foreign Parts;" one from Governor Tryon and another from Rev. M. Drage, the Episcopal rector of St. Luke's Parish.
Thus the way was prepared for an especially favorable reception of the commissioners when they reached Germany. In response to their appeal, the Consistory selected the Rev. Adolph Nussman as pastor for North Carolina and Johann Gottfried Arndt as teacher. Christopher Rintelmann's daughter, Elizabeth, married Rev. Nussman. (2) The other emissary was Christopher Layrle.
1-Will Book G-119 (1809) Rowan Co., N. C. 30-Deed book ll., p 742 (1784) Rowan Co. 2-Carl Hammer Jr., RHINELANDERS ON THE YADKIN, 1965 Rowan Printing Company, Salisbury, N.C.
CONRAD HARTLEIN (1) A
(1768-1836)
Conrad Hartlein was born February 1, 1768 in Limerick Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, a son of George Lorenz and Maria Elizabeth Boehm Herdlein. Conrad married March 4, 1800 to Elizabeth Moser, born September 7, 1781 in Schwartzwald Reform Church, Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. She was a daughter of Johannes and Anna Huter Moser. Conrad and Elizabeth following children in Earl Township, Berks County, Pensylvania:
David Hartline, born February 2, 1801, moved to Stark County, Ohio after he married. D
John, born about 1803. D
George, born in 1805, married Anna Maria Yoder. D
Elizabeth Hartlein, born December 20, 1807, Earl Township, Berks County, PA. D
Rebecca "Peggy" Hartlein, born April 13, 1819, Upper Mahantongo Township, Schuylkill Co., PA., m. John W. Heck, Sr. (2)
By 1820, Conrad had moved to Upper Mahantango Twp, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. This may have been following his first wife Elizabeth’s death. In 1830, Conrad was still in Schuylkill County, married and with five children, however, in the Letters of Administration after his death, recorded the 8th day of March 1836, he was said to be “Conrad Hartlein, late of Centre twp, Union County.” Conrad’s youngest son, John lived in Centre Township, Union County and it is possible that Conrad move there prior to his death, February 23, 1836. Burial: Middleburg Union Cemetery, Jackson Township, Snyder Co., PA. Conrad’s estate was settled March of 1837. SE
1-Ed Mosheim research, U.S. Census, 1810, 1820, 1830. Estate records. Mary A. (Mrs. Chester) Hartlein, Philadelphia, PA. Note - Conrad's date of birth was calculated from his age at death inscribed on his tombstone. Other researchers used dates of birth in a range of 1771 to 1782. 2-Tim Conrad.
JOHANNES HERDLEIN (1) A
(1778- )
Johannes Herdlein was born March 1, 1778 in District Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, a son of George Lorenz and Elizabeth Herdlein. He was baptized April 19, 1778, sponsors, his parents. (2) Johannes married between 1798 and 1800 to Esther Heinrich, born April 4, 1775 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, daughter of Jacob and Sarah Heinrich.
Children: (3)
George Hartlein, born April 27, 1800, Berks County.
Deborah Hartlein, born September 12, 1803 in Berks County.
Esther Hartlein, born December 4, 1808 at Friedensburg, Oley Township, Berks County.
Daniel Hartlein, born November 3, 1813 at Friedensburg, Berks County. D
Catherine Hartlein, born June 10, 1811 at Friedensburg..
Emma Hartlein, born July, 1818, Oley Township.
Johannes Herdlein died before June 01, 1850. He is buried at Christ Lutheran Church also. Esther Heinrich Hartline died December 4, 1862 in Alsace Township, Berks County, PA, buried at Christ Lutheran Church (Friedens), Oley Township, Berks County, PA.
1,3-Ed Mosheim. 2-Hill Church Records.
Notes for JOHANNES HERDLEIN: Original Church records from St. Joseph’s Hill Church were hand-written in German and were translated to English years ago. The name “Johannes” was translated as “Johanna,” making it appear to be a female. According to Laurel Miller (Leinbach Genealogist), the original translation of the actual church records were in error in showing this person as Johanna, a female. Laurel Miller and at least one other person, namely Elaine Schwar of Reading looked at the original church document. They both agreed that the translation was more properly Johannes, a male. This author has also seen the original German records and the name is difficult to read. This has caused confusion over the years because there were no further records for Johanna, but there were records for Johannes. Now that this problem is resolved, we can connect others into this family.
The family name of Esther is confirmed as Heinrich.
The abstract of an estate record in Berks County for the probable father of Esther Heinrich is that of Jacob Henry or Heinrich. It reads as follows in its entirety.
Henry, Jacob, Rockland Township, September 20, 1880 - September 30, 1806
To daus. Elizabeth, Catharine, Susanna, and Esther, the children of my first wife Sarah, 1 pound apiece.
All remaining estate to wife Margaret, her heirs and assigns.
Exrs: Wife Margaret and son-in-law Jacob Scherk
Wits: Paul Grosscup and Henry Heist
Caveat filed September 29, 1806 by Jacob Day and wife Catharine, Susanna Henry, James Hayden and wife Elizabeth, John Hartlein and wife Esther, children of Jacob Henry withdrawn.
GEORGE HARTLEIN A
(1781-1865)
George Hartlein was born January 11, 1781, the son of George Lorentz and Magdelena Seibert Hartlein (1) of Earl township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. He grew up in this area and married Anna Maria Dilleplain, daughter of Frederick Dilleplain, an early settler of Berks County, of French extraction.(2) Maria was born April 29, 1784, in Berks County. They had the following Children: (3)
Solomon, born about 1810, confirmed at Hill Church in 1826. (4) D
Mary Magdelena, born March 23, 1812 and baptized May 9, 1812 sponsored by her aunt, Margaret Hartlein. Mary M. died October 28, 1846 and was buried at Oley Lutheran Church Cemetery in Berks County.
Josiah D., born October 9, 1814. D
Henreatta, born November 7, 1816. (5)
Joel D., born November 15, 1818. D
Susanna, born May 24, 1821, married Isaac Smith.
Elizabeth, born in 1825, married Michael Brandt.
Joshua, born1826, married Elizabeth Clouser D
Ezra D., born December 29, 1828. D
George Hartline born November 17, 1831 D
Daniel, born in 1839.
Harriet, born married Enoch Boyer.
George Hartlein was a weaver by trade. (6) He lived on in Berks County until his death February 19, 1865. His wife Maria died August 10, 1853, and they are both buried in the Oley Lutheran Church Cemetery.
1-See page on George Lorentz Hartlein. 2-3-Morton L. Montgomery, Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County, Pennsylvania, also found in church records, Montgomery County Historical Society, Norristown, PA 4-Oley Reformed Church files. 5-Hill Church records.
(Although the Montgomery Historical and Biographical Annals of Berks County has been found to contain numerous errors in the Hartline listings, much of the referenced information was believed to be the most accurate available source for that particular data.)
(1783-18 )
Henrich (Henry) Hartlein was born October 31, 1783 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, (1) the son of John Leonhardt and Elizabeth Herdlein. Henry was baptized January 20, 1784, at Hill Church. He grew up in Berks County, and on May 27, 1810, he married Elisabeth Foster (2) and they had the following children: (3)
John Adam, born March 1811 and confirmed in 1827.
George born May 3, 1812 and confirmed in 1829.
Elizabeth, born June 19, 1814.
Henry and Elisabeth are on records of communion at Hill Church frequently. The latest entries are in 1814 and 1816. (4) Henry and Elisabeth were living in Rockland township of Berks County, Pennsylvania in 1820 (5) and had one son under ten and one daughter under ten at home. There was also a woman over forty-five living in his household, either his mother or Elisabeth's mother.
1-3-4-Hill Church. 2-New Hanover Church records. 5-U.S.Census records, Rockland township, Berks Co. 1820.
(1784- )
Jacob Hartlein was born on December 7, 1784 (1) the second son of John Leonhardt and Elizabeth Hartlein in Eastern District township of Berks County, Pennsylvania. On August 9, 1813, he married Catharina Koch. (2)
1-Hill Church. 2-New Hanover Church records.
(1789- )
Daniel Hertlein was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania on August 1, 1789, the son of George Lorentz and Magdelena Seibert Hartlein of Earl township. (1) After Daniel grew-up, he remained in Berks County and married Sarah Swaveley, June 2, 1833. (2) Sarah was born in 1807. (3) They had the following Children: (4)
Sarah Ann, born June 11, 1835, baptized August 23.
David S. Hartline, born November 27, 1838, baptized April 28. David was a Private in the 51st Pennsylvania, Company “H”, 21 March 1865-27 July 1865. (5)
Daniel, Born May 20, 1840, baptized September 20. Anna, born December 15, 1845, baptized August 9, 1846.
1-Hill Church. 2-New Hanover Church. 3-1870 U.S. Census, Berks Co., Earl township, PA 4-Hill Church records 5-David C. Hartline.
MICHAEL HARTLEIN (1) A
(1791- 1847)
Michael Hartlein was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, April 11, 1791, (1) the fifth child of Leonhardt and Elizabeth Hartlein. He was baptized at Hill Church on June 5, 1791, and was named for his grandfather Michael, a German Immigrant. Michael married Elizabeth Hilbert on September 18, 1811, and they bought a tract of land in District Township of Berks County, which was bounded by Peter Wellers land, Abraham Yoder's land and a Cherry tree on the South side. (2) A total of seven acres and 90 perches, which he and his wife later sold to their son Elijah on June 6, 1846 for three hundred dollars.
The Children of Michael and Elizabeth were: (3)
Maria, born February 20, 1812, confirmed in 1827, and married
Christian Janson, November 19, 1830.
Johannes, born October 25, 1813.
Michael, born July 23, 1815.
Wilhelm, born August 28, 1817. D
Elias (Elijah), Born September 29, 1819, married Sara Ann Reichert. D
Sarah, born November 15, 1821, married David Reichert.
Benjamin, born October 31, 1824, baptized February 26, 1825, married Sarah Ann Reppert. D
Michael died April 30, 1847.
Michael's family attended the Hill Church, and after Michael was grown, with a family of his own, he continued to worship there. Their presence is recorded there as late as 1817, at a communion service. Adolph Cell of Pike township, Berks County is in possession of a deed, John Shire to Michael Hertlein, in 1815, for the land in District township. (4)
1,3-Hill Church. 2-Berks County records, deed book. 4-Personal interview with Joseph Hartline, Adolph Cell's neighbor.
"I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." (Hebrews 13:5)
(1794-1874)
George Hartline was born July 20, 1794, in Rowan County, North Carolina, son of John George Hartlein, Jr., and his wife Maria Ann Earnhardt Hartlein. (1) He was baptized on September 21, 1794, at the Organ Lutheran Church. (2) George married at the age of nineteen, to Elizabeth (Betsy) Bostian of Rowan County, on January 17, 1815. (3) Their first child was born in Rowan County in December of 1815. (4)
In 1816, George left North Carolina for Georgia. There he participated in the Government land lottery of 1820, and was granted lot 5, District 320, Irwin County, Georgia. George first lived in Jackson County, and records do not indicate that he ever lived in Irwin County. It is believed that he traded his Irwin County land for land in Henry County.
In the name Index of the Georgia Archives Military records, George is listed as an Ensign from Henry County on May 26, 1828. (5)
In 1833, George moved to Cherokee County, Alabama where he bought land from the Cherokee Indians. This was prior to the "Treaty of New Echota," and he had to re-purchase the land from the government after the treaty. In the original land purchase records of Cherokee County, George received certificates for a total of eighty acres, December 5, 1849 (6) and in March of 1851, another forty acres. (7) He eventually owned a total of two hundred-eighty acres.
George was the father of eleven children. At least four of his sons and three of his grandsons fought for the Confederate army. U. S. Archives Index lists George Washington Hartline, Henry Sims Hartline, Peter L. Hartline and Robert H. Hartline, all sons of George, all of whom served in the Alabama Infantry. Also, William Sanford Hartline, son of Jesse B. Hartline and grandson of George served in Alabama Calvary. John P. Hartline and George William (Bill) Hartline, son of James Alexander Hartline both served in "F" Company, 34th Georgia Infantry.
The children of George Hartline were: (8)
James Alexander, born December 13, 1815 in Rowan County, North Carolina. D
Jesse B. (could be for Bostian), Born May 20, 1817 in Georgia. D
Eleanor (Nellie) J., born in 1820 or 1821 in Jackson County, Georgia.
John Pinkney, born in 1825. D
William A., born 1827. D
Peter Lawrence, born December 8, 1828. D
Elizabeth, born in 1831 in Georgia.
George Washington, born in 1833 in Georgia. D
Henry Sims, born May 31, 1834 in Cherokee County, Alabama. (9) D
Robert Hilmon, born February 16, 1838. (10) D
The Exact date of the death of Elizabeth (Betsy) Bostian Hartline is not known, but sometime after living in Georgia, Betsy died and George married again. His second wife was Joanna Dearing, born 1807 in Franklin County, GA, married April 16, 1832 and they resided in Cherokee County, Alabama. The last three of the listed children were by Joanna. By 1871, all these children were married or on their own, except Nellie J, who never married.
On September 23, 1871, an indenture was made between George Hartline and wife Joanna to Robert H. Hartline, in which considerable land was sold to Robert for the sum of five dollars, with further consideration of the maintenance of the grantors in the conveyance and Nelly J. Hartline during their lives by the party of the first part. (11) In a letter from Carl Hartline of Sanford, Florida written in 1957, to his cousin Gussie Hartline Oliver of St. Elmo, Tennessee, Carl described George Hartline as his father Henry Sims Hartline had described him. "George was a very small bald man who spoke with a brogue."
According to George Hartline's obituary in the "Cherokee Adviser" (also repeated in the "Gadsden Times."), he was a Primitive Baptist at his death, although he was baptized Lutheran in North Carolina.
George died September 2, 1874, and is believed to be buried in the Hartline Cemetery at Chesterfield, Alabama. (12)
George's widow, Joanna became an invalid after his death, and was living with her brother Sims Dearing in Chattooga County, Georgia in 1880. Joanna (Annie) Dearing Hartline died March 12, 1887. Obituary was in the "Walker Messenger" newspaper in LaFayette, GA. It stated that she was born in Franklin County, GA and married George Hartline in Henry County, GA then moved to Cherokee County, AL. (13)
1-Organ Church records.2-Ibid 3-Rowan Co. marriage records. 4-Marriage records 1808-1829, p 200, Rowan Co. Courthouse 5-J.J. Duckworth 6-Certificates 11397 and 11398.8. 7-Certificate 13413. 8-Research by J.J. Duckworth. 9-12-J.J. Duckworth. 10-Clarence Hartline, deceased, Pomona, California. 11-Conveyance Book B, pp 354 & 355, Cherokee County, Alabama. 13-U. S. census, 1880, Chattooga County, Georgia.
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