Samuel C. KILLIAN son of Andreas Killian
Samuel Killian, the second child of Andreas Killian and second wife Mary
Beaver/Cline’s 4 children. Maiden name of Mary needs more research as to
ascertain the correct name. Samuel was born about 1756, based on what
information we now have, in a part of Lincoln County which later became
Catawba County, North Carolina. Samuel is named in his father's will
along with his brother Daniel, to provide for their mother, whose name
was Mary, and was to share with Daniel, one half of Andreas' land. In
1778 when Samuel Killian was about age 22 he signed a petition for their
area in Burke County to become a part of Tyron County. In about 1784,
he married Barbara Hager and together they had 10 children. According to
the Lincoln County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of January 3,
1808 it shows where Barbara and David Killian were granted letters of
administration of the estate of Samuel Killian, deceased. Samuel
Killian's estate was divided in 1813 (Lincoln NC DB 25 p206-211) and his
minor children had guardians appointed, or chose guardians that year (a
minor age-14 or over could choose a guardian, according to Kathy
Sullivan). This lets us assume that Samuel died sometime in late 1807
and probable bury in Old St. Paul’s Lutheran Church along with his
brother Leonhard. When he died, Catawba County did not exist. It was
organized in 1842 from land previously a part of Lincoln County.
Therefore, Old St. Paul's Lutheran Church, which is now in Catawba
County, was, at the time of Samuel's death, located in Lincoln County.
In the
1768 tax list by William T. Cole, Andrew Killian had 4-taxables, three
white 'polls' and one Negro male (age-12 or above). It’s presume that
the three 'polls' were Andrew (Andreas), George, and Daniel. Samuel
would have been under age 18 and not counted (b.abt1756). This evidently
was before either George or Daniel (1787) married. In 1787, Samuel was
bondsman for his brothers Daniel's marriage to Osly Baker. In 1796,
Samuel witnessed the will of Margaret Killian, wife of his brother
Leonard. In 1804, Samuel, along with others, was appointed by the
Lincoln County court to divide the land of William Whittenburg,
deceased, among his children. Samuel Killian was taxed in Lincoln
County, NC in 1805 (Jacob Cline's District) 1-white poll & 546 acres.
Samuel Killian served as a Captain in the militia during the American
Revolution Based on information in the Southern Campaigns of the
American Revolutions <http://southerncampaign.org/> website. He was
probably 'elected' as Capt. of his militia unit by the other members and
not necessarily appointed as a regular army officer.
Charles Baker <http://southerncampaign.org/pen/W9337.pdf> United States
under General Charles McDowell whose brother Joseph was the Col., Sammie
Killian was the <http://southerncampaign.org/pen/W9337.pdf> Capt. and Joseph McDowell a cousin of the Colonel's was
the ...
Elias Baker <http://southerncampaign.org/pen/w5773.pdf> in the second
service - and that Beall [Bull?] Baker& Samuel Killian were of his mess
in the third service- That he was born in …
S7485 Andrew Shook <http://southerncampaign.org/pen/s7485.pdf> he served a
campaign against said Indians in the company commanded by Captain Samuel
Killian in the regiment of Colonel Joseph McDowell in the expedition
commanded by General Charles ...]
His father Andreas and brothers John and Leonhard also served in Captain
Samuel Corbin's Militia. Fifty six members of Captain Samuel Corbin's
Militia are known to have settled in present day Lincoln and Gaston
Counties, North Carolina. In the listing found on the below website, all
fifty six are given, and numbered 1 through 56, and each man's number
may be located on the map to ascertain just where they settled.
<http://micosaur.tripod.com:80/corbin_map.htm
The children of Samuel and Mary Killian are: Elizabeth, who married William
Herman; Sallie, who married John Gross; David who married first
Catherine Cline, second, Christiana Deitz, and third wife was Parthenia
Cartwright; William, who married first Elizabeth Bost, second, Orlenia
last name unknown; Frederick, who married first, Anne Gross, second,
Catherine Lutz; Barbara, who married David Bost; Polly, who married
Daniel Herman; Samuel, who married Lucinda Hill; Joseph, who married
Regina Bolick; and Andrew, who married Sophie or Sophia Reece.
Five of Samuel's children are found in Warren and Grundy County, Tennessee
and Dade County, Georgia. They are Sallie Gross, in Grundy County,
William, Elizabeth Bost, Samuel Jr., in Warren County and David who
went from Dade County, Georgia to Clark County, Arkansas between 1850
and 1860.
The above information comes from research done by Wayne Milam, Gene Killian
and William L Hines.
For more information on the descendents of Samuel C Killian, check
Wayne Setzer's Family webpage at:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wlsetzer/fam_killian/index.htm