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Submitter: Charles Harvey harvey.c.w@myactv.net
Subject: Re: Leatherman, Hans Dewalt
Message: Frank, Do you have info that Hans Peter, son of Hans Dewalt or Diebold, is the father of Nicholas Leatherman, Sr?
See below: Charles--- Washington County, Hagerstown, MD
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NICHOLAS LEATHERMAN CEMETERY
PATTERSONS CREEK ROAD
Across the road from Sonny Dawson's Campground, approximately 3/10 mile from Larenim Park.
Surveyed 22 November 1999 by Mike & Patti McDonald
This cemetery is in very poor condition.
There is one "In Memoriam Stone" and the rest are scattered field stones, some with letters hand engraved. There are 15 or more unmarked field stones.
IN MEMORY OF NICHOLAS LEATHERMAN
PIONEER
WHO MOVED FROM FREDERICK MD IN 1784, DIED 1790.
HE WITH RELATIVES ARE BURIED HERE.
ALL LEATHERMANS IN THIS SECTION ARE HIS DESCENDENTS.
THIS MONUMENT ERECTED TO HIS MEMORY BY THEM IN 1942.
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More About NICHOLAS LEATHERMAN:
Fact 1: Soon after the Revolutionary War he moved to Hampshire Co, Va.
Fact 2: Apr 28, 1784, Sold land in Frederick Co, Md.
Fact 3: Aug 10, 1784, Bought 185 acres from Peter Neau, part of tract No. 12,
Fact 4: and part of Patterson Creek Manor,
Fact 5: and 331 acres from Okey Johnson,
Fact 6: all of tract No. 11 on Patterson Creek
Fact 7: The farm was between Burlington and Headsville.
Fact 8: 1790, Buried with wife in family plot on the farm.
Fact 9: Known as Biser Cemetery, farm now owned by George Biser (1993?)
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Children of Nicholas Leatherman and Susanna Roderick are:
2 i. Peter4 Leatherman, died 1864. He married Elizabeth Stover.
3 ii. Joseph Leatherman. He married Unkown.
4 iii. John Leatherman. He married Susanna Fink 1893.
More About John Leatherman:
Burial: Leatherman Cemertery on Patterson Creek, Mineral Co., WV
More About Susanna Fink:
Burial: Leatherman Cemertery on Patterson Creek, Mineral Co., WV
More About John Leatherman and Susanna Fink:
Marriage: 1893
5 iv. Catharine Leatherman. She married Daniel Stover; born 1789; died 1864.
6 v. Daniel Leatherman, born March 01, 1774; died January 10, 1853 in Patterson Creek, Mineral Co., W.Va.. He married Catherine Rawlings; born August 04, 1781; died September 29, 1854 in Patterson Creek, Mineral Co., W.Va..
Notes for Catherine Rawlings:
Catherine, daughter of Benjamin Rawlings
7 vi. Hannah Leatherman, born Abt. 1775 in Patterson Creek, Mineral Co., WV. She married Elijah Lewis Rawlings; born Abt. 1770 in Patterson Creek, Mineral Co., WV.
Notes for Elijah Lewis Rawlings:
Page 69 of the Roderick Book by David Paul Roderick. List Hannah married Lewis Rawlings.
8 vii. Lewis Leatherman, born 1780. He married Elizabeth Staggs.
Notes for Elizabeth Staggs:
Daughter of John and Hannah Staggs.
9 viii. Abraham ( Abe ) Leatherman, born January 23, 1783 in Near Hagerstown, Washington Co., MD; died Abt. 1862. He married (1) Margaret Hershman; born October 19, 1781; died 1834. He married (2) Rachel. He married (3) Julia Ann Fogle March 1848 in Drmkard Church; died 1901.
Notes for Abraham ( Abe ) Leatherman:
More About ABRAHAM LEATHERMAN:
Fact 1: Dunkard
Fact 2: Farmer
Fact 3: lived on farm between Burlington and Headsville, Hampshire Co, Va, now W Va
Fact 4: had 24 children with three wives
Fact 5: Jun 10, 1806, Bought 119 acres from Daniel Stover and wife Catherine, Abe's sister
Fact 6: and 19 poles of land on Patterson Creek Manor,adj land of Dan'l Letherman
Fact 7: Apr 26, 1815, 25 acres granted by patent by the Commonwealth of Va.
Fact 8: These lands adjoined lands of Dan Leatherman, Daniel Whip, and others
Fact 9: Nov 01, 1817, An adjoining 13 acres granted by patent by Commonwealth of Va.
Fact 10: These three tracts are on the east side of Patterson Creek.
Fact 11: Jun 28, 1823, These lands all deeded to John Leatherman
Fact 12: All children by first marriage, except Polly and those who d. moved to Indiana.
More About Abraham Leatherman and Julia Fogle:
Marriage: March 1848, Drmkard Church
10 ix. Nicholas Leatherman, Jr., born March 03, 1785; died November 21, 1872 in Mineral Co., WV. He married Elizabeth Fink; born September 15, 1787 in Mill Creek, Hampshire Co., VA ( mineral Co., WV; died 1865.
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