John Hildebrand, "Indian John"

• HILDEBRAND, JOHN, DAR Ancestor #: A203289
• Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE
• Birth: 2-15-1755 PENNSYLVANIA
• Death: 12-20-1847 CHEROKEE NATION, INDIAN TERR

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1.JOHN HILDEBRAND, SR was born February 12, 1755 in Earl Twp, Lancaster Co, PA, and died December 20, 1847.He married (1) BARBARA WARLICK EAKER. She was born Abt. 1749, and died Abt. 1801. He married (2)SUSANNAH WOMANCATCHER Abt. 1806. She was born Abt. 1790, and died Abt. 1817.

More About JOHN HILDEBRAND, SR: 1817-19 Reservations: November 03, 1818, #145, on Hiwassee Riv, in Right of Children, 6 in fam Blood: German Military service: Bet. 1775 - 1779, Revolutionary War Note: December 1816, List of agents, etc. employed by the Cherokee Agency; John Hildebrand, Miller, b:PA, $204.78 Occupation: 1816, Miller

http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/i/c/James-R-Hicks-VA/BOOK-0001/0018-...

John Hildebrand, s. of George Michael Hildebrand and Anna Zimmerman, b. Feb. 12, 1755 at or near New Holland, Earl Twsp., Lancaster County, PA. He d. Dec. 20, 1847 likely at the Delaware District of the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, now Delaware County, OK.

When and under what circumtances John migrated to southern North Carolina are unknown. By late 1780 at either Lincoln or west adjoining Rutherford County, NC, John m. 1) Anna Barbara Eaker, dau. of Hans Peter and Anna Barbara Eaker (q.v. Eckert), bapt. Dec. 23, 1749 at Millbach Reformed Lutheran Church at Lancaster County, PA. At their marriage she was the widow of Capt. Johann Nicholas Warlick, who d. June 20, 1780 as Capt. of a British militia unit during the Battle of Ramsour's Mill at Lincoln County, NC. She had five children by her 1st marriage- Daniel, Mary, Barbara, Susanna and Rachel Warlick.

For the next two decades John Hildebrand was a farmer and miller at Rutherford County, NC. He appears with his family, including four of his five Warlick stepchildren, residing at Rutherford County in the April-May 1790 U.S. census. He cannot be found in the August 1800 North Carolina census, portions of which do not exist having either been lost or destroyed when the British occupied and partially burned Washington, DC during the War of 1812. But, under "Dearborn's Treaty" with the Cherokee Indians of January 7, 1806, it was provided that 'a grist mill shall, within one year from date therof, be built in the Cherokee Country for the use of the nation, at such place as shall be considered most convenient.' The U.S. Government hired John Hildebrand of Rutherford County, NC to build the mill, and the Cherokee agreed it was to be located at Conasauga Creek, a branch of the Hiwasse River, at the place that became the now extinct townsite of Columbus, then in McMinn, now in Polk County, TN. For the better part of the next 30 years John Hildebrand appears in various government pay records, missionary journals and other records as the Cherokee's only non-Cherokee miller residing in Cherokee tribal territory, now southeast Tennessee.

At some point during the early 1800s, John and 1st wife Anna Barbara separated with Anna returning to North Carolina with or as a consequence of her Warlick children. On the other hand, John and Anna Barbara's five children remained with their father, each later marrying into the Cherokee tribe. While it is claimed that John and Barbara formally divorced at Knoxville, TN, no confirmation of a divorce can be found in records at Georgia, North Carolina or Tennessee. In lieu of a formal divorce, no document has been found in which Anna Barbara was legally declared a "femme sole," or capable of acting on her own behalf without prior permission of a husband.

By circa 1809, John Hildebrand m. 2) the Cherokee Susan Womancatcher by whom he had four additional children. John Hildebrand died Dec. 20, 1847 in the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory. Notice of his death was published in the Dec. 9, 1847 issue of the "Cherokee Advocate" newspaper at Tahlequah in the Cherokee Indian Territory. It is not clear where he died, but most likely it was in the Cherokee's Delaware District, now largely Delaware County, OK. That is where the main core of the descendant family resided and where his son Peter operated Hildebrand's Mill.

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John Hildebrand, s. of George Michael Hildebrand and Anna Zimmerman, b. Feb. 12, 1755 at or near New Holland, Earl Twp., Lancaster County, PA. He d. Dec. 20, 1847 likely in the Delaware District of the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, now Delaware County, OK.

When and under what circumstances John migrated to southern North Carolina are unknown. By late 1780 at either Lincoln or west adjoining Rutherford County, NC, John m. 1) Anna Barbara Eaker, dau. of Hans Peter and Anna Barbara Eaker (q.v. Eckert), bapt. Dec. 23, 1749 at Millbach Reformed Lutheran Church in Lancaster County, PA. At their marriage she was the widow of Capt. Johann Nicholas Warlick, who d. June 20, 1780 as Capt. of a British militia unit during the Battle of Ramsour's Mill in Lincoln County, NC. She had five children by her 1st marriage: Daniel, Mary, Barbara, Susanna and Rachel Warlick.

For the next two decades John Hildebrand was a farmer and miller at Rutherford County, NC. He appears with his family, including four of his five Warlick stepchildren, residing at Rutherford County in the April-May 1790 U.S. census. He cannot be found in the August 1800 North Carolina census, portions of which do not exist having either been lost or destroyed when the British occupied and partially burned Washington, DC during the War of 1812.

But, under "Dearborn's Treaty" with the Cherokee Indians of January 7, 1806, it was provided that 'a grist mill shall, within one year from date therof, be built in the Cherokee Country for the use of the nation, at such place as shall be considered most convenient.' The U.S. Government hired John Hildebrand of Rutherford County, NC to build the mill, and the Cherokee agreed it was to be located at Conasauga Creek, a branch of the Hiawasse River, at the place that became the now extinct townsite of Columbus, then in McMinn, now in Polk County, TN. For the better part of the next 30 years John Hildebrand appears in various government pay records, missionary journals and other records as the Cherokee's only non-Cherokee miller residing in Cherokee tribal territory, now southeast Tennessee.

At some point during the early 1800s, John and 1st wife Anna Barbara separated with Anna returning to North Carolina with or as a consequence of her Warlick children. On the other hand, John and Anna Barbara's five children remained with their father, each later marrying into the Cherokee tribe. While it is claimed that John and Barbara formally divorced at Knoxville, TN, no confirmation of a divorce can be found in records at Georgia, North Carolina or Tennessee. In lieu of a formal divorce, no document has been found in which Anna Barbara was legally declared a "femme sole," or capable of acting on her own behalf without prior permission of a husband.

By circa 1809, John Hildebrand m. 2) the Cherokee Susan Womancatcher by whom he had four additional children.

John Hildebrand died Dec. 20, 1847 in the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory. Notice of his death was published in the Dec. 9, 1847 issue of the "Cherokee Advocate" newspaper at Tahlequah in the Cherokee Indian Territory. It is not clear where he died, but most likely it was in the Cherokee's Delaware District, now largely Delaware County, OK. That is where the main core of the descendant family resided and where his son Peter operated Hildebrand's Mill.

• Died at the residence of his son Mr. David Hilderbrand [sic], near this place, on the 20th inst., at 11 P.M., Mr. John Hilderbrand [sic], one of the oldest men in the nation. Mr. Hilderbrand [sic] was a native of Pennsylvania, of German extraction, and was born on the 12th of February, 1755, and was consequently, aged at the time of his death, 92 years, 10 months, and 8 days. He came among the Cherokees east of the Mississippi, more than fifty years ago, among whom he intermarried. He retained a remarkable degree of activity up to within a short time of his death. He left more than 100 lineal descendants, a majority of whom are residing among the Cherokee. [This notice is also cited in Grant Foreman's The Five Civilized Tribes, University of Oklahoma Press, (Norman, 1934, p. 395.)]

For convenience, John Hildebrand's nine children are outlined in the respective memorials of his two wives.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Oct 3 2019, 2:13:46 UTC

Biography

1776 Project @ WikiTree
John Hildebrand performed Patriotic Service in North Carolina in the American Revolution.
Narrative from Findagrave[1]

John Hildebrand, s. of George Michael Hildebrand and Anna Zimmerman, b. Feb. 12, 1755 at or near New Holland, Earl Twp., Lancaster County, PA. He d. Dec. 20, 1847 likely in the Delaware District of the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, now Delaware County, OK.

When and under what circumstances John migrated to southern North Carolina are unknown. By late 1780 at either Lincoln or west adjoining Rutherford County, NC, John m. 1) Anna Barbara Eaker, dau. of Hans Peter and Anna Barbara Eaker (q.v. Eckert), bapt. Dec. 23, 1749 at Millbach Reformed Lutheran Church in Lancaster County, PA. At their marriage she was the widow of Capt. Johann Nicholas Warlick, who d. June 20, 1780 as Capt. of a British militia unit during the Battle of Ramsour's Mill in Lincoln County, NC. She had five children by her 1st marriage: Daniel, Mary, Barbara, Susanna and Rachel Warlick.

For the next two decades John Hildebrand was a farmer and miller at Rutherford County, NC. He appears with his family, including four of his five Warlick stepchildren, residing at Rutherford County in the April-May 1790 U.S. census. He cannot be found in the August 1800 North Carolina census, portions of which do not exist having either been lost or destroyed when the British occupied and partially burned Washington, DC during the War of 1812.

But, under "Dearborn's Treaty" with the Cherokee Indians of January 7, 1806, it was provided that 'a grist mill shall, within one year from date therof, be built in the Cherokee Country for the use of the nation, at such place as shall be considered most convenient.' The U.S. Government hired John Hildebrand of Rutherford County, NC to build the mill, and the Cherokee agreed it was to be located at Conasauga Creek, a branch of the Hiawasse River, at the place that became the now extinct townsite of Columbus, then in McMinn, now in Polk County, TN. For the better part of the next 30 years John Hildebrand appears in various government pay records, missionary journals and other records as the Cherokee's only non-Cherokee miller residing in Cherokee tribal territory, now southeast Tennessee.

At some point during the early 1800s, John and 1st wife Anna Barbara separated with Anna returning to North Carolina with or as a consequence of her Warlick children. On the other hand, John and Anna Barbara's five children remained with their father, each later marrying into the Cherokee tribe. While it is claimed that John and Barbara formally divorced at Knoxville, TN, no confirmation of a divorce can be found in records at Georgia, North Carolina or Tennessee. In lieu of a formal divorce, no document has been found in which Anna Barbara was legally declared a "femme sole," or capable of acting on her own behalf without prior permission of a husband.

By circa 1809, John Hildebrand m. 2) the Cherokee Susan Womancatcher by whom he had four additional children.

John Hildebrand died Dec. 20, 1847 in the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory. Notice of his death was published in the Dec. 9, 1847 issue of the "Cherokee Advocate" newspaper at Tahlequah in the Cherokee Indian Territory. It is not clear where he died, but most likely it was in the Cherokee's Delaware District, now largely Delaware County, OK. That is where the main core of the descendant family resided and where his son Peter operated Hildebrand's Mill.

• Died at the residence of his son Mr. David Hilderbrand [sic], near this place, on the 20th inst., at 11 P.M., Mr. John Hilderbrand [sic], one of the oldest men in the nation. Mr. Hilderbrand [sic] was a native of Pennsylvania, of German extraction, and was born on the 12th of February, 1755, and was consequently, aged at the time of his death, 92 years, 10 months, and 8 days. He came among the Cherokees east of the Mississippi, more than fifty years ago, among whom he intermarried. He retained a remarkable degree of activity up to within a short time of his death. He left more than 100 lineal descendants, a majority of whom are residing among the Cherokee. [This notice is also cited in Grant Foreman's The Five Civilized Tribes, University of Oklahoma Press, (Norman, 1934, p. 395.)][2]

For convenience, John Hildebrand's nine children are outlined in the respective memorials of his two wives.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #66111279 for John Hildebrand
2. ↑ Grant Foreman's The Five Civilized Tribes, University of Oklahoma Press, (Norman, 1934, p. 395.)
Hampton, David K. Cherokee Mixed-Bloods. Arc Press of Cane Hill, Lincoln, Arkansas. 2005. p. 107
National Archives and Records Administration, Eastern Cherokee Applications of the Court of Claims. Application number 735, granddaughter Mary Alcorn.

DAR record https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=ful...

Source: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hildebrand-1630
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JOHN HILDEBRAND, SR was born February 12, 1755 in Earl Twp, Lancaster Co, PA, and died December 20, 1847.
He married (1) BARBARA WARLICK EAKER. She was born Abt. 1749, and died Abt. 1801.
He married (2) SUSANNAH WOMANCATCHER Abt. 1806. She was born Abt. 1790, and died Abt. 1817.

• 1817-19 Reservations: November 03, 1818, #145, on Hiwassee Riv, in Right of Children, 6 in fam
• Blood: German
• Military service: Bet. 1775 - 1779, Revolutionary War
• Note: December 1816, List of agents, etc. employed by the Cherokee Agency; John Hildebrand, Miller, b:PA, $204.78
• Occupation: 1816, Miller

More About BARBARA WARLICK EAKER:

• Blood: German

More About SUSANNAH WOMANCATCHER:

• Blood: Full Blood Cherokee

Children of JOHN HILDEBRAND and BARBARA EAKER are:
2. i. MICHAEL2 HILDEBRAND, b. 1781, CNE [Lincoln Co, NC]; d. September 1863, Canadian Dist, CNW.
3. ii. PETER HILDEBRAND, b. May 10, 1782, Germany; d. December 11, 1851, Oklahoma.
4. iii. GEORGE HILDEBRAND, SR, b. Abt. 1784; d. 1859.
5. iv. SARAH HILDEBRAND, b. November 26, 1788; d. November 26, 1840.
6. v. JOHN HILDEBRAND, JR, b. Abt. 1792; d. March 27, 1814.

Children of JOHN HILDEBRAND and SUSANNAH WOMANCATCHER are:
7. vi. DAVID U-GI-LU-TI2 HILDEBRAND, b. Abt. 1810, Tennessee; d. Abt. 1886.
8. vii. NANNIE HILDEBRAND, b. Abt. 1812; d. 1849.
9. viii. ELIZABETH HILDEBRAND, b. Abt. 1814; d. Abt. 1850.
10. ix. MARY HILDEBRAND, b. Abt. 1816; d. Abt. 1886.

Source: Hicks, James R. “Cherokee Lineages: Descendants of John Hildebrand, Sr” Genealogy.com, Sites.Rootsweb.com, 2023, https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/i/c/James-R-Hicks-VA/BOOK-0001/0018...
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Hildebrand.

11 John Hildebrand. and Susannah Womancatcher A60
1112 Michael Hildebrand. Nannie Martin.
2 Peter Hildebrand. Elizabeth Harlan. A25
3 George Hildebrand. Susannah Graves.
4 John Hildebrand. Micatiah Terrapin.
5 Sarah Hildebrand. Blackcoat and Youngwolf. A62
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6 Nannie Hildebrand. Hiram McCreary.
7 David Hildebrand. Elizabeth McCarty.
8 Mary Hildebrand. ______ Hambright and Daniel Hater.
9 Elizabeth Hildebrand. ______ Coody.
111213 Elizabeth Hildebrand. James Pettit and Robert Armstrong.
2 John Hildebrand. Nicey and Annie Wasp.
3 Jennie Hildebrand. Joseph Cooksan.
4 Margaret Hildebrand. John Catron.
5 Delilah Hildebrand. Jesse McLain.
6 Elizabeth Hildebrand. Joshua Kilpatrick.
7 Stephen Hildebrand. Mary Potts and Mary Beck.
8 Rachel Hildebrand. Reese T. Mitchell.
9 Nannie Hildebrand. Thomas Horn, George Lovett, Frederick Irving, diaries Foe and ______Hoskins.
10 Joseph Martin Hildebrand. Lucy Starr, Louvinia Patterson, Elizabeth Gentry, Mary King, Martha Wofford and Mary E. Coyne.
11 Brice Hildebrand. Mary Sturdivant nee Beck and Mary Swimmer.
12 Mary Hildebrand. Isaac Mayfield.

A60. John Hildebrand was a native of Germany and his first five children were full blooded Germans. His last four children were half breed Cherokee-Germans.

A25. Peter Hildebrand, born May 10, 1782 in Germany. Married Elizabeth Harlan, born August 15, 1793. She died September 19, 1826. He was one of the Captains of Emigrant detachments in 1838-39 and located on Flint Creek where he operated a saw, turning and grist mill. He died on December 11, 1851.

A62. Sarah Hildebrand was born on November 26, 1788. She married Blackcoat. By an act of the council at Piney on Piney Creek, Arkansas Cherokee Nation, on September 11, 1824, it was provided that "the Executive Department of the Cherokee Government shall consist of three persons that is, a First Chief, a Second Chief, and a Third or minor Chief, which chiefs shall serve for a term of four years from the date of their appointment, and the First and Second Chiefs shall receive a salary of one hundred dollars annually, and the Third or minor Chief, sixty dollars." At that time the Cherokees were often at war with neighboring tribes and their country was not healthy and one or two of the chiefs might die or be killed within a few days of each other and for that reason three chiefs were elected.

Source: Starr, Emmett. “History of the Cherokee Indians and Their Legends and Folklore.” Warden Company, 1922.
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HILDEBRAND and the CHEROKEES
NAME:JOHN HILDEBRAND
BORN: FEBRUARY 12, 1775
WHERE: PENNSYLVANIA
DIED: DECEMBER 30, 1847 DELAWARE DISTRICT , I.T.
PARENTS : NAMES UNKNOWN, IMMIGRANTS FROM GERMANY
MARRIED: unknown white woman
MARRIED: SUSAN WOMANCATCHER, a CHEROKEE

JOHN HILDEBRAND was a white resident, who moved to Rowan County, North Carolina about 1780. He raised five children by a white wife. Those children were:

1MICHAEL HILDEBRAND, borm about 1781 married NANNIE MARTIN, a Cherokee, married next a white woman named LUCY. His children were:
1 ELIZABETH HILDEBRAND, married JAMES PETTIT and ROBERT ARMSTRONG
2 JOHN HILDEBRAND
3 JENNIE HILDEBRAND, married JOSEPH COOKSON
4 MARGARET HILDEBRAND, married JOHN CANTRON
5 DELILAH HILDEBRAND,married JESSE MC CLAIN
6 ELIZA HILDEBRAND married JOSEPH KIRKPATRICK
7 STEPHEN HILDEBRAND married to MARY POTTS and MARY BECK
8 RACHEL HILDEBRAND, married REESE MITCHELL
9 NANNIE HILDEBRAND married 5 times:THOMAS HORN, GEORGE LOVETT, FRED IRVING, CHARLES POE, and a HOSKINS
10 JOSEPH MARTIN HILDEBRAND
11 BRICE HILDEBRAND
12 MARY HILDEBRAND, married ISAAC MAYFIELD

2PETER HILDEBRAND, born May 10, 1782. Married ELIZABETH HARLAN. Their children were:
1BARBARA HILDEBRAND married HIRAM LINDER
2JAMES VANN HILDEBRAND
3JENNIE HILDEBRAND married JOHN WILLIAMS
4CATHERINE HILDEBRAND, married LEVI BAILEY
5JOHN WALKER HILDEBRAND
6ELLIS HARLAN HILDEBRAND, married SALLY STOVER and JOSEPHINE
7LEWIS W. HILDEBRAND
8ISAAC NEWTON HILDEBRAND
9MARY HILDEBRAND, married D.J. FRAZIER
10MINERVA HILDEBRAND married CHARLES RATLIFF and ANDERSON REYNOLDS

3GEORGE HILDEBRAND SR. born in 1787, married SUSANNAH DIANA GRAVES . They were the parents of:
1MOSES HILDEBRAND
2MARY HILDEBRAND, married a HOYT.
3CATHERINE HILDEBRAND, married TEEHEE
4JOHN HILDEBRAND
5MICHAEL HILDEBRAND married SARAH HICKS
6PETER HILDEBRAND
7SAMUEL HILDEBRAND
8BARBARA HILDEBRAND, married WILLIAM LONGKNIFE
9GEORGE HILDEBRAND
10 MARTHA HILDEBRAND

4SARAH HILDEBRAND, married twice, to Cherokee BLACKFOOT, and to a Cherokee YOUNGWOLF

5JOHN HILDEBRAND JR. married MICATIAH TERRAPIN They had one child before he was killed in the Creek War of 1813-1814:
1ELIZABETH HILDEBRAND

JOHN HILDEBRAND Sr., was a widower when he moved to the Cherokee country. In 1801 he was operating a grist mill on Hiwassie River.

His second marriage was to SUSAN WOMANCATCHER, a Cherokee, and in 1817 he received a land reserve on Hawassie by right of his Indian wife. He and SUSAN were the parents of:

6NANNIE HILDEBRAND, married HIRAM MC CREARY

7DAVID HILDEBRAND, married ELIZABETH MC CARTY. HIs children were:
JOHN HILDEBRAND born 1833, married ELLEN PETTIT
DONNA MARIA HILDEBRAND, married JOHN ALBERTY

8MARY HILDEBRAND, married a HAMBRIGHT and then DANIEL HAFER

9ELIZABETH HILDEBRAND, married a COODY

In 1825 he was still living on Hawassie in McMinn County, Temmessee, his family consisting of one male over age 18, one male under age 18, three females over age 16, and one white ( himself). He then owned a ferry, and three slaves.

He moved west in 1838, and three years later was met by Army investigator Ethan Allen Hitchcock, who wrote that he " is 87 years old, very gray whre not bald, and without a tooth in his head, but his eye is not "dim" and the old man is very garrulus and inquisitive. He seemd leats disposed to go to bed if anyone in the house and would talk to anyone who would talk to him".

He died at the home of his son, David, in the Delaware District on December 30, 1847.

Sources of info:

I. Who Was Who Among The Southern Indians 1698 - 1907, by Martini
II. A Traveler in Indian Territory, by Foreman
III. Leaves From the Family Tree, Starr
IV. Cherokee Blood

Source: Rapert, Bonnie. “Hildebrand and the Cherokees.” Genealogy.com, 31 Dec. 2004, https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/hildebrand/1032/.
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