George Heinrich WEIDNER 

George Heinrich WEIDNER[1, 2]

Male 1717 - 1792

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  • Nickname  Henry 
    Birth  9 Oct 1717  , , probably Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Gender  Male 
    Misc  1742  [5] 
    first trip down Great Wagon Road 
    Will  1742  , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Was bequeathed twelve pounds in his mother's will. 
    Possessions  1750  Oley Township, Berks, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Residence  1750  Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    • "Hickory was established by Henry Weidner who migrated to the region from Montgomery Pennsylvania. In 1750, along with his brother-in-law he acquired a land grant which included thousands of acres of land. During the 1790's Henry Robinson built a tavern located under an enormous hickory tree in the northwest portion of Catawba County." -> Hickory, North Carolina Facts
    Property  16 Aug 1750  Cocalico Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Possessions  29 Sep 1750  , Burke, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 10, 11] 
    • 1391 Henry Whitner Grant xxxx 29 Sep 1750 Henry Fork

      1000 acres -> Deed Data Pool
    Misc  1 Oct 1752  , Burke, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    • "1 October 1752
      To Henry Witner 2 sh 5d"

      from John Ramsour's "Memberantom Book [diary]," published in the Letters of John Rust Eaton, p. 59
    Naturalization  19 Sep 1753  , Rowan, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    • The Rowan Co Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, Book 1:16
      Henry Witner came into Open Court & Took the State Oaths & Subscribed the Test appointed by law in order for Naturalization.
    Residence  Abt Apr 1759  , Lancaster, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Residence  Fall 1761  , Burke, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    Possessions  15 Apr 1763  , Burke, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    1392 Henry Whitner Grant xxxx 15 Apr 1763 Henry Fork 
    Possessions  6 Jul 1767  , Burke, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    1397 Henry Whitner Grant 0635 06 Jul 1767 Jacob Fork 
    Military  1781  American Revolutionary War Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    • Held a meeting at his home in which Col. McDowell convened the Militia officers to raise supplies to feed the army for 12 months. The Revolutionary Pay Vouchers for this meeting are in the NC archives.
    Military  1784  , Lincoln, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    • Henry formed a militia unit comprised of the area of present-day Catawba County. He served as Captain for a year or two.
    Census  1790  , Lincoln, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [18] 
    • "Henry Whitener, Sr" (73) was enumerated as head of household. He is the only male. The household also includes two females, likely Mary Catherine (Mull) (57) and possibly Mary Ann (36).
    1790 Census, Lincoln Co., North Carolina     		1790 Census, Lincoln Co., North Carolina
    Year: 1790; Census Place: , Lincoln, North Carolina; Roll: M637_7; Image: 0069.
    Census  1790  , Lincoln, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [18] 
    Address:
    Fourth Company 
    • "Henry Whitener, Sr" (73) was enumerated as head of household. He is the only male. The household also includes two females, likely Mary Catherine (Mull) (57) and possibly Mary Ann (36). There were also 10 slaves.
    Misc  , Lincoln, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    • "Heinrich and Catherine Weidner would open the doors of hospitality for many other young men and women, who followed them to North Carolina: George Wilfong, Conrad Yoder, Michael Weidner, Jesse Robinson, Conrad Hildebrand, and many others. The road inland in the county from Sherrill's ford would be known as the 'road to Father Weidners' on maps and court records." -> Through Four Generations, p. 34
    Misc  , , Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    oath of allegiance 
    • "[Heinrich] was the only son of Peter and Catherine Weidner to have taken the oath of allegiance, required of all men not born in Pennsylvania." -> Through Four Generations, p. 27
    Occupation  Planter 
    Probate  Abt 1790  , Lincoln, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [19] 
    Will recorded in will book 2/414. 
    Will  1790  , Lincoln, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [20, 21] 
    Possessions  17 Nov 1790  , Burke, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    1394 Henry Whitner Sr Grant 496 17 Nov 1790 Jacob Fork 
    Died  31 Jul 1792  [4] 
    Buried  Aft 31 Jul 1792  , Catawba, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [22, 23] 
    Address:
    Weidner-Robinson Cemetery 
    Henry Weidner Tombstone - English side    		 Henry Weidner Tombstone - English side
    http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/ViewPhoto.aspx?pid=-1797566701&tid=2952867&oid=1a7dd595-b4d9-446f-949a-e5a2a7602404
    Henry Weidner Tombstone - German side    		 Henry Weidner Tombstone - German side
    http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/ViewPhoto.aspx?pid=-1797566701&tid=2952867&oid=590630ff-d015-4a53-9751-8f5340ac4a41
    Notes 
    Person ID  I1679  Kendrick-Hemphill
    Last Modified  2 Jun 2013 

    Father  Peter WEIDNER,   b. 1688, Coburg, , Sachsen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1725 and 1736 
    Mother  Catherina SCHNEIDER,   b. 1690, Coburg, , , Saxony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1742, Ephrata Cloister, Lancaster, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F85  Group Sheet

    Family  Catherina MULL,   b. 24 May 1733, Goshenhoppen, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Aug 1804, Lincolnton, Lincoln, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  Abt 1749  Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Address:
    Goshenhoppen Reformed Church 
    Children 
    >1. Daniel WHITENER,   b. 14 Oct 1750,   d. 8 Jan 1833, , Lincoln, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Captain Henry WHITENER,   b. 1752, , Lincoln, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1811, Marquand, Madison County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Abram WHITENER,   b. 1754, , Anson, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Oct 1780, Kings Mountain, , North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    >4. Catherine WHITENER,   b. 1756, , Lincoln, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1838, , Lincoln, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    >5. Barbara WHITENER,   b. 1760, Lincolnton, Lincoln, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Feb 1840, , Catawba, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Mollianna WHITENER,   b. Aft 1763, , Mecklenburg, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1796, , Lincoln, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    >7. Elizabeth WHITENER,   b. 8 Oct 1764, Lincolnton, Lincoln, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Oct 1827, , Lincoln, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    >8. Mary Ann WHITENER,   b. 31 Mar 1765, , Anson, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Aug 1837, , Lincoln, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F81  Group Sheet

  • Photos
    Henry Weidner Museum Display    		Henry Weidner Museum Display
    "Museum Display, contains original headstones of "Henry" and his wife Catherina, a piece of china brought over from Germany and a gun powder horn."

  • Sources 
    1. [S52] McAllister, Anne Williams, Heinrich Weidner, 1717-1792; Catharina Mull Weidner, 1733-1804, Through Four Generations (Lenoir, N.C.: A.W. McAllister, 1992), p. 30 (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S134] Bob & Mary Anne Robins Ancestors, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rrobins-01&id=I2377 (Reliability: 2).

    3. [S52] McAllister, Anne Williams, Heinrich Weidner, 1717-1792; Catharina Mull Weidner, 1733-1804, Through Four Generations (Lenoir, N.C.: A.W. McAllister, 1992), p. 27 (Reliability: 2).

    4. [S52] McAllister, Anne Williams, Heinrich Weidner, 1717-1792; Catharina Mull Weidner, 1733-1804, Through Four Generations (Lenoir, N.C.: A.W. McAllister, 1992), p. 32 (Reliability: 2).

    5. [S52] McAllister, Anne Williams, Heinrich Weidner, 1717-1792; Catharina Mull Weidner, 1733-1804, Through Four Generations (Lenoir, N.C.: A.W. McAllister, 1992), p. 33 (Reliability: 2).

    6. [S52] McAllister, Anne Williams, Heinrich Weidner, 1717-1792; Catharina Mull Weidner, 1733-1804, Through Four Generations (Lenoir, N.C.: A.W. McAllister, 1992), pp. 29-30 (Reliability: 2).

    7. [S52] McAllister, Anne Williams, Heinrich Weidner, 1717-1792; Catharina Mull Weidner, 1733-1804, Through Four Generations (Lenoir, N.C.: A.W. McAllister, 1992), pp. 33-34 (Reliability: 2).

    8. [S231] Hickory, North Carolina Facts, Schools, Colleges, Weather, Zip Code and More.
      "Hickory, North Carolina Facts, Schools, Colleges, Weather, Zip Code and More." CityTownInfo.com. 15 Nov. 2008. http://www.citytowninfo.com/places/north-carolina/hickory.

    9. [S686] Reverend J. L. Murphy, "Report of the Exercises Held at the Old Pioneer's Homestead in Catawba County, N. C., May 30, 1894," article, D. Dennis Stacey, Stacey/Stacy Genealogy & Research (http://stacygenealogy.com/: accessed ), ., accessed; 1 June 2013; Colonel McCorkle's Speech (Reliability: 2).

    10. [S177] Direct Line Software Deed Data Pool, http://www.directlinesoftware.com/Pool/ncburke.txt (Reliability: 2).

    11. [S52] McAllister, Anne Williams, Heinrich Weidner, 1717-1792; Catharina Mull Weidner, 1733-1804, Through Four Generations (Lenoir, N.C.: A.W. McAllister, 1992), p. 34 (Reliability: 2).

    12. [S252] J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton, ed., "Letters of John Rust Eaton." The James Sprunt historical publications (1st ed. Vol. 9. Raleigh, N. C.: Commercial Printing Co., 1910. Google Books), p. 59.

    13. [S331] STEPHENS-REED of Southeast Missouri, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gstephens214&id=I1479 (Reliability: 2).

    14. [S52] McAllister, Anne Williams, Heinrich Weidner, 1717-1792; Catharina Mull Weidner, 1733-1804, Through Four Generations (Lenoir, N.C.: A.W. McAllister, 1992), p. 35 (Reliability: 2).

    15. [S52] McAllister, Anne Williams, Heinrich Weidner, 1717-1792; Catharina Mull Weidner, 1733-1804, Through Four Generations (Lenoir, N.C.: A.W. McAllister, 1992), p. 37 (Reliability: 2).

    16. [S177] Direct Line Software Deed Data Pool, http://www.directlinesoftware.com/Pool/ncburke.txt (Reliability: 3).

    17. [S52] McAllister, Anne Williams, Heinrich Weidner, 1717-1792; Catharina Mull Weidner, 1733-1804, Through Four Generations (Lenoir, N.C.: A.W. McAllister, 1992), 35 (Reliability: 3).

    18. [S28] Ancestry.com, 1790 United States Federal Census (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.Original data - Indexed from: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States in the Year 1790. Washington, D.C.: Government), Year: 1790; Census Place: , Lincoln, North Carolina; Roll: M637_7; Page: 111; Image: 0069. (Reliability: 3).
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1790usfedcen&h=178689&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    19. [S294] North Carolina State Archives MARS Catalog, http://mars.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/logicrouter/servlet., http://mars.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/logicrouter/servlet/LogicRouter?PAGE=object&OUTPUTXSL=object.xsl&pm_RC=CRBDB&pm_OI=15982&pm_GT=Y&pm_IAC=Y&api_1=GET_OBJECT_XML&num_result=0 (Reliability: 3).

    20. [S252] J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton, ed., "Letters of John Rust Eaton." The James Sprunt historical publications (1st ed. Vol. 9. Raleigh, N. C.: Commercial Printing Co., 1910. Google Books), 42 (Reliability: 3).

    21. [S686] Reverend J. L. Murphy, "Report of the Exercises Held at the Old Pioneer's Homestead in Catawba County, N. C., May 30, 1894," article, D. Dennis Stacey, Stacey/Stacy Genealogy & Research (http://stacygenealogy.com/: accessed ), ., accessed; 1 June 2013; Colonel McCorkle's Speech (Reliability: 3).

    22. [S134] Bob & Mary Anne Robins Ancestors, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rrobins-01&id=I2377 (Reliability: 3).

    23. [S52] McAllister, Anne Williams, Heinrich Weidner, 1717-1792; Catharina Mull Weidner, 1733-1804, Through Four Generations (Lenoir, N.C.: A.W. McAllister, 1992), p. 36 (Reliability: 2).



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