Individual Details
Johannas Heinrich HERCHELROTH
(14 July 1746 - 9 February 1836)
By Hicks:
Morovaian Church records on LDS Film 0020371 reveal his baptism on August 10, 1746.
His name was originally Heinrich Herchelroth. A Revolutionary War veteran, he fought at the Battle of King's Mountain as a Provential Ranger from Washington County, VA (James Montgomery's company).
Henry sold his grandfather's farm in PA and settled first in Virginia and then in TN. He migrated 1771-72 south along the great Indian warpath along the eastern face of the Applachain Mountains to southwestern Virginia where he purchased 113 acres in Fincastle County. That county was divided into 3 parts in 1776, one of which was Washington County where Henry lived near the county seat of Abingdon along Beaver Creek in 1775. Later, south of Abingdon, he acquired several thousand acres along Beaver Creek wouth to where it flowed into the Holston River, an area that became Tennessee.
Henry was a member of Bueler's Church and represented Sullivan County at the organization of the Evangelical Lutheran Tennessee Synod.
Henry, a saddler by trade, was a pioneer and original settler in east TN, then western NC. He bought his family to Beaver Creek about 1793 from Abingdon, VA where he had lived since 1772.
Henry owner Virginia land on Beaver Creek plus three square miles of land which straddled Beaver Creek in NC on the VA state line. Therefore, Henry owned prime acreage in what became the center of Bristol, VA and also the acreage which became Bristol, TN, by his purchases of land patents from the state of NC. Although his 2,200 acres in NC purchased in 1792, he continued buying on the Holston River. His holdings included where Bluff City is located as well as Harkleroad Island, just up the river. This island was sold by his grandson Jacob in 1875 for $50 and a rifle.
Henry was orphaned young. He remained in Lancaster until he sold the family farm and moved to VA with his brother Lawrence and his family.
In 1780, Henry was one of the patriots who formed the mountaineer riflemen under Col. William Campbell that defeated the British forces of 1,100 men, killing their leader, Col. Patrick Ferguson at Kings Mountain across the line in SC on October 7, 1780. Immediately, these patriots (The Overmountain Men) rushed home to protect their families from the uprising Indians. Henry's two story black walnut cabin stands today on a knoll overlooking Beaver Creek, east of the Volunteer Highway off Tyler Road.
This sturdy man lived almost 90 years and was buried alongside his wife Elizabeth Emmert Harkleroad in Beeler's Cemetery off Weaver Pike.
From "Historic Sites of Sullivan County": "Harkleroad-Millard Place". The Lillian and Cecil Hatcher place, an aluminum siding covered log house, located at the intersection of Weaver Pike and Royles Lane, was formerly the home of Elhanah Millard, soldier of the war of 1836. Before the Millard family occupied the property, it was the plantation house of Henry Harkleroad, owner of much property and a Revolutionaly war hero. This edfice is reputed to contain a friendly ghost, dating back to the Civil War days.
Morovaian Church records on LDS Film 0020371 reveal his baptism on August 10, 1746.
His name was originally Heinrich Herchelroth. A Revolutionary War veteran, he fought at the Battle of King's Mountain as a Provential Ranger from Washington County, VA (James Montgomery's company).
Henry sold his grandfather's farm in PA and settled first in Virginia and then in TN. He migrated 1771-72 south along the great Indian warpath along the eastern face of the Applachain Mountains to southwestern Virginia where he purchased 113 acres in Fincastle County. That county was divided into 3 parts in 1776, one of which was Washington County where Henry lived near the county seat of Abingdon along Beaver Creek in 1775. Later, south of Abingdon, he acquired several thousand acres along Beaver Creek wouth to where it flowed into the Holston River, an area that became Tennessee.
Henry was a member of Bueler's Church and represented Sullivan County at the organization of the Evangelical Lutheran Tennessee Synod.
Henry, a saddler by trade, was a pioneer and original settler in east TN, then western NC. He bought his family to Beaver Creek about 1793 from Abingdon, VA where he had lived since 1772.
Henry owner Virginia land on Beaver Creek plus three square miles of land which straddled Beaver Creek in NC on the VA state line. Therefore, Henry owned prime acreage in what became the center of Bristol, VA and also the acreage which became Bristol, TN, by his purchases of land patents from the state of NC. Although his 2,200 acres in NC purchased in 1792, he continued buying on the Holston River. His holdings included where Bluff City is located as well as Harkleroad Island, just up the river. This island was sold by his grandson Jacob in 1875 for $50 and a rifle.
Henry was orphaned young. He remained in Lancaster until he sold the family farm and moved to VA with his brother Lawrence and his family.
In 1780, Henry was one of the patriots who formed the mountaineer riflemen under Col. William Campbell that defeated the British forces of 1,100 men, killing their leader, Col. Patrick Ferguson at Kings Mountain across the line in SC on October 7, 1780. Immediately, these patriots (The Overmountain Men) rushed home to protect their families from the uprising Indians. Henry's two story black walnut cabin stands today on a knoll overlooking Beaver Creek, east of the Volunteer Highway off Tyler Road.
This sturdy man lived almost 90 years and was buried alongside his wife Elizabeth Emmert Harkleroad in Beeler's Cemetery off Weaver Pike.
From "Historic Sites of Sullivan County": "Harkleroad-Millard Place". The Lillian and Cecil Hatcher place, an aluminum siding covered log house, located at the intersection of Weaver Pike and Royles Lane, was formerly the home of Elhanah Millard, soldier of the war of 1836. Before the Millard family occupied the property, it was the plantation house of Henry Harkleroad, owner of much property and a Revolutionaly war hero. This edfice is reputed to contain a friendly ghost, dating back to the Civil War days.
Events
| Birth | 14 July 1746 | , Lancaster, Pennsylvania |  | ||
| Christen | 10 August 1746 | Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Marriage | 2 July 1769 | First Reformed Church, Lancaster, Pennsylvania - Maria Catharine Dorothea ELY | | ||
| Marriage | Aft 1775 | Elizabeth EMMERT | | ||
| Marriage | 1781 | Rebecca SAVIER | | ||
| Death | 9 February 1836 | , Sullivan, Tennessee | | ||
| Burial | Bealer's Cemetery, Bristol, Tennessee | |
Families
| Spouse | Maria Catharine Dorothea ELY ( - ) |
| Child | Daniel HERCHELROTH (1769 - 1840) |
| Child | Martin HARKLEROAD (1771 - 1840) |
| Child | Rebecca HARKLEROAD (1772 - ) |
| Child | Samuel Henry HARKLEROAD (1774 - 1858) |
| Child | Lawrence William HARKLEROAD (1775 - ) |
| Spouse | Elizabeth EMMERT (1764 - 1829) |
| Child | Hiram HARKLEROAD ( - ) |
| Child | Lucy HARKLEROAD ( - ) |
| Child | Henry HARKLEROAD Jr. (1788 - 1869) |
| Child | Jemima HARKLEROAD (1791 - ) |
| Child | John HARKLEROAD (1792 - ) |
| Child | Jacob Isaac HARKLEROAD (1799 - 1876) |
| Child | Emma HARKLEROAD ( - ) |
| Child | Isaac J. HARKLEROAD (1801 - 1881) |
| Child | William L. HARKLEROAD (1809 - 1877) |
| Spouse | Rebecca SAVIER ( - ) |
| Child | Isaac J. HARKLEROAD (1807 - 1881) |
| Child | William L. HARKLEROAD (1809 - 1871) |
| Father | Johan Heinrich HERCHELROTH (1702 - 1748) |
| Mother | Johanna Elizabeth FEY (1720 - 1752) |
| Sibling | Johannes Frederich HERCHELROTH (1738 - 1748) |
| Sibling | Anna Maria HERCHELROTH (1740 - 1748) |
| Sibling | John Matthew HERCHELROTH (1741 - 1814) |
| Sibling | Lorentz HERCHELROTH (1743 - 1782) |
| Sibling | Anna Elisabetha HERCHELROTH (1745 - ) |
Endnotes
1. Hargleroad - Ancestry.com file193747 (elackey@mailexcite.com).
2. Lancaster Co., PA, Church Records of the 18th Century, Vol. 3, v. 5, p. 14.
3. , GSF 1,029,744.
4. First Reformed Church, Lancaster.
5. (http://freepag es.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~witmeyer/index.html#sec1 Steve Embree, sre3@duke.edu; www.duke.edu/~sre3 ; Jeanne DeLong, tallmadg@wideworld.net).
6. Lancaster Co., PA, Church Records 1729-1825.
7. , 974.815 La V2L; GSF 020,349.
8. (http://freepag es.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~witmeyer/index.html#sec1 Steve Embree, sre3@duke.edu; www.duke.edu/~sre3 ; Jeanne DeLong, tallmadg@wideworld.net).
9. Hargleroad - Ancestry.com file193747 (elackey@mailexcite.com).
10. (http://freepag es.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~witmeyer/index.html#sec1 Steve Embree, sre3@duke.edu; www.duke.edu/~sre3 ; Jeanne DeLong, tallmadg@wideworld.net).
11. Hargleroad - Ancestry.com file193747 (elackey@mailexcite.com).
12. (William G. Hicks, Jr. Family Home Page William (Butch) Hicks, Jr. bhicks@mris.com, 13649 S. Springs Dr., Clifton, VA 20124; 703.803.0942).