The Troutman Family of North Carolina
A Genealogy from 1690 to 1850 with some records up to 1900
Jacob Troutman (1768) of Butler County, Ohio
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First revision: 27 Jul 1998
Jacob Troutman (1768) was the son of Peter Troutman (1716) and Elizabeth Gartner.
THIRD GENERATION
1. Jacob TROUTMAN was born on 22 Sep 1768 in District Township, Berks, PA. He was baptized on 16 Oct 1768 in Mertz Church, Rockland Township, Berks, PA. He died between 1840 and 1850 in St. Clair Twsp, Butler, OH. He was married to Elizabeth LINGLE (daughter of Lorentz LINGLE and Eva Catherine) about 1792 in , Rowan, NC. Elizabeth LINGLE was born about 1769 in , Rowan, NC. She died before Aug 1820. Jacob TROUTMAN and Elizabeth LINGLE had the following children:
+2 i. John Peter TROUTMAN was born on 22 Jul 1793 in , Rowan, NC. He was baptized on 17 Sep 1793 in Organ Lutheran, Rowan, NC. He died after 1880 in , Butler, OH.
+3 ii. Elizabeth TROUTMAN.
+4 iii. Lawrence TROUTMAN was born on 11 Jul 1800 in , Rowan, NC. He was baptized on 3 Aug 1800 in Organ Lutheran, Rowan, NC. He died about 1847 in , Butler, OH.
+5 iv. Mary "Polly" TROUTMAN.
6 v. Moses TROUTMAN was born on 11 Nov 1804 in , Rowan, NC. He was baptized on 17 Feb 1805 in Organ Lutheran, Rowan, NC. He died before Aug 1820.
7 vi. William TROUTMAN was born on 11 Sep 1806 in , Rowan, NC. He was baptized on 2 Nov 1806 in Organ Lutheran, Rowan, NC. He died before Aug 1820.
+8 vii. Sussanah TROUTMAN.
FOURTH GENERATION
3. Elizabeth TROUTMAN was born on 27 May 1797 in , Rowan, NC. She was baptized on 9 Jul 1797 in Organ Lutheran, Rowan, NC. She died before Mar 1832 in , Butler, OH. She was married to Jacob GARVER (son of Samuel GARBER and Anna Elizabeth TROUTMAN) on 14 Oct 1813 in , Butler, OH. Jacob GARVER was born on 5 Apr 1794 in , Rowan, NC. He was baptized on 18 May 1794 in Organ Lutheran, Rowan, NC.
5. Mary "Polly" TROUTMAN was born on 25 Feb 1803 in , Rowan, NC. She was baptized on 3 Apr 1803 in Organ Lutheran, Rowan, NC. She was married to James KNOX on 29 May 1823 in , Butler, OH. James KNOX was born between 1790 and 1800.
8. Sussanah TROUTMAN was born on 2 Aug 1808 in , Rowan, NC. She was baptized on 25 Sep 1808 in Organ Lutheran, Rowan, NC. She was married to Michael YEAKLE on 7 Nov 1831 in , Butler, OH. Michael YEAKLE was born about 1802 in , , NC. Sussanah TROUTMAN and Michael YEAKLE had the following children:
14 i. David YEAKLE was born about 1834 in , Butler, OH.
15 ii. Mary A. YEAKLE was born about 1835 in , Butler, OH.
16 iii. Elizabeth YEAKLE was born about 1837 in , Butler, OH.
17 iv. Julia A. YEAKLE was born about 1839 in , Butler, OH.
18 v. Catherine YEAKLE was born about 1845 in , Butler, OH.
19 vi. Anna YEAKLE was born about 1847 in , Butler, OH.
Jacob Troutman (1768) was baptized at Mertz Church, Rockland Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania on 16 Oct 1768, along with his nephew, Adam Troutman (1768). He was a few days younger than his nephew since he was born 22 Sep 1768, and Adam (1768) was born 3 Sep 1768. Jacob (1768) was almost certainly the last child of Peter Troutman (1716) and Elizabeth Gartner. Assuming Elizabeth (Gartner) Troutman was born about 1723, making her about 18 or 19 when she married Peter (1716) about 1742, she was 44 or 45 when Jacob (1768) was born. Peter Troutman (1716) was paying taxes in District Township of Berks about the time Jacob (1768) was born, so I assume Jacob (1768) was born in District Township (which is adjacent to Rockland Township where he was baptized).
Note, that also baptized at Mertz Church in Rockland Township, Berks County, PA, was Samuel Garver, baptized on 25 Oct 1767 (no birth date given) to Leonard Gaerber and Rosina [Rupert], Casper Rupert and wife Anna Barbara sponsors. The Gerber/Garber/Garver family would later move to Rowan/Mecklenburg (Cabarrus) area of NC about the same time as the Troutmans, and Samuel Garver would marry Elizabeth Troutman (1757), sister of Jacob (1768) around 1785. Both the families of Samuel Garver and Jacob Troutman (1767) moved to Butler County, OH between 1800 and 1810. Several other family names appear in the records of Mertz Church that later show up in Rowan/Mecklenburg (Cabarrus), including Roseman, Haffner (Hoffner), Lenz (Lentz), Beiber (Beaver), and Sell.
Jacob (1768) moved with his family to Rowan County, North Carolina in the years shortly before the Revolutionary War. He does not appear on any tax lists in Rowan until 1796; in the 1778 and 1788 tax lists he was under 21 years old. There are many deeds for Jacob Troutman from 1778 to 1788 in Rowan, but these are for Jacob Troutman (1767), first cousin to Jacob Troutman (1768) who moved to the part of Rowan which became Iredell County in 1788. For an explanation of why Jacob Troutman (1767) has deeds in his name from 1778, when he was only 11 years old, see Jacob Troutman (1767).
In the 1790 Census, Jacob Troutman (1768) was the other male over 16 in the household of his father, Peter Troutman (1716). Peter Troutman (1716) made his will in 1792:
E:36. Peter Troutman. 4 May 1792. Probated 1799. Wife Ann Elizabeth. Sons: Jacob, Adam, Melchoir, and Peter. Daughters: Eve, wife of Peter Corl; Mary, wife of Jacob Yost; Margaret, wife of Philip Ernhart; Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Garber. Paul Barringer. Executors: Peter Corl, sons Adam and Peter. Witness: Peter Lentz, Jr., Christopher Beiber, Jacob Dries.
In Peter's (1716) will, Jacob (1768) was given the home plantation. However, two years after Peter (1716) wrote his will, he actually sold his land to Jacob (1768):
10:437. 3 May 1786. John Lewis Beard to Peter Troutman for L55. 220 A on Dutch Buffalo Creek adj. Mathew Garner, partof a State Grant. William Smithers [signs in German], Adam ... [signs in German]. Proved May Court 1786. 13:439. 27 Nov 1794[?]. State Grant #2230 @ L10 per 100 A to Peter Troutman, 11 A adj Jacob Trease, his own land, and Peter Brown. 14:22. 18 Aug 1794. Peter Troutman to his son Jacob Troutman for L150, two tracts on Little Buffalo Creek in the Dutch Settlement: (1) 220 A adj Mathias Gardner, Adam Troutman, Griminger, Peter Beaver, and Hofner. Being part of a state grant to Lewis Beard, now dec'd, and conveyed to him by this Grantor; and (2) 11 A adj (1) above, Jacob Trees, and Peter Beaver, which was a State grant to this Grantor on 27 Nov 1793 [13:439]. Wit: Anthony Lingle, [another witness who signed in German]. proved by Lingle at May Court 1795.
Perhaps the provision in the will then meant that Jacob Troutman (1768) no longer owed Peter (1716) any money for the land. As far as I know, the land that Peter (1716) sold Jacob (1768) was all the land that Peter (1716) owned at the time. Also, this was the only land that Jacob (1768) ever owned in Rowan County. I'm sure Jacob (1768) allowed his parents to remain on the land and cared for his mother until her death in 1801. Jacob's (1768) land was just south of present-day Gold Hill, adajacent his older brother Adam (1743), and, after Adam (1743) sold about half his land to his son, Adam (1768), in 1797, Jacob (1768) was adjacent to Adam (1768), the same Adam Troutman he was baptized with in 1768 in Pennsylvania. Both the land of Adam (1743) and Adam (1768) was on the Cabarrus County line. Jacob's (1768) brother, Peter Troutman (c1761) owned land in Cabarrus County that was very near or adjacent to the land of Adam (1743) and Adam (1768) in Rowan County. Jacob's brother, Melchior (1744), owned 400 acres a little west of present Rockwell and north of Organ Lutheran Church, near the small town of Shuping's Mill.
About 1792, Jacob Troutman (1768) married Elizabeth Lingle, daughter of Lorentz Lingle. Elizabeth's father, Lorentz Lingle, had died in 1775, leaving a will written in German in Rowan. Lorentz Lingle was one of several German men naturalized as British citizens in the Superior Court in Salisbury, Rowan Co, NC on 22 Sep 1763 (also naturalized that day were my ancestors, Jacob Fulenwider and John Bushart). The proof of Jacob's marriage to Elizabeth Lingle is found in the estate records of Lorentz Lingle. Lorentz (or Lawrence) Lingle named in his will sons Francis, Casper, Conrad, Jacob, Wendle, and Anthony; and daughters Catherine, Elizabeth, and Anna Maria. Wendle Lingle had died about nine months after his father. The death of Conrad Lingle, son of Lorentz Lingle, in October 1794 complicated the probate of Lorentz's estate, causing his surviving heirs to sue the executors of his estate in 1804. Named as children of Lorentz Lingle were, among others, Catherine, wife of Peter "Droutman," farmer of Cabarrus County, and Elizabeth, wife of Jacob "Droutman," farmer of Rowan County. Thus Peter Troutman (c1761) married Catherine Lingle, and his younger brother, Jacob Troutman (1768), married Catherine's sister, Elizabeth Lingle. Both Peter (c1761) and Jacob (1768) named sons Lawrence after their maternal grandfather, Lorentz Lingle. Notice that when Jacob (1768) bought his father's land, Anthony Lingle, brother of Jacob's wife, was the witness.
A marriage record without a date exists for Rowan County, Jacob Trout to Elizabeth Lien, George Miller, bondsman, and H. Giffard, witness. This is very possibly Jacob Troutman to Elizabeth Lingle, George Miller, bondsman, and H. Sifford, witness.
As a result of the suit brought against the executors of the estate of Lorentz Lingle by his children, the surviving children recovered a piece of land which had been part of Lorentz's estate and which Lorentz's executors had illegally sold. Lorentz's children then sold this land. Jacob Troutman, as husband of Elizabeth Lingle, was one of the grantors:
Rowan Co, NC Deeds 21:159. 29 Sep 1805. Gasper [Casper], Frances [Francis], Anthony and Jacob Lingle, Peter Droudman [Troutman], Jacob Droudman [Troutman], Peter Limbo [Limbaugh], Conrad and George Lingle by their guardian Peter Droudman [Troutman] of the County of Rowan to John Miller of Rowan, $777, 291 acres near the Dutch Presbyterian Meeting House [Grace Lowerstone Reformed Church]. This land was sold to these grantors by George Roseman on 28 Sep 1805. Signed by Gasper Lingle, Frances Lingle, A. Lingle, Jacob Lingle, Peter Troutman, Jacob Troutman, Peter Limbaugh, Conrad Lingle & George Lingle by their guardian Peter Troutman. Witnesses: P. Limbach, Peter Lentz, Phillip Miller. Feb Court 1808.
Note that in the above deed, the name is given as "Droudman" in the body of the deed, but was signed Troutman.
For more on the Troutman/Lingle connection, see Peter Troutman (c1761).
The following are all the children of Jacob Troutman (1768) and Elizabeth Lingle baptized at Organ Lutheran:
Organ Lutheran Church, Rowan Co, NC Baptismal Records of Troutmans Birth Child Baptism Parent(s) Sponsor 22 Jul 1793 John Peter 17 Sep 1793 Jacob Troutman Peter Troutman & wife 27 May 1797 Elizabeth 9 Jul 1797 Jacob Troutman Peter Troutman 11 Jul 1800 Lawrence 3 Aug 1800 Jacob Troutman Adam Troutman 25 Feb 1803 Mary 3 Apr 1803 Jacob Troutman widow Mary Jost 11 Nov 1804 Moses 17 Feb 1805 Jacob Troutman Sam Gerber 11 Sep 1806 William 2 Nov 1806 Jacob Troutman John Miller 2 Aug 1808 Sussanna 25 Sep 1808 Jacob Troutman Peter Ernhart
The above are all the known children of Jacob Troutman (1768). The Peter Troutman who sponsored the baptisms of Peter (1793) and Elizabeth (1797) could have been either Peter (1716) or Peter (c1761). Likewise, the Adam Troutman who the sponsored baptism of Lawrence (1800) could have been Adam (1743) or Adam (1768). Jacob's (1768) sister, Mary (Troutman) Yost (1755), widow of Jacob Yost, sponsored Mary (1803). Samuel Garver, husband of Jacob's (1768) sister, Elizabeth (1757), sponsored Moses (1805). William (1806) was sponsored by John Miller, likely the same John Miller to whom the heirs of Lorentz Lingle sold the land mentioned above. The Peter Earnhardt who sponsored Sussanna (1808) may have been a son of Jacob's (1768) sister, Eve (Troutman) Earnhardt (1746).
In 1797, Jacob Troutman (1768) was on a tax list for Captain John Rendleman's District, with one white poll and 223 acres. Although that does not quite add up to the 231 acres sold to him in 1794 by his father, possibly the land was resurveyed, because 223 acres is the figure given in the 1807 tax list.
Jacob Troutman (1768) was enumerated in the 1800 Census of Rowan Co, NC:
1800 Census ********************************************** Rowan Co, NC ********************************************** p.304 Jacob 2 0 0 1 0 / 1 0 0 1 0 / 0 0 M 26-45 Jacob Troutman (1768) - age 31 M 0-9 Peter Troutman (1793) - age 7 M 0-9 Lawrence Troutman (1800) - age under 1 year F 26-45 Elizabeth (Lingle) Troutman (c1769) - age 31 F 0-9 Elizabeth Troutman (1797) - age 3
Between 1800 and 1810, Jacob Troutman (1768) appears in an 1807 tax list from Rowan:
1807 - Capt. Riblin's District Name Acres white polls Troutman, Adam Sr. 140 1 Troutman, Adam, Jr. 125 1 Troutman, Milker 100 1 Troutman, Jacob 223 -
Strangely, Jacob Troutman (1768) was not listed as a poll. Perhaps he had already left for Butler County, Ohio to buy land, but he must have returned to Rowan because his daughter Sussanna (1808) was baptized in Rowan in 1808. Signifantly, Jacob (1768) is not on the 1809 tax list from Rowan.
Around 1809, Jacob Troutman (1768) moved to Butler County, Ohio to join brothers-in-law Samuel Garver and Jacob Lingle, both of whom had noved their families to Butler County about 1804. It is currently unknown how Jacob (1768) disposed of his land in Rowan County which his father had sold to him. Deed records suggest he sold the land to his brother, Peter (c1761) in an unrecorded deed, or possibly he gave the land to Peter.
I found the earliest refernce to Jacob Troutman (1768) in Butler Co, OH while doing research on my Fulenwider family. John Fulenwider was the son of Henry Fulenwider by his first wife, name unknown, and the brother of Ann Fulenwider, wife of Jacob Bushart. Jacob Bushart administered the estate of Peter Troutman (c1761) in Cabarrus County, and he and Ann Fulenwider were the parents of John Bushart and Henry Bushart who married Elizabeth Troutman (c1802) and Sarah Troutman (1803), daughters of Peter Troutman (1780). John Fulenwider, while still living in Rowan County, was apparently sending money to friends in Ohio to buy land in his name in Butler County. According to research done by Amanda Elizabeth Fulenwider in her books, Torchbearers of Freedom and Supplement to Torchbearers of Freedom, "at various times, 1805-1809, application for the land [in Butler County] for John Fulenwider was made by Jacob Lingle, Henry Cruse, and Jas. Troutman." I believe that Ms. Fulenwider mistook Jac. (an abbreviation for Jacob) for Jas. (an abbrevaiation for James). Why our ancestors had to abbreviate five letter names is beyond me, but they did. John Fulenwider eventually went to Butler Co, OH to claim his land, but apparently fell ill, and died there in 1811. A witness to his will, dated 11 Nov 1811 and probated 29 Nov 1811, was Samuel Garver, husband of Elizabeth Troutman (1757). John Fulenwider's connection to Rowan Co, NC was confirmed in a document in Butler County Deed Book 31, page 568, dated 24 Aug 1831, in which John Fullenwider's children, all daughters, appointed James R. Linn of Rowan Co, NC to secure their deceased father's share of the estate of his father, the late Henry Fulenwider of Rowan.
The book Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio gives some information about German families coming from North Carolina:
**************************************************************************************** A History and Bigraphical Cyclopaedia of Butler Co, OH Western Biographical Publishing Co, Cincinatti, OH, 1882 from chapter on St. Clair Township, p.553, 554 Churches and Schools The St. Peters's Lutheran Church, one and a half miles south-west of Hamilton, was organized as early as 1806 by Germans, who had settled in this part of the township, from Pennsylvania, Virginia, and North Carolina. Among the early members were the Garvers, Fishers, Lingles, Castators, Troutmans, Mitchells, Kyles, and Shellhouses.
The Garvers, Fishers, and Troutmans in Butler Co, OH were all from Rowan and Cabarrus counties in North Carolina. At the time the Butler County book was written, all the Troutmans in that county were descendents of Jacob (1768), and all the Garvers were descendents of Samuel Garver and his wife, Elizabeth Troutman. Some of the Lingles in Butler Co, OH were descended from Jacob Lingle, brother of Jacob Troutman's (1768) wife, Elizabeth Lingle. (There were other Lingles in this county from Pennsylvania, possibly distant cousins of the North Carolina Lingles). Jacob Lingle owned land in both Butler Co, OH and adjacent Dearborn County, Indiana. Jacob Lingle left Butler Co, OH and settled in Union County, Illinois about 1819, near his brother, Anthony Lingle. Anthony was on the 1818 tax list of Union Co, IL but Jacob was not; both Anthony Lingle and Jacob Lingle, Sr. appear in the 1820 Census of Union Co, IL. Anthony died there in 1836. Jacob Lingle was still living for the 1850 Census of Union Co, IL and died there in 1852. Some of Jacob Lingle's children remained behind in Butler Co, OH when he relocated to Union Co, IL, including son John. A daughter, Catherine Lingle, wife of Samuel Garver (son of Samuel Garver and Elizabeth Troutman), had died in Butler Co, OH in 1813.
The German community in Butler County was different than that in Rowan/Cabarrus because families from Germany continued to settle in Butler County well into the late 1800s and perhaps the early 1900s. Some of Jacob's (1768) descendents married individuals born in Germany. These new immigrants apparently desired to live near other people who spoke German and who had already established Lutheran churches. I assume that the German language survived in Butler much longer than in Rowan/Cabarrus.
The 1810 Census for Butler County Ohio, like most Ohio counties, no longer exists. According to an article in the Butler County book, Jacob Troutman's (1768) son, Peter (1793), fought in the War of 1812, see Peter Troutman (1793).
Marriage Records of Butler Co, OH. The childen of Jacob Troutman (1768) Groom Bride Date Notes Garver, Jacob Troutman, Elizabeth 14 Oct 1813 Troutman, Peter Garver, Elizabeth 9 Dec 1813 Knox, James Troutman, Polly 29 May 1823 Troutman, Lawrence Mitchler, Betsey 22 Jul 1823 Yeakle, Michael Troutman, Susannah 7 Nov 1831 Yeakle, John Troutman, Elizabeth 7 Sep 1848 2 Notes 2 - Elizabeth (Mitchler) Troutman, widow of Lawrence
According to information from Dr. Schlenker, on 1 Aug 1813, Jacob Lingle and Jacob Troutman received a patent for 500 acres on the Great Miami River, a tributary of the Ohio River which flows through Butler County. I looked at a book on early settler of Southwestern Ohio and found no such record. I did find two records for John Lingle. In one, a John Lingle, resident of Champaign County, OH (a few counties north and east of Butler County), purchased land on 13 Aug 1811. Another John Lingle of Butler Co, OH bought land 25 Mar 1813. This may be the record Dr. Schlenker was referring to. I found no record of a Jacob Troutman purchasing land, but perhaps his name is also on the patent along with John Lingle's. John Lingle of Butler Co, OH was almost certainly a son of Jacob Lingle, and thus a nephew of Jacob Troutman (1768).
In 1813, Jacob Troutman's (1768) son, Peter (1793), married Elizabeth Garver, and his daughter, Elizabeth (1797), married Jacob Garver. Both Elizabeth and Jacob Garver were children of Samuel Garver and Elizabeth Troutman (1757), so both Peter Troutman (1793) and Elizabeth Troutman (1797) married first cousins.
In the 1820 Census, Jacob Troutman (1768) was enumerated in Butler Co, OH:
1820 Census ********************************************** Butler Co, OH ********************************************** p.63 Jacob 0 0 0 1 0 1 / 0 1 1 0 0 / M ^46 Jacob Troutman (1768) - age 51 M 16-25 Lawrence Troutman (1800) - age 20 F 16-25 Mary "Polly" Troutman (1803) - age 17 F 10-15 Sussanna Troutman (1808) - age 12
Note that this census, taken the first Monday of August 1820, seems to indicate that Jacob's (1768) wife, Elizabeth Lingle, had died, as well as sons Moses (1804) and William (1806). No mention of these two sons has been found in Butler County records, unlike all the rest of Jacob's (1768) known children. Between 1820 and 1830, Jacob's (1768) daughter, Mary (1803) married James Knox and son Lawrence (1800) married Elizabeth Mitchler, both marriages in 1823. James Knox may have died shortly after his marriage to Mary Troutman (1803), perhaps explaining one of the females in Jacob Troutman' (1768) household in the 1830 census as his widowed daughter Mary. There is a James Knox in the 1830 census of Butler Co, OH, but the numbers don't quite make sense for this to be the family of Mary (Troutman) Knox (1803).
Note that I have seen a genealogy attributing another marriage to Mary Troutman in Butler County, one to George Stonebraker in 1821. However, I looked at the actual Butler County marriage records and found that the bride in this marriage was a Polly Trout. There was a Trout family living in Butler Co, OH from my examination of the 1850 census; in fact, Peter Garver, son of Samuel Garver and Elizabeth Troutman (1757), married Barbara Trout. From the 1850 Census, the Trout family seems to have originated in Virginia.
The following is Jacob Troutman's household in 1830:
1830 Census
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Butler Co, OH (St. Clair Township)
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p.98 Jacob 0 1 0 0 / 0 0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0 / 2
M 70-79 Jacob Troutman (1768) - age 61
M 5-9 unknown, possibly a son of Mary "Polly" (Troutman) Knox
F 20-29 probably Mary "Polly" (Troutman) Knox (1803) - age 27
F 20-29 Sussanna Troutman (1808) - age 22
Between 1830 and 1840, Sussanna Troutman (1808) married Michael Yeakle, and Elizabeth (Troutman) Garver (1797), wife of Jacob Garver, died prior to 1832, when Jacob Garver married again. Jacob Troutman (1768) appeared on an 1835 Ohio tax list in Butler County, along with son Lawrence (1800).
After the marriage of daughter, Sussanna (1808), Jacob Troutman (1768) apparently went to live with his son, Peter Troutman (1793). I believe that Jacob (1768) was the old man in the household of Peter Troutman (1793) in 1840:
1840 Census
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Butler Co, OH (St. Clair Township)
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p.91 Peter 0 0 1 0 / 1 0 1 0 0 1
0 0 0 1 / 0 0 1
M 70-79 Jacob Troutman (1768) - age 71
M 40-49 Peter Troutman (1793) - age 47
M 20-29 John Troutman (c1819) - age 21
M 10-14 Peter Troutman (c1826) - age 13
F 40-49 Elizabeth (Garver) Troutman (1796) - age 43
F 15-19 Margaret Troutman (c1824) - age 16
Jacob Troutman (1768) was dead by the time the 1850 census was taken. Possibly he outlived his son, Lawrence (1800), who died about 1847 (Lawrence has a will in Butler County, OH from 1847, but I have not seen the actual will yet). Perhaps Jacob (1768) has a readable tombstone in Butler County. For more on Peter Troutman (1793) and Lawrence Troutman (1797), follow the hyperlinks above. In the 1880 Census, Peter Troutman (1793) was still living and reported that he was born in North Carolina, his father born in Pennsylvania, and his mother in North Carolina. This fits well with facts we have of Jacob Troutman's (1768) birth in PA, and that Elizabeth Lingle's father, Lorentz Lingle, was naturalized in Salisbury, Rowan Co, NC in 1763.
Of Jacob Troutman's (1768) daughters, Elizabeth (1797), wife of Jacob Garver, died before 1832, but no research has been done to determine her children. As for Mary Troutman (1803) who married James Knox, no James Knox family could be found in Butler County in 1840 or 1850. There is a record of a Polly Knox marrying John Weikle in Butler on 26 Jan 1845, and this family is shown in the 1850 census. The Mary L. Weikle is shown as 41 years old, born in NC. This may be Mary Troutman (1803) with the age incorrect in the census. Unfortunately, I cannot find this family in 1860. Sussanna Troutman (1808), wife of Michael Yeakle, was found in the 1850 Census of Butler County (surname spelled "Yakle").
1850 Census
OH Butler Hanover Twsp p.163
639 648 Michael Yakle 47 M W Farmer 6150 NC
Susanna 42 F W NC
David 15 M W OH
Mary A 14 F W OH
Elizabeth 12 F W OH
Julia A 10 F W OH
Catherine 4 F W OH
Anna 2 F W OH
Very few if any descendents of Jacob Troutman (1768) with the Troutman surname exist today, because in 1880, there was only 1, or possibly 2, males to carry on the name. John Jacob Troutman (1876), son of John Peter Troutman (1851), son of John Troutman (c1819), son of Peter Troutman (1793), was alive in 1880. Possibly alive in 1880 was Edward Troutman (1856), son of Samuel Troutman (c1828), son of Lawrence Troutman (1800). The latest I have found Edward (1856) is 1870, when he was 13. He may have been alive in 1880, since someone added his exact birthdate and parents to the Latter Day Saints International Genealogical Index, a good sign that he is someone's ancestor.
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