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- John could be a son of Gabriel Drollinger of Salem County NJ. He is mentioned in 1803 Orange county Lands deeds as an heir of Adam. So I place him as a son of Adam as Gabriel lived to Nov 1805. This John received a grant of 500 acres from the state of NC. When he disposed of his land, mainly to his sons, he signed his mark as a capital D. Nothing found on his wife. GLD
John Drollinger received a grant of 500 acres in Guilford County from the state of North Carolina in 1784. Beginning in 1800 he sold off the grant in 100 acre parcels, each for $100. On September 20th of that year, he sold pieces to his son John, Jr. and Frederick. Frederick's deed does not name him as a son. Both deeds refer to these parcels being "part of a larger tract of five hundred acres" that John Drollinger obtained from the state of North Carolina. John Jr.'s 100 acres is named as the seat tract. Witnesses for both deeds were William and Henry Drollinger. Six weeks later on 1 November 1800 John sold 100 acres from the tract to his son Henry and this time the witnesses were William and John Drollinger. These three deeds were all recorded in the August 1804 Term in Guilford County.
The next sale involving these individuals was 26 May 1804 when John Drollinger, Sr. sold a 93 acre Orange County seat tract to son William, witnessed by John and Henry Drollinger. The deed was proved on the oath of the witness John Drollinger. In the margin is the notation that the deed was delivered by William Drollinger. This deed was also recorded in the August 1804 term, but in Orange County. In this case the land was not from the 500 acre tract in Guilford, but from a grant entered in 1779, surveyed in 1782, and issued in 1784. The land was described as being on the waters of Traverses Creek with the Guilford County line as one boundary. The deeds identify all parties as being of Guilford County. The last sale found from the larger tract was from John to Adam Drollinger, who is not named as his son. The sale is witnessed by Henry and Frederick on 20 December 1813 and recorded in the November Term of 1814.
Although John was unable to sign his name, he had a distinctive mark - a heavy bold D that looked as if it had been drawn with a Sharpie pen. Very importantly, it is that distinctive mark that sets this John Drollinger apart from all others of the same name. All these deeds were recorded with John's distinctive mark.
To summarize: John Drollinger sold 4 pieces of his original tract to Drollinger men John Jr., Frederick, Henry, and Adam. He sold a separate tract to William Drollinger. John, Henry, and William are named as his sons, Frederick and Adam are not.
These lands begin changing hands in 1816 when Adam sold his piece to neighbor Adam Strader on 4 September with the deed not recorded until November 1831. Strader as well as the witnesses John Chrisman and John Waynick carry surnames names associated with the Drollingers in several locations. Two years later on 29 September 1818 Frederick's land was disposed of at public auction by Frederick's widow Barbara. It was purchased by Catherine Drollinger, recorded in the May Term 1823. Witnesses were Adam Strader and John Chrisman.
John [Jr.], identified as being of Willson [sic] County, Tennessee, sold his 100 acres to William of Preble County, Ohio 17 August 1819 and the transaction was recorded in Guilford May Term 1820. Henry kept his acreage until 9 March 1831 when he sold to Daniel Lough, recorded November Term 1832.
These men are further linked by court records in Preble County, Ohio. The Chancery Court Record, Vol. D, February 1826 records that John Morkert, administrator of the estate of William Drollinger, petitioned the heirs to sell land in Preble County. He stated that William died in 1824 without issue and listed the brothers and sisters who survive him: John Drollinger, Adam Drollinger, Catharine Drollinger, Henry Chrisman and Elizabeth his wife, late Drollinger; John Hetsler and Barbara, his wife, late Drollinger; Christena Drollinger; Frederick Drollinger, deceased, his children, Henry, Eli, Gabriel, Aaron, Polly, Barbara, Martha, and Elizabeth Drollinger.
Fortunately for Drollinger researchers a dispute over the title to William's Preble County land created records that provide critical information on these individuals. Preble County Chancery Court Minutes provide a lengthy record of confusion in the settlement of William Drollinger's estate. It is a litany of errors and omissions. The important item from these seven pages is the answer of Elias Drollinger in response to Thomas Gilmore's complaint that William's heirs threatened to dispossess him of William Drollinger's Preble County land that he purchased at a public auction in 1825. Gilmore claimed that because of an error in the appraisal returns to the court, his land was listed as the southeast quarter of section 21 rather than the southwest quarter and he sought to confirm his title to the land.
In relation to proving that John Drollinger is the father of Frederick Drollinger, the following points made under oath by Elias are important:
That William Drollinger was Elias's uncle.
That Henry Drollinger, brother of William, was not ever notified of the proceedings.
That Henry lived in Guilford County, North Carolina, at the time of William's death and that he lived there for some time after Morkert sold William's land and then moved to Fountain County, Indiana, where he lived [in 1836].
That Elias, Polly, Gabriel, Aaron, Barbara, Martha, and Elizabeth were the children of Frederick Drollinger, deceased brother of William.
That at the time of the land sale, 3 December 1825, Gabriel, Barbara, Aaron, Martha, and Elizabeth were minors under the age of 21.
That John Drollinger, brother of William, "died about four or five years since in the State of Tennessee leaving several children now minors under the age of 21?"
That Barbara Hetzler, sister of William, "died about three or four years since, in Fountain County, Indiana, ? leaving several children minors under the age of 21?"
These North Carolina and Ohio documents combined lead to the conclusion that Frederick Drollinger is the son of John Drollinger, Guilford County, North Carolina, and brother of John, Jr., Henry, William, and Adam, as well as Catharine Drollinger, Elizabeth (Drollinger) Chrisman, Barbara (Drollinger) Hetzler, and Christena Drollinger. And that Frederick's children were Elias, Polly, Gabriel, Aaron, Barbara wife of Elijah Harkrider, Marta, and Elizabeth married to John Noggle. At this time no record found has even hinted at an identity for Frederick's mother. Kay Germain Ingalls 2003
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1745 - Aft 1814 (70 years)
