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Leonard Eller

Leonard Eller

Male 1754 - 1839  (85 years)

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  • Name Leonard Eller  [1, 2] 
    Born 20 Mar 1754  Rowan Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Possibly Frederick County, MD
    • There are records that show his birth in Fort Littors, NC. We cannot find such a location but believe it was in Rowan County.
    Gender Male 
    Died 20 Sep 1839  Hamilton Co., Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Eller Cemetery, Hamilton County, IN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3  George Michael Eller
    Links To This person is also Leonard Eller (I18826) in the Christian Eller tree on this site  
    Last Modified 25 Jul 2020 

    Father George Michael Eller,   b. 22 May 1722, Rhineland, Palatinate, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 25 Aug 1778, Frederick County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 56 years) 
    Mother Anna Maria "Salome" Schneider,   b. 22 May 1722, Rowan County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Aug 1778, Frederick County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Married Abt 1745  Lancaster, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Family ID F1  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Marie Mast,   b. 20 Apr 1754, Randolph County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jan 1831, Hamilton County, IN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 10 Jun 1777  Randolph County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Elizabeth Eller,   b. About 1779, Rowan County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. John Eller,   b. 17 Mar 1798,   d. 13 Apr 1876  (Age 78 years)
     3. Sarah "Sally" Eller,   b. Abt 1795, Frederick County, MD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Nov 1821, Miami County, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 26 years)
    +4. Henry Eller,   d. About 1821, Miami County, OH Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Adam Eller,   b. 1780,   d. Bef 1840  (Age < 59 years)
    +6. Mary Lucinda Eller,   b. 1782, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1863, Marion Co., Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    +7. Joseph Eller,   b. 25 Oct 1788, Randolph County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Apr 1855, Deleware Township, Hamilton Co., Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     8. Jacob Eller,   b. 12 Mar 1798, Rowan Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Feb 1855, St. Joseph Co., Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)  [Natural]
    Last Modified 25 Jul 2020 
    Family ID F3  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Headstones
    Eller, Leonard (1754-1839)    		Eller, Leonard (1754-1839)

  • Notes 
    • A Bible record for Leonard, second son of George Michael Eller, gives his birthplace as Fort (Ford) Litters, North Carolina, but no record of such a place has been found.[6] Another puzzling part of this record says Leonard's father was born in Bebon. Germany. Bebon may have been intended for Baden, but this is not certain.
      A record cited by Hook (1957, p. 32) says Leonard was born in Germany, but most researchers say he was born in the United States.
      He married Elizabeth Mast, daughter of John and Barbara Mast of Randolph County, North Carolina. From the late 1770s until after 1821 Leonard Eller owned land in Rowan and Randolph Counties, North Carolina. About 1801 he took his family to Miami County, Ohio, and later to Indiana, where some of his descendants still live.
      Leonard Eller was a large land-owner in three states. He continued to own land in Randolph County, North Carolina until after 1821.
      Davidson Co., NC, Deed Bk. 1:257-258. Abstract, 13 June 1821 Leonard Eller, County of Miami and State of Ohio. Land situated in Randolph County on Cariway where he did live and left in the hand of Jacob Hoover. Three tracts in Rowan, one on waters of Lick Creek, other on Sheets Creek in possession of Jacob Hoover, late dec'd. He now appoints Samuel Hoover of Randolph County Attorney for him. Wit John Hoover, Jr., Henry Hoover acting Justice of Peace in Ohio, William Norwood, one of the Judges of Court of Law and Equity and affirmed appointment." Note: For more on the Eller-Hoover relationships, see Lyle (1994). These Hoovers were of the ancestral line of President Herbert Hoover.

    • "Leonard Eller, the 2nd son [of George Michael Eller], settled Ohio with Henry Fouts and Adam Eller in 1801, and built one of the first log cabins in that state. (Union township, Miami Co.) After the men cleared the land they returned to N.C. for their families. Leonard died in Hamilton County, Ind. leaving 950 pounds, which was worth nothing in those days."
      [5]

  • Sources 
    1. [S7] Eller, George C. III 9645 Baymeadows Rd., Apt. #891.

    2. [S101] Broodt, Mary A.; "The Eller-Farmer Story", Mary A. Boodt.

    3. [S17] Ellis, Rose Eller.

    4. [S4] Dahl, Devon N. & Carma (John), 18152 Santa Arabella, Fountain Valey, CA 92708.

    5. [S102] Lewis, Doris; "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories,", (FHL 929.273 H833a,).