Journal Report



Generation Two



767a
Entry sign to the village of Katzenbach. Picture Source: Ray Haupt.


767b
Evangelische Reformierte Kirche Rockenhausen. This is the ancestral church that the Leonhardt family of Katzenbach attended. Picture Source: Ray Haupt.


767c
Valentine Leonhardt
Beneath this stone doth remain, an ancient man by murder slain. Picture Source: Ray Haupt.

5. Valentine2 Leonhardt , I (Michael1). Valentine was born on 13 Oct 1718 at Katzenbach, Germany. from gravestone. Palatinate Area.

Valentine Leonard's (1824 - 1894) gravestone has the dates also. He was baptized at Katzenbach, Germany, on 23 Oct 1718. Religion:. Reformed Church by Rev. Gotthard Steitz. He married Elisabetha Wallacher circa 1747 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA. 1748? Valentine died on 13 Nov 1781 at Davidson County, NC, at age 63. from gravestone. Killed by Tories.

Valentine Leonard's (1824 - 1894) gravestone has the dates also. His body was interred in Nov 1781 at Davidson County, NC. Pilgrim Reformed - United Church of Christ Cemetery.
Name and Parent's Source: See note for 1733 below.

Occupation: Tailor.

1718.
Christened by the Rev. Gotthard Steitz.

1733.
Confirmed as a member at Easter in 1733. From Ray Haupt, Indiv. #106317, this record is listed on the top of page 110 (film 0193128) of the Rockenhausen Reformierte Lutheran Kirche records. Valentine is listed as a son of Michael Leonhardt.

25 Oct., 1746.
Came to America on ship "Neptune", Captain Thomas Wilkinson, from Rotterdam. Arrived at the Port of Philadelphia, PA on October 25, 1746. Took the oath of allegiance and signed his name in German. Name translates as Valladin Leonhardt. Also written as Valentin Löhnhard.

1746.
Lived in Philadelphia, PA from 1746 to 1749.

1749.
From 1749 to 16 Nov., 1758 the area he lived in is unknown.

1753-1754.
Leonhardt's Church in Davidson County, NC was established. This is a Reformed (German) Church now known by the name of Pilgrim, or Church of the Pilgrims.

He was a farmer.

17 Apr., 1762.
This is the date of his first deed.

27 Aug., 1762.
This is the date of his second deed.

22 AUG., 1779. Rowan County Clerk of Court's Office, Salisbury, NC. The Will reads as follows: In the name of God, Amen. I Valentine Leonard, of the County of Rowan and Province of North Carolina, being in perfect health of body, and of perfect mind and memory, thanks be given unto God, calling to mind the mortality of my body, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner following: I recommend my soul into the hand of Almighty God who gave it; and my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in decent Christian burial. At the discretion of my Executors, and as touching such worldy estate where with it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give, devise, and dispose of the same in the follwing manner and form- First I give and bequeath to Elizabeth, my dearly beloved wife, the Manor Plantation that I now live on, during her bearing the name of Leonard and in case she don't after her name she is to keep it to have full rule over it during her life time, and like I leave to my wife all my horses, cattle, and my personal estate wholly. Also, I leave to my sons Philip and Jacob the plantation after my wife's death. Likewise to my son Peter I leave and bequeath his equal part of four hundred and ninety acres between him and his brothers Valentine and Michael. Likewise to my beloved daughter Barbara Hege I leave fifty pounds of gold and silver to be raised out of my personal estate, likewise to my beloved daughter Elizabeth fifty pounds like money to be paid in the same form. Likewise to my daughter Catharine I leave fifty pounds like money to be raised as before. Likewise my desire is that after please God who when death of my beloved wife that the remainder of my estate that can be raised to be equally divided between all my children. And I do hereby appoint Jacob Hamm and Philip Sauer whom I likewise constitute make and ordain the sole Executors of my Last Will and Testament, and do hereby attenly? disallow and revoke all former Testaments, Wills, Legacies, and Executors satisfying and confirming this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament in witness when of I have hereby set my hand and seal this twenty second day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine.
S______ sealed
pronounced________________________

Valentine Leonard and witnessed by the said as his Last Will and Testament in the presence of us -

2 Sept., 1781.
A band of Tories went to Valentine's house and shot him. He lived until the 13th of Sept. before passing away. A Patriot neighbor, Wooldrich Fritz, was also killed by the same band.

On July 4, 1896 a tall marble shaft was dedicated to the two neighbors and Patriots in the presence of 10,000 citizens. Valentine's name is on the north side and Wooldrich's is on the south. The monument is at their graves in the Leonhardt Cemetery, later known as the Pilgrim Cemetery. On the footstone in English is the inscription "Beneath this stone doth now remain an ancient man by murder slain." 13 Nov., 1781. His gravestone inscription reads: Valentin Leonhardt, geboren in der Kuhr Pfaltz in Katzenbach den 13 Ocdober 1718, und ist in dem Herrn entschlafen den 13 November, 1781. Nun Hier ligteine Handvoll Aschen mit Christi Blut gewashen. A translation is as follows: Valentin Leonhardt was born at Katzenbach, in the Electorate of Palatinate, October 13, 1718, and died November 13, 1781. Here now lies a handful of ashes washed in the blood of Christ. Valentine immigrated, in 1746. Destination.

768a
Elizabeth Leonard. Picture Source: Dean Leonard.

Elisabetha Wallacher. Elisabetha was born circa 1718. Elisabetha died in 1788 at Rowan County, NC. after. Her body was interred. 1733.
Confirmed in Easter class.
Children of Valentine2 Leonhardt , I and Elisabetha Wallacher were as follows:


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