Catherine Eddleman Timeline

810    - Biography of Catherine Eddleman - You are reading this page. Support documents follow:
810A - Pennsylvania Gazette 1783 xxx ss list of Indian Captives related to Detroit British Fort.
810B - Possible Time Line for Catherine's life PA, MD, NC, KY, and IN
810? - Map of the Ruddlesfort area showing what is known of the Burger and Eddleman farms
810? - Tax records of John and Daniel Eddleman and the Burger family in Kentucky
810C - Deed for sale of Catherine Eddleman Burger farm in Kentucky 1810 Dec xx
8??? - Map (1811) showing location of the farms of John and Catherine and sons in Indiana
810Z - 50K of reference information related to Catherine Eddleman

Introduction to the Life of Catherine Eddleman Burger

We do not know Catherine's birth date, birth place, or maiden surname. One finds several written records of David Eddleman (various spellings) and records of David and/or Catherine Eddleman in PA, MD, and NC. In 1882, Catherine Eddleman was granted 400 acres of land in Kentucky after proving to the court that she settled on it in 1778. We do not know whether these records refer to the same Catherine. We do not have any record of David and Catherine Eddleman as a family in Kentucky. We do have two very clear land records of Catherine Eddleman in Kentucky and records of her sons paying taxes in Kentucky. The first record of Catherine in Kentucky is the above grant of land to her. The second record is her sale of that land in 1810 and that deed lists Catherine, John Eddleman, Daniel Eddleman, and John Burger. That deed does not state the relationship of these persons. The known Kentucky records are consistent with David and Catherine Eddleman planting corn in Kentucky in 1778, David dying sometime, Catherine remarrying to John Burger at some unknown date and place. John Burger and Catherine and their two sets of childern farming the 800 acres of land until about 1810-1811 when they sold lands and moved to present day Floyd County, Indiana. While it seems likely Catherine died on her Indiana Farm, her date of death and burial are not known.

21 --- 1757 Apr 27 -- Anna Catherina Sauer born, first child of Philip Sauer. Godparents: John Michael Young and wife Anna Eva Young. See my short biography of Philip Sauer below. Perhaps his child was named after Anna Catherina (?Conrad or Sauer?) Eddleman but A.C.X. is not living in the community or is still single and unable to care for a possible orphan. (2)
23 --- 1760 October 7 - Daniel Edlemann and Maria Bornin were sponsors at the birth of Daniel Laurier. Perhaps this Daniel was a brother, or relative of David Eddleman. (3)
25 --- 1761 Mar 24 -- George Henry Eddleman born York County PA. Parents David Eddleman and wife Katherine baptised 1761 Mar 24. Sponsor Henry Conrad.(3)
1762 - 3b) Anna Maria Edelman, dau of David and Katerine Edleman, was born in 1762, Sponors: Frederick Decker and Anna Maria. WR Eddleman suggested this K. Edleman could be the K. Eddleman of Bourbon, Ky.
3c) In a list of persons contributing to a school on 1762 Sep 17: David Edleman contributed 15 shillings and Maria Margarita Edleman contributed 10 shillings."

26 --- 1762 Anna Maria Edelman born in Manchester, MD. Parents David and Katherine Edleman. Sponsors: Fredrich Decker and Anna Maria Decker. See William Eddleman Notes below. (3)
29 --- 1765 Feb 4 -- David Sauer born, 6th child of Phillip Sauer. Sponsors: David Edelmann and his wife Anna Catharine. (2)
34 --- 1770 David Eddleman recorded cattle mark. Court minutes; see eg803.htm.
35 --- 1771 Apr 6 - David Conrad born, 7th child of Adam Conrad; Sponors: David Ettelman and wife Anna Catharina. (2)
37 --- 1773-74 John Eddleman #437 (Indian Creek Miller) born in NC to Catherine Eddleman #440. I have estimated this birthdate from census data.
40 --- 1775 error Daniel Eddleman Born in Kentucky. In the 1850 Census Daniel said he was 75 and born in Kentucky. Sharon Renner suggests Daniel was not sure of his birth date.
42 -- 1776 is the birth date for John Eddleman, son of Catherine, suggested by fact John first paid Poll tax 1797 Jul 4 in Bourbon County Kentucky and census records reflect North Carolina as the birth state of John Eddleman. Poll tax was paid at age 21 as I understand it.
42 --- 1776 Jul 31 - An Edelmann took family from Abbot Creek NC to Holston River. Salem Diary: entry for date of 1776 Jul 31. (Records of Monravians in NC, Vol 3, Bethania Diary. That Diary did not give the first name of the Edelmann.
42 --- 1778 David Eddleman taxes delinquent in NC. Court minutes see eg803.htm.
42 --- 1778 Catherine Eddleman claimed to have settled on land in KY
43 --- 1779-80 David Ederman in Capt Isaac Ruddles Co near Cynthia KY(x). I have not seen this list. I do not know where to look for it. Louise Eddleman gave me this info

1771 - In eg803.htm, under the year 1771, I set forth my view that Mrs. Phillip Sauer, Anna Catherine Eddleman, and Adam Conrad might be siblings. If true then Catherine's maiden name was Anna Catherine Conrad. Notice that the Child was named David Conrad, perhaps to honor David Eddleman, his godfather. Other sponsorships suggest Catherine's maiden surname might be Sauer or Decker. If any reader can tell me exactly what sponsorship means, please let me know. Knowing

1775 - Hinckston had built a fort on ___river in 1775? but had to abonon it in ___ because of Indian pressure

1765 to 1776 - Catherine may have lived in NC

1776 - David left NC for new River and prob spent remainder of 76 and 77 in uncertainty due to Indians or disposing of NC lands.

1776 - his father, then his dad had been in the mountain valleys of the New and Holston Rivers during 1776. That note implies that Edelmann took this family from Abbots Creek (Lexington), North Carolina during August 1776 to the Holston River area. Three years earlier, 1773, Daniel Boone set out with five families for Kentucky, but Indians killed James Boone and the families returned to Clinch River to spent the winter. It is possible that Edelmann family spent 18 months or so looking for land in the mountain rivers area (New, Holston, and Clinch)

1977 - David and Catherine probably decided to go to Kentuck but seasons and Indian uncertainity probably only allowed them o make prep.

1778 - There is a strong likelihood that after the corn was planted in 1778 that David Eddleman or some of his companions returned to NC to bring families to KY or visit, tell the families of the progress, and any Indian news, get supplies and return.

1778 - and then arrived in the area of Martin's and Ruddle's Stations during 1778 or before. Corn needed to be planted from mid-april to mid-June, based on modern practice, and the early Kentucky settlers often arrived in mid-March to begin clearing the ground for corn planting.

1779 - We do not know what the Eddleman family was doing during 1779. Perhaps they were all in Kentucky working on the farmstead and working with neighbors on the reinforcement of Hinkstons rotting fort. We do know the British were gravely concerned that the colonists were pouring west of the applacian mountains in violation of the prohibition against settlements west of the mountains. The was in the colonies was expensive with England hiring soldiers where she cound and sending them to America. It was becoming clear the Colonists were strugglling successful to improve their army about as fast as Britian could build her forces.

1779 - During late 1779 and early 1980 British officers in Detroit were working hard to lay out a plan for concouring the land from from Detroit to Tennessee (Spanish) with the aid of the Indians. Meanwhile Virgina had sent young general George Rogers Clark to Louisville to Organize the war in western Ky and Southern Illinois and Southern Ohio. Virginia was doing what it could to supply the Kentuckians with lead and powder to ward off expected Indian attacks.

1779 - Daniel Eddleman was born in 1779 according to his first payment of Poll Tax in Kentucky. He always claimed Kentucky as his birthplace. However his replies to census age question place his birth in Kentucky in 1775 which seems unlikely because few women were in Kentucky that year.

1779 - The Birth Dates of John and Daniel can be computed from the dates they first paid poll tax. Daniel did not pay poll tax in 1799, but did pay in 1800. Since this tax was paid at age 21, we subtract 21 from 1800 and find his birth year was 1779 which fits perfectly with Catherine's claim that she settled on her Kentucky land in 1778 and Daniel's claim on all census records that he was born in Kentucky. John first paid poll tax in 1797 which places his birth year as 1776, unless he was late paying his poll tax. From census records I had calculated John's birth year as 1770-75 and felt 1774 was the best fit. It seems there is a possibility that John Eddleman might be older than 21 when he paid poll tax in 1797. All census records reflect John Eddleman was born in North Carolina and Daniel was born in Kentucky. In the census of 1850, Daniel reported he was 75 years old and was born in Kentucky. It is unlikely Catherine was in Kentuck in 1775 and I conclude Daniel claimed to be 4 years older than his actual age. If John was born in 1776 and Daniel in 1779, there might have been a child between them.

1780 - On a morning in June 1780 (actual date is disputed) after a night of hard rains the creeks were running full and the forests were soaking wet, but the British were coming to Ruddles station and because of the wet woods no Kentuckians were out working in the fields or hunting in the woods.

1783 - My proven family history goes back only to a record in a book which shows that Catherine Eddleman petitioned for 500 acres of land in Kentucky in 1780, claiming she settled on it in 1778. In 1883 she was granted 345.5 acres. I have not seen any of those original records. I do not know whether any of those records might have shown the names of any other members of her family. Since

1783 - 1790 - Catherine married Burger between 1783 and 1790. John Burgher and John Eddleman first paid taxes same day in 1987, but that does not prove the marriage date because 1) that was probably the first year John was 21 and 2) they may have just gone to town as neighbors, not family.

1786 - I have heard Fayette county records are complete from the founding of the county. 1786 would be the last year Catharine owed taxes in Fayette County. We need to check for those records.

1786 - Bourbon County was split off Fayette County in 1786. 1787 is the first year of Bourbon County records. I carefully checked for 1786 tax records of Bourbon County and found none.

1786 - Petition #33 1786 Oct 26 by John Burger and Henry. They objected to division of the County of Bourbon (done in May '86) into 3 counties because there are only 400 militia. Let it go until Statehood. THIS SHOWS HENRY SURVIVED RUDDLESFORT ATTACK

1787 - Shriner: Daniel Brown, the sixth child of Thomas Brown and his wife Mary Osborn Ball, was born September 9, 1766, in Hardy County, Virginia. Daniel was killed by Indians near Paris, Kentucky, in 1787, at the age of twenty-one. He was not married. Editor: So there was still risk of Indian attack near Catherines farm 9 after she settled there.

1788 - they wanted a public tobacoo warehouse on South Fork of Licking at Confluence of Stoner and Hinkson Forks in fork near Isaac Ruddles Mill Endorsed 1788 Oct 25 Bourbon County granted Henings Statutes 12, 677

Date Paid.........Taxpayer...........Poll....Horses... Real Estate, etc.
1787 ......No Eddleman...I do not know if I looked for Burger...1797 first year any Eddleman listed
1797 Jul 4.......John Eddleman .....1.........1......No watercourses, etc. First year John paid any tax
.......which means 1797 - 21 = John Eddleman was born 1776 (prob in North Carolina)
...same day......John Burger Sr......1.........7.....400 acres....2 blacks....Townsend Waters
...same day......John Burger Jr.......1.........3.....no land
....paid 92,93,94,95,96..I think I mean burgers paid every year but I did not record them
1798 ....no tax book available...
1799 Sep 12....John Eddleman......1........9......one white over 16.....no Daniel poll tax
1800 June 4.....John Eddleman......1........4.......no real estate
.....same...........Daniel Eddleman....1........2.......no real estate 1800-21= Daniel born 1779
1801 May 19...John Eddleman......1........2.......no land
..same day.......Daniel Eddleman... 1........3.......no land
1802 Jun 10.....John Eddleman......1........4.......no land
...same day......Daniel Eddleman....1........4.......no land
1803 May 18...John Eddleman......1........4.....50 acres of land
...same day.......Daniel Eddleman...1........4....50 acres of land
...There were 3 different tax rates on land, Eddleman and Burger had to pay the highest rate. Each land parcel also showed: to whose name entered, to whose name surveyed, to whose name patented(?). for each of these notations the Eddleman boys land assigned to Jno Burger. For the years 1803-1809 inclusive, John Eddleman and Daniel each appear to have had the use of and paid taxes on 50 acres of John Burger land which was in the highest tax catergory. For the next years I will omit all these details on entry, survey, and patent as it was to John Burger each year. I did not copy Burgers' tax records except for 1797.
1804 Jul 4.........John Eddleman.....1........5.....50 acres
...same day....... Daniel Eddleman..1........5.....50 acres
1805 Aug 15.....John Eddleman.....1........4.....50 acres
...same day........Daniel Eddleman...1.......6.....50 acres
1806 Jun 25.......John Eddleman....1........5.....50 acres
...same day.........Daniel Eddleman..1........5....50 acres
1807 Aug 22......John Eddleman....1........6.....50 acres
...same day.........Daniel Eddlema....1.......4.....50 acres
1808 Apr 1........John Eddleman....1........3.....50 acres
...same day.........Daniel Eddleman..1.......4.....50 acres
1809 Jun 12.......John Eddleman....1........6.....50 acres
...same day.........Daniel Eddleman..1........5....50 acres
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1809 was the last year that tax payments are shown for any Eddleman. In 1810 the county combined records to one book but there was no Eddleman in it. Recall family did not buy Indiana land until 1811. I do not know why we have these couple years of no taxes paid. I did not check whether the horses and land taxes were paid by John Burger for those years in question.

1798 - From cclerk burgon county Michael Burger married Honer Ellis Oct 25, 1798. no ages, parents or witnesses named. I got this from a letter from Barbara Saum, box 450, Elm Creek, Nebraska 68836 dated 6-10-78 no deeds for michael in 1793 Deed book B page 348. Notice that Honor burgher is listed in Floyd county land ownership map; guess michael died. I should start a page on Burger Michael, John Jr. for any Eddleman data that might yield.

1806 - Deed 1806 april 25 boubon county ky, John Burger and wife catherine to Michael Conger or couger 40 acres on waters of Coopers Run for 60 pounds. Not Caterhind Hufford but Catherine Edelman my note say see George foote.

From Peggy Warth ::In a deed previous to the one above, John Burger sold Cowing (Chowing) land but Catherine, nor John or Daniel are mentioned. Therefore, the one mentioning all of them MAY be land willed to Catherine and her sons, and again it may not!

1810 - I have a copy of the deed that mentions John Burgher and his wife Catherine, and John and Daniel Eddlemon. All of them have to sign the deed in order to sell it. It is witnessed by Michael Burger, Charles Smith, Jr and George Parmer. Date is Dec 24, 1810.

1811 - January purchase 4 farms in Indiana

1811 - John Burger purchased land patent jan 30, 1811 in prest ay Floyd county Indiana. As time of purchase he lived in Burbon County KY.