1799 Sep. 18:
Jacob Holderman, Jr., petitioned the Chester County, PA, Orphan's Court
for settlement of his father's estate, to be divided between himself (Jacob,
Jr.), Stophel (Christopher), John, Abraham and David. (Chester County Orphan's Court, Vol. 10, p. 148)
1804 Apr. 3:
Jacob Holderman, Jr., after buying all of his father's land from his
siblings, sold the land to Samuel Sowder for £614, 18 s., 6 d. (Deed Book W
2-45-569) After selling this land Jacob and his brothers went to Ross Co., OH.
1812: Jacob Jr.
went to Clark Co., KY before this date.
1815 Sep. 21:
Manumission for Jacob, Jr., and his brothers on file in West Chester
(Chester), PA, deed book Z 3, p. 449).
1818: Jacob Jr.
went to Hardin Co., KY, where he established the Aetna Furnace.
Note from Cynthia
Symanek on the Halterman
Hollow web site:
Hannah was the daughter of Capt. Samuel Vanleer &
Hannah Wayne (Hannah Wayne, a sister to Col. Anthony Wayne). Samuel's first
commission is vouched by a receipt dated 16 Aug 1776, his second commission,
dated 17 May 1777, as Captain of the Seventh Company, Fifth Battalion of the
Chester County Militia. In 1781, he was a Lieutenant of a company of Light
Horse Volunteers commanded by Captain Alexander Johnson and rose to Captain of
this unit in 1785 (and soon thereafter retired from military service).
Hannah Vanleer and her twin, Ann, were born at the
family's Reading Furnace estate in East Nantmell Township, Chester County PA,
in 1786, their mother dying due to their birth on 10 July 1786. Hannah Vanleer
married Jacob Holderman in 1809 in PA, not KY. Assume Presbyterian, either in
Chester Co. or the city of Philadelphia.
Hannah Holderman suffered the same fate as her
mother, dying 8 Sept 1822, after the birth of Hannah Elizabeth Holderman.
A note regarding Jacob Holderman:
"Jacob Halderman
(1773-1827) married Hannah Vanleer in 1806. As Halderman & Company, he
owned Hibernia Forge, Chester County from 1809 to 1811, at which time he sold
it to Bernard Vanleer & Co. He and Hannah moved to Ohio and from there to
Estill County, Kentucky, before 1815, where he operated a furnace still under
the name of Jacob Holderman & Company. Looking for better ore, he moved to
Lynn Camp Creek, Hart County, KY. and founded Aetna Furnace with Charles
Wilkins and Ruggles Whiting. Holderman operated the furnace successfully, eventually
becoming sole owner. He brought Hannah and their four children there to live in
1820. Hannah died at Aetna Furnace in 1822, ten days after the birth of their
fifth child. (Register, Kentucky State Historical Society, #39, April 1941,
#127, "Aetna Furnace, Hart County, Kentucky", O.M. Mather,
Hodgenville, KY, courtesy of Mrs. Anthony Holderman Ovesen, Hodgenville,
KY)"
The above information, and the footnote, appear in a
chapter entitled "Captain Samuel Vanleer and Reading Forge", pp. 92 -
108, of which I do not know the name of the book! Sent to me by the Chester Co.
Historical Society in October 2000.
Jacob, Jr.:
Children (by Hannah von Leer):
Mary (m. C. Churchill, 1827), Anthony (m. Jane Thurman), Arabella (m. C.
Churchill after her sister Mary had died), and Louisa (m. James C. Rush). Children (by Hannah Cook): Eliza (m. J.D. Boles in Green Co., KY).
