Hacklemans in America, 1749-1988


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Michael Hechelman (ca.1732-1808) immigrated from Germany to Philadelphia in 1749, and probably worked in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania for 3 years to pay off the bondage for the trip. He married Elisabeth Sailers in 1751, and settled in Bucks County, Pennsylvania; the sur- name was then spelled Hackleman. The family moved in 1768 to Rowan (now Catawba) County, North Carolina, and then to Tryon (now Lincoln) County, North Carolina. Still later they moved to Abbeville District, South Carolina. Descendants and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Oregon and elsewhere.







The Brazen Overlanders of 1845


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In 1845 many people gave up homes, farms, family ties, life-time friends, and close neighbors to make a trek of over 2,000 miles in the face of unknown dangers. Why? They had moved to the area around the Mississippi River and its tributaries to find new farmland and to escape slavery, only to find disease that left many chronically ill, floods that swept away years of hard work, and, during the late 1830s and early 1840s, national monetary problems. These people looked westward again, towards Oregon territory, in 1845. Under President James Polk, land was made available to those who would emigrate to and settle in the territory.




South Carolina Baptists, 1670-1805


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Baptist Churches of South Carolina and list of Baptists.







Pennsylvania German Pioneers


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Centennial History and Handbook of Indiana: The Story of The State From Its Beginning to The Close of The Civil War, and a General Survey of Progress


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