Philip Hildebrand Sr.
The 1768 tax records of Cumberland County Pennsylvania (Air Township) list Philip on the tax list with the freeman. A freeman was a male over 21, and unmarried. In 1769 Philip appears on the regular tax list. This indicates that Philip had married Elizabeth. Elizabeth's last name could have been Lear. I have found no marriage records for Philip or Elizabeth in Pennsylvania. They could have been married in Maryland since Cumberland County was on the border with Maryland in 1768. Philip continued to appear on the tax list until 1771. In 1771, this part of Cumberland County became part of Bedford County.
In addition to Philip, the 1768 records also list a Peter Hildebrand. I feel that Peter may have been a brother to Philip. Peter may have gone on to Lancaster County after 1768. I have not been able to locate him in Cumberland records again.
Philip Hildebrand was living in Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County Pennsylvania in the early 1780's with his wife Elizabeth and family of about 8-10 children. In 1782 and 1783 he had 2 daughters baptized in the German Reformed Church.
Philip Hildebrand Sr. Appeared in the 1790 census of Pennsylvania in Westmoreland County, with a wife, 5 sons and 5 daughters. In 1796 the Hildebrand migrated to Kentucky. Lewis Co. Ky. Records (file 1278) show that Philip and one son, David, took a lease from Thomas Forman in March 1796, and cleared 40 acres about 2 miles from Mrs. Russell?s cabin on the road from Wilson?s bottom to the East Fork of Cabin Creek.
The Kentucky tax records of 1800 show Philip Hildebrand Sr., Philip Jr. David, Solomon and John paid taxes in Mason County Kentucky (Lewis County did not separate from Mason until 1806). In 1807 all of the Hildebrand except John, went to Ohio apparently to obtain land. David ended up in Clinton County Ohio; Philip Sr., Philip Jr. and Daniel (another son) were in Adams County Ohio, and Solomon settled in Pike County.
John Hildebrand was born in 1779 in Pennsylvania and died in Lewis County Kentucky in the 1860?s. John?s first marriage was to Elizabeth (Betsy0 Bilyeu on June 21, 1808 in Lewis County Kentucky. It was Betsy?s second marriage and she probably had 3 children at the time. In 1811 their first son Abraham was born. John and Betsy probably had 4 or 5 more sons and 1 or 2 daughters between 1811 and 1821. Two of these children were Daniel (b. 1816) and Harvey (b.1820).
John Hildebrand went to Adams County Ohio in 1820 shortly after Harvey?s birth (Betsy may have died at the birth of Harvey) and lived near Pebbles Ohio. In this same vicinity of Ohio was living Andrew Featherkile with his wife Nancy and their children. Sometime between 1830 and 1832 Andrew passed away. On Oct. 15, 1832 John Hildebrand and Nancy Featherkile married. By 1837 John and Nancy had moved their large combined family back to Lewis County Kentucky where the both remained until their deaths.
Abraham Hildebrand married Eliza Jane Featherkile, his stepsister (daughter of Nancy and Andrew above) on December 21, 1839 in Lewis County Kentucky. Abraham and Eliza Jane lived all their years in a cabin near the head of Sycamore Creek. Children of this couple were SARAH (b. 1840) m. Stephen Hicks), JOHN (b.1841, d. 1861, Civil War, Gerard Co. Ky.), ELIZABETH (b. 1845, d. young), GEORGE (b.1847), WILLIAM (b.1849), HARVEY (b.1854) PERRY ( b. 1861 m. Adelaide Kerr) and DANIEL (b. 1869, d. 1934, Lajunta, Colorado) Eliza Jane died about 1881. Abraham Hildebrand married Catharine Sutton in 1884 (no children) and died in 1886.
Harvey Hildebrand, born July 28, 1853. On May 08, 1886 Harvey married Mary Eliza Kerr, daughter of John L. Kerr and Martha Davis. Children of Harvey and Mary were RAYMOND (b. March 04, 1887), ARTHUR (b. April 04, 1893), and WILMA (b. October 01, 1900)
I would aprreciate hearing from anyone that might have additional information on Philip Sr.
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