____The Killian Family in Mississippi and Louisiana primarily descends from George Killian (1740-1830) who immigrated to The Natchez District from Burke Co., NC about 1783. The youngest son of Andreas Killian (1702-1788)'s first marriage, George served in the Burke County Militia which saw duty at Cowpens, King's Mountain, Ramsour's Mill and Yorktown during the Revolutionary War. He held two British Crown Land Grants and several claims near Morganton, Burke Co., NC.
____After immigrating to the Natchez District, George Killian achieved two Spanish Land Grants of 1000 acres east of Natchez, MS and later migrated to the Spanish West Florida Province in 1804, settling near Montpelier, St. Helena Ph., LA at Killian's Cross Road. He and his sons, Joseph and George, Jr. held 4000 acres of Spanish Land Grants.
____George and his wife Mary Ann raised a family of eight children. George Killian associated with many Revolutionary War Patriots and many of his children married sons and daughters of Patriots.
____While most of his family moved with him to St. Helena Ph., LA in 1804, one son, David, remained in Natchez. David's descendants migrated to Claiborne Co., MS about 1830 and later to Franklin Ph., LA about 1863, pioneering on the Bayou Macon at Killian's Ferry.
Children:........Birth.............Marriage(s)
Joseph,.........b.1768+-.....1799 m. Mary Ann Hughes (of Maryland)
John,.............b.1770+-....1790 m. Elizabeth (?)
............................................1810 m2. Mary Goodrail, (?Goodail)
Sara Ann,......b.1780+-....1795 m. George Lawing
David,...........b.1781+-....1802 m. Nancy Ann Hughes
Nancy Ann,...b.1782+-....1797 m. Abraham Galtney
............................................1827 m2. Abram Buckles (Buckholtz)
George, Jr.,....b.1782+-...1821 m. Barbara Hooter
............................................1822 m2. Mary McRae
Priscilla Ann,..b.1786+-...1815 m. Samuel S. Lewis
............................................1830 m2. John Wright
Mary Ann,......b.1788+-..1815 m. Jason Plant
____MISSISSIPPI Counties of interest include: ADAMS, AMITE, CLAIBORNE, COPIAH, FRANKLIN, HINDS, JEFFERSON and WARREN.
____LOUISIANA Parishes of interest include: the 'Florida Parishes' of EAST BATON ROUGE, EAST FELICIANA, WEST FELICIANA, LIVINGSTON, ST. HELENA and TANGIPAHOA; and the northeast Louisiana Parishes of FRANKLIN, MADISON, OUACHITA, RICHLAND and TENSAS.
____Early families researched include: BUCKLES (BUCKHOLTS, BUCHOLTZ), CALVIT, CAUSEY, COLEMAN, FLOWERS, GALTNEY (GWALTNEY, GAULTNEY), HALL, HASLIP (HAZLIT, HAZLIP), HUGHES, McRAE (McCRAE), McVOY, NEWCOMER, PACKWOOD, PETTISS, PLANT, RHEAMES, RHYMES, SKIPWITH, WHEAT and WOMACK.
-This History comprises TWELVE GENERATIONS of Killian Descendants numbering 4872 INDIVIDUALS in 1050 FAMILY UNITS.-
* * * * * * Questions, Comments, Critiques and Additions Welcomed. Contact the author at the above posted addresses. * * * * * *
LAST UPDATE: January 12, 2008------------------------------COPYRIGHTED, 2008 E. R. Killian, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
MAPS, PHOTOS AND APPENDICES are filed in the FAMILY PHOTOS section. We recommend the 100 exhibits be viewed in numerical order, as labeled, to permit the George Killian Family History to unfold in a cohesive and chronological fashion. The last four appendix exhibits are numbered and labeled 'Appendix'. ====================================================================================================
DEDICATION: This history is dedicated to my father, Jewel R. Killian, 1909-1988, and to my valued cousin, Margaret Swanelle Killian Malik, 1922-2007, a dedicated reseacher of George Killian and his descendants and a significant contributor to this history. And lastly, to Killians and Killian descendants everwhere, for you truly make Killian Family History.
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- #45- OLD SUNKEN DUNCAN ROAD IN WARREN CO., MS (63 KB)
Photo of Road to Sligo, Greenbrier, Greenfield and Hoboken in Civil War. 2001
- #46- ST. ALBANS EPISCOPAL CHURCH, BOVINA, MS (65 KB)
Photo of Burial plot of J. M. and Virginia Batchelor near their plantation. 2001
- #19- FAMILY'S ‘SOUTHERN BRANCH’ MIGRATIONS-MS & LA (143 KB)
Map of George Killian Family migrations in MS & LA, 1804-1850.
- #47- BATCHELOR-NOLAND CEMETERY, WARREN CO., MS (70 KB)
Photo of Earl and George Batchelor with Gordon Cotton of Vicksburg, MS, 2001.
- #20- KILLIAN SPANISH GRANTS, ST. HELENA PARISH, LA (130 KB)
Map of Spanish Land Grants and Killian Chapel near Montpelier, LA.
- #48- SLIGO PLANTATION CEMETERY NEAR BOVINA, MS (85 KB)
Photo of crypts of Elizabeth Galtney Noland and Judge Pearce Noland. 2001
- #49- CAPTAIN NAPOLEON BONAPARTE BATCHELOR (38 KB)
Photo of oil portrait of Master of Hoboken Plantation, Bovina, Warren Co., MS
- #23- 1850 COUNTRY STORE, BERWICK, AMITE CO., MS (57 KB)
Photo of country store where Nancy Ann Killian Buckles bought sundries.
- #51- RODNEY METHODIST EPISCOPAL, JEFFERSON CO., MS (65 KB)
Photo where David Killian Galtney married Emeline Divine on 13 January 1832.
- #84- NAVAL AVIATION CADET E. R. KILLIAN, USN (49 KB)
Photo of NAVCAD Ed Killian who served in the U. S. Navy, 1958-1962.
- #24- FRONT ENTRY OF COUNTRY STORE AT BERWICK (51 KB)
Photo of front porch and entry to Old Country Store, Amite Co., MS.
- #52- RODNEY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, JEFFERSON CO., MS (81 KB)
Photo of church fired upon by USS Rattler in Civil War. Notice cannonball in wall.
- #85- ED KILLIAN'S U.S.S. LAKE CHAMPLAIN, CVS-39 (51 KB)
Photo of recovery ship of first U. S. ‘Man in Space’, May 5, 1961.
- #27- KILLIAN CHAPEL CHURCH, MONTPELIER, LA (48 KB)
Photo of Killian Chapel, a Methodist Episcopal Church founded in 1891.
- #53- SHARON METHODIST CHURCH, MADISON CO., MS (61 KB)
Photo of church where David Killian Galtney and Emeline Divine are buried.
- #86- MYRTLE MEMORIAL CEMETERY, WINNSBORO, LA (58 KB)
Photo of headstone for Raymond R. Killian and wife, Sadie Magee.
- #28- KILLIAN CHAPEL CEMETERY, ST. HELENA PH., LA (49 KB)
Photo where George Killian and eight generations of descendants are buried.
- #56- JOSEPH KILLIAN & MARY JANE COLEMAN (275 KB)
Pre-Civil War photos of Joseph, 1832-1897, & Mary Jane, 1835-1865
- #87- CROWVILLE MASONIC CEMETERY, KILLIAN PLOT (62 KB)
Photo of Dave and Nettie Jane’s family plot in Franklin Ph., LA.
- #29- GEORGE KILLIAN HEADSTONE & PATRIOT MEMORIAL (64 KB)
Photo of 1971 marker and bronze honoring his Revolutionary War service.
- #60- JOSEPH NATHANIEL KILLIAN, 1853-1915, ca. 1915 (45 KB)
Photo of eldest son of Joseph Killian and Mary Jane Coleman.
- #88- JEWEL ROYCE KILLIAN & VICTORIA HINTON CAUSEY (42 KB)
Photo of the author's parents, now at rest in the Crowville Masonic Cemetery.
- #30- SOLOMON KILLIAN AND WHEAT BURIAL PLOT (69 KB)
Photo of Solomon Killian’s dark green, rounded-top, cast zinc marker.
- #89- OSCAR COLEMAN KILLIAN AND HATTIE L. STEWART (45 KB)
Photo of parents of Margaret Killian Malik, Killian Family researcher.
- #31- JOHN KILLIAN'S EAST FELICIANA COURTHOUSE (62 KB)
Photo of Parish Courthouse built 1804, frequented by Mayor John Killian.
- #90- HARRIS CEMETERY AT KILLIAN'S FERRY, LA (74 KB)
Photo of cemetery with many Killian descendant burials, Franklin Ph., LA.
- #92- FRED & MARGARET KILLIAN MALIK OF VICKSBURG (70 KB)
Photo of Fred and ‘Marguerite’ who researched the Killian Family for years.
- #61- ROBERT ROBERTA KILLIAN & MARY SCOTT FAMILY (62 KB)
Robert and Mary’s young family - Joseph, Eunice, Roxie, and Mildred, ca. 1910.
- #65- CIRCUS PERFORMER CARRIE LEE GLASSCOCK (209 KB)
Photo of costumed notable acrobat of Glasscock Circus, ca. 1910.
- #40- TOWN OF KILLIAN ON THE TICKFAW RIVER (130 KB)
Map of Killians' wharf, established ca. 1830 in Livingston Ph., LA.
- #93- AUTHOR ED KILLIAN AND KATH FEARING (182 KB)
Portrait of the happy “meant to be” couple, August 2007.
- #41- JOHN KILLIAN PLOT IN OLD CLINTON CEMETERY (69 KB)
Photo of headstones of Mayor John Killian, 1804-1853, and family.
- #94 - JAMES AND JOHN KILLIAN, SONS OF THUNDER (236 KB)
Photos of brothers in Natchez, Mississippi, in 2000.
- #42- FAMILY'S 'NORTHERN BRANCH' MIGRATIONS-MS & LA (145 KB)
Map of George Killian's Family migrations 1800-1865.
- #96- TAYLOR CHRISTINE KILLIAN (195 KB)
Photo of the author’s granddaughter, a ninth generation Killian
- #43- CIVIL WAR NATCHEZ 'UNDER-THE-HILL' IN FLOOD (94 KB)
'Pen and Ink' of 1865 Natchez ‘Under-The-Hill’ from Harper’s Weekly.
- ***SPECIAL*** Western Bavaria & Vicinity (418 KB)
Northwestern Bayern (Bavaria) where Kilians were concentrated in Germany. Feuchtwangen centered.
- #95- JAMES KILLIAN & WIFE, LISA SUGGS, DVM (44 KB)
Photo from the couple’s engagement, 1997. Met while at Texas A&M.
- ***SPECIAL*** Feuchtwangen Area of Bayern, Germany (288 KB)
Map of local area where Andreas Kilian lived and married. Locations of other Kilians in the area shown.
- #97-APPENDIX: KILLIAN EUROPEAN COATS OF ARMS (69 KB)
Picture of shield bosses. The motto is "Uncommon Work Conquers All".
- #54- KILLIAN PLANTATION & NEIGHBORS, CLAIBORNE CO. (179 KB)
Map detail of George(3) Killian's plantation and neighbors, 1830-1865.
- #98-APPENDIX: KILLIAN MIGRATION PATTERNS 1732-1850 (107 KB)
Map showing phased westward movements of Killian Pioneers in the U.S.A.
- #55- 1850 KILLIAN PLANTATION ON OLD COLONY ROAD (100 KB)
Picture of George(3)'s Claiborne County, MS plantation home.
- #99-APPENDIX: "STRANGERS IN THE BOX" (42 KB)
Poem favoring family research and lamenting one's reliance on memory.
- #100-APPENDIX: KILLIAN FAMILY TIME LINE 1740-1860 (268 KB)
Unique working chart of George Killian Family members and histories.
- #35- JOSEPH HILLARY WILLIAMS, ca. 1900 (52 KB)
Photo of the father of Charlotte Bahoric, Killian researcher.
- #59- MARY JANE COLEMAN & KATIE MABLE KILLIAN (83 KB)
Joseph's first wife, Mary Jane Coleman, 1835-1865, and eldest daughter.
- #36- HARRIET E. WILLIAMS, ca. 1905 (40 KB)
Photo of the mother of Charlotte Bahoric, Killian researcher.
- #37- CHARLOTTE WILLIAMS & ED BAHORIC (41 KB)
Photo of the couple in 1939 at the Indianapolis 500, while in college.
- #38- THE WILLIAMS BROTHERS, DEC. 1941 (72 KB)
Photo of Russell, Killian and Charlie, off to World War II.
- #39- CHARLOTTE W. BAHORIC, ca. 1950 (45 KB)
Photo of researcher Charlotte Bahoric of Amite, Tangipahoa Ph., LA.
- #50- GEORGE III KILLIAN IN CLAIBORNE CO., MS (197 KB)
Map location of the George Killian III (1803-1891) plantation, 1830-1865.
- #57- CIVIL WAR BATTLE OF PORT GIBSON, MISSISSIPPI (199 KB)
Map of May 1, 1863 battle movements near the Killian Plantation.
- #01- ANDREAS KILLIAN FAMILY MEMORIAL AT ST. PAUL'S (57 KB)
Photo of Killian Memorial, Newton, Catawba Co., North Carolina.
- #91- MARGIE CALDWELL AND COLONEL KEN DOZIER (70 KB)
Photo of Doziers at Dave Killian’s Crockett Point Farm. Ken is retired USAF.
- #02- KILLIAN SETTLEMENTS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA (128 KB)
Map of George Killian sites in Catawba, Lincoln, and Burke Cos., NC.
- #03- GEORGE KILLIAN BRITISH GRANTS, BURKE CO., NC (144 KB)
Map of British Crown Land Grants & Entries, Burke Co., NC, 1773-1782.
- #62- JOSEPH KILLIAN & MARGARET RHYMES OWEN, 1865 (57 KB)
Hand-tinted marriage portraits of Joseph, 1832-1897, & Margaret, 1844-1914.
- #04- REVOLUTIONARY WAR IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA (172 KB)
Map of militia movements and battles in the Killian home counties 1780-1781.
- #63- THE JOSEPH KILLIAN HOME AT KILLIAN'S FERRY (63 KB)
Photo of Pioneer Joseph Killian’s original home on the Bayou Macon.
- #05- REVOLUTIONARY WAR BATTLES - WESTERN CAROLINAS (75 KB)
Table of Revolutionary War battles fought in Western Carolinas.
- #64- THE FRANK FORD AND ROXANNA KILLIAN FAMILY (70 KB)
Photo of Ford family with Margaret Rhymes Killian and son, Oscar Coleman.
- #07- OTHER KILLIANS GO WEST AND PIONEER (102 KB)
Map of westbound Killian Pioneers' settlement locations, 1782-1805.
- #06- PIONEER GEORGE KILLIAN'S RIVER ROUTE WEST (283 KB)
Map of route the Killian Family took to The Natchez District, ca. 1782.
- #68- DAVID KILLIAN AND NETTIE JANE NEWCOMER (51 KB)
Photo, tin-type wedding picture, January, 1893. David is 23, Nettie is 20.
- #58- KILLIAN'S FERRY AND THE BAYOU MACON (188 KB)
Map of eastern Franklin Ph., LA and Killian settlements, ca. 1865-1925.
- #69- DAVID JACKSON & NETTIE KILLIAN'S HOME (58 KB)
Picture of the Crockett Point farm on the Bayou Macon, ca. 1935. See plat, #44.
- #08- PIONEERS MOVED WEST ON RIVERS IN FLATBOATS (54 KB)
Picture of flatboat type used by the Killian Family to go to West.
- #70- PLAT OF DAVE AND NETTIE KILLIAN'S FARM (98 KB)
Map of the house, barnyard, smithy, garden and tack room. See picture, #43.
- #71- BAYOU MACON AT DAVE KILLIAN'S FARM (65 KB)
Photo of today's Bayou Macon and cypress on the banks at Crockett Point.
- #72- BAYOU MACON WEST LEVEE AT DAVE KILLIAN'S FARM (71 KB)
Photo of Crockett Point high, natural levee in front of farm house.
- #73- J. D. KILLIAN, BOSUN ABOARD THE U.S.S. TEXAS (41 KB)
Photo of J.D. Killian, USN, while serving on the Battleship, ca. 1923.
- #74- U.S.S. TEXAS BB-35, THE LAST DREADNAUGHT (71 KB)
Photo of 'J. D.'s ship, last of the ‘Dreadnaught Class’ underway, ca. 1938.
- #66- JAMES KNOX POLK TUCKER, 1848-1890 (59 KB)
Photo, ca. 1890. Edna A. Killian’s husband, killed in a wagon accident.
- #67- DENNIS TUCKER & ELSIE V. POLAND (41 KB)
Photo of Dennis Tucker and wife, Elsie Velma Poland, ca. 1950.
- #09- FORT ROSALIE ABOVE NATCHEZ 'UNDER-THE-HILL' (76 KB)
1782 Sketch of Natchez at the time of George Killian Family’s arrival.
- #21- PLANTATION HOME AT MONTPELIER, LA (104 KB)
Photos of Antebellum home on Killian’s Spanish Grant in St. Helena Ph., LA.
- #10- THE NATCHEZ DISTRICT LOCATION AND GEOGRAPHY (139 KB)
Map of major geo-political features in areas settled by Killians.
- #22- EBENEZER BAPTIST AT BERWICK, AMITE CO., MS (58 KB)
Photo of church, founded 1804, and attended by Nancy Ann Killian Buckles.
- #11- GEORGE KILLIAN'S SPANISH GRANTS AT NATCHEZ (239 KB)
Map showing the two Killian Spanish Land Grants east of Natchez, 1783.
- #25- BEECHGROVE PLANTATION IN AMITE CO. MS (46 KB)
Photo of childhood home of Rebecca Buckholts who married James R. Galtney
- #12- DETAIL OF GEORGE'S GRANTS & PIONEER NEIGHBORS (181 KB)
Map of George Killian’s grants and neighboring pioneers, 1783-1804.
- #26- HISTORIC STREET CEMETERY, AMITE CO., MS (49 KB)
Photo of grave marker of Nancy Ann Killian Galtney Buckles, 1782-1858.
- #13- REGIONAL HISTORY OF THE NATCHEZ DISTRICT (168 KB)
Map highlighting Killian and Natchez District histories, 1750-1860.
- #75- JEWEL KILLIAN & THE 1926 CHS FOOTBALL TEAM (77 KB)
Photo of Jewel Royce Killian’s Crowville High School Football Team.
- #32- THE SHADES PLANTATION BUILT 1796 (74 KB)
Photo of home of Henry Skipwith, Jr. and Martha Killian ca. 1845.
- #14- WASHINGTON, MISSISSIPPI, METHODIST CHURCH (60 KB)
Photo of 1804 Methodist Church attended by Killians and Galtneys.
- #76- JEWEL KILLIAN & FELLOW ARK FUEL ROUGHNECKS (58 KB)
Photo of Arkansas Fuel Oil’s 1937 oil well workover crew at Rodessa, LA.
- #33- SCOTT CEMETERY AT THE SHADES PLANTATION (66 KB)
Photo of Cemetery where Skipwith/Killian family members are buried.
- #15- TRINITY PLANTATION ON GEORGE’S SPANISH GRANT (55 KB)
Photo of descendants’ 1826 Plantation home on the 1783 Spanish Grant.
- #77- DAVID KILLIAN & DAUGHTER, MARGARET CALDWELL (54 KB)
Photo of Dave Killian with 'Skeet' at the Crockett Point Farm, ca. 1940.
- #34- CLARA CHRISTMAN KILLIAN & COUSINS (236 KB)
Photo of Killian cousins at ca. 1915 graduation of Norma Fletcher.
- #16- NATCHEZ-ON-THE-MISSISSIPPI, MR. TWAIN'S RIVER (68 KB)
Photo of Natchez on the Mississippi River, taken May, 2000.
- #44- PEARCE NOLAND & ELIZABETH ANN GALTNEY (71 KB)
Photos of Nolands who had several Vicksburg, Warren Co., MS plantations.
- #17- MODERN HIGHWAY NETWORK IN THE NATCHEZ REGION (145 KB)
Map of today's primary roads in the SW Mississippi and Louisiana areas.
- #78- OLLIE CALDWELL & EDDIE ROYCE KILLIAN, 1944 (98 KB)
Photo of Ollie with young Eddie Royce (author) at David Killian's farm.
- #18- GEORGE KILLIAN'S NATCHEZ DISTRICT MOVEMENTS (138 KB)
Map of George's migrations in The Natchez District & Spanish West Florida Province.
- #79- RAYMOND REGINALD KILLIAN, CORPORAL, USA, 1945 (52 KB)
Photo of 'Raymie', youngest of David’s family, later married Sadie Magee.
- #80- DAVE KILLIAN AND BROTHERS, JOHN & OSCAR, 1945 (60 KB)
Photo of Joseph's sons at David's Crockett Point farm on Oscar's 65th birthday.
- #81- DAVE AND NETTIE KILLIAN FAMILY GROUP, 1946 (74 KB)
Photo of David & Nettie's family at Crockett Point. Jewel & Margaret are absent.
- #82- DAVE AND NETTIE FAMILY GROUP WITH SPOUSES (91 KB)
Photo of David & Nettie's family, with sons- and daughters-in-law, 1946.
- #83- JEWEL & MARGARET, AND CLYDE & ADA JARRATT (90 KB)
Photos of Jewel and sister Margaret, & Ada with husband Clyde, 1946.
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