The Troutman Family of North Carolina
A Genealogy from 1690 to 1850 with some records up to 1900
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Table of Contents
- Foreword - please read if you have not already
- Troutman Family - the 52 Troutman Family Sketches, Mystery NC Troutmans, etc.
- Troutman Source Records - census, county, church, military, etc.
- GENDEX and FTM - links to my GENDEX and Family Tree Maker data as well as a downloadable GEDCOM file
- Essays on the Troutman Family and Links to Other Troutman Sites
- Troutman Newsletter Archives
Last Updated: 31 May 2001
Reichelsheim Evangelical Lutheran Church, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany
From a post card, courtesy of Steve E. Troutman
Organ (Zion) Evangelical Lutheran Church, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
For photos of Organ Lutheran, visit the Organ Lutheran Church Page. Be sure to click on the images to enlarge them.
The Ship Neptune, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Colony, 24 September 1751
From Pennsylvania German Pioneers [List 172C] At the Court House at Philadelphia, Tuesday, the 24th September 1751. Present: William Peters, Esquire The Foreigners whose names are underwriten, imported in the Ship Neptune, John Mason, Commander, from Rotterdam & last from Cowes, did this day take the usual Qualifications & subscribe them. By List 144. Whole Freights 300. Messrs. Shoemaker. Melchior Trautman Johann Petter Trautmann Johan Leonhart Trautman
The following are images of the signatures of Melchior (1729), Peter (1716), and Leonard Troutman (ancestor of the Kentucky Troutmans, and probably related to Peter and Melchior) from the 1751 ship list:
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Many of the letters in the above signatures are from the old German alphabet. The capital "P" in Peter's (1716) name is one of several ways that Germans wrote the letter "P." Notice also the way that Melchior (1729) signed his name. His name was not spelled Melchoir! That is one of my pet peeves in Troutman genealogy.
North Carolina Counties with Troutmans in 1850 |
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Note that Mitchell County, NC was still part of Yancey County in 1850.
Other counties in 1850 with Troutmans who were born in North Carolina were:
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