Heinrich Adam HARMAN, Sr.

1700 - 1767  (67 years)

• Name	Heinrich Adam HARMAN
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	1700	Mannheim, Wurtemberg, Germany
  Gender	Male
  _UID	C9BACFE828E34063AEF4F63987A7975BD9C3
  Died	1767	New River. Augusta Co. VA
  	Source of DOD: Harman genealogy (southern branch) with biographical sketches, 1700-1924 by John Newton Harman, 1925, W.C. Hill printing Co., Richmond, Va., W.C. Hill printing Co., p. 53 See Appendix ?A? for additional dates and events in the life of Heinrich Adam Herrman. He died on New river in 1767. p. 321 1767, February 24. Captain English from New River, was here, on his way to Georgia. . . . He confirmed the report about the murder (by the Indians) there. He also told us that our old friend Adam Herrman died there four weeks ago.
  Notes	Name is frequently listed as Harman. Hermann is another spelling. Alternate death location, Giles Co,VA. "Reed and Related Families of Tazewell County, Virginia and McDowell County, West Virginia", by Juanita S Halstead. Heinrich Adam Harman came to American from Germany in the early 1700's. Because so many people in Tazewell County are descendants of Adam and Louisa, this writer doesn't feel the necessity of saying much about them. We are proud of our Harman heritage because we are aware that the Harmans were among the very first to venture into the region of "the western waters." It is said that Adam established the first English-speaking settlement west of the Alleghenies. Too, he and his sons figured in the rescue of Mary Ingles when she escaped from the Indians and made her tortuous way back home by walking from a point in KY along the banks of the Ohio River (upstream), following the Kanawha River upstream, and then the New River until she came to the hunting cabin of Adam Harman (Giles County). Adam took her in, then went to the field and killed a beef to make broth to feed her. When she was able to travel, he escorted her on to Draper's Meadows (Blacksburg, VA). Those who have not read Thom's "Follow the River" should do so because it is a thrilling account of Mary Ingles' ordeal. There is also a booklet, which has this story as written by her son, therein. The descendants of Adam Harman today would be most difficult to number. ------------- From the unpublished manuscript, Indian Atrocities Along the Clinch, Powell and Holston Rivers, by Emory L. Hamilton pages 164-172. This family of Harmans were of German origin, Adam Heinrich Hermann emigrating to America in 1726, with a brief stop over the Isle of Man, where Henry Harman of this sketch was born. Seven Harman brothers emigrated from Germany together, Jacob, Valentine, Mathias, George, Daniel, John, and Heinrich Adam. They first stopped off in Pennsylvania, then emigrated to the Shenandoah Valley and some on into North Carolina. At least three of these brothers settled in Southwest Virginia, namely, Heinrich Adam, Valentin and Jacob. They were living in the New River German settlement, the first settlement ever made west of the Alleghenies on the "Western Waters", and were living there prior to 1745. In 1749 Moravian Missionaries conducted the first recorded religious services in Southwest Virginia in the home of Jacob Harman, and Dr. Thomas Walker mentions stopping at the home of Harman on his memorable exploration trip in 1750. Valentine and Jacob were both killed by Indians on New River. Valentine was killed on Sinking Creek in what is now Giles Co., VA. In a land suit filed in the High Court of Chancery in Augusta Co., on the 23rd of July, 1807, Taylor vs Harman, Mathias Harman, nephew of the slain Valentine, says: Valentine was killed by the Indians on New River and at the same time his (Mathias') brother, Daniel Harman and Andrew Moser were taken prisoner. Daniel made his escape, but Andrew was held prisoner. On the 30th of June, 1808, Daniel Harman, deposes, in the same land suit, saying: In 1757, Valentine was killed in my presence less than a foot away from me, and I was taken prisoner. Valentine Harman, who was slain left a widow Mary Harman, but no children. The Harmans of this sketch are the descendants of Heinrich Adam Hermann who emigrated from Germany, who married Louisa Katrina, October 8, 1723. Louisa Katrina died March 18, 1749. The children of this marriage were: [1] Adam Harman, the eldest, born in Germany in 1724; [2] Henry Harman born on the Isle of Man in 1726; [3] George Harman, 1727 - 1749; [4] Daniel Harman, born Pennsylvania, 1729; [5] Mathias Harman, born near Strausburg, VA, in 1736; [6] Christina Harman, who married Jeremiah Pate, and lived on Little River in Montgomery Co., VA; [7] Catherine Harman who married Ulrich Richards in Rowan Co., NC; [8] Phillipina Harman, who died in 1751; [9] Valentine Harman who settled on the upper Clinch River in 1771, and moved to Lincoln Co., KY, about 1775, and was a member of the Henderson Legislature at Boonesboro in May, 1775; [10] A daughter, name unknown, married a Mr. Looney; [11] Jacob Harman, perhaps the Jacob who settled in Tazewell Co., VA in 1771. The sons of old Heinrich Adam Hermann, the German emigrant, became great hunters and Indian fighters. While most of them were great hunters, one in particular became one of the noted Long Hunters. It is hard to determine just which son this was, but evidence points to the youngest who was Jacob. Sources: Calender Virginia State Papers, Vol. IV, page 564. Harman Genealogy by John Newton Harman Augusta Court Causes Ended, Taylor vs Harman. Augusta Court Causes Ended, Wynn vs Inglish heirs.
  Person ID	I4481	Master File
  Last Modified	3 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	Johann Michael HARMAN,   b. 1670, Mittelfanken, Wurttemberg, Germany ,   d. Wurttemberg
  Mother	Kundigunda REGIS,   b. 1675, Wurttemberg, Germany ,   d. Wurttemberg, Germany
  Married	1698	Wurttemberg, Germany
  Family ID	F3284	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Louisa Katrine Mathias,   b. 1704, Rhine, Germany ,   d. 18 Mar 1748/49, New River, Giles Co. VA  (Age 45 years)
  Married	8 Oct 1723	Mannheim, Germany
  Children	1. Heinrich Adam HARMAN, Jr.,   b. 1724, Strasburg, Germany ,   d. North Carolina + 2. Heinrich (Henry) (Skygusta) HARMAN,   b. 1726, Isle of Man, England, En route from Germany ,   d. 23 Jul 1822, Hollybrook, Giles Co, Va  (Age 96 years)   3. George HARMAN,   b. 1727, Rowan, NC ,   d. Jul 1749  (Age 22 years) + 4. Daniel HARMAN,   b. 1729, Philadelphia, PA ,   d. 25 Jul 1822, Tazewell Co. VA  (Age 93 years)   5. Mathias (Tice or Tias) HARMAN, Sr.,   b. 1736, Strasburg, VA, Orange Co. VA ,   d. 2 Apr 1832, Dry Fork, Tazewell Co. VA  (Age 96 years)   6. Christina HARMAN,   b. 1738, Strasburg, VA   7. Catherine HARMAN,   b. 1740, Strasburg, VA   8. Philipina HARMAN,   b. 1742, Strasburg, VA ,   d. 4 Nov 1751  (Age 9 years)   9. Valentine HARMAN,   b. 1746, Strasburg, VA   10. Jacob HARMAN,   b. 1748, Strasburg, VA
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2015
  Family ID	F2823	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart