\gen\roland\history
Roland, Casper - 314
(Casper Roland was married to Mary Hunsaker, dau. of Hartman
Hunsaker who arrived in America in 1731. This is according
to data in an old Hunsaker Bible giving Hartman Hunsaker's
wives, children, and their spouses. [FAM3] No marriage
date is given so there is currently no way of positively
identifying Mary Hunsaker as mother of Casper's known
children.)
10/12/1741 Casper Roland, age 20, arrives in America at Philadelphia on
ship Friendship. [PAGER2-lists 86A,B,C]
1/7/1757 Casper Roland bordering John Gerber's 200 acres on Big Cone-
wago Cr., York Co., PA. [Deed Book A p219]
5/5/1760 Casper Roland of Barwick Township., York Co., PA buys 100 acres
from Nicholas Noel, adjoining the lands of John Abbot and
Peter Polly. [Deed Book A p409]
9/6/1761 Casper Roland baptizes Andrew Roadrok, wit. Anthony Hardman
+ Jacob Domer, Congregation of the Dunkers. [MD4, p35]
5/15/1762 Gasper Roland buys 113 1/2 acres in Frederick Co., MD from
David Fouts for 150 pounds. [Liber H p5]
8/8/1762 Casper Roland baptizes Lodwig Miller + Lodwig Roderick, wit.
Daniel Leatherman, Andoni Hartman, Baptist Congregation in
Frederick County. [MD4, p41]
6/20/1766 Gasper Roland sells 113 1/2 acres in Frederick Co., MD to
Abraham Welty for 320 pounds. Mary, wife of Gasper Roland.
[Liber K p605]
8/23/1767 Casper Roland baptizes Daniel Spengle, wit. Henrich Miller,
Andreas ---, + Jacob Schneider. [MD4, p64]
6/20/1771 John Roland, "son of Gasper Roland of PA", buys 5 acres of
land called Resurvey on the Meadow in Frederick Co., MD
from Magdelin Pepple. [Liber O p413]
1775 Gasper Roland ordained by David Martin. [BR14, p160] (Roger
E. Sappington in [BR4] has added "of South Carolina" to
David Martin's name. J.H. Moore does NOT state that Casper
Roland was ordained IN South Carolina. As it is, I tend
to believe Casper was ordained before this, as he performed
baptisms for MD naturalization certificates in 1761, 1762,
and 1767.)
1778 Casper Roland appears in Capt. Reed's District, Rowan Co., NC
in 1778 tax list. [NCROW2]
1782-1784 Gasper Roland signs petition in Rowan Co., NC for John Crouse.
[NC2, Vol. XIX, pp926-927]
10/10/1783 Casper Roland receives 300 acre land grant #473 in Rowan Co.,
NC. [Deed Book 9 p516]
8/2/1785 Gasper Roland named guardian of Gasper and Frina Roland, or-
phans of Jacob Roland, John Cochanour security. [Gasper
Roland guardian bond, also NCROW1, p130]
1787 Gasper Roland appears in 1787 Census Return for Pearson's Co.,
Rowan Co., NC neighboring Rudolph Nete. 2 white males
above 21 and under 50, 1 white male under 21 or above 50, 1
white female. [NC1, Nov. 1985, Vol. XI, No. 4, p253]
2/2/1788 Gasper Roland buys 152 acres on Bartlesons Cr. in Rowan Co.,
NC from Daniel Hendricks for 100 pounds. [Deed book 11
p626]
1790 Gasper Roland enumerated in Salisbury Dist., Rowan Co., NC.
Enumeration: 1-1-3. Appears on p171 of printed census
for NC.
4/27/1792 Gasper Rowland buys 112 acres on Bear Cr. in Rowan Co., NC
from Thomas Dagley. [Deed book 16 p91]
10/11/1792 John Roland of Rowan Co., NC, son of "Gasper Roland of same
Co. + St.", sells 5 acres of land called Resurvey on the
Meadow in Frederick Co., MD to Jacob Barnhart. Esther,
wife of John Roland. [Frederick Co., MD Liber #11 p271]
1793 Gasper Roland sells 150 acres on Bartleson's Cr. in Rowan Co.,
NC to John Nail. [Deed book 13 p206]
6/13/1795 Gasper Roland sells 127 acres on Bear Cr. in Rowan Co., NC to
Bidden Phillips for 60 pounds. [Deed book 14 p845]
12/29/1795 Casper Roland of Wilks Co., NC sells 150 acres on Dutchman's
Cr. in Rowan Co., NC to John Nail for 155 pounds. [Deed
book 14 p346]
12/29/1795 Casper Roland of Wilks Co., NC sells 150 acres on Dutchman's
Cr. in Rowan Co., NC to Chas. O'Neal for 133 pounds.
[Deed book 14 p387]
8/20/1796 Gasper Roland sells 320 acres on Weaver's Cr. in Rowan Co.,
NC to Jacob Kellor. [Deed book 16 p341]
1797 Gasper Roland buys 200 acres in Wilkes Co., NC from John
Carver. [Deed book D p55]
12/25/1797 Gasper Roland of Rowan Co., NC buys 196 acres on Bear Cr. in
Rowan Co., NC from Jacob Kellar. [Deed book 16 p89]
8/22/1798 Gasper Roland of Rowan Co., NC sells to Kannon Brown 112 acres
on Bear Cr. in Rowan Co., NC and also to Kannon Brown an-
other tract on Bear Cr. of 196 acres. [Deed book 16 pp609
+ 614]
4/1/1800 Gasper Rowland ordains John Hendricks and Joseph Rowland,
"while they still lived in North Carolina". [BR14, p160]
7/10/1810 Land of Gasper Roland sold by Joseph Rowland of Warren Co., KY
and Joseph Rowland of Ashe County, NC as co-executers of
the estate of "Jasper Rowland, dec'd". [Deed book D p259]
(Ashe Co., NC was split off from Wilkes Co., NC. in 1799.
Some early Ashe Co. records were destroyed, so it may not
ever be possible to find Casper Roland probate records in
Ashe Co. giving year or residence at death.)
Roland, Abraham - 316 [Son of Casper Roland - 314]
11/20/1770 Abraham Roland of Frederick Co., MD buys two tracts of land
from Abraham Welty, Good Spring of 100 acres and Small
Hope of 13 1/2 acres. These tracts had been sold to
Abraham Welty by Gasper Roland on 6/20/1766. [Liber N
p455]
11/15/1773 Abraham Roland of Frederick Co., MD sells 113 1/2 acres to
Andrew Wolfe. Catherine, wife of Abraham Roland. [Liber
U p319]
1/11/1774 Abraham Roland of Frederick Co., MD buys 100 acres of land
from William Pepple. [Liber V p463]
Roland, Jacob - 317 [Son of Casper Roland - 314]
1778 Jacob Rowland appears in Capt. Lyon's District in 1778 Rowan
Co. tax list. [NCROW2]
11/3/1779 Letters of administration on the estate of Jacob Roland issued
to Mary Roland; Anthony Peeler and John Cochenour securi-
ties. [NCROW1, p57]
2/11/1780 Inventory of Jacob Rowland estate returned. [NCROW1, p61]
Inventory gives Jacob's administratrix and wife as Mary
Rowland, now Mary Haon. Shoemaker's tools among the goods
of Jacob Roland.
8/2/1785 Gasper Roland named guardian of Gasper and Frina Roland, or-
phans of Jacob Roland; John Cochanour security. [Gasper
Roland guardian bond, also NCROW1, p130]
2/11/1786 Jacob Roland estate settled. [NCROW1, p142]
Roland, John - 299 [Son of Casper Roland - 314]
6/20/1771 John Roland, son of "Gasper Roland of PA", buys 5 acres of
land called Resurvey on the Meadow in Frederick Co., MD
from Magdelin Pepple. [Liber O p413]
6/20/1772 John Rowland of Frederick Co., MD buys 100 acres called
Pleasant Springs from Michael Hauer (Haince?) of Baltimore
Co., MD. [Liber P p246]
5/2/1774 John Rowland of Frederick Co., MD sells 100 acres called
Pleasant Spring to John Kellar of Frederick Co. Esther,
wife of John Rowland. [Liber V p423]
11/4/1777 John Rowland takes Oath of Fidelity at the Rowan Co. Court of
Pleas and Quarter Sessions. [NCROW1, p26]
2/2/1788 John Rowland of Rowan Co., NC buys 150 acres on Bear Cr. from
Abraham Welty dec'd heirs, Jacob Crouse, executor.
[Deed Book 11 p490]
1778 John Rowland appears in Capt. Lyon's District in 1778 Rowan
Co. tax list. [NCROW2]
1787 John Roland appears in 1787 Census Return for Pearson's Co.,
Rowan Co., NC neighboring Daniel Hendricks. 5 white males
above 21 and under 50, 4 white females. [NC1, Nov. 1985,
Vol. XI, No. 4, p253]
1790 John Roland enumerated in Salisbury Dist., Rowan Co., NC.
Enumeration: 2-3-4. Appears on p171 of census index for NC.
1/12/1790 John Rowland of Rowan Co., NC buys 236 acres on Bear Cr. from
Joseph Moulder of Willks, GA. [Deed book 13 p318]
4/15/1791 John Rowland of Rowan Co., NC sells 118 acres to James Tatum.
[Deed Book 12 p620]
10/11/1792 John Roland of Rowan Co., NC, "son of Gasper Roland of same Co.
+ St.", sells 5 acres of land called Resurvey on the
Meadow in Frederick Co., MD to Jacob Barnhart. Esther,
wife of John Roland. [Frederick Co., MD Liber #11 p271]
(In the Frederick Co., MD deed index John is refered to
as "heir of Casper", but in the deed itself John is only
refered to as "son of Casper". I believe that the indexer
made a mistake in infering that Casper was deceased. There
is no evidence in the deed itself that Casper was dead.)
4/1/1796 John Roland of Rowan Co., NC sells to Edward Parker 160 acres
on Bear Cr. Easther, wife of John Roland. [Deed Book 14
p482]
1797 A John Roland and a Jacob Roland (son?) appear in Bourbon Co.,
KY tax book for 1797. There is no tax book for 1798. A
Joseph Rollen/Roland (son?) appears in the 1799 and 1800
Bourbon Co. tax books. [Extracts from Bourbon Co., KY
tax books sent by Nancy Roland Byron] (There are other
Rolands in these tax books, but they do not appear to be
related.)
1/1/1798 January 1st, 1798 Louis Vimont married Rosanna Rolland the
daughter of John Rolland ... Rosanna Rolland was born in
North Carolina Aug. 2, 1782. She was of Dutch ancestry.
... Louis Vimont Jr. met Rosanna the first time, when with
her parents, she was migrating in a mover's wagon from
North Carolina to the mouth of the Johnson River in KY
where they settled. ... She died in her 83rd year.
[Excerpts from an Old Memorandum Book (author?) sent by
Nancy Roland Byron]
6/1/1798 "Mr. Vimont (of Bourbon Co.), who was married to Rosanna
Rowland, June 1, 1798; she a native of North Carolina, and
daughter of John Rowland, who afterwards resided in
Harrison Co. for many years." [History of Bourbon, Scott,
and Harrison Counties, KY, Perrin, p520]
8/28/1799 John Rowland buys 150 acres on the South Fork of Licking in
Harrison Co., KY from Jacob Zumwalt. [Deed Book 1 p456]
1799-1812 John Roland appears on tax books of Harrison Co., KY. Also,
other Rolands, presumed sons Jacob, John, George, Rudolph,
and Joseph, make appearances on the Harrison Co., KY tax
books for 1799-1815. [Extracts from Harrison Co., KY tax
books sent by Beverly Roland]
8/27/1802 Jacob Roland of Harrison Co., KY (son of John) and Valentine
Huff of TN grant power-of-attorney to their brothers-in-
law John Sain + Charles Hunter of Rowan Co., NC to sell
their interest in land on Bear Cr. in Rowan Co., NC and
in land in Frederick Co., MD (as heirs of Valentine Huff,
Sr.). (Jacob was evidently married to Esther Huff.)
9/3/1823 Deed by Gasper Roland and his wife Magdeline of Harrison Co.,
KY to Joseph H. Roland also of Harrison Co. for 1/8 un-
divided interest in 150 acres which descended to Gasper
as one the heirs of his father John Roland. Wit: Hugh
Talbott and David Roland.
10//1814 Inv. + Appr of the estate of John Rolland, dec'd. [Have copy,
but what source was it copied from?]
Roland, Joseph - 318 [Son of Casper Roland - 314]
1782-1784 Joseph Roland signs petition in Rowan Co., NC for John Crouse.
[NC2, Vol. XIX, pp926-927]
1787 Joseph Roland appears in 1787 Census Return for Pearson's Co.,
Rowan Co., NC near James Henricks. 4 white males under 21
or above 50, 1 white male above 21 and under 50, 1 white
female, 1 black between 12 and 60. [NC1, Nov. 1985, Vol.
XI, No. 4, p253]
2/2/1788 Joseph Roland of Rowan Co., NC buys 200 acres from Abraham
Wilty, dec'd or heirs by Jacob Crowse, Executor. [Deed
Book 14 p364]
1790 Joseph Roland enumerated in Salisbury Dist., Rowan Co., NC.
Enumeration: 2-1-4-1. Appears on p171 of printed census
for NC.
3/19/1796 Joseph Roland of Rowan Co., NC sells 200 acres to Edward
Parker. [Deed Book 14 p483]
Roland, John - 271 [Son of John Roland - 299]
1/5/1801 Lic. issued for marr. of John Roland + Rebecca Doane; Rec. #263.
1/8/1801 John Roland, Jr. marries Rebecca Doane at her father's home in
Harrison Co., KY. Rebecca's consent note signed by her
parents Hezekiah Doane and Sarah Doane. [I have copy of
bond and consent note. The marriage is in the Harrison Co.
General Index to Marriages.]
1812-1813 John Roland appears in Harrison Co., KY tax books.
12/1/1868 Death of John Roland in Owen Co., KY. [KY1, Vol. ?, p193]
1812-1813 Appears in Harrison Co., KY tax books.