Sarah Sally Link

Notes for SARAH "SALLY" LINK:

l The family of John Link were taken captive when British and Native Americans attacked Ruddell's Station, Kentucky District, Virginia, June 24, 1780. They were released at Ticonderoga, New York, July 18, 1783. Family consisted of John Link, age 34, Margaret Link, age 36, John Link Jr. , age 10, Caty ( Catherine) Link, age 10, Molly ( Polly) Link , age 8 and Sarah Link, age 6.

l A John Link married Mary Fulbright then later married her sister, Margaret Fulbright Crites. I think Mary is buried here in Lincoln County, NC and Margaret is buried with John in Missouri. I have him as the son of John Adam who is the son of Hans Adam. My source on this has not proven to be the most reliable. Everything that I sought to confirm when I firtst got the info(about ten years ago)checked out great. Mostly what I was able to confirm was in Missouri, but I also had the oppurtunity to confirm some info as far back as 1762 while I was visiting in PA. In the last year or so, with online access I have found some of the information to be wrong, and I am systematically verifying everything now. I will email you with a full generation report. John Link estate file (box 47, file 905) from the microfilm. His wife at the time of his death WAS Margaret, although I could not confirm her maiden surname. His children were: Daniel Link, John Link, Aaron Link, Elizabeth Miller (wife of John L.?), Margaret Mayfield (wife of Stephen), Catherine Helderman (deceased before her father, wife of John), Mary Helderman (wife of Conrad), and Lavina Link (later married Hosea Welty). I would like to transcribe this entire file over the next few weeks, so if anyone wants a copy as an attached file, just let me know.

l Tryon and Lincoln Co., NC court records confirm that John Link was a son of Jacob and Barbara Link. These records were abstracted by Brent Holcomb, and are available in many larger genealogical libraries. There is so much incorrect information out on this family that you had just as well trust ONLY primary sources. The Hans Adam story is from my uncle's book, "The Eddleman-Fulbright Families". This man did exist, but there is no evidence he was part of this Link family. The will of Mary and Margaret Fulbright's father, Johann Wilhelm (William) Fulbright, mentions Mary Link and Margaret Crites. I have yet to see the evidence that Margaret married John Link, although I am told it exists. In any event, nearly all of John Link's children were born prior to the 1805 date of William Fulbright's will, so Mary would have been their mother. Might I also ask where you got the middle initial "A" for John Link? All the records I have only mention him as John Link.

l Katherine Link INKS that married Peter Jump in 1790 Kentucky. Mary Katherine Link b. Feb 1 1727/28-which could possibly be her mother or grandmother.

l Frederick Link who was born in Lincoln County, NC <1770. He married Catherine ??? and moved to Burke County, NC. Frederick's known siblings are Henry (died in Lincoln County, NC in 1864 with no will), Catherine (married Adam Hoppes, Jr.), and Elizabeth (married George Hodson Triplett). Moyers / Mayers / Myers who married a Jacob Link and was living in Lincoln Co. NC about 1770. Her parents were Elias Moyers (1735?-1802)& Elizabeth ?. Her brothers were Elias Myers, Jr. (1760-1833), John Myers (1762-1822), & Frederick Myers (1770-1839).

l Elias Myers, Jr. m. Dolly Fulbright in NC and moved to Daviess Co., IN with their 8 children in 1816. One of Dolly's sisters married a Killian. Another married a Bollinger?

l Frederick Myers m. Elizabeth ? & moved to Knox Co. IN in 1817. One of his eight children was Mary (Polly) Dellinger. A Nancy Myers married a Martin Goldman also in Knox County, Indiana.

l John Myers m. Catherine ? & stayed in NC, but some of his children moved to Knox Co. IN about 1834.

l Adam Link appears in The Link Family: Antecedents and Descendants of John Jacob Link 1417 - 1951 by Paxson Link (on pages 229-230 and 273. He was the son of Phillip Link and Charlotte Bayley (Bailey) born January 2, 1820 in Augusta County, Virginia. He married Lucy Alemeth Bagley April 16, 1844 in Ohio. Lucy was the daughter of Russia Bagley and was born December 19, 1824 in Cleveland, Ohio. Lucy died January 21, 1881 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Adam died July 15, 1890 in Beechville, Illinois. Children: Emily Elizabeth, Frances Jane, Helen Josephine, William Bailey, Allen Rutherford, John T., Adam Russia, and Lucy May (Jessie).

l The Link Book traces Phillip's family back to John Jacob Link who traveled to Philadelphia on the Ship Hope 1733 from Germany. Adam Link is a descendant of John Jacob Link's son Matthias. My family line goes through John Jacob Link's son John Adam Link. There is a lot of information in the book on Phillip.

l Cindy Jones Nicewarner snice@erols.com

l Mary Vollbrecht, (Fulbright) c.1751-____, who married John Link and they are believed to have moved to Missouri prior to her death.

l The will of Jacob Link who married C. Rudisill is on file at the Lincoln County courthouse. Jacob Link

l his father was Hans Adam Lin(c)k and his mother was Anna Madeline Nerwirth. Catherine Rudisill Link's father was Johann Micheal Rudisill and her mother was Eve (Eva) Catherine Dellinger. Jacob had a brother Aaron who married Elizabeth Cole Phifer. Their daughter Anna Catherine married Leander Houck.

l Jacob married Catherine Rudisill on 15 June 1789, Lincoln Co., N.C. Their son Jacob Link, Jr. married 5 Feb 1819 to Sarah Elizabeth Shuford.

l Jacob & Sarah Link's son:

l Ephraim Michael Link married 28 Sept 1850 to Eliza Filecta Smyre.

l JACOB LINK/CATHERINE RUDISILL. I have 8 children listed for them . Notes list JACOB b. 1 Apr. 1783; MICHAEL b. 3 Mar 1795; JOHN, b. 1799; AARON, b. 1804 (my ancestor); DAVID T. b. 14 Feb 1806;HENRY WILLIAM b. 6 July 1808; MOSES; ANN.

l It is correct that Henry Dellinger of Lincoln Co., NC was married to Anna Johanna "Hannah" Rudisill. It is correct that Henry Dellinger had an Ordinary [tavern/inn]. It is correct that at one time he operated out of the Town of Lincolnton on the corner later referred to as the Robinson corner.

l HOWEVER,

the old account of the Battle of Ramsauer's Mill written by Wallace Reinhardt quite a few years ago and quoted by historian Alfred Nixon was later corrected by Mr. Nixon. The references to the troops stopping at Dellinger's Tavern are incorrect. It is true that Henry and Hannah (Rudisill) Dellinger had a son named Jacob. HOWEVER, Jacob was not married to Sally. Henry's son Jacob was married to Fronica Wills and they lived in the Buffalo Creek section