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75. Elizabeth "Betsy" [Klein] CLINE {1.4.7}⁶⁴^,¹²⁹ was born about 1748 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania¹³⁰^,¹³¹ and died after 1799 in Lincoln County, North Carolina.¹³² Elizabeth Cline is a daughter of Sebastian Cline and marries Henry Propst, (per Ciscero Cline). Henry Propst lives next door to Sebastian Cline and interacts closely with the Cline family, including his attendance at Sebastian Cline's 1794 estate sale. Sebastian sells some of his Clark's Creek land to Henry Propst in 1775, about the time that Elizabeth Cline and Henry Propst marry. Henry Propst's will of February 1799 identifies his wife Elizabeth Propst, a daughter Caty Propst and four sons: John, Michael, Jacob and Daniel Propst. These facts support the presumption that Elizabeth is a daughter of Sebastian Cline.

The Henry Propst family appears in the Lincoln county 1790 and 1800 census. In the 1800 census Elizabeth is listed as born 1755-1774. Elizabeth appears as widow Propst, born 1750-1760, on page 152 of the Lincoln county 1830 census. These census entries establish that Elizabeth is born 1755-1760 and the birth dates of her children suggest that her birth date is about 1755. Elizabeth and Henry Propst live on the 90 acres on Anthony's Branch of Clarks Creek that her father and mother sold to them on July 22, 1775.

Henry wills to his sons Jacob, Michael, and Daniel Propst 270 acres on Big Pigeon River in Buncombe county. He also wills to his son John two pieces of land on Clark's Creek, consisting of the 90 acres that Henry obtained from Sebastian (Boston) Cline and 50 acres that are Henry's by a state grant.

Elizabeth "Betsy" [Klein] CLINE {1.4.7} and Henry [Probst\Brobst] PROPST were married in 1770 in Lincoln (Catawba) County, North Carolina.¹³³ Henry [Probst\Brobst] PROPST was born between 4 Jun 1738 and 1740 in Berks or Lancaster County, Pensylvania or possibly Schwaigem, Wuerttemberg, Germany.¹³⁴^,¹³⁵ He resided in Cabarrus County, North Carolina on Elks Creek (now Mount Pleasant) per Bill Brobst, about 1755.¹³⁶ He appears in the 1790 Lincoln County, North Carolina census with eight individuals in household¹³⁷ and was identified as a doctor of veterinary medicine.¹³⁹ He died on 16 Feb 1799 in Lincoln County, North Carolina.¹³² His will provides 140 acres to his son John. To sons Jacob, Michael and Daniel he gave 270 acres.¹³⁸ He owned in State of North Carolina granted him an additional 50 acres. The state of North Carolina granted him an additional 50 acres. He also inherited 90 acres from Sebastian Klein, his wife's father. Henry and Elizabeth settled on a part of the land entered by Sebastian Klein and Mathias (Bieber) Beaver, on Clark's Creek.

The Last Will and Testament of Henry Probst dated 16 February 1799 in Lincoln County, NC reads:

In the Name of God Amen. The Sixteenth Day of February in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety nine I, Henry Probst of the County of Lincoln and the State of North Carolina being weake in Body but of perfect Mind and Memory. Thanks be Given unto God therefore Calling unto Mind the Morality of my Body and Knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament that is to Say Principally and first of all I Give and Recommend my Soul into the Hands of God that Gave it and my Body I Recommend to the Earth to be Buried in a decent Christian Burial at the Discretion of my Executors Nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I Shall Receive the Same again by the mighty powers of God and as Touching Such Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to Bless me in this Life I Give Devise and Dispose of the Same in Manner and form following that is to say------------

In the first place I Give to Elisabeth my Beloved Wife two Mairs one Gray and one Sorrel and also three Cows and Calfs the pick of My Stock and four Sheep also the pick out of my flok [flock] five hogs also the pick out of my Hogs also three Iron pots also two Beds and Bed Steads also one pine ____ (chest?) and two puter Basons and one puter dish and a half Duzend puter plates and Woman satle and one frying pan and one Chiltote and one duzend of puter Spoons four Bushels of Salt also one pair of Cotton Cards and one Set of knifs and forks and also loom and Geers belonging to it and one Spinning Wheel for her use during her Widowhood and Natural Life if She Remains a Widow, but if She joins unto man all of the aboved mentioned articles (this is the word is inserted above this line and almost illegible) is to be Equal Shares amongst My Beloved Wife Elisabeth and my Children and also all the Grain and Flax and Cotten and Wool Grond on my plantation Last year and this year is to be Left to my family to make use of and also My Beloved Wife Elisabeth to have the Right and use of my Land ___ing [might be Land and my] House Wherein I now live and and her maintaining out of the plantain Wherein I now live during her Widowhood or natural life.

Also I Give to be Well Beloved son John Probst one Hundred and forty acres of Land the plantation Where I now live With all the Houses Barns it being in Two Tracts one of Ninety Acres convaied to me by Bostyun Cline the other fifty acres joining the Same Given to me by the State to him by Heirs and his heirs and assigns for Ever and also a plow and Geers belonging to it..

Also I Give to my Well Beloved sons Michael Probst and Jacob Probst and Daniel Probst Two Hundred and Seventy acres of Land in two ______ (sections?) lying and being on Big Pigeon River in the County of Boncombe and State of North Carolina to them and their Heirs and assigns for ever and also Thirty Pounds in Money to Each of them.

Also I Give to my Well Beloved Daughter Caty Ten pounds of Money and the Remainder of my Estate is to be Equal Shared amongst my Wife and Children.

I also Constitute and apoint and ordain my Beloved Son John Probst and likewise My Friend Michael Cline Executor of this my Last will and Testament and I do hereby utterly disavow Revoke and Disannul all and Every other former Testaments Wills Legacies Bequests and Executors by me in any Ways before now Willed and Bequeathed Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament in witness Whereof I have here unto Set my Name and Seal this Day and year first above written.

Signed Sealed Publishedhis

Pronounced and Declared MarkHenry X Probst (Seal imprinted over surname)
by the Said Henry Probst
as his last Will and Testament mark
in presence of us the Subscribers

Thos. Puntch Jurat
Jacob Cline Jurat

"Henry Propst arrived in North Carolina about 1755. He and Elizabeth settled on a part of the land entered by Sebastian Klein and Mathias Beiber (Beaver) on Clark's Creek. Henry's will, dated 18 Feb. 1799 and on file in the State Archives in Raleigh, NC..." (see above)

Signed Henry X Probst Witness Jacob Cline Settled on part of lane entered by Sebastian Klein and Matthais Beaver on Clarks Creek. 90 1/2 acres on both sides of Clarks Creek, commonly known as by Antony's Bridge.

Source: Rudolph J. Northdurft, Jr., 171 Ridgecrest Road, Seneca, SC 29678, Telephone Nr. 864-647-9056. 24 June 2003; Xerox copy of Will dated 16 February 1799 e-mailed on 27 July 2003 and additions by Ann K. Propst, Brevard, NC on 30 July 2003.

Elizabeth "Betsy" [Klein] CLINE {1.4.7} and Henry [Probst\Brobst] PROPST had the following children:

+108	i.	Jacob PROPST was born in 1774 in Lincoln (Catawba) County, North Carolina¹⁴⁰^,¹⁴¹^,¹⁴²^,¹⁴³ and died about 1858 in Rowan County, North Carolina.¹⁴⁴ He was a house carpenter & farmer.¹⁴⁵ According to "Queries" in "Catawba Cousins," Vol. 4, No. 4, April 1990, page 161 per Lee Ann Propst, 5639 Catherine Aevenue, La Grange, IL 60525: "....Have been unable to find a record of either a deed, or grant of inheritance to Jacob Propst (b. ca. 1783 - d. 1858 Catawba County,) for 200 acres situated in now Bandy's Township on both sides of now Route 1002 (called Lincolnton Road on Yoder's map) half-way between Wray's Crossroad on Route 10 and the Lincoln County boarder. Have checked all grands, deeds in Lincoln and Catawba Couties for all Propsts and for Jacob's wife's Dietz relatives without finding how Jacob obtained this land. Does anyone have a suggestion where else to look?"
+109	ii.	Michael [Propts] PROPST was born ¹⁴⁷^,¹⁴⁸^,¹⁵⁰^,¹⁵¹about 1785 in Lincoln County, North Carolina and died on 10 Oct 1843 in Catawba County, North Carolina¹⁴⁶^,¹⁴⁷^,¹⁴⁸^,¹⁴⁹^,¹⁵⁰ and was buried in Grace Lutheran Church Cemetery. He was a shoemaker and farmer¹⁴⁷ and resided on the west side of South Fork River, near Grace Church.¹⁴⁷ He served in the military¹⁵² ¹⁴⁷^,¹⁵³ His maritial status in was single¹⁵⁴ and he was identified as Michael PROPTS ¹⁵⁴ Michael's wife, Nancy, moved to Lincoln County, North Carolina, from Dinwiddie County, Virginia with her parents and two brothers, John and Joshua. Michael and his family lived on the west side of the South Fork River, near Grace Lutheran Church. A shoemaker by trade, he became a prosperous landowner. He served in the battle of 1812 as a private under General Jackson and Captain McLains, receiving a pension for his service (WC-2221). Michael was a shoemaker, living on west side of the south Fork River on land that Nancy's father had given her two other tracts of land. One listed Lincoln County deeds of 1805 from a John A. Wilson was 85 acres on the Catawba River for $200.0, and the other 83 acres on Allen's Creek for 50 silver dollars. Michael became very prosperous and served in the Battle of 1812 as a private under General Jackson and Captain J. McLains, receiving a pension for his service (Serial Number WC-2221). Michael's cemetery inscription at Grace Lutheran & Reformed Church Cemetery gives his death date as 25 October 1843. Michael and Nancy Angel's marriage is listed in the Lincoln County Marriage Bond, but not in Bynum's abstracts. There is no recorded will for Michael but records of the estate settlement are in the December Session of Pleas and Quarters, 1843. "...ordered by t he court that John Propst and Absolum Propst be appointed administrators of the estate of Michael Propst. Who qualified and gave bond of $3,0 00 with John Angel, James Rhoney and Jacob Burns as securities. Bond app. by Jonas Bost." In December Session 1843 "upon petition plead it is ordered by the court that John and Absolum Propst adm. of Michael Propst deceased, sell at publick sale the negroes of the said estate." In December Session, 1844, "George P. Shuford came into court and entered into as guardian of Adaline Propst, Eliza Propst, and Susanna Propst and gave bond according to law with David Robinson as security approved by t he following Justices on the bench, Joshua Wilson, Jonathon Bost, M[ajor]. Hull and Henry Cline. These were Michael's minor children. The estate was not settled until all the children came of age. Nancy's mother's will was also being probated at the same time. [Barbara Louise McCullum, Tulsa, OK, 9/22/01]
+110	iii.	Daniel [Probst] PROPST was born on 5 Jul 1787 in Lincoln County, North Carolina.¹⁴⁶^,¹⁵⁵^,¹⁵⁶^,¹⁵⁷^,¹⁵⁸ He died in 1842 in Lincoln (Catawba) County, North Carolina.¹³³^,¹⁵⁸^,¹⁵⁹ and was buried in Old Tipps Family Graveyard, S. Newton, North Carolina. He appeared in the 1830 Lincoln County census.¹⁶⁰ Daniel Propst settled on a farm on Clark's Creek, four miles south of present city of Newton.
+111	iv.	John [Probst] PROPST was born on 12 Dec 1776 at Clark's Creek, near present Catawba County, North Carolina.¹³¹^,¹³³^,¹⁵³ In 1860 he was still farming in Newton Twp.¹⁶¹ ¹⁶¹ He died on 14 Mar 1869 in Newton, Catawba County, North Carolina¹⁶² and was buried in Old St. Paul's Church Cemetery, Newton, Catawba County, North Carolina (surname spelled PROBST on tombstone). He was an Elder at Old St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Newton, North Carolina for 52 years.¹³³^,¹⁶³ John raised a large family on his father's old homestead.¹⁶³ He sold 140 acres on Howard's Creek, Lincoln County, North Carolina.¹³⁶
+112	v.	Catherine "Kate" or "Katie" PROPST was born on 19 May 1782 in Rowan County, North Carolina¹⁶⁴ and died on 26 Jun 1842 in Lincoln (Catawba) County, North Carolina.¹⁶⁴ Catherine and George lived on Bills Branch, near the old Haas Church. In 1831 George deeded a few acres of land to George Ikerd, David Haas, and another trustee for the purpose of building a "meeting house and burying ground." It should be noted that other sources have attributed the deeding of this land to George's nephew Peter, son of his brother John. Peter supposedly received the land around what is now Union Meeting House from his father and on 14 Jan 1826 deeded the land to the then Baptist Meeting House.
113	vi.	Son of Henry & Elizabeth PROPST was born before 1790.¹⁶⁵