Generation No. 2
2. PETER HILDEBRAND (ANDREAS HILDEBRAND1) was born 1655 in Germany. He married MARY.
Child of PETER HILDEBRAND and MARY is:
i. CHRISTIAN.
Generation No. 3
3. CHRISTIAN (PETER2, ANDREAS1 HILDEBRAND).
Child of CHRISTIAN is:
4. i. COONRAD HILDEBRAND I, b. August 28, 1741, Pennsylvania; d. July 29, 1824,
buried in the old Hildebrand Cemetery.
Generation No. 4
4. COONRAD HILDEBRAND I (CHRISTIAN3, PETER2, ANDREAS1 HILDEBRAND ) was born
August 28, 1741 in Pennsylvania, and died July 29, 1824 in buried in the old Hildebrand Cemetery.
He married ELIZABETH MULL December 17, 1782 in North Carolina town unknown,
daughter of JOHN MULL and MARY ANTHONY.
Children of COONRAD HILDEBRAND and ELIZABETH MULL are:
5. i. CONRAD HILDEBRAND II, b. October 29, 1783, Burke County NC; d. January 07,
1859, buried in the old Hildebrand Cemetery.
ii. HEINRICH HILDEBRAND, b. February 27, 1791, Burke County NC; d. 1831.
iii. ELIZABETH HILDEBRAND, b. April 27, 1793; m. PHILLIP MARTIN.
iv. MARIA HILDEBRAND, b. November 11, 1795; m. JACOB MULL.
v. KATRINA HILDEBRAND, b. February 10, 1806; m. RANSON PINKNEY CLOUD.
vi. JOHANNES (JOHN) HILDEBRAND, b. October 31, 1798; d. August 08, 1866; m.
ANNA VAN HORN.
vii. GEORGE HILDEBRAND, b. November 18, 1802; d. October 11, 1881, buried in the
old Hildebrand Cemetery.
Generation No. 4
5. CONRAD HILDEBRAND II (COONRAD4, CHRISTIAN3, PETER2, ANDREAS1 HILDEBRAND)
was born October 29, 1783 in Burke County NC, and died January 07, 1859 in buried in the
old Hildebrand Cemetery. He married KATHERINE YOUNG.
Children of CONRAD HILDEBRAND and KATHERINE YOUNG are:
6. i. SAMUEL HILDEBRAND, b. September 22, 1811, Burke County NC; d. April 24, 1859,
Burke County NC buried in the old Hildebrand Graveyard.
ii. ELIZABETH HILDEBRAND, b. April 15, 1810.
Notes for ELIZABETH HILDEBRAND:
The Heritage Book from Burke County, page 229, says Conrad married Katherine in 1809,
and says Elizabeth was born 1801, but that is most likely an error.
iii. NOAH HILDEBRAND, b. January 06, 1814; d. February 18, 1884, buried in the
old Hildebrand Cemetery; m. ELIZABETH CRYE.
iv. SOLOMON HILDEBRAND, b. December 04, 1815; d. June 29, 1889.
v. AMOS HILDEBRAND, b. January 05, 1818; d. February 24, 1889.
vi. SYNTHIA HILDEBRAND, b. January 18, 1820.
Notes for SYNTHIA HILDEBRAND:
The Heritage Book says Synthia was born Jan 18, 1820, but Travis' notes says it was the 8th.
vii. ISREAL HILDEBRAND, b. October 28, 1824.
viii. SALLY LAVINA HILDEBRAND, b. August 28, 1827.
ix. ANGALINA HILDEBRAND, b. December 21, 1829.
x. ELMARINDA HILDEBRAND, b. November 18, 1832.
xi. PINKNEY MILES HILDEBRAND, b. March 27, 1836.
xii. JEULINA HILDEBRAND, b. May 03, 1838; d. February 16, 1895, buried in the
old Hildebrand Cemetery.
5. HEINRICH HILDEBRAND (COONRAD4, CHRISTIAN3, PETER2, ANDREAS1 HILDEBRAND)
was born February 27, 1791 in Burke County NC, and died 1831. He married EVA ABEE.
Notes for HEINRICH HILDEBRAND:
1850 Burke County Census (according to the Heritage Book)
Eva, age 55, born in Pennsylvania
Jesse, age 38 born in North Carolina
Daniel, age 27 born in North Carolina
Mary, age 22 born in North Carolina
Alex, age 16 born in North Carolina
It is thought that Henry (Heinrich) and Eva are buried in the old Hildebrand Cemetery,
but there were no readable markers with their names.
Notes for EVA ABEE:
The Heritage book, page 231 says Eva was of Swiss descent.
Children of HEINRICH HILDEBRAND and EVA ABEE are:
i. JESSE HILDEBRAND.
ii. DANIEL HILDEBRAND, b. 1823; d. February 20, 1865.
iii. MARY HILDEBRAND.
iv. ALEX HILDEBRAND.
5. GEORGE HILDEBRAND (COONRAD4, CHRISTIAN3, PETER2, ANDREAS1 HILDEBRAND)
was born November 18, 1802, and died October 11, 1881 in buried in the old Hildebrand
Cemetery. He married MARY (MOLLY) MAGDALENE NULL in Burke County NC,
daughter of PETER NULL and ELIZABETH NULL.
Notes for MARY (MOLLY) MAGDALENE NULL:
Mary (Molly) is buried beside her husband and parents in the old Hildebrand Cemetery in
Burke County, but not much of her stone remains and it is not readable.
Children of GEORGE HILDEBRAND and MARY NULL are:
i. BETTY ANN HILDEBRAND, b. November 07, 1830.
ii. JULIUS A. HILDEBRAND, b. October 29, 1834, Burke County NC; d. May 07, 1915.
iii. MARY ANN HILDEBRAND, b. June 03, 1838.
iv. NANCY CAROLINE HILDEBRAND, b. January 30, 1841.
v. DAVID ALBERTO (BERT) HILDEBRAND, b. April 04, 1842; d. 1911, buried in the
old Hildebrand Cemetery.
vi. WAITSALL AVERY HILDEBRAND, b. May 11, 1844.
vii. LEANDER PORTLAND HILDEBRAND, b. May 15, 1846.
viii. LOIS FRANKLIN HILDEBRAND, b. May 10, 1848.
ix. AGNES ALMIRA HILDEBRAND, b. October 28, 1850.
x. JOHN GASTON HILDEBRAND, b. February 08, 1853; d. April 25, 1873, buried in the
old Hildebrand Cemetery.
Notes for JOHN GASTON HILDEBRAND:
The headstone at the old Hildebrand Cemetery says John G. was born Sept 9, 1853
xi. LORETTA CATHERINE HILDEBRAND, b. February 14, 1855.
xii. ALTHA ELMINA HILDEBRAND, b. November 06, 1836; d. November 06, 1908,
buried at Burke Chapel Methodist Church.
Generation No.6
6. SAMUEL HILDEBRAND (CONRAD5, COONRAD4, CHRISTIAN3 PETER2, ANDREAS1
HILDEBRAND) was born September 22, 1811 in Burke County NC, and died April 24,
1859 in Burke County NC buried in the old Hildebrand Graveyard. He married
SARAH HILDEBRAND.
Notes for SAMUEL HILDEBRAND:
information regarding Caroline Hildebrand and her family was sent to me by Travis
Hildebrand 10/8/97
Notes for SARAH HILDEBRAND:
Grave of Sarah and Samuel are in the Hildebrand Cemetery in Burke County
Tombstone for Sarah does not give a birth date, but says she was 78 yrs and 2 months
Both her and Samuel's stones are broken in half, but still readable.
Children of SAMUEL HILDEBRAND and SARAH HILDEBRAND are:
i. MARY CAROLINE HILDEBRAND, b. 1843.
ii. MARCUS HILDEBRAND.
iii. JAMES H. HILDEBRAND, b. April 26, 1836; d. December 31, 1913, buried at
Burke Chapel Methodist Church.
iv. MALACHI HILDEBRAND, b. April 11, 1835; d. September 01, 1855, buried in
the Hildebrand Cemetery in Burke County.
Notes for MALACHI HILDEBRAND:
Dale found Malachi's grave while video taping the Hildebrand Cemetery.
Tombstone says he was aged 20 yrs, 5 months.
v. ZORA HILDEBRAND.
vi. WINFIELD HILDEBRAND.
6. SOLOMON HILDEBRAND (CONRAD5, COONRAD4, CHRISTIAN3, PETER2, ANDREAS1
HILDEBRAND) was born December 04, 1815, and died June 29, 1889. He married
ROSEANNA MONIKA HART.
Child of SOLOMON HILDEBRAND and ROSEANNA HART is:
i. ISREAL MONROE HILDEBRAND, b. July 10, 1845; d. April 18, 1925, buried at
Warlicks Baptist Church.
6. AMOS HILDEBRAND (CONRAD5, COONRAD4, CHRISTIAN3, PETER2, ANDREAS1
HILDEBRAND) was born January 05, 1818, and died February 24, 1889. He married
NANCY REYNOLDS, daughter of JOSIAH REYNOLDS and KATHERINE.
Notes for AMOS HILDEBRAND:
Heritage Book, page 227
It is said that Amos and his wife Nancy, and six of their children
Catherine Carpenter, Alamarinda, Sarah, Elizabeth, Angelina and Francis are
buried at the St. John's Baptist Church cemetery off Highway 18 south of Morganton
Children of AMOS HILDEBRAND and NANCY REYNOLDS are:
i. CATHERINE HILDEBRAND, b. January 31, 1843; m. JACOB CARPENTER.
ii. ELIZABETH HILDEBRAND, b. May 11, 1849; m. AZOR HUFFMAN.
iii. ALAMARINDA (ALAMA) HILDEBRAND, b. February 28, 1845; m. AZOR
HUFFMAN.
Notes for ALAMARINDA (ALAMA) HILDEBRAND:
She married her sister, Elizabeth's husband, to help take care of the kids after her death.
(Heritage Book)
iv. ANGELINE HILDEBRAND, b. March 14, 1851.
v. SARAH (?) HILDEBRAND, b. May 18, 1853.
vi. CHRISTOPHER HILDEBRAND, b. November 29, 1858.
vii. FRANCIS HILDEBRAND, b. February 08, 1851.
Notes for FRANCIS HILDEBRAND:
died at four weeks
viii. AMOS FRANKLIN HILDEBRAND, b. September 23, 1863.
Notes for AMOS FRANKLIN HILDEBRAND:
Never married and died at age 30
ix. CONRAD HILDEBRAND, b. April 07, 1868.
Notes for CONRAD HILDEBRAND:
Never married and moved to Montana
6. JEULINA HILDEBRAND (CONRAD5, COONRAD4, CHRISTIAN3, PETER2, ANDREAS1
HILDEBRAND) was born May 03, 1838, and died February 16, 1895 in buried in the
old Hildebrand Cemetery. She married (1) DAVID ALBERTO (BERT) HILDEBRAND,
son of GEORGE HILDEBRAND and MARY NULL. She married (2) WHITNER.
Notes for JEULINA HILDEBRAND:
Heritage Book, Burke Co. Page 230
Jeulina married a man named Whitner, who was friends with her cousin David Alberto
Hildebrand, they fought together in the Civil War. Whitner grieved at leaving his wife
and two daughters, Belzora and Emmaline, and always in his letters asked Jeulina to
tell the girls he loved them. When Whitner was mortally wounded, he asked "Bert" to
take his pocketbook containing $.75 and pocket knife to his family and to help them
all he could, which Bert did. Sometime later, Bert married Jeulina and they had a son,
George Washington Hildebrand October 22, 1869, named for Bert's Grandfather.
The second son was named Adolphus (Dolph).
Children of JEULINA HILDEBRAND and DAVID HILDEBRAND are:
i. GEORGE WASHINGTON HILDEBRAND, b. October 22, 1869.
ii. ADOLPHUS (DOLPH) HILDEBRAND.
Children of JEULINA HILDEBRAND and WHITNER are:
iii. BELZORA (ZORA) WHITNER, m. LAFAYETTE ICARD.
iv. EMMALINE WHITNER, m. WHITNER.
6. DANIEL HILDEBRAND (HEINRICH5, COONRAD4, CHRISTIAN3, PETER2, ANDREAS1
HILDEBRAND) was born 1823, and died February 20, 1865. He married MARTHA
ABERNETHY December 21, 1854.
Notes for DANIEL HILDEBRAND:
The Heritage book, page 231, says that Daniel was arrested as a soldier on October 20,
1863 at Morganton and was assigned to Company B, 45th Regiment, North Carolina
Infantry C.S.A. In July, 1864, he was captured near Harper's Ferry, imprisoned at Elmira,
NY, where he died on February 20, 1865 and was buried. Martha is buried in Mount
Home Church cemetery.
Children of DANIEL HILDEBRAND and MARTHA ABERNETHY are:
i. MILES PINKNEY HILDEBRAND, b. January 10, 1856, Burke County NC.
ii. WADE MONROE HILDEBRAND.
iii. MARTHA ANN HILDEBRAND.
iv. ALICE HILDEBRAND.
6. JULIUS A. HILDEBRAND (GEORGE5, COONRAD4, CHRISTIAN3, PETER2, ANDREAS1
HILDEBRAND) was born October 29, 1834 in Burke County NC, and died May 07, 1915.
He married MARGARET BURNS.
Children of JULIUS HILDEBRAND and MARGARET BURNS are:
i. HENRY HILDEBRAND.
ii. ARABELLA HILDEBRAND.
iii. ELMA RANDA HILDEBRAND.
iv. SUSAN HILDEBRAND.
v. TALC (?) HILDEBRAND.
vi. TOM HILDEBRAND.
vii. JOHN HILDEBRAND.
viii. MINNIE HILDEBRAND.
ix. MARY HILDEBRAND.
x. MAGGIE HILDEBRAND.
xi. ROBERT VANCE HILDEBRAND.
6. DAVID ALBERTO (BERT) HILDEBRAND (GEORGE5, COONRAD4, CHRISTIAN3,
PETER2, ANDREAS1 HILDEBRAND) was born April 04, 1842, and died 1911 in buried in the old
Hildebrand Cemetery. He married (1) JEULINA HILDEBRAND, daughter of CONRAD
HILDEBRAND and KATHERINE YOUNG. He married (2) MATTIE LOWMAN.
Children of DAVID HILDEBRAND and JEULINA HILDEBRAND are:
i. GEORGE WASHINGTON6 HILDEBRAND, b. October 22, 1869.
ii. ADOLPHUS (DOLPH) HILDEBRAND.
6. ALTHA ELMINA HILDEBRAND (GEORGE5 COONRAD4, CHRISTIAN3, PETER2, ANDREAS1
HILDEBRAND) was born November 06, 1836, and died November 06, 1908 in buried at
Burke Chapel Methodist Church. She married JAMES H. HILDEBRAND, son of SAMUEL
HILDEBRAND and SARAH HILDEBRAND.
Children of ALTHA HILDEBRAND and JAMES HILDEBRAND are:
i. CONRAD III HILDEBRAND, m. KATE JOHNSON.
ii. CHARLES HILDEBRAND, b. February 10, 1865; d. September 1943, Wilkies Grove
Church.
iii. SAMUEL HILDEBRAND, m. LELAH LAIL.
iv. EDWARD MCCAMPBELL HILDEBRAND, m. IDA SPEAGLE.
v. RICHMOND HILDEBRAND.
vi. VERNON HILDEBRAND, b. February 25, 1874; d. December 10, 1876, buried in the
old Hildebrand Cemetery.
vii. DELIA BELLE HILDEBRAND, m. LEE KISER.
viii. DOCK HILDEBRAND, m. SARAH STEPHENS.
ix. JUDE HILDEBRAND, m. MINNIE FRANKLIN.
Generation No. 7
7. MARY CAROLINE HILDEBRAND (SAMUEL6, CONRAD5, COONRAD4,
CHRISTIAN3, PETER2, ANDREAS1 HILDEBRAND) was born 1843. She married AARON COOK
1859-1860, son of JESSE COOK and MARTHA AIKEN.
Notes for AARON COOK:
1850 Burke County Census shows Jesse and Martha Cook, with several children including Aaron.
He was 13 years old at the time. 1860 census shows an Aaron Cook, 23, with Caroline, 17. So we
have estimated their births from this information.
Children of MARY HILDEBRAND and AARON COOK are:
i. SAMUEL M. COOKE, b. March 29, 1866, North Carolina town unknown;
d. May 27, 1936, Winston-Salem, Forsyth Co. NC Woodland Cemetery; m. IDA FRANKLIN,
December 30, 1888, Lovelady township, Burke Co. NC.
Notes for SAMUEL M. COOKE:
Graves of Samuel and Ida were visited by Roberta and Glenn on May 24th 1998.
Samuel's grave marker lists him as being born on March 29, 1886, which we know is a
20 year mistake. He was married in 1888.
For more Cook/Cooke family genealogy, please click here.
ii. CALVIN A. COOK, b. April 22, 1869, NC; d. February 28, 1942, Clover, SC; m. LOUISA
BELLE MCCALL, November 10, 1895, Caldwell Co. NC.
7. JAMES H. HILDEBRAND (SAMUEL6, CONRAD5, COONRAD4, CHRISTIAN3, PETER2, ANDREAS1
HILDEBRAND) was born April 26, 1836, and died December 31, 1913 in buried at Burke
Chapel Methodist Church. He married ALTHA ELMINA HILDEBRAND, daughter of
GEORGE HILDEBRAND and MARY NULL.
Children of JAMES HILDEBRAND and ALTHA HILDEBRAND are:
i. CONRAD III HILDEBRAND, m. KATE JOHNSON.
ii. CHARLES HILDEBRAND, b. February 10, 1865; d. September 1943, Wilkies
Grove Church; m. ELLA ELIZABETH SETTLEMYRE, October 18, 1891.
iii. SAMUEL HILDEBRAND, m. LELAH LAIL.
iv. EDWARD MCCAMPBELL HILDEBRAND, m. IDA SPEAGLE.
v. RICHMOND HILDEBRAND.
vi. VERNON HILDEBRAND, b. February 25, 1874; d. December 10, 1876, buried in
the old Hildebrand Cemetery.
vii. DELIA BELLE HILDEBRAND, m. LEE KISER.
viii. DOCK HILDEBRAND, m. SARAH STEPHENS.
ix. JUDE HILDEBRAND, m. MINNIE FRANKLIN.
7. ISREAL MONROE HILDEBRAND (SOLOMON6, CONRAD5, COONRAD4,
CHRISTIAN3, PETER2, ANDREAS1 HILDEBRAND) was born July 10, 1845, and died April 18, 1925
in buried at Warlicks Baptist Church. He married MARY ELIZABETH ABERNATHY.
Child of ISREAL HILDEBRAND and MARY ABERNATHY is:
i. JOHN SOLOMON HILDEBRAND, b. 1875.