General Notes

TAXL1755Orange County, North Carolina@@S237@@
Settled on the west bank of the Haw River in Orange County
, North Carolina.
Appeared on the 1755 tax list for Orange County, NC.
Arrived in Philadelphia on 20 Sep 1738 aboard the ship Frie
ndship, Capt. Henry Beech, with cousin Eberhard Drollinger
, son of uncle Michael Drollinger
11 Mar. 1746 -- Granted permit to survey "Qu. 100" Bucks Co
.,
Pennsylvania, and on 23 Apr. 1746, "Qu. 50" later marked "V
acated".
H. Jackson Darst, "The Darsts of Virginia--A Chronicle of T
en
Generations in the Old Dominion (With Sketches of the Cecil
,
Charlton, Glendy, Grigsby, Larew, Miller, Trolinger, Welch
, Wygal and
Wysor Families)," Williamsburg, VA, 1972, p. 368, et seq.
: "As a pat
of the great exodus of Palatine Germans, Drolllinger made h
is way to
Rotterdam where he and Aberhard Drollinger, probably his co
usin,
embarked on the ship Friendship, commanded by Capt. Henry B
eech, and
sailed by way of the English Channel port of Dover to Phila
delphia.
They arrived in September 1738, and took the oath of allegi
ance to
the British Crown on September 20th of that year. Leaving E
berhard in
Pennsylvania, Adam Drollinger went with other Germans acros
s Maryland
and Virginia to Orange (now Alamance) County, N.C. where h
e settled
in 1745 on the western bank of Haw River where the railroa
d now
crosses the river. He "entered quite a large body of land
" there,
selecting the location on account of the waterfalls and abu
ndance of
fish. There he was instrumental in establishing a union Lut
heran and
Reformed Church on the "pike leading from Salisbury to Hill
sboroh at
Haw River." He changed the spelling of his name to Trolling
er,
although it still was pronounced "Drollinger." Adam died i
n 1776 at
Haw River, N.C., and left at least one son, Jacob Heinric
h (Henry
Jacob) Trollinger."@@S268@@S237@@S304@@ppg 225-30
A Brief History of Haw River, North Carolina
In 1745, Adam Trollinger established a homestead on the ban
ks of the Haw River. From that beginning, the community o
f Haw River was developed. Trollinger was a native of the R
hine River valley in Germany and had lived in Pennsylvani
a before heading south to seek a new life. His settlement w
as very near the site of an earlier Sissipahaw Indian Villa
ge. Trollinger chose the spot because it had an easy crossi
ng while nearby the river moved with enough power to driv
e a mill wheel.
In 1748, Adam's son, Jacob, built a grist mill, one of th
e first industries in the wilderness area. A village know
n as Trollinger's Ford grew up around the mill.
Lord Cornwallis passed nearby during the last days of the R
evolutionary War. His foraging soldiers raided Trollinger'
s mill and confiscated the miller's grain. When Jacob confr
onted the redcoats, they bound him to a tree with a bridl
e bit in his mouth. Upon his release, Trollinger sent two o
f his sons and a slave to help fight the British.
Benjamin Trollinger built the first part of the Granite Mil
l in 1844, marking the beginning of the textile industry i
n the village. It is the only ante-bellum mill building i
n Alamance County still in use. Since that time, the develo
pment of the town has been inextricably linked to events a
t the mill.
In 1849, the North Carolina Railroad was chartered and Benj
amin Trollinger secured its passage through the mill town b
y building a railroad bridge over the river at his own expe
nse. The town became known as Haw River Depot. Benjamin Tro
llinger also was instrumental in locating the railroad repa
ir station at Company Shops a few miles west.
(source:  http://www.rootsweb.com/~nchrha/History.htm)
(Research):In 1745, Adam Trollinger established a homestea
d on the banks of the Haw River. From that beginning, the c
ommunity of Haw River was developed. Trollinger was a nativ
e of the Rhine River valley in Germany and had lived in Pen
nsylvania before heading