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Aaron Cook's theory of a possible estimated timeline of events and connections. Based in information elsewhere in this website and other information, some of the events are known, and some are wild guesses, used as a basis to do further research.
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1726 Johannes Leinberger, born in Germany
1750 Johannes Leinberger, age 25, marries (name unknown)
1751 Johannes Leinberger, age 26, and wife to Pennsylvania on Ship Brothers
1752 John Linebarger, Sr., the only son, born in Pennsylvania to Johannes and wife
1753-1758 sister(s), if any, of John Linebarger, Sr., born in Pennsylvania
1764 Johannes Leinberger family from Pennsylvania to North Carolina (Johannes age 38, John Sr. age 12)
1773 John Linebarger, Sr., age 21, marries (name unknown)
1774 sister #1 of John Linebarger, Jr. born in North Carolina
1775 sister #2 of John Linebarger, Jr. born in North Carolina
1776 John Linebarger, Jr. born in North Carolina
1776 Anna Maria Hut (Mary Hoot) born in Lehigh Co., Pennsylvania to Michael and Juliana Hut (Michael and Uley Hoot)
1777 sister #3 of John Linebarger, Jr. born in North Carolina
1778 sister #4 of John Linebarger, Jr. born in North Carolina
1779 sister #5 (Nancy?) of John Linebarger, Jr. born in North Carolina
1781 sister #6 (Peggy?) of John Linebarger, Jr. born in North Carolina
1783 sister #7 of John Linebarger, Jr. born in North Carolina
1790 Michael Hoot dies in Lincoln Co., North Carolina
1799 A John Sr. buys land, "Mountain Creek, Mill Stone Branch" on Feb. 15. Our John Sr. aged 47.
1799 John Jr. marries Mary Hoot, both aged 23.
1805 John Sr. sells 75 acres to John Jr. on Little’s Creek in what’s now Catawba Co., bordering Bell, Lockman, and Linebarger. John Sr. aged 53, and John Jr. aged 29 now with his own place.
1810 a Nancy Linebarger marries George Brotherton
1810 a Peggy Linebarger marries Mason Harwell
1813 John Jr. sells 75 acres back to John Sr.; John Sr. sells John Jr. 245 acres on Little’s Creek, bordering Munday, Brotherton, and Harwell. John Sr. aged 61 and John Jr. aged 37, so John Sr. semi-retiring and John Jr. taking over the farm.
1820 John Jr., aged 44, sells 245 acres to John Lockman, preparing to move west
1821 John Jr. and Mary Hoot's family in Bartholomew County, Indiana at White River
1822 John Jr. and Mary Hoot’s family in Parke County, Indiana
1847 John Jr. died in Parke County, Indiana

Notes:
1. Peter Linebarger is named as Michael Hoot's brother-in-law in Michael's will. That means that Peter is either Uley's brother, Michael's sister's husband, or any kind of in-law as "brother-in-law" was a loosely applied term back then. I'll assume here that Uley was a Lineberger.
2. I think the key to breaking the far past is to find land records in Pennsylvania correlating with when Johannes arrived and when he left for North Carolina, if the records exist. Perhaps finding records of a Johannes Leinberger who left Germany at the right time would be beneficial.
3. It's odd, the fact that the authors of Five Republics didn't fit it John Linebarger specifically with any other Linebargers, as if they didn't find the connection, or they noticed the Linebarger/Lineberger marriage and avoided the subject.
4. There might be information on gravemarkers in North Carolina, if they're not under the big lake there.
5. These are just ideas of mine.
(Aaron Cook)