Burial in Old Fredonia cemetery about 150 yards from Livingston Presbyterian Church cemetery also known as Centerville cemetery.

Robert Leeper, Jr. was born on the family plantation on the west bank of the Catawba River in present day York County, South Carolina. He enlisted in the New Acquisition militia at 16 years of age. Stub indents from the South Carolina archives confirm that Robert was paid for militia service beginning 8 Dec, 1778.

In December 1778, Robert Jr. participated in the Georgia Campaign. In this campaign Robert Jr. served in Captain Bratton's Company of Colonel Thomas Neel's Regiment. Colonel Neel was the father of Robert's future wife, Jane Neel. Records indicate that Robert Jr. served multiple enlistment terms in the militia. A son of Robert Jr. wrote that his father was in numerous military engagements, but related that the Battle of Kings Mountain was the only battle he recalled his father talking about. The battle of Kings Mountain was approximately 18 miles west of the Catawba River where the Leepers resided.

At Kings Mountain, Robert Jr. served at the rank of Captain and was responsible for driving in the pickets of the British forces as the Patriot militia commenced the battle. Robert T. Leeper related the following regarding his father:

"My father was a man of few words opposed to any thing like boasting, he was an elder in the Presbyterian church, nearly all of the church were soldiers & their families from SC. he spoke of the battle at Kings Mountain of the great difference in the apparel & equipment of the contending armies. Isaac Shelby passed along the line & charged them not to be dismayed at the gay apparel of the English - that a bullet will kill one of them as quick as a ragged soldier: not a man of the Carolinians flinched."

Robert Jr. and Jane Neel were married after the Revolutionary War sometime around 1783-1784. No direct documentation has been found to substantiate a specific date, however, documents do confirm they were married prior to January 1786. Robert Jr. and Jane are known to have had 8 children, 4 sons and 4 daughters. Robert Jr. learned the silversmith trade while in South Carolina. Both his father's Will and a deed transfer refer to him as a silversmith in South Carolina.

In September of 1796, Robert Jr. and Jane sold off their land holdings in South Carolina in preparation for their immigration to Kentucky. Although it is not known for certain, it is likely they departed South Carolina shortly after the land sale. Robert Jr. and Jane made the move from South Carolina to Kentucky as part of a much larger family group that consisted of the families of Jane's sisters Elizabeth (wife of Lt. Col. James Hawthorn) and Mary (wife of Capt. Moses Shelby). The eldest sister, Sarah, remained in South Carolina with her husband David Johnston. Jane's mother, Jean Neel, accompanied her daughters to Kentucky and lived in the household of her daughter Elizabeth.

Just as the Leepers and Neels had been active members of the Bethel Presbyterian Church near Clover, South Carolina, Robert Jr. and Jane continued this tradition in Kentucky. Robert Jr. served as an elder of the Livingston Presbyterian Church.

Robert Jr. passed away on 25 January, 1823 near present day Fredonia, KY. He was buried in the Old Fredonia Cemetery. Jane lived an additional 17 years after the death of Robert Jr. and passed away on 3 May 1850. She was buried alongside Robert Jr. Next to them were also buried their daughter Elizabeth, wife of Henry A. Harman, and their granddaughter Johannah Leeper, daughter of Robert Templin Leeper.

Robert Jr.'s children were: Catherine, Jane, Sarah Neel, Thomas Neel, Andrew Neel, Robert Templin, Elizabeth, and John Calvin.

Much more about him, records, his children, ancestors, etc. may be found here:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Leeper-49