Bible Translators Theologians John Kilian was born in Doehlen, in the Kingdom of Saxony.

[1] He rejected "growing rationalism" among the clergy, calling for a return to Scripture as authoritative, translating a number of German items into Sorbian.

[2] It was during the year 1854 that about 558 Wendish Lutherans from Kilian's congregations in Prussia and also from Saxony called him to lead them to Texas.

[3] On March 25, 1854, a new Lutheran congregation was organized at Dauban, to become the cornerstone of a large Wendish emigration.

This move resulted in the establishment of Low Pin Oak Settlement later renamed Serbin.