Individual Details
(26 Apr 1788 - 10 Feb 1874)
He moved to the mouth of Laurel Creek where Quinnimont Statopm (Chesapeake & Ohio RR). He built a two story log house and was the first white settler in the Laurel Creek vicinity. Jacob had several land surveys, one being a strip running from the mouth of Piney River to the mouth of Mill Creek, where he at one time operated a grist mill. In 1827, he bought 1017 acres beginning on an island at the mouth of Piney River thence running up Stretcher Neck (tunnel) and coming off the mountain to the river at an Indian crossing. Jacob was married twice more. He had 25 children and his grandchildren were legions (3 sons having 67 children!).
Events
| Birth | 26 Apr 1788 | Rockingham County, Virginia | | | |
| Marriage | 17 Dec 1807 | Greenbrier County, Virginia - Susan Campbell | | | |
| Death | 10 Feb 1874 | Fitzpatrick, West Virginia | | | |
| Military | | War of 1812 | | | |
| Occupation | | Deacon - Beckley Baptist Church, Beckley, West Virginia | | | |
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