Individual Details

Jacob "Miller Jake" Van Meter

(1752 - 12 Apr 1838)

Jacob was granted land for his services in the Revolutionary War. He had been commissioned by Col George Rogers Clarke in February 1778 and recruited for Capt Harrod's company. He was a miller.

Events

Birth1752Virginia, United States
MarriageBef 1793Virginia, United States - Catherine Covenhaven
Marriage12 May 1793Hardin, Kentucky, United States - Rebecca Rawlings
Death12 Apr 1838Hardin, Kentucky, United States

Families

SpouseCatherine Covenhaven ( - )
SpouseRebecca Rawlings (1777 - 1848)
ChildNancy Van Meter (1796 - 1873)
ChildMahala Van Meter ( - )
ChildLetitia Van Meter ( - )
ChildEdward Rawlings Van Meter (1803 - 1887)
FatherHenry Van Meter (1717 - 1793)
MotherEva Pyle ( - 1753)
SiblingJohn Van Meter (1735 - )
SiblingJoseph Van Meter (1740 - 1790)
SiblingHenry Van Meter (1743 - )
SiblingIsaac Van Meter (1750 - 1798)

Notes

Marriage

1st wife

Marriage

His cousin.

Endnotes

1. McClure, Daniel E. Jr., Two Centuries in Elizabethtown and Hardin County, Kentucky. Including Biographical Sketches of Some of Their Prominent Citizens of Past and Present Times. (Elizabethtown: KY. The Hardin County Historical Society, Inc. 1979.), p 194.

2. McClure, Daniel E. Jr., Two Centuries in Elizabethtown and Hardin County, Kentucky. Including Biographical Sketches of Some of Their Prominent Citizens of Past and Present Times. (Elizabethtown: KY. The Hardin County Historical Society, Inc. 1979.), p 194.

3. McClure, Daniel E. Jr., Two Centuries in Elizabethtown and Hardin County, Kentucky. Including Biographical Sketches of Some of Their Prominent Citizens of Past and Present Times. (Elizabethtown: KY. The Hardin County Historical Society, Inc. 1979.), p 194.

4. McClure, Daniel E. Jr., Two Centuries in Elizabethtown and Hardin County, Kentucky. Including Biographical Sketches of Some of Their Prominent Citizens of Past and Present Times. (Elizabethtown: KY. The Hardin County Historical Society, Inc. 1979.), p 194.