Individual Details
Jacob "of Otter Creek" Van Meter Jr.
(4 Oct 1762 - 21 Oct 1850)
He inherited his father's homestead when Jacob Sr. died. He later sold the old homestead to the Geoghegan family and built a large stone house at the forks of Otter Creek. He lived there until late in life when he went to live with his son John. Jacob Jr. died at his son's home in 1850.
He had thirteen children; ten sons, seven of whom were deacons in the Baptist Church.
Other sources have different parents for this Jacob.
These records are from the VanMeter Bible owned by Mary Jane Van Meter, then her son Joseph Harrison Lewis and now his son Charles Buford Lewis, of 436 West 90th Street, Los Angeles, California.
The Original is in the Family Bible of Mary J. Lewis Family Record of Jacob Van Meter Sr. born in 1745 and Latitia Strode.
Jacob Van Meter Sr. was Sergeant, 12th Virginia Regiment and a member of the Committee of Observation. (Regiment designated 8th. Virginia on 9-14-1788.) He was also an Ensign, 8th Virginia September, 1779. Retired January 1st. 1781
References-Heitmen's "Officers of the Revolution" and Old Letters, Records and Obituaries.
Jacob Van Meter Jr., son of Van Meter Sr. and Sarah Berdine, was born October 4th. 1762 and was married to Elizabeth Rhoads, born October 6th., 1770, on November 16th., 1786.
Events
| Birth | 4 Oct 1762 | Frederick, Virginia, British America |  | ||
| Military | Abt 1777 | American Revolution - Virginia, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 7 Oct 1786 | Hardin, Kentucky, United States - Elizabeth Rhodes | | ||
| Census (family) | 1810 | Hardin, Kentucky, United States - Elizabeth Rhodes | |||
| Census (family) | 15 Aug 1850 | Meade, Kentucky, United States - Elizabeth Rhodes | | ||
| Death | 21 Oct 1850 | Meade, Kentucky, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Rhodes (1770 - 1852) |
| Child | Isaac N. Van Meter (1787 - ) |
| Child | Sarah "Sallie" Van Meter (1788 - 1873) |
| Child | Abraham Wickliffe Van Meter (1789 - 1868) |
| Child | John Van Meter (1791 - 1878) |
| Child | Joseph Harrison Van Meter (1792 - 1887) |
| Child | Thomas Rhodes Van Meter (1794 - 1872) |
| Child | Susan Newmire Van Meter (1796 - 1889) |
| Child | Jacob V. Van Meter (1798 - 1821) |
| Child | Henry Rhoads Van Meter (1800 - 1853) |
| Child | Daniel Boone Van Meter (1802 - 1880) |
| Child | Nathaniel Wickliffe Van Meter (1804 - 1865) |
| Child | Miles Chenowith Van Meter (1806 - 1880) |
| Child | Elizabeth Van Meter (1808 - 1886) |
| Child | Mary Jane Van Meter (1811 - 1904) |
| Child | David Rhoads Van Meter (1813 - 1876) |
| Father | Jacob Jansen "Valley Creek Jake" Van Meter Sr. (1723 - 1798) |
| Mother | Letitia "Letty" Strode (1725 - 1799) |
| Sibling | Eleanor Van Meter (1742 - 1811) |
| Sibling | Abraham Van Meter (1744 - 1781) |
| Sibling | Rebecca Van Meter (1746 - 1821) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Van Meter (1752 - 1848) |
| Sibling | Susanna "Susan" Van Meter (1750 - 1798) |
| Sibling | Rachel Van Meter (1754 - 1841) |
| Sibling | Mary M. "Polly" Van Meter (1757 - 1832) |
| Sibling | Isaac Van Meter (1759 - 1840) |
| Sibling | Margaret Van Meter (1759 - 1843) |
| Sibling | John Van Meter (1764 - 1806) |
| Sibling | Alcinda "Alsey, Aisley" Van Meter (1766 - 1828) |
| Sibling | William Van Meter (1766 - 1808) |
Notes
Military
Kentucky Pension Roll of 1835JACOB VANMETER
HARDIN COUNTY
ENSIGN - CAPTAIN
VIRGINIA MILITIA
$105.00 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE
$315.00 AMOUNT RECEIVED
MARCH 2, 1833 PENSION STARTED
AGE 73
Census (family)
225, 225, John Vanmeter, 59 M, Farmer, 3500, KYSusan " , 53 F, KY
Jacob " , 88 M, VA
Elizabeth " , 88 F, PA
William Lewis, 24 M, Farmer, KY
Elizabeth " , 20 F, KY
Endnotes
1. Haycraft, Samuel., A history of Elizabethtown Kentucky and its surroundings. Elizabethtown: KY, Hardin Co. Historical Society. 1975 (written in 1869), p. 131.
2. Wood, Melba, Loper-Keller-VanMeter and allied lines : Rhoads, Keele, Searles, Haynes, and many other pioneer settlers of Macoupin County, Illinois (Godfrey, Ill.: Illinois Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1969, 57 pgs. ), has b. 10-2-1759.
3. Unknown. A Story of a Van Matre Family. (Eleven pages copied by Shirley Lillie,
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.
5. Howard L. Leckey, The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneer Families: A Genealogical History of the Upper Monongahela Valley (1977; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Com, 2009), 204; digital images, Google, Google Books ( : accessed 6 April 2015.
6. Wood, Melba, Loper-Keller-VanMeter and allied lines : Rhoads, Keele, Searles, Haynes, and many other pioneer settlers of Macoupin County, Illinois (Godfrey, Ill.: Illinois Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1969, 57 pgs. ).
7. Howard L. Leckey, The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneer Families: A Genealogical History of the Upper Monongahela Valley (1977; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Com, 2009), 204, married Nov 11 (or 16), 1786; digital images, Google, Google Books ( : accessed 6 April 2015.
8. Smyth, Samuel Gordon, A genealogy of the Duke-Shepherd-Van Metre family : from civil, military, church, and family records and documents (Lancaster, Pa.: New Era Print Co., 1909, 480 pgs.), p 402.
9. Howard L. Leckey, The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneer Families: A Genealogical History of the Upper Monongahela Valley (1977; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Com, 2009), 204, died in Meade Co, KY, February 27, 1852; digital images, Google, Google Books ( : accessed 6 April 2015.