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Jacob Hite
d.1 Jul 1776 South Carolina, United States
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m. 11 Nov 1704
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m. 1740
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Jacob Hite (1719-1776) was one of the wealthiest men in what is now Berkeley County, West Virginia. Hite had come to the Valley with his father in the early 1730s. A prominent family, Hite had served as sheriff twice for Frederick County and also as justice of the peace for that county as well as Berkeley. His son, Thomas, was a member of the House of Burgesses. Hite is most famous for his assault on the Martinsburg county jail in April 1774 and his rivalry with Adam Stephen. [edit] Acquisition of Land in Frederick County, VAAcquisition of Land from Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants 1742-1775, Volume 2:
[edit] Information on Jacob Hitehttp://www.gencircles.com/users/avgjoe/4/data/437 Thomas K. Cartmell, an early Virginia historian, adds to the list of deeds from grantor Hite as recorded in Orange County, Virginia, Courthouse prior to the first term of Court in Frederick County, Virginia. The last entry in this list shows Hite's real-estate partnership with Messrs. William Duff and Robert Green. Robert MacKay was Hite's first partner. Jacob Hite, 2,668 A south of Opequon Creek, October 20, 1742
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