Person:Jacob Moyer (14)

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Jacob Moyer, of Botetourt Co., VA
m. Abt 1738
  1. Jacob Moyer, of Botetourt Co., VA1739 - Bef 1795
  2. Frene Meyer1750 - 1818
  • HJacob Moyer, of Botetourt Co., VA1739 - Bef 1795
  • WBarbara MillerAbt 1740 - Bef 1781
m. Abt 1761
  1. Elizabeth Moyer1763 - 1850
  2. Katherine MoyerAbt 1768 -
  3. Jacob Moyer, III1771 - Bef 1857
  4. Adam MoyerBef 1772 -
  5. Magdalena "Modina" MoyerAbt 1773 -
  6. Mathias MoyerBef 1777 -
  7. Barbara MoyerBef 1781 -
m. 6 Nov 1781
  1. Susan MoyerAft 1781 -
  2. Peter MoyerAft 1781 -
  3. Sarah MoyerBef 1784 -
  4. Dorothea "Dolly" Moyer1783 -
  5. John William MoyerBef 1785 -
Facts and Events
Name Jacob Moyer, of Botetourt Co., VA
Gender Male
Birth? 1739 Culpeper County, Virginia
Marriage Abt 1761 to Barbara Miller
Marriage 6 Nov 1781 to Salome "Sally" Miller
Death? Bef Jul 1795 Botetourt County, Virginia

Jacob Moyer was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Disambiguation

Not to be confused with Jacob Moyer of Rockingham County, Virginia. (1727-1796).

Early Land Acquisition in Virginia

Acquisition of Land from Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants:

  • K-444: Jacob Moyer of Augusta County, 400 acres on Mill Creek in Frederick Co. Surv. Mr. Robert Rutherford. 3 June 1762. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 134].

Disposition of Land:

  • 3 Nov 1772, Jacob MOYER & wife Barbara sold the above 400 acres [on Mill Creek] of land to Daniel WALKER. Witt: Christian DELLINGER (Shen Co. Va. Deed Book A pp. 129-130) It appears Jacob & family remained in Shen. Co. until they moved to Botetourt Co. in 1783. [1]

Acquisition of Land in Virginia:

  • 10 July 1783, Jacob Moyer & wife Sally bought 269 acres of land on the James River in Botetourt Co. Va. from Michael & Catharine KERNS. Some neighbors were: Michael & Conrad MOYER, Henry BAUGHMAN, John PITZER, William WALKER, Rev. John CRAIG, Peter ZIRCLE. [2]

Estate Records

Moyer, Jacob, dec. Appraisal returned July 1795. [Source: Early Marriages, Wills and some Revolutionary War Records, Botetourt County, Virginia, Compiled by Anne Lowry Worrell, pg. 61].
Jacob MOYER died in 1795. His estate was appraised by George POAGE, Peter ZIRCLE (his brother-in-law) & John NIESWANGER (his nephew-in-law.) [3]

Records in Virginia

Marriage Record, Botetourt County, VA: Derrick, Michael and Elizabeth Moyer, dau. [of] Jacob Moyer - June 16, 1789. [Worrell, Anne Lowry. Early marriages, wills, and some Revolutionary War records, Botetourt County, Virginia. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Genealogical Pub. Co., c1976), pg. 15].
Marriage Record, Botetourt County, VA: Baughman, John and Dolly Moyer, dau. [of] Jacob Moyer - July 21, 1805. [Worrell, Anne Lowry. Early marriages, wills, and some Revolutionary War records, Botetourt County, Virginia. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Genealogical Pub. Co., c1976), pg.5].
Marriage Record, Botetourt County, VA: Howard, James and Sally Myers, dau. [of] Jacob Myers - Feb. 5, 1811. [Worrell, Anne Lowry. Early marriages, wills, and some Revolutionary War records, Botetourt County, Virginia. (Baltimore [Maryland]: Genealogical Pub. Co., c1976), pg. 34].
References
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    D: I9031
    Name: Jacob MOYER
    Surname: Moyer
    Given Name: Jacob
    Sex: M
    Birth: 1739 in ,Culpeper,Va.
    Death: 1795 in ,Boutetourt,Va.
    Burial: ,Boutetourt,Va.,Noffsinger Cem.

    http://sherrysharp.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I51858&tree=Roots

  2.   Rootsweb Message Boards.

    Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 17:13:29 EDT
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    Subject: [GERMANNA] Jacob Moyer

    Jacob MOYER( c1739-1795), subject of recent posts, is named in "Harvest Time" -J Ross BAUGHMAN -1994, as being the son of a Jacob MOYER b. 1717