Person:Jacob Snowberger (1)

Bio notes: Schnebarriger, John

ID: I027770 Name: Jacob Snowberger Sex: M ALIA: Jacob /Schneeberger/ Birth: 1746 in Ochlenberg, Bern, Wangen, Switzerland 1 Death: 11 JUL 1819 in Snow Hill, Franklin Co., PA 2 Death: 4 JUL 1819 in Baker's Summit, Bedford Co., PA 3 Burial: Burger Cemetery, Leah Burger Farm, near Salemville, Bedford Co., PA Event: Raised 1752 PA Residence: 1790 Franklin Co., PA 4 Residence: 1800 Berks Co., PA 5 Residence: 1820 Washington Twp., Franklin Co., PA 6 Military Service: 1780 Revolutionary War, under Capt. Samuel Royer 7 Military Service: 1781 Revolutionary War, under Capt. James Young 7 Note: [Broderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #4805]

Came to America around 1752.Source: PASSENGER AND IMMIGRATION LISTS INDEX Source author(s): Filby, P. Wm. & Mary K. Meyer Source text: Schneeberger, Hans, Andreas, Ulrich, Anna, Maria, PA 1751, 2883 p.101 (Hall, C.M. PALATINE INDEX) Schneeberger, Jakob, Joseph 1752, Pa, 2883 p. 101 . Source page:1982-1985 Cumulative, pg. 2705.

[Antietam Ancestors, Vol iii, No. 1, Winter 1989] Jacob Snowberger, son of the immigrant Hans, received property from his mother, Catherine, in 1773 and acquired from his brother Andrew in 1794 an additional two hundred fourteen acres, more or less, which he later sold to John Toms, who patented the same as "Tomstown." This tract presumably was the land on which the Tomses founded the village of Franklin, now known as Tomstown, in Quincy township. During the Revolution, Jacob served under Captain Samuel Royer in 1780, and under Captain James Young in 1781. He afterwards removed to Bedford county, and reputedly was the first Snowberger to settle in Morrison's Cove.