... He met and married Dinah Stanton of Little Egg Harbor, NJ, and soon after his marriage they moved to Loudon County near the home of his mother and stepfather, and afterward went with them across the Allegheny Mountains. Jacob and Dinah settled on the west side of the Monongahela River, on Dunkard Creek, near the present town of Pentree. This was known then as the Indian side of the river and the place he selected was then on the extreme frontier. They started out life in the wilderness across the mountain from the scenes of their youth. At the close of their lives they had improved a good homestead and were well to do. Their adventures, struggles and hardships if fully described would require volumes. Fights with Indians and hunting expeditions are still being told over and over again.
The assets of those times consisted in adventure and the bare necessities of life. Constant vigilance was the law of life and the rifle was as essential as any article of apparel. Always in danger, they suffered from three well-organized raids of the Indians, 1774, 1777, and 1778. ...
