Person:Henry Jacobs (28)

Henry Jacobs, Sr
Birth: Dec. 16, 1764, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Death: Oct. 24, 1821, Leitersburg, Washington County, Maryland, USA
Burial: Jacobs Lutheran Cemetery, Leitersburg, Washington County, Maryland, USA

Marriage, Ann Maria Miller, January 29, 1793, Salem Reformed Church, Zullinger, Franklin County, PA. The son of Martin Jacobs and Barbara Musselman.
Children: Susanna Barbara Jacobs, married Michael Eyler; Henry Jacobs Jr.; Elizabeth Jacobs; George Jacobs; Ann Maria Jacobs, married Jacob E. Bell; David Jacobs, and Michael Jacobs.
Sibling: George Jacobs (1763 - 1790)

Henry Jacobs, the second son of Martin and Barbara, was born 16 December 1764.
Henry Jacobs married Ann Maria Miller, daughter of Henry Miller, a soldier of the Revolution, who was a resident of Antrim Township, Franklin county, PA, as early as 1773, and was one of the founders of Salem Reformed Church. She was born 17 November 1770. They reared eight children, inc.
Susanna Barbara, who married Michael Eyler;
Henry, born 24 February 1795;
Elizabeth;
John;
George;
Ann Maria, who married Jacob E. Bell;
David,
and Michael, born 18 January 1808.

On the 7th of May 1799 Henry Jacobs purchased from Christian Gilbert 42 acres for which he secured a patent under the name of Rossgarland, 12 March 1802.
In 1805, Henry Jacobs purchased two tracts of land from Colonel Daniel Hughes, the proprietor of Rock Forge, for £8 per acre.. One north of Rossgarland, comprising 97 acres, was originally part of Poor Robin's Almanac, patented to Richard Wooten 23 April 1765, and extended along the public road from Antietam Creek to the crossroads. The other was south of Rossgarland, originally part of Balsher's Misfortune, comprising 46 acres.
Henry Jacobs' Ann Maria Miller died 20 July 1809.

In 1816 [Henry Jacobs built] the stone house and barn across the meadow from [Jacobs] church. They were the scene of an active and busy life in the days when grain was cut with the sickle, threshed with the flail, and hauled in wagons to Baltimore, when modern agricultural machinery was unknown and farming operations were performed almost entirely by manual labor. The establishment was almost patriarchal in its proportions. In addition to his own family of eight, Henry Jacobs reared the children of his deceased brothers, and there was always a full complement of servants, both men and women. German was the language of the household, the church, and the community generally. The old stone mansion was also the scene of a generous hospitality. People came to the church from long distances and were easily prevailed upon to stay here for dinner before returning home. This was the invariable custom of the preacher as long as the farm remained in the family.

On 31 January 1821 a patent for 9 acres at the western end of his farm was issued in Henry Jacobs's name, which gave him about 450 acres total, one of the largest individual holdings in Washington Township. The tract was nearly rectangular in form and its length from east to west was about 2 miles. The road from Antietam Junction to Union school house was its northern boundary, and Antietam creek was the limit of its extent on the east. The improvements were also among the best.

Henry Jacobs died 24 October 1821.

Lutheran Church of Jacobs Graveyard, North of Leitersburg, near State Line
Jacobs, Henry b. 15 Dec 1764, d. 24 Oct 1821