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Jacob Kurtz, Jailor, of Augusta County, VA
Facts and Events
Jacob Kurtz was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Records in Virginia
- 1818 - Deed 2? Aug. 1818, recorded 3 Sept. 1818 in Winchester,Virginia, Deed Book No. 4, p. 5 Jacob Kurtz and Mary Kurtz, his wife; John Haas and Sarah Haas, his wife, nee Kurtz; Henry Linn and Rebecca Linn, his wife, nee Kurtz; George Bostian and Maria Bostian, his wife, nee Kurtz; heirs and devisees of Adam Kurtz, late of Winchester to Isaac Kurtz, Abraham Kurtz, Catherine Kurtz, Elizabeth Kurtz, and Julia Ann Kurtz, of Winchester. For $1,200, Lot 12 and the part of Lot 11 purchased in 1801. The house is mentioned in the deed. Source: Adam Kurtz House Historic American Buildings Survey
References
- Virginia, United States. Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917. (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2011).
Name: Isaac Kurtz
Birth Date: abt 1823
Birth Place: Staunton County, Virginia
Death Date: 30 May 1854
Death Place: Staunton, Staunton, Virginia
Death Age: 31
Race: White
Marital status: Married
Gender: Male
Father Name: Jacob Kurtz
Mother Name: Polly Kurtz
Spouse Name: Julia Kurtz
FHL Film Number: 2048591
- United States. 1810 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M252).
Name: Jacob Kentz
[Jacob Kurtz]
Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Augusta, Virginia
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 : 1 [b. bet. 1766-1784]
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 3
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 [b. bet. 1766-1784]
Numbers of Slaves: 2
Number of Household Members Under 16: 4
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 9
- United States. 1820 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M33).
Name: Jacob Kurtz
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Staunton, Augusta, Virginia
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 2 [b. bet. 1776-1794]
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 [b. bet. 1776-1794]
Slaves - Males - 14 thru 25: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Manufactures: 3
Free White Persons - Under 16: 6
Free White Persons - Over 25: 3
Total Free White Persons: 9
Total Slaves: 1
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 10
- United States. 1830 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M19).
Name: Jacob Kurtz
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Staunton, Augusta, Virginia
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 2 [b. bet. 1781-1790]
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 2 [b. bet. 1781-1790]
Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 1
Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 7
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 8
Total Free White Persons: 15
Total Slaves: 2
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 17
- Augusta County, Virginia. Staunton Spectator
Vol. 36, Number 20, 3 May 1859.
Augusta County, Virginia. Staunton Spectator, Vol. 36, Number 20, 3 May 1859.
DIED
In Timberville, Rockingham County, on Monday the 25th ult., Mrs. Susan Fetzer, wife of George W. Fetzer, and daughter of Jacob Kurtz, dec'd. - aged 53 years, 9 months and 3 days.
- Waddell, Joseph Addison. Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871. (Staunton, Virginia: C. Russell Caldwell, 1902)
pg. 419.
Everybody in town and county knew Mrs. Kurtz, the keeper of the county jail. Her husband, Jacob Kurtz, was normally the jailor, but she had the credit of carrying the keys and ruling the establishment. In statue, she was like Meg Merrilies, while i official character she strongly resembled in some respects Mrs. Mac Guffog, the keeper of the prison at Portanferry, as described by Guy Mannering.
- Augusta County, Virginia. Staunton Spectator
24 August 1837.
Married
In Staunton, on Thursday evening the 15th, by the Rev. Wm. G. Jackson, Mr. George Fetzer to Miss Susan Kurtz, daughter of Mr. Jacob Kurtz, dec'd, late of this place.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).
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