Person:Jacob Yoakum (2)

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Jacob Yoakum
b.3 Dec 1753 Virginia
d.18 May 1838 Hardy County, Virginia
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1750
  1. John Yoakum1752 -
  2. Jacob Yoakum1753 - 1838
  3. Philip YoakumAbt 1757 -
  4. Elizabeth Yoakum1763 - Bef 1807
  5. George Yoakum1763 - 1845
  6. Catherine Yoakum1765 - Bef 1807
  7. Barbara Yoakum1768 -
  8. Michael Harness Yoakum1771 - 1854
Spouse and Children
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m. 1782
  1. Rebecca YoakumAft 1782 -
  2. Solomon YOKEM1789 - 1840
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Facts and Events
Name Jacob Yoakum
Alt Name Jacob Yoakham
Gender Male
Birth? 3 Dec 1753 Virginia
Marriage 1782 to Mary Magdaline Stump
Death? 18 May 1838 Hardy County, Virginia


American Revolutionary War Veteran
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Revolutionary War Pension Information

Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 6, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :

Yoakum, Jacob - born 12/1753 in Hardy County, Virginia, where he entered service 1778 in Virginia company; granted Pension there in 1833; William Heath & Anthony Baker made affidavits there then per presiding Judge Charles A. Finley & County Court Clerk James Carr Gamble; soldier died there 5/1838; married 10/8/1782 to Mary Magdalen Wilton/Welton, Hampshire County, Virginia; widow applied for Pension age 88 in Bourbon County, Kentucky, 1840 & Pension Application rejected; died there 3/23/1841; daughter Rebekah wife of Michael Neef applied for Pension there in 1846 & Pension Application rejected; soldier's surname also spelled Yoahum/Yoakhum/Yokum/Yocum; query letter in file 1930 from descendant Elizabeth Pope Hoefler, Tacoma, Washington, states soldier had son Jacob Jr. & also querier was a descendant from Pennsylvania Revolutionary War soldier Peter Pope who resided 1790 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania & died in West Virginia. F-R11939, R2659.
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