Taylor Family Genealogy
Jacob STEPHENS
Abt 1756 - 1849 (~ 93 years)-
Name Jacob STEPHENS [1] Born Abt 1756 Frederick Co., Va 
[2] Gender Male Died 6 Jun 1849 Madison or Rockcastle County, KY [2] Person ID I1462 Josh E. Taylor Jr. Tree Last Modified 1 Nov 2019
Father Peter STEPHENS, Jr., b. Abt 1732, Frederick Co., Va , d. 1812, Montgomery County, Va. (Age ~ 80 years) Relationship natural Mother Mary CHRISMAN, b. 29 Sep 1735, Frederick Co., Va , d. Montgomery Co., Va Relationship natural Married 1753 Family ID F553 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Rachel ENGLISH Married 10 Nov 1786 Lincoln Co., Ky [2] Last Modified 1 Nov 2019 Family ID F560 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - "Born about 1756 in Frederick County, Virginia (in 1840, Kentucky Census, Jacob states he was 84 years of age--See Collin's History of Kentucky, page 8). About the year 1762 he came with his parents from Frederick County to Montgomery County, Virginia, where he grew to manhood. In March 1777, he enlisted at Montgomery Court House, Virginia and served for more than a year under Capt. Joseph Crockett in the 7th Virginia Regiment and in Colonel William Heth's Regiment in the Revolutionary War. He was in the battle of Monmouth, New Jersey (fought June 28, 1778). Following this service in the army, he migrated to Kentucky where on November 10, 1786, he married Rachel English in Lincoln County. He lived for a time in Madison County and finally settled in Rockcastle County, about 1825, where he lived on a large plantation near Boone, Kentucky, until his death June 6, 1849, aged about 93 years. From the year 1784 to 1800, Jacob accumulated about two thousand acres of land, some of this, located near Boone, Kentucky, is still in possession of his descendants. He was buried on his farm near Boone. He was allowed a Revolutionary War soldier's pension on his application executed June 17, 1819 (pension claim W-2019) at which time he was a resident of Madison County, Kentucky.
"Jacob Stephens participated in a Militia or volunteer engagement at the Blue Lick, near Carlisle, Kentucky. This place has been made a State Park, and a thirty foot marble monument has been erected to the memory of those who were mur-" [photocopied page from JET ends here] -- Stephens, Dan V. Stephens Family Genealogies, p. unpaged [6]
- "Born about 1756 in Frederick County, Virginia (in 1840, Kentucky Census, Jacob states he was 84 years of age--See Collin's History of Kentucky, page 8). About the year 1762 he came with his parents from Frederick County to Montgomery County, Virginia, where he grew to manhood. In March 1777, he enlisted at Montgomery Court House, Virginia and served for more than a year under Capt. Joseph Crockett in the 7th Virginia Regiment and in Colonel William Heth's Regiment in the Revolutionary War. He was in the battle of Monmouth, New Jersey (fought June 28, 1778). Following this service in the army, he migrated to Kentucky where on November 10, 1786, he married Rachel English in Lincoln County. He lived for a time in Madison County and finally settled in Rockcastle County, about 1825, where he lived on a large plantation near Boone, Kentucky, until his death June 6, 1849, aged about 93 years. From the year 1784 to 1800, Jacob accumulated about two thousand acres of land, some of this, located near Boone, Kentucky, is still in possession of his descendants. He was buried on his farm near Boone. He was allowed a Revolutionary War soldier's pension on his application executed June 17, 1819 (pension claim W-2019) at which time he was a resident of Madison County, Kentucky.
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Sources - [S135] Stephens Family Genealogies... 1690-1938, Stevens, Dan V., (Name: Fremont, Neb. Hammond & Stephens Co., 1940;), CS71 S844 1940., unnumbered [2].
- [S135] Stephens Family Genealogies... 1690-1938, Stevens, Dan V., (Name: Fremont, Neb. Hammond & Stephens Co., 1940;), CS71 S844 1940., unpaged [6].
- [S135] Stephens Family Genealogies... 1690-1938, Stevens, Dan V., (Name: Fremont, Neb. Hammond & Stephens Co., 1940;), CS71 S844 1940., unnumbered [2].