Jacob Clark

An old family genealogy, researched by Lilian G. Polk (18 Jun 1901 - 18 Feb 1984), who writes that Jacob Clark died in Smithfield, Jefferson Co., Ohio in 1841 (Pittsburgh Junction).  The same notebook states that his wife Tabitha Dennis Clark died in 1844 at the home of their son, John D. Clark, in Washington D.C.  This information came from a letter written by Jacob's grandson, John T.C. Clark, in 1882, and earlier this year, I was able to obtain a newspaper article from the Baltimore Sun, stating her obituary as "Tabitha Clark, died 03 Jul 1843, at the home of her son, John D. Clark, Washington D.C."  This obituary had been previously undiscovered by the early family genealogy researchers, but certainly proves what had been written by the grandchildren in the mid to late 1800's as being very accurate.

"Master of Doro, an Epic of the Old South" by Annie Clark Jacobs and “Reminiscences of a Mississippian in Peace and War”, by Col. Frank Alexander Montgomery are two published books that both refer to Jacob in the Revolutionary War, enlisting from Maryland, and later moving the family into Ohio.

In the publication “Revolutionary Veterans Buried in Jefferson County, Ohio” by Charles F. Green, published March 4, 1999 it lists "Jacob Clark born 1754, served in Maryland Continental Line."

The History of Noble County Ohio, L. H. Watkins, 1877, in the chapter entitled, Territorial Government and Public Lands ,Page 49 ,
It talks about early settlers in Ohio, and specifically mentions Jefferson Co. Ohio. On June 15, 1785, Congress circulated a petition to get these settlers out of the territory and also discourage new settlers from coming until the land was surveyed, etc..  It lists the "Intruders" and on the list is our Jacob Clark and his brother James Clark.

"The Pathfinders of Jefferson County" compiled by W. H. Hunter, published in the History of Ohio, Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly, Vol 6, page137, also states that both Jacob Clark and his brother James were early settlers of Jefferson Co., Ohio, true Ohio Pioneers. 

Other early researchersof the Jacob Clark family were Madel Jacobs Stringer, Francis Irwin Berry, James Bellarts and Stella Farrar Langdon.  Last year, I took over much of their early research, and have added to it considerably.  I have also gathered about 20 living descendants, from all over the US, and we have formed an family information email group. 

Submitted by chapter member, Wilma Clark
2007

Annie Eliza Clark and husband George Rixneer Jacobs
Photos donated by descendant, WIlma Clark

Annie Eliza Clark Jacobs daughter of Charles and Ann Eliza Darden Clark
Donated by Wilma Clark

Emma Stewart Clark Lenoir Cooper daughter of Charles and Anna Eliza Darden Clark
Donated by Wilma Clark

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