Display Patriot - P-151960 - Jacob DUCKETT Jr

Jacob DUCKETT Jr

SAR Patriot #: P-151960

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
 

State of Service: SC      Qualifying Service: Private / Patriotic Service
DAR #: A132603

Birth: 09 Sep 1753 / Prince George's / MD
Death: aft 21 Feb 1806 / Buncombe / NC

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. 1780-1781, he was paid for Militia duty at the Siege of Charleston.
  2. 1781, he was paid for furnishing a horse to the militia.

Additional References:
  1. Salley, Alexander Samuel and Wylma Anne WatersStub Entries to Indents Issued in Payment of Claims Against South Carolina Growing Out of the Revolution, South Carolina. Columbia: Historical Commission of South Carolina, Vol U-W, pg 259
  2. Southern Campaigns American Revolution Pension Statements & Rosters, South Carolina Audited Accounts relating to Jacop Duckett SC2477 page 4, Paid £30.8.6 3/4 for Private in Militia before and since reduction of Yorktown and Horse supplied 1781
  3. South Carolina Archives Audited Accounts. file #2056-A

Spouse: Sara Odell
Children: Richard; Josiah; Joseph Newton; John; Jacob; James; Thomas; Sarah
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
2019-09-27 VA 87203 Wilburn Charles Dibling Jr. (209979) Richard   
2021-03-05 MO 94402 Terry Linn Duckett Sr. (218461) Joseph   
Burial:
Brick Church Cemetery (C-0380415)
Location:
Leicester / Buncombe / NC / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2167100
Grave Plot #:
Row 12
Grave GPS Coordinates:
35.661251 / -82.732371
Find A Grave Memorial #:
34555492
Marker Type:
SAR granite;
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
17 Sep 2023

Comments:
  • V/A stone
  • Image taken and provided with permission of compatriot Craig Steven Isaacson member 141694


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
  • From intersection of NC Hwy 63 and CR 1620 in Leicester, NC, follow Hwy 63 west apprx. 2.25 miles. Turn right onto old
    Hwy 63 and then quickly take a left onto the drive behind the church and cemetery. Brick Church is in plain view from Hwy
    63.
  • Grave is in row 12 of cemetery behind Brick Church.Starting from the rear of the church building, proceed north by northwest (the angle of the church building) for roughly 250 feet. Find-A-Grave lists it as row 12. Jacob Duckett's stone is an upright, VA-type stone with a rounded top


Author: Craig Steven Isaacson

Information on Jacob Duckett, Jr. is unusually limited. Records show him being born in Prince Georges County, Maryland, on 9 September 1753. He married Sara O'Dell (1759-1818) and they had eight children. He appears to have resided in District 96, South Carolina, at the time of the American Revolution. This area was hotly contested between Whig and Tory supporters. 

Following the American Revolution, he used his land bounty to purchase (claim) land in the valley of northwest Buncombe County, North Carolina. In what is Leicester, North Carolina, today, his burial plot is found in the cemetery of the Brick Church. 




Author: William Thornton Randolph

This biography was edited and augmented by PRS staff

Jacob Duckett, Jr. was thought to have been born in Prince Georges County, Maryland, on 9 September 1753, although there is some disagreement among genealogists on the place and date. His father, Jacob Sr., made his Last Will and Testament on 24 April 1764, where he instructed his eldest son, Thomas to pay each of his other sons, including Jacob Jr., thirty-five dollars when they turn 21 years of age. The Will was proven in court on 24 June.

He married Sara O'Dell  (1759-1818) and they had eight children. He appears to have resided in District 96, South Carolina, at the time of the American Revolution. This area was hotly contested between Whig and Tory supporters.

North Carolina payment records show Jacob was paid for militia duty before and after the Siege of Charleston (March 29 and May 12, 1780). He was also paid for furnishing a horse to the war effort.

Following the American Revolution, he used his land bounty to purchase (claim) land in the valley of northwest Buncombe County, North Carolina. In what is Leicester, North Carolina, today, his burial plot is found in the cemetery of the Brick Church.




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