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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Author: Charles Edwin Finley
In the mid 1770’s John Jacob Mann and his family settled in the Indian Creek area of present day Monroe County, West Virginia. It was from here that during the Revolutionary War he provided horses, provision and serves to the troops. John Jacob was a blacksmith by trade and his home was situated by a salt peter cave. With the salt peter John Jacob Mann made gun powder which he provided to the troops.
John Jacob Mann was born on 03 Dec 1724 in Baden-Württemberg, Germany; Kraichgau, and immigrated to America in 1732 with his parents George Barnet and Anna (Geisser) Mann. He died on 29 Apr 1795 in Greenbrier, Virginia, and is Mann Cemetery located in Monroe County, West Virginia. John Jacob married Barbara Miller (1744-12 Dec 1811) in 1844. She was the daughter of Patriot Johann Jacob Mueller/Miller.
Children of John Jacob & Barbara (Mueller/Miller) Mann are: 1. John Jacob Mann Jr. (1745 – 6 Apr 1819) married Mary Kessinger (13 Apr 1763-07 Nov 1851) 2. Adam Jacob Mann (1747 – 13 Jun 1840) married (1) Mary Maddy (1760 - 1790) (2) Mary Elizabeth Flinn/Flynn (23 Mar 1772 - 17 Sep 1847) 3. Elizabeth Marie Mann (1762 - 18 May 1809) married William C. Maddy (01 Jun 1760-1850) 4. Mary Mann (1763-1817) married James Stephens (1760- ).
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