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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Birth: 1743 Death: 14 Apr 1805 / Loudoun / VA
Qualifying Service Description:
Paid supply tax in 1783 in Loudoun County VA.
Additional References:
Patricia B. Duncan, Loudoun County, Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists (Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books, 2004), 1783A, pg 37, 38
Spouse: Salome XX Children: Mary; Sarah; Catherine; Susannah; George; Elisabeth; Rachel; Jacob; Lydia; Samuel;
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Image taken and provided with permission from compatriot Edward Spannaus (VA) member 250200.
Site 005 is near back of cemetery, in front of Downey monuments
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Author: Edward Wise Spannaus
Jacob Schmidt was born on approximately 14 March 1743, calculating from his burial record.1 He first appears in Loudoun County, Virginia, records in 1784. It is unknown where he lived before that time, although it is likely to have been Pennsylvania or western Maryland.
His first wife appears to have been Salome. A daughter, Catherine, of Jacob and Salome, was born in 1784 and baptized at the German Reformed Church (now in Lovettsville) in 1785.
In his 1805 Last Will and Testament, he identified his wife as Susannah. In the Burial Register of the Lutheran Church, there is an entry for 8 March 1836 for “Susanna Smith, widow of Jacob Smith (dec’d), aged 82 years, 4 months, and 1 day.”2 The Cemetery Directory also gives her age as 82 y, 4m, and 1 day.3 This would give a calculated birth date of 7 November 1753.
His children, as listed in his Will in 1805, were:4
Mary
Sarah
Catherine
Susannah
George
Elisabeth
Rachel
Jacob
Lydia
Samuel
The Supply Tax was paid by two Jacob Smiths in 1783. Both have German names in proximity to them, so we can be confident that one of them was Jacob at New Jerusalem Lutheran Church.5 A Jacob Schmidt is listed on a 1784 Communicant list at the Lutheran Church.
Jacob drew up his Last Will and Testament on 5 April 1805. He left all his property to his wife Susanna; if she remarried, then she would get 1/3 of the value of his real and personal property, and his ten children – whom he names – will get 2/3. His youngest children, Lydia and Samuel – were to get more when they arrived at a “lawful age” since the older children had already obtained some “recompense.” His youngest son, Samuel, was to be sent to school when he reached 16 or 17 years of age or put in a trade of his choice.
After Jacob died on or about April 14, an inventory was made of his property by Adam Shover, Simon Shover, and George Schultz; this was done on 23 May 1805, and was returned to the court and recorded on 9 September 1805.6
The Lutheran Church Burial Register for the date 14 April 1805 lists: “Jacob Schmidt, 62 years less 1 month.”7 Find-a-Grave memorial 42947099, “Jacob Smith,” the inscription reads “at 61 years 11 months.” The New Jerusalem Cemetery Directory also gives his age as 61 years and 11 months, and gives his grave site as OO5 – which is near the rear of the cemetery.8
Sources:
The church burial record for 14 April 1805 (as translated and transcribed) reads: “Jacob [?] Schmidt, 62 years less 1 month.” This would give a calculated birth date of approximately 14 March 1743
The church Burial Register, as translated and transcribed, gives her age at death as 32 years with a question mark. However, and examination of the original German record shows her age as 82 years, not 32.”
Marty Hiatt and Craig R. Scott, New Jerusalem Lutheran Church Cemetery, 1770-1943. Published by the church, 1995, p. 20.
Loudoun County Will Book G, pages 350-351, “Jacob Smith,” accessed on Ancestry.com
Patricia B. Duncan, Loudoun County, Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists (Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books, 2004), for list 1782B, p. 20, and list 1783A, p. 37, 38.
Loudoun County Will Book G, pages 378-379, accessed on Ancestry.com
New Jerusalem Lutheran Church Register, “Burials,” 14 April 1805.
Marty Hiatt and Craig R. Scott, New Jerusalem Lutheran Church Cemetery, 1770-1943. Published by the church, 1995, p. 20.
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