John Van Meter

Jacob Van Meter, Jr BIRTH 4 Oct 1762 Frederick County, Virginia, USA DEATH 12 Dec 1850 (aged 88) Brandenburg, Meade County, Kentucky, USA BURIAL VanMeter Family Cemetery Meade County, Kentucky,

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11345883/jacob-van_meter

Jacob, Jr., the son of Capt. Jacob "Jake" Van Meter and Letitia (Stroud) Van Meter, was born 4 Oct 1762, married Elizabeth Rhoads,16 Nov.1786, Hardin Co., and had 14 children. One of those children, Mary Jane Van Meter, (see link, below), married William Lewis.

As a Mill Creek church elder he founded the Hill Grove Baptist Church, 1822, Radcliff, Hardin Co., KY.

Van Meter moved to the forks of Otter Creek, in what is now Meade County until his death. At the time of his death he and his wife, Elizabeth Rhoads, were living with their son, John. They were buried on their son's farm in Meade County.

Jacob Van Meter was a very religious man and reared his large family of ten sons and four daughters to take an active interest in the work of the church. Seven of his ten sons were deacons in the Baptist church. At the time of his death he was the last survivor of the old pioneers of the Severn's Valley Baptist Church of Elizabethtown, having been a member for 78 years.

Children Photo Abraham Wickliffe VanMeter 1789–1868

Thomas Rhoads VanMeter 1794–1872

Daniel Boone VanMeter 1802–1880

Photo Elizabeth Van Meter Calvin 1808–1866

Photo Mary Jane Van Meter Lewis 1811–1904

• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Oct 9 2021, 6:58:33 UTC