Jacob Jones

When JACOB JONES was born on October 31, 1775, in Virginia, his father, JACOB, was 43 and his mother, DIANAH, was 40. He married LUCY GOUGH and they had five children together. He then married CATHERINE FRESHOUR and they had two children together between 1829 and 1830. He died on October 12, 1855, in Farmland, Indiana, having lived a long life of 79 years.

In 1776, the District of West Augusta was divided into three counties: Ohio County, Monongalia County, and Yohogania County. The Jones family would be in Monongalia County.