Jacob Stover

Please see the 9-page report on this Jacob Stover by Gracie Stover at http://www.wvgenweb.org/raleigh/BOOK/StoverJacobSrGracie.pdf . It begins:
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Jacob Stover (born 1764) and Sallie McGhee were the progenitors of the Raleigh County, West Virginia, Stovers. At this time, there is no proof as to Jacob’s parents. What we have are theories. One is that he was the son of Henry because Henry did leave a will in Orange County, and he did have a son named Jacob. However, Jacob can be seen in tax records in Franklin County before Henry Stover arrived. Henry doesn’t show up in any Franklin County records until 1793 when he purchases land from John Campbell, and we can see by the Franklin County land records Henry’s land being bought and sold through his family. A Jacob and Mary Stover from Roanoke County are involved in those transactions, so I believe that was Henry’s son Jacob, not Jacob Stover from Raleigh County.

However, I do believe that Jacob was the grandson of Abraham, and Abraham was the son of Jacob Stover and Sarah Boone because Abraham was also in Franklin County. Jacob Stover does appear in Franklin Tax lists and other records. He married Sallie McGhee there in 1788. Their marriage bond was signed by Holden McGhee, who may have been Sallie’s father or grandfather. There was a close relationship between Holden McGhee and Jeremiah Stover. They can be found close together in tax lists and census records, and Jeremiah Stover was part of the Jacob Stover and Sarah Boone family. Franklin County, Patrick County, Henry County, and Pittsylvania County are today side by side. In the timeframe of these people, the lines were not so clear cut and have changed. At one time, it was all Pittsylvania County.

In 1774, in Pittsylvania County, Obediah Stover sold land to Solomon Davis. This Obediah Stover had to have been at least 21 years old to sell his land. If he were 21 years old, then he would have been born about 1753. He had probably owned that land many years before he sold it; so he was probably born well before 1753. According to the book, “An Old Virginia Court,” in August of 1788, Holden McGhee and Jeremiah Stover were allowed two days’ attendance to go to Franklin County and appear as witnesses in a trial between Jacob Stover ........"going and returning 20 miles as witness for Stover versus Davis.” This is also recorded in the transcript of the Records of the First Court of Franklin County by Wingfield. In March 1788, on the motion of Jonathan Davis, a new trial was granted to Jonathan Davis and Jacob Stover. There are two big questions here. What was going on between Stover and Davis? And did this trial have anything to do with land that the elder Obediah Stover sold to Solomon Davis in 1774? There must be a connection between them. Jacob wasn’t born until 1764, so this elder Obediah Stover (I have found no further record on him) is also a good theory for Jacob’s father since Jacob did name one of his sons Obediah.

Jacob Stover went from Franklin County to Patrick County, where he purchased land in 1794 from Richard Tucker Maynor. The Maynors are another family that migrated to West Virginia, and this and other Patrick County land records show that the Stovers and Maynors knew each other before they moved to Raleigh County. 2
Jacob Stover shows up in the 1810 Census in Kanawha County. He also shows up in records from Giles County, Fayette County, Logan County, and Raleigh County censuses. County and state line changes account for this because he settled on Coal River and stayed on Coal River. He bought 127 acres of land in 1824 on Coal River, but the record is in Giles County, Virginia.

Jacob Stover was a farmer, and he was one of the first members of the Coal Marsh Baptist Church in Glen Daniel, Raleigh County, in 1836. His name is only listed in that year. It is thought that Jacob married a second time to Mary Carrow in Fayette County, but I haven’t seen the record to prove this. However, in the 1830 Logan County Census, Jacob Stover’s household is listed with one male, age 20-30; one male, 60-70; and a female, age 60-70. Jacob and Sallie seem to be living still as the age of 60-70 do fit them. Perhaps one of their unmarried sons still lived with them.

In the 1840 Fayette County Census, Jacob’s household includes one male age 60-70, which is Jacob, but no female of that age; so Sallie seems to have died before that year. His household also includes one female under the age of five, one female between five and ten years of age, and a female between age 30 to 40. Since no names were given in the 1840 census, we can’t know who this woman and children are that are living with him. Perhaps she is a daughter, or daughter-in-law with two daughters of her own. Or perhaps she is a much younger bride with children of her own.

According to William Turner, “The Stover family were originally natives from Franklin County, Virginia. They came West, probably ca 1815. The originals were large, strong, portly men. Seven brothers, their names were, according to the information I have, Obadiah, Jacob, John, Abraham, Sampson, Lewis, and Jubil.” Aubrey Smith lists these same sons for Jacob plus two daughters, Frances and Susannah. I believe they omitted two of Jacob’s children. Elijah Stover is listed in the 1815 Giles County Tax List along with Jacob. He married Mary Scarboro and moved to Ohio before the 1820 census, so early historians didn’t know about him. A marriage record was found in Giles County for Rachel Stover and Ezekial Canterbury, dated 13 January 1823. Jacob Stover is listed as her father on the marriage bond.

The children of Jacob Stover and Sallie McGhee were Elijah; Obadiah; Jacob, Jr.; John; Abraham; Sampson; Lewis; Jubal; Frances; Susannah; and Rachel. I will try to give a little information about each of them; but I will concentrate on the families that remained in Raleigh County between 1850 to 1930.

• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via sister Mary Stover by SmartCopy: Feb 12 2015, 6:00:16 UTC

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• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via sister Mary Stover by SmartCopy: Feb 12 2015, 6:00:16 UTC

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Jacob Stover (son of Henry Stover and Anna Kline) was born 1764 in Franklin Co., VA, and died 1844 in Coal River, (Clear Fork) Raleigh Co.,( W)VA.He married Sally McGhee on March 16, 1788 in Franklin Co., VA.

The cemetery at Workman's Creek sits on top of the mountain, and at the very top is an 8 ft Monument dedicated to Jacob Stover and Sallie McGhee. There is a drawing of a Pioneer Man and Pioneer Woman on the monument and it reads: Dedicated to Jacob Stover ca 1767-1844 Sally McGheeca 1767-1836 Married on 3-16-1788 And their children are listed as: Jacob Jr, Obediah, Henry,, John, Lewis, Francis, Abraham, Susan, Sampson, Jubal. The following inscription is on the stone - "Who with great faith in God left their homeland in Franklin Co, VA and settled here on Coal River at the mouth of Lick Run about 1815, and by word and deed set, an example for their ancestors to follow. We, their many descendents are forever grateful to these, 'true pioneers for the courage They showed and the hardships they faced.It is to these the grandparents of us all that we give our greatest honor and our deepest respect." Dedicated 5-29-1994 STOVER AND WILLIAMS REUNION 1923 REMINISCENCES by William Turner Washington, D.C.

More About Jacob Stover: Burial: Workmans Creek Cemetery, Raleigh Co., WV. More About Jacob Stover and Sally McGhee: Marriage: March 16, 1788, Franklin Co., VA.

Children of Jacob Stover and Sally McGhee are:

   +Obediah Stover, b. 1790, Franklin Co., VA, d. 1843, Raleigh Co., (W)VA.

   +John William Stover, b. 1793, Franklin Co., VA, d. November 1851, Raleigh Co. WV.

   +Jacob Jr. Stover, b. 1797, Franklin Co., VA.

   +Lewis Stover, b. 1803, Franklin Co., VA, d. December 22, 1887, Raleigh Co. WV.

   +Frances Stover, b. August 21, 1805, Franklin Co., VA, d. September 29, 1877, Raleigh Co. (W)VA.

   +Abraham Stover, b. 1806, Franklin Co., VA, d. Aft. 1850, Raleigh Co., WV.

   +Susannah 'Susan' Stover, b. Abt. 1805, Franklin Co., VA,d., Raleigh Co. WV.

   Rachel Stover, b. 1808.

   +Sampson Stover, b. 1810, Franklin Co., VA, d. February 06, 1857.

   +Jubal Stover, b. 1811, Franklin Co., VA, d. February 02, 1887, Raleigh Co., WV.

Workman's Creek

Clear Creek, WV

The early historians of Raleigh County, such as William Turner, give the names of seven sons and two daughters for Jacob Stover and Sallie McGhee. The sons were Jacob Jr, Obediah, Henry, John, Lewis, Abraham, Sampson and Jubal. The daughters listed are Frances and Susan. We beleive two of the children, Elijah and Rachel were missed by the early historians.

The cemetery at Workman's Creek sits on top of the mountain, and at

the very top is an 8 ft Monument dedicated to Jacob Stover and

Sallie McGhee. There is a drawing of a Pioneer Man and Pioneer Woman

on the monument and it reads:

       Dedicated to Jacob Stover ca 1767-1844                        

Sally McGhee ca 1767-1836
Married on 3-16-1788
And their children are listed as:

Jacob Jr, Obediah, Henry,, John, Lewis, Frances,

Abraham, Susan, Sampson, Jubal.

  The following inscription is on the stone -

"Who with great faith in God left their homeland in Franklin Co,
VA and settled here on Coal River at the mouth of Lick Run about 1815,

and by word and deed set, an example for their ancestors to follow.

We, their many descendents are forever grateful to these, 'true pioneers

for the courage They showed and the hardships they faced. It is to these

the grandparents of us all that we give our greatest honor and our

deepest respect."

              Dedicated 5-29-1994

Jacob Stover BIRTH 1764 Bedford County, Virginia, USA DEATH 1844 (aged 79–80) Coal City, Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL Workmans Creek Cemetery Clear Creek, Raleigh County, West Virginia

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23651654/jacob-stover

Children Lewis Stover 1781–1857

Obediah Boone Stover 1790–1851

John William Stover 1793–1851

Henry Stover 1798–1886

Lewis Stover 1803–1887

Photo Susan Stover Williams 1807–1879

Photo Elizabeth Williams Sweeney 1839–1911