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Jeremiah Jacobs, son of Jeremiah and Rachel (Gaither) Jacob, was born in 1745 in Ann Arundel County
Maryland. He moved with his parents to Sugarloaf Hundred of lower Fredrick County Maryland.Jeremiah
lived during the Revolutionary War in Frederick Co., MD, which later became Washington Co., MD.
Moved to Rowan Co., NC about 1781 for about 20 years where his five youngest children were born. In
1800-1801 the family moved to the Louisville, Ky area where he worked as a brick moulder. They moved
to Clark Co., Indiana Terr. and bought 500 acres from the Swans (original grantee) in Clark's Grant on
June 8, 1807.
The Jacobs became a prominent family in the Utica and Watson areas of Clark County.
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