Jacob CLEVELAND 1729 - 1791
First Cleveland in Elbert Co., Georgia
Soldier of the American Revolution from Virginia
Jacob Cleveland was born May 6, 1729 in Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia to parents Jeremiah and Sarah MIMMS CLEVELAND {3} (more recent research states parents were John and Ms. RICE CLEVELAND}.
On October 10, 1756, Jacob married Mildred (Millie) WHITE, (born May 20, 1739 - daughter of Jeremiah WHITE and Mary MARTIN), Charter member of Vans Creek baptist Church.
There are nine names of children listed on the memorial headstone for Jacob CLEVELAND in the Cleveland cemetery in Elbert County, Georgia:
Jeremiah b. 12 August 1757; d. 1840
Rice b.13Mar1759, Culpepper, VA; d.1797
Elizabeth b.1759, Culpepper, VA; d.?{3}
James b.2Jul1762, Culpepper, VA; d.1788
Wyatt b.23Feb1763, Culpepper, VA; d.1830
William b.8Apr1766, Culpepper, VA; d.1843
Mary b.7Jan1767, Culpepper, VA; d. ?
John b.30 Nov1769, Albemarle, VA; d.1828
Jacob II b.25Jan1771, Culpepper, VA; d.1843
Jacob CLEVELAND and family lived in Culpeper Co., VA until 1780. {2}
Between 1780 and 1790 the family moved to Elberton, Georgia, near Vaus or Vans Creek. {2}
Jacob Cleveland died on or before May 16, 1791, in Ruckersville, Elbert County, Georgia.{3}
“From the will of Jacob Cleveland, recorded in Elbert Co., GA: Executed April 4 1790. Recorded May 16, 1791. Value of estate: P., 352; S., 7; D., 10. Provisions: All just debts to be paid. "Give to my wife house wherein I do now dwell with all furniture and the lands and the negro named Chain, Tom and Aaron, and all other tenements that lie about it, and if the above named wench Chain have another child after this date I give it to my daughter, Elizabeth, during her life and then to her heirs, if any, and if she dies without any heirs then it shall fall to my youngest sons, and to be equally divided between them, Reuben Cleveland and Daniel Cleveland and ITEM. I give to my son, Jeremiah Cleveland, a bond that I have on John Stagton." Executors: Wife, Will Kidd and Jeremiah Cleveland. Witnesses: Reuben White and John White.” {3}
November 5, 1805 Jacob's wife Mildred WHITE CLEVELAND died in Ruckersville, Elbert, Georgia.
Jacob and Millie WHITE CLEVELAND are buried in Cleveland Cemetery, Ruckersville, Elbert Co., Georgia.
Sources:
{1} U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current; Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi.
{2} Notes from Cleveland Genealogy by Edmund J. Cleveland
{3} will of Jacob Cleveland, recorded in Elbert Co., GA: Executed April 4 1790. Recorded May 16, 1791