Jacob POE b. Cal 16 Feb 1793 , , Virginia, USA d. 28 May 1856 , Hancock, Ohio, USA: An Armstrong & A Heffernan

Cal 1793 - 1856 (~ 63 years)

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Name	Jacob POE [1]
Born	Cal 16 Feb 1793	, , Virginia, USA [2, 3, 4]
Gender	Male
Census	1820	, Ross, Ohio, USA
Scioto Township
Residence	Dec 1822	, Hancock, Ohio, USA
	Liberty Township
Occupation	Apr 1824	, Hancock, Ohio, USA
	township trustee
	Findlay Township
Census	1830	, Hancock, Ohio, USA
pg 256
Old Town Township 1 male under 5 [James] 3 male 5-10 [Robert, Nelson, George] 1 male 10-15 [John] 1 male 30-40 [Jacob] 1 female under 5 [Rachel] 1 female 10-15 [Elizabeth] 1 female 30-40 [Nancy]
Census	1840	, Hancock, Ohio, USA
pg 26
Liberty Township 1 male 5-10 [Samuel] 1 male 10-15 [George] 2 male 15-20 [Robert, Nelson] 1 male 20-30 [?] 1 male 40-50 [Jacob] 2 female under 5 [Nancy, ?] 1 female 5-10 [Margaret] 1 female 10-15 [Rachel] 1 female 40-50 [Nancy]
Census	5 Sep 1850	, Hancock, Ohio, USA
pg 781 (391A), d/f #32/32
Liberty Township Jacob Poe M 56 Virginia Nancy Poe F 52 Pennsylvania Margaret Poe F 16 Ohio Nancy Poe F 12 Ohio Jacob Poe M 7 Ohio
Died	28 May 1856	, Hancock, Ohio, USA [5, 6, 7]
Buried	29 May 1856	, Hancock, Ohio, USA
	Address: Indian Green Cemetery Hancock County Hancock County, Ohio
Book Article	1886
	History Of Hancock County
	Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co. 1886 Chapter XXVII, pg 517-518 The Morelands were the next family to settle in Findlay Township, the two sons, William and Jacob, having come out with the Shirleys from Ross County in the spring of 1821. They cleared a small patch of ground, put in a crop, and erected a cabin on the southwest quarter of Section 17. In the fall the whole family, consisting of the parents and two sons and four daughters, removed to this county. The father, William, Sr., built a cabin on the north bank of the river, a little northeast of the dam which crosses the stream at Findlay, and all of the children lived with him except Jacob, who kept "bachelor's hall" in the cabin up the river, on what is now the Aaron Baker farm. This tract was soon afterward entered by John P. Hamilton, and when the latter came out in the spring of 1822, Moreland was compelled to remove from the land which he had improved with the intention of entering it when able to do so. William Moreland, Sr., was one of the judges at the elections held in Findlay Township in 1823 and 1824, being elected overseer of the poor in the latter year. In 1824 he was assessed for one horse and three head of cattle, but he never owned any land, and after residing in the county about eight years he removed to Michigan. In October, 1823, Jacob Moreland entered the west half of the southwest quarter of Section 7, Township 1 north, Range 11, and settled upon it. He is found assessed in 1824 with four head of cattle. On May 4, 1826, he was married to Sarah Poe (a niece of Jacob Poe) by Robert McKinnis, justice of the peace, this being the second marriage in Hancock County. He was elected township treasurer in April, 1828, and removed to Michigan about. the same time as his father. In December, 1822, Jacob Poe and his wife, Nancy, and four children. Elizabeth. John, Robert and Nelson, came from Ross County. Ohio, and settled on the west part of the southwest quarter of Section 8. on the north bank of the Blanchard, which land he had entered the previous May. Jacob Poe was of German extraction, and a distant relative of those historic characters famed in frontier story, Adam and Andrew Poe. He married Nancy, eldest daughter of Robert McKinnis, in Ross County, Ohio, and followed his father-in-law to Hancock County. Six children were born to him, after settling in this township, viz.: George L., Rachel, James, Margaret, Nancy and Jacob, and of the ten, six survive. George L., now a resident of Findlay, is believed to have been the first white child born in the township and the second male in the county, his birth occurring in November, 1824. In April, 1824, Mr. Poe was elected one of the three trustees of Findlay Township, and was also one of the judges at that election-the second held in what is now Hancock County. He was assessed in 1824 for one horse and five head of cattle. His son, Nelson, born in Ross County, September 4, 1822, occupies the old homestead, where he has lived more than sixty-three years, being only three months old when his parents settled on the Blanchard. He is thus the oldest surviving resident of the township, and there is but one other living citizen, viz., Job Chamberlin, of Findlay, who has resided longer in Hancock County, the latter having come with his parents to Findlay Township in February, 1822. Jacob Poe was one of those sturdy backwoodsmen whose industry, courage and perseverance have done so much toward converting the wild forest-covered lands of northwestern Ohio into fruitful fields studded with homes, the abodes of intelligence, comfort and plenty. He died on the old homestead May 28, 1856, his widow surviving him till November 27, 1862, leaving behind numerous descendants to perpetuate the memory of their plain but worthy lives.
Person ID	I15988	An Armstrong & A Heffernan
Last Modified	14 Jun 2018

Family Nancy MCKINNIS, b. Cal 5 Aug 1799, , , Pennsylvania, USA , d. 27 Nov 1862, , Hancock, Ohio, USA (Age ~ 63 years)

Married 21 Dec 1815 , Ross, Ohio, USA [8]

Children

	1. Elizabeth POE, b. 26 Dec 1816, , , Ohio, USA , d. 2 Mar 1872, , , Ohio, USA (Age 55 years)
	2. John POE, b. 1818, , , Ohio, USA , d. 21 May 1836, , Hancock, Ohio, USA (Age 18 years)
	3. Robert POE, b. 1820, , , Ohio, USA , d. 1870, , , Ohio, USA (Age 50 years)
	4. Nelson POE, b. 4 Sep 1822, , Ross, Ohio, USA , d. 1904, , , Ohio, USA (Age 81 years)
	5. George L POE, b. Cal 3 Nov 1824, , Hancock, Ohio, USA , d. 8 Oct 1888, , , Ohio, USA (Age ~ 63 years)
	6. Rachel POE, b. Cal 12 Dec 1826, , Hancock, Ohio, USA , d. 1 Oct 1903, , Putnam, Ohio, USA (Age ~ 76 years)
	7. James H POE, b. 2 Jan 1829, , Hancock, Ohio, USA , d. 14 Dec 1913, , Putnam, Ohio, USA (Age 84 years)
	8. Samuel POE, b. Cal 11 Jul 1831, , Hancock, Ohio, USA , d. 29 Aug 1846 (Age ~ 15 years)
	9. Margaret POE, b. Cal 13 Oct 1833, , Hancock, Ohio, USA , d. 26 Jul 1903, , Putnam, Ohio, USA (Age ~ 69 years)
	10. Nancy POE, b. 1838, , Hancock, Ohio, USA , d. Bef 1901 (Age 62 years)
	11. Jacob POE, b. Cal 1 Sep 1843, , Hancock, Ohio, USA , d. 16 Nov 1895, , Van Wert, Ohio, USA (Age ~ 52 years)

Last Modified 11 Jun 2018

Family ID F5637 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Sources

[S700] History of Hancock County (Ohio), (Chicago: Warner Beers & Co, 1886), pg 208.
"... His son-in-law, Jacob Poe, came the following December ..."
[S816] 1850 Hancock, OH, pg 781 (391A), d/f #32/32.
age 56, Virginia [1794]
[S2424] Cemetery, Indian Green, Hancock, OH, Jacob Poe.
aged 63Y, 3M, 12D [1793]
[S2428] Centennial Biographical History of Hancock County, Ohio, A, (Lewis publishing Company, 1903, New York), pg 365-366.
"... Jacob Poe, was also born in Virginia, in 1782, and when about sixteen years of age came with his father to Ross county, Ohio, and in 1822 removed to Hancock county, where his long life spent as a tiller of the soil came to an end in 1856."
[S700] History of Hancock County (Ohio), (Chicago: Warner Beers & Co, 1886).
"Here, on a sloping hill overlooking the river, are buried many of the pioneers. Robert McKinnis and wife, Charles McKinnis and wife, Jacob Poe and wife ..."
[S2424] Cemetery, Indian Green, Hancock, OH, Jacob Poe.
died 28 May 1856
[S2428] Centennial Biographical History of Hancock County, Ohio, A, (Lewis publishing Company, 1903, New York), pg 365-366.
[S1426] Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958, (FamilySearch.org), Poe, Jacob.
to Nancy McKinnis, 21 Dec 1815, Ross County