The Seagraves Family

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Jacob SEAGRAVES

Male Abt 1763 - 1835  (~ 72 years)


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  • Name Jacob SEAGRAVES 
    • The Seagraves surname presented for this person is based on the dominant spelling found in the various records researched, but primarily on the name carved on the person's gravestone. HOWEVER, for the common variations of the Seagraves family name of which there are over 20, such as Cegrave(s) Segrave(s), Seagreave(s), Seegrave(s), Segrove(s), Seagrove(s), etc. all of which have been given the Seagraves spelling for clarity and ease of analysis.
      Certain variations are used so consistently within a family that they have been retained in this analysis, specifically, SAGRAVES (which also includes Sagrove(s)) and SEAGRAVE. Sagraves was adopted by the early settlers of eastern Kentucky about 1800. Seagrave was the version brought to Massachusetts by the John & Sarah Seagrave family who settled there about 1725.
      The Seagraves version is the most common found (about 39%) of all those found on the 1940 census.
      A discussion of the name spelling variations can be found on the Home Page of this website.
    Birth Abt 1763  North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Jacob's 1822 pension application for his Revolutionary War service says that he enlisted in 1778 in Granville County, North Carolina when he was "about 15 or 16" suggesting that he was born about 1762 or 1763 possibly in the area that would become Wake County, North Carolina. The entry for Jacob on Findagrave.com shows a photo of his gravestone in the Seagraves Cemetery in Mulberry Grove, Bond County, Illinois with a birth year of 1763. Two other sources state that he was born in 1753. The 1830 census for Clinton County, Illinois shows him in the age range of 70-79 years which, if accurate, means he was born between 1751 and 1760. The 1800 census for Wake County, North Carolina shows him to be 45 or older in that year, meaning he was born before 1755. This evidence, notwithstanding the other histories, which may have just repeated a typographical error, suggests that he was probably born about 1763. He then would have been 72 at his death in 1835, a more likely age than 82.
      Since Wake County was not formed until 1771, Jacob is more likely to have been born in what was then Granville County, North Carolina.
    Gender Male 
    Enlistment 1778  Granville County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Jacob enlisted in the North Carolina Continental Line in Granville County, North Carolina and served for approximately 2 ½ years, probably until about 1781. 
    1790 US census 1790  Hillsborough District, Wake County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    recorded as Jacob Segraves with:
    2 free white males under 16;
    1 free white male 16 & up
    1 female
     
    Military Service 1 May 1792  Hillsboro, Wake County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    on Army Payroll as Private 
    1800 US census 1800  Wake County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    recorded as Jacob Segraves with
    1 male 10-15/ 1 male 45 & up
    2 females 10-15/ 1 female 45 & up
     
    Migration Abt 1805  Maury County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    About 1805 Jacob & family moved to Maury County, Tennessee. 
    Property Event 29 Jun 1805  Wake County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    John Seagraves (son of Jacob) entered __ acres of vacant land in Wake County, North Carolina on the waters of Dick's Branch, on both sides, joining the lines of William Williams, including a house and plantation whereon said Jacob formerly lived?? I am not certain which John this is, but it may also be John, born maybe about 1783, who later migrated to Warren County, KY and Cooper County, MO. 
    Marriage #2 Possibly Abt 1806  Maury County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    according to "Let the Drums Roll- Veterans and Patriots of the Revolutionary War who Settled in Maury County, Tennessee" by Marise Lightfoot, Nashville, 1976, Jacob married a second time to a woman named Alinar. His second wife as referred to in his 1822 pension application was "aged about 40 years" in 1822, suggesting she was born in the early 1780s. This second wife was probably the mother of his 8 children named in his 1822 pension application. The entry for Jacob on Findagrave.com suggests that his second wife was an Elizabeth Hanes. 
    Residence 1806  Santa Fe, Maury County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    the Seagraves family was one of the first said to have settled in Maury County [Tennessee] on Snow Creek near Santa Fe. 
    Property Event 24 Nov 1807  Wake County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Edwin Holding entered 100 acres of vacant land in Wake County, North Carolina on the waters of Dick's Branch, on both sides, joining the lines of William Williams, "including a house and plantation whereon said Jacob formerly lived" 
    1810 US census 1810  Rutherford County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    recorded as Jacob Segraves with:
    2 males 0-9; 2 males 10-15;
    2 males 16-25; 1 male 45 & up
    2 females 0-9; 1 female10-15;
    1 female 26-44
     
    Tax List 1812  Maury County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Jacob Segraves with 2 white polls, owning no land. 
    Tax List 1818  Maury County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Jacob Segraves with 40 acres and 35 acres of land.  
    1820 US census 1820  Maury County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Tennessee recorded as Jacob Seagraves with:
    2 males 0-9; 2 males 10-15; 1 male 16-25; 1 male 45 & up
    2 females 0-9; 1 female 10-15;
    2 females 16-25; 1 female 20-29;
    1 female 40-49
     
    Estate Sale 22 Apr 1820  Maury County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Jacob Seagroves on list in inventory of the estate of Wm. Adkins, deceased.  
    Marriage #3 21 Nov 1821  Maury County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7] 
    Jacob married a 3rd time in Maury County, Tennessee possibly to Miriam Reynolds. There is no confirming proof of this marriage and the name conflicts with the name 'Alinar' given for Jacob's 2nd wife in
    'Let the Drums Roll- Veterans and Patriots of the Revolutionary War who Settled in Maury County, Tennessee" by Marise Lightfoot. There is substantial confusion over the names and number of Jacob's wives. None of his marriages appear in standard lists of North Carolina or Tennessee marriages. His first wife may have been a Priscilla Strickland about 1782 or so, probably in Wake County, North Carolina, but the source for that is the very suspect entry for Jacob on Findagrave.com. His second wife may have been Elizabeth Hanes in 1805, probably in Wake County, North Carolina, again as reported only in the entry for Jacob on Findagrave.com. His pension application in 1822 states his wife (unnamed) was "his second wife, aged about 40 years." "Let the Drums Roll-" gives this second wife the name "Alinar". Finally, "The History of Bond & Montgomery Counties, Illinois", pages 53-54 says that Jacob married Miriam Reynolds on 21 Nov 1821 in Maury County, Tennessee. Since that date was before his pension application of Apr 1822, it would seem that the wife referred to therein was either Alinar or Miriam (or even Elizabeth). No burial in Illinois has been found for a Segraves woman matching any of those names. The information from Findagrave.com does not show sources for the names Priscilla Strickland and Elizabeth Hanes and another source suggests that William Isaac Seagraves married a Priscilla Cheney Strickland in Wake County in 1807, so I present this information on Jacob's possible wives only as a starting point for further research. 
    Pension Claim 22 Apr 1822  Maury County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Jacob Seagraves, age 59, of Maury County, Tennessee applied for a pension for his Revolutionary War service: 
    • State of Tennessee Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions
      Maury County April Term 1822

      On the 22nd day of April 1822 personally appeared in open court being a court of record proceeding according to the cause of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount[?] and keeping a record of these proceedings for the County of Maury and State of Tennessee aforesaid, Jacob Seagraves, aged about 59 years, resident in said County of Maury and said State of Tennessee, who being first duly sworn according to law doth depose and on his oath declare and make the following statement of facts in order to obtain provisions made by the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818 and the 1st of May 1820 that he, the said Jacob Seagraves served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war as follows to wit he enlisted in the County of Granville, North Carolina as a soldier in the North Carolina Line sometime in the month of _____ 1778. That he was at the time of enlisting between the ages of 15 and 16 years. That he belonged to Capt. Joseph Rhodes Company which belonged to Col. Dickson?s Regiment which was under the command of Genl. Nathaniel Greene. That he served about two years and a half, and that he never has received a pension. That he was in the battle of Utaw Springs in the State of South Carolina and in a number of other skirmishes in the State of South Carolina.
      And in pursuance of the act of Congress of the 1st of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States of America on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sales or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than that what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed by me subscribed to.
      Schedule of Property. Wearing apparel and that he does not own and single article of personal or real property upon earth. That all he owns upon earth is his wearing apparel. That he lives altogether on the kindness and benevolence of his poor relative who are ill able to support him. That he is by occupation, when able to labor any, as a farmer. That he is aged and very infirm and is not able to labor any of consequence, not enough to support nature and his family. That his family consists of himself and his second wife, aged about 40 years. That she is much afflicted with disease and so is not able to labor any and eight children to wit, a son named Thos Seagraves, aged about 15 years, a daughter named Jincy, aged about 14 years, a son named Jourdan, aged about 12 years, a son named Henry, aged about 11 years, a daughter named Polly, aged about 9 years, a son named Andrew Jackson, aged about 7 years, a daughter named Melinda, aged about 4 years, and a son named John aged about 18 months. That my family as described above are so helpless that they are incapable of supporting themselves.
      His
      Jacob X Seagraves
      Mark
      Sworn to and declared on this 22nd day of April 1822 in the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Maury County in the State of Tennessee in open court before Robert Sellers, William Edmundson, Edmond Wilkes, Caleb Hedley, Thomas Hudspeth, and Swan Hardin, Justices Presiding in said Court.
      [8]
    Pension Claim 18 Jun 1822  Maury County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    a Certificate of Pension (for Jacob Seagraves) issued at the rate of $8 per month to commence on 22 Apr 1822 and sent to Joseph B. Porter, Esq., Columbia, Tennessee. 
    Property Event 6 Nov 1824  Maury County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Jacob Seagraves, Sr. filed a deposition in Maury County, Tennessee for 640 acres warranted for Revolutionary War service as of 14 August 1785 under Revolutionary Warrant # 1972 as follows:  
    • Jacob Seagraves, Sr., of lawful age, appeared before of lawful age, appeared before William Edmundson and William Fly, both Justices of the said county, and deposed that "he enlisted in the N. C. Continental Line when he was about 16, and was enlisted by a man named Rush or Bush at Harrisburg in Granville County, and was returned to Capt. Goodman's Company, then marched towards Charleston, S. C., and on the way was engaged in battle at Utaw Springs, where Capt. Goodman was killed with many of his men, among whom were Thomas Sanders and Hutson Ray, who he knew very well. Then he was transferred to Capt. Roades Company, First Regt., and there continued until the end of the war, and was discharged by Capt. Roads at Camlin in South Carolina. He received monthly pay from a gentleman named Briton Sanders at Hillsborough some years after the end of the war, in two certificates. This Mr. Sanders he knew very well before the war in Wake County, and for some years after, and that Mr. Sanders stated he was entitled to 640 acres of land besides what he had already received." Jacob Hardin of Sumner County, Tenn. was his attorney. Deposition filed 6 Nov. 1824. [9]
    Property Event 9 Jan 1827  Tennessee, Western District Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Jacob Setgraves entered Grant # 951 in the Western Tennessee District, recorded 14 April 1828 for Military Service performed to State of North Carolina Warrant # 1972, 14 August 1785.  
    Pension Claim 11 Oct 1828  Clinton County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Jacob Seagraves filed the following Application for a Transfer: 
    • APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER
      State of Illinois
      County of Clinton
      On this Eleventh day of October 1828, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Clinton personally appeared Jacob Seagraves who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Joseph Rhodes in the ^ State of North Carolina Regiment commanded by Colonel Dickson in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Tennessee from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State, (District or Territory) of Illinois where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Tennessee to Illinois was that my children was living in the State of Illinois and I wish to be with them.
      His
      Jacob X Seagraves
      Mark
      Sworn and subscribed to, before me, Jno M. Harnett, JP
      the, day and year aforesaid.
    Pension Claim 7 Jun 1829  Clinton County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    the pension of Jacob Seagraves #S39067 was "transferred to Illinois to take effect from 4 Sept 1828 and notification sent to Pensioner care of Charles Slade, Esq. P. Master, Carlyle, Illinois." Presumably the 4 Sep 1828 date is when Jacob arrived in Illinois. 
    1830 US census 1830  Clinton County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    recorded as Jacob Seagraves with:
    1 male 10-14; 1 male 15-19;
    2 males 20-29; 1 male 70-79
    2 females 0-4; 1 female 10-14;
    2 females 15-19; 1 female 20-29;
    1 female 40-49
     
    Comment 1835  Clinton County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Since the Strickland family in Wake County, North Carolina was close to the Seagraves there, as far back as 1778 William Seagraves, Jr. who entered 400 acres of land that bordered on Elisha Strickland's property and other marriages appear to have occurred between the families, a marriage between Jacob and a Priscilla Strickland is not unreasonable, however no published source on North Carolina marriages records such a marriage and the Findagrave entry gives no reference for its assertion. It suggests that they had seven children and that Priscilla died in 1804. Jacob's identified children who could be assigned to his first wife include Isaac, born about 1785; Vincent, born 24 Apr 1788; Bennett, born 21 Jul 1791; Daniel, born about 1799; Sarah, born about 1800. If there are 2 others, their names have not been discovered. The Findagrave entry only identifies Vincent and Bennett as children of Jacob.
    "Let the Drums Roll- Veterans and Patriots of the Revolutionary War who Settled in Maury County, Tennessee" by Marise Lightfoot, Nashville, 1976 notes that Jacob's second wife was named "Alinar" and says she died before 20 May 1851, presumably in Clinton County, Illinois. No other source has been found to confirm that name. The Findagrave entry says Jacob married 2nd to Elizabeth Hanes in 1805, presumably in Wake County, North Carolina.
    Interestingly, the heading for the Findagrave entry calls him "Jacob Lewis Seagraves" even though his pictured tombstone reads: "JACOB SEAGRAVES /PVT/ NC/ CONTINENTAL/ LINE/ REV WAR/ 1763/ JUN 7 1835" with no indication of a middle name. Neither do any of the legal documents dealing with his pension or land ownership mention a middle name or initial.
    That there is confusion over the details of Jacob's life seems to result, surprisingly, from too much information and too many descendants researching his life to claim Revolutionary War descent. For example, his 1822 pension application states that "he enlisted in the County of Granville, North Carolina as a soldier in the North Carolina Line sometime in the month of _____ 1778. That he was at the time of enlisting between the ages of 15 and 16 years." Those dates and ages suggest a birth year of about 1762 or 1763. His 1828 deposition states: "he enlisted in the N. C. Cont. Line when he was about 16, and was enlisted by a man named Rush or Bush at Harrisburg in Granville Co., and was returned to Capt. Goodman's Co., then marched towards Charleston, S. C., and on the way was engaged in battle at Utaw Springs, where Capt. Goodman was killed with many of his men, among whom were Thomas Sanders and Hutson Ray, who he knew very well. Then he was transferred to Capt. Roades Co., First Regt., and there continued until the end of the war"
    The Findagrave entry gives Jacob's birth as 1762 in Wake County, North Carolina but then says he was born in 1763 which his tombstone shows, reflecting more uncertainty. The entry also claims that Jacob was a son of Robert (presumably, Seagraves) and Mary Stuart Coulter. Research for this analysis and other genealogical studies on the family name has discovered only one Robert who could possibly have been of the generation before Jacob. That Robert is only found in Georgia. He is first recorded in Camden County as a voter in 1788 and after several similar entries, is shown as dying on 23 December 1795 in St. Marys, Camden County, Georgia. This Robert may have been a brother of the James Seagroves who was a federal Indian Agent in St. Marys. James was born around 1747 and died in St Marys, Georgia in 1812. James first appears on 4 January 1787 in a marriage notice as having "married lately in Savannah". There is no indication in the available Georgia records about where either James or Robert was born. If Robert was from North Carolina and had been born about 1750 like James, it is not likely that he would have had a son, Jacob, born in 1763 or earlier.
    The above analyses seem to suggest that the Findagrave.com entry on Jacob was created without reference to published sources or based on family stories without firm basis in the existing records. The above life timeline reflects the selection of facts and sources currently available.
     
    Marriage #1 early to mid-1780s 
    Jacob married his first wife (name unknown, but an entry on Findagrave.com suggests that it might have been a Priscilla Strickland), probably in Wake County, North Carolina.  
    • The entry on Findagrave.com states that Priscilla died in 1804 and that Jacob married an "Elizabeth Hanes" one year later. No published record of marriages in North Carolina lists any Jacob being married there until Jacob Seagraves #44, born about 1803, who married Susannah Tenison in Rowan County in 1824. Neither is a Priscilla Strickland or an Elizabeth Hanes shown as married to any Seagraves as asserted in any entry. William Isaac Segraves #24 has been described as marrying a Priscilla Cheney Strickland in Wake County, North Carolina on 18 Dec 1807 and the Findagrave.com posters may have confused the names. [7]
    Death 7 Jun 1835  Clinton County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • Findagrave.com contains the following write-up on Jacob:
      "Birth: 1762
      Wake County
      North Carolina, USA
      Death: Jul. 6, 1835
      Bond County
      Illinois, USA

      Born: In 1763 in North Carolina [there is no explanation for the birth year discrepancy]
      Family: Son of Robert and Mary Stuart Coulter [no Robert Seagraves who could have been this father has ever been found in North Carolina records]
      Married: Priscilla Strickland [no record of a marriage between Jacob and a Priscilla Strickland has been found in North Carolina records]
      Death: June 7, 1835, Clinton Co., IL"

      Military Record: In 1781, at the age of 18 [this suggests a birth year of 1763], he fought in the Battle of Eutaw Springs, S.C. The Continental Forces were victorious and it was the last engagement against the British in the Carolinas.

      Narrative: "Seagraves married Priscilla Strickland and they had seven children. Priscilla died in 1804. One year later, Seagraves married Elizabeth Hanes and they moved to Maury County, Tenn., where he applied for a pension. In 1828, Jacob Seagraves came to Clinton County Illinois where he acquired land two miles south of Breese and 1/4 mile east of Germantown Road. He was instrumental in the beginnings of St. John's United Church of Christ when it featured circuit riders and visiting ministers."
    Burial Saint Johns United Church of Christ Cemetery, Breese, Clinton County, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I670  Seagraves Database
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2020 

    Family 1 Priscilla LNU 
    Marriage Abt 1783 
    • Jacob & Priscilla may have married in Wake County, North Carolina.
    Children 
    +1. Isaac SEAGRAVES,   b. Abt 1785, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    +2. Vincent SEAGRAVES,   b. 24 Apr 1788, Wake County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jan 1870, Randolph County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)  [Birth]
    +3. Bennett SEAGRAVES,   b. 21 Jul 1791, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jul 1868, Bond County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [Birth]
    +4. Daniel SEAGRAVES,   b. Abt 1799, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     5. Sarah SEAGRAVES,   b. Abt 1800, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    Family ID F223  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Mar 2016 

    Family 2 Unknown LNU 
    Marriage Abt 1806  [2] 
    • according to "Let the Drums Roll- Veterans and Patriots of the Revolutionary War who Settled in Maury County, Tennessee" Jacob married a second time to a woman named Alinar. His second wife as referred to in his 1822 pension application was "aged about 40 years" in 1822, suggesting she was born in the early 1780s. This second wife was probably the mother of his 8 children named in his 1822 pension application. The entry for Jacob on Findagrave.com suggests that his second wife was an Elizabeth Hanes. No record of such 2nd marriage has been found and neither source specifies an original source for the information, so since Jacob's 1822 pension application describes, without naming, a wife, she is presumed to have existed.
    • Jacob was possibly married in Maury County, Tennessee.
    Children 
     1. William SEAGRAVES,   b. Abt 1807, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     2. Jane SEAGRAVES,   b. Abt 1808, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    +3. Jordan SEAGRAVES,   b. 17 Dec 1809, Maury County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Sep 1879, Jersey County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)  [Birth]
     4. Henry Jackson SEAGRAVES,   b. Abt 1811, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     5. Polly SEAGRAVES,   b. Abt 1813, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    +6. Andrew Jackson SEAGRAVES,   b. Abt 1815, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     7. Malinda SEAGRAVES,   b. Abt 1818, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    +8. John SEAGRAVES,   b. 19 Aug 1820, Maury County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Oct 1898, Beetown, Grant County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F224  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Mar 2016 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1763 - North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEnlistment - Jacob enlisted in the North Carolina Continental Line in Granville County, North Carolina and served for approximately 2 ½ years, probably until about 1781. - 1778 - Granville County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Maps1790 US census - recorded as Jacob Segraves with: 2 free white males under 16; 1 free white male 16 & up 1 female - 1790 - Hillsborough District, Wake County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary Service - on Army Payroll as Private - 1 May 1792 - Hillsboro, Wake County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Maps1800 US census - recorded as Jacob Segraves with 1 male 10-15/ 1 male 45 & up 2 females 10-15/ 1 female 45 & up - 1800 - Wake County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMigration - About 1805 Jacob & family moved to Maury County, Tennessee. - Abt 1805 - Maury County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty Event - John Seagraves (son of Jacob) entered __ acres of vacant land in Wake County, North Carolina on the waters of Dick's Branch, on both sides, joining the lines of William Williams, including a house and plantation whereon said Jacob formerly lived?? I am not certain which John this is, but it may also be John, born maybe about 1783, who later migrated to Warren County, KY and Cooper County, MO. - 29 Jun 1805 - Wake County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage #2 - according to "Let the Drums Roll- Veterans and Patriots of the Revolutionary War who Settled in Maury County, Tennessee" by Marise Lightfoot, Nashville, 1976, Jacob married a second time to a woman named Alinar. His second wife as referred to in his 1822 pension application was "aged about 40 years" in 1822, suggesting she was born in the early 1780s. This second wife was probably the mother of his 8 children named in his 1822 pension application. The entry for Jacob on Findagrave.com suggests that his second wife was an Elizabeth Hanes. - Possibly Abt 1806 - Maury County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - the Seagraves family was one of the first said to have settled in Maury County [Tennessee] on Snow Creek near Santa Fe. - 1806 - Santa Fe, Maury County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty Event - Edwin Holding entered 100 acres of vacant land in Wake County, North Carolina on the waters of Dick's Branch, on both sides, joining the lines of William Williams, "including a house and plantation whereon said Jacob formerly lived" - 24 Nov 1807 - Wake County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Maps1810 US census - recorded as Jacob Segraves with: 2 males 0-9; 2 males 10-15; 2 males 16-25; 1 male 45 & up 2 females 0-9; 1 female10-15; 1 female 26-44 - 1810 - Rutherford County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsTax List - Jacob Segraves with 2 white polls, owning no land. - 1812 - Maury County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsTax List - Jacob Segraves with 40 acres and 35 acres of land. - 1818 - Maury County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Maps1820 US census - Tennessee recorded as Jacob Seagraves with: 2 males 0-9; 2 males 10-15; 1 male 16-25; 1 male 45 & up 2 females 0-9; 1 female 10-15; 2 females 16-25; 1 female 20-29; 1 female 40-49 - 1820 - Maury County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEstate Sale - Jacob Seagroves on list in inventory of the estate of Wm. Adkins, deceased. - 22 Apr 1820 - Maury County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage #3 - Jacob married a 3rd time in Maury County, Tennessee possibly to Miriam Reynolds. There is no confirming proof of this marriage and the name conflicts with the name 'Alinar' given for Jacob's 2nd wife in 'Let the Drums Roll- Veterans and Patriots of the Revolutionary War who Settled in Maury County, Tennessee" by Marise Lightfoot. There is substantial confusion over the names and number of Jacob's wives. None of his marriages appear in standard lists of North Carolina or Tennessee marriages. His first wife may have been a Priscilla Strickland about 1782 or so, probably in Wake County, North Carolina, but the source for that is the very suspect entry for Jacob on Findagrave.com. His second wife may have been Elizabeth Hanes in 1805, probably in Wake County, North Carolina, again as reported only in the entry for Jacob on Findagrave.com. His pension application in 1822 states his wife (unnamed) was "his second wife, aged about 40 years." "Let the Drums Roll-" gives this second wife the name "Alinar". Finally, "The History of Bond & Montgomery Counties, Illinois", pages 53-54 says that Jacob married Miriam Reynolds on 21 Nov 1821 in Maury County, Tennessee. Since that date was before his pension application of Apr 1822, it would seem that the wife referred to therein was either Alinar or Miriam (or even Elizabeth). No burial in Illinois has been found for a Segraves woman matching any of those names. The information from Findagrave.com does not show sources for the names Priscilla Strickland and Elizabeth Hanes and another source suggests that William Isaac Seagraves married a Priscilla Cheney Strickland in Wake County in 1807, so I present this information on Jacob's possible wives only as a starting point for further research. - 21 Nov 1821 - Maury County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPension Claim - Jacob Seagraves, age 59, of Maury County, Tennessee applied for a pension for his Revolutionary War service: - 22 Apr 1822 - Maury County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPension Claim - a Certificate of Pension (for Jacob Seagraves) issued at the rate of $8 per month to commence on 22 Apr 1822 and sent to Joseph B. Porter, Esq., Columbia, Tennessee. - 18 Jun 1822 - Maury County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty Event - Jacob Seagraves, Sr. filed a deposition in Maury County, Tennessee for 640 acres warranted for Revolutionary War service as of 14 August 1785 under Revolutionary Warrant # 1972 as follows: - 6 Nov 1824 - Maury County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty Event - Jacob Setgraves entered Grant # 951 in the Western Tennessee District, recorded 14 April 1828 for Military Service performed to State of North Carolina Warrant # 1972, 14 August 1785. - 9 Jan 1827 - Tennessee, Western District Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPension Claim - Jacob Seagraves filed the following Application for a Transfer: - 11 Oct 1828 - Clinton County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPension Claim - the pension of Jacob Seagraves #S39067 was "transferred to Illinois to take effect from 4 Sept 1828 and notification sent to Pensioner care of Charles Slade, Esq. P. Master, Carlyle, Illinois." Presumably the 4 Sep 1828 date is when Jacob arrived in Illinois. - 7 Jun 1829 - Clinton County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Maps1830 US census - recorded as Jacob Seagraves with: 1 male 10-14; 1 male 15-19; 2 males 20-29; 1 male 70-79 2 females 0-4; 1 female 10-14; 2 females 15-19; 1 female 20-29; 1 female 40-49 - 1830 - Clinton County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsComment - Since the Strickland family in Wake County, North Carolina was close to the Seagraves there, as far back as 1778 William Seagraves, Jr. who entered 400 acres of land that bordered on Elisha Strickland's property and other marriages appear to have occurred between the families, a marriage between Jacob and a Priscilla Strickland is not unreasonable, however no published source on North Carolina marriages records such a marriage and the Findagrave entry gives no reference for its assertion. It suggests that they had seven children and that Priscilla died in 1804. Jacob's identified children who could be assigned to his first wife include Isaac, born about 1785; Vincent, born 24 Apr 1788; Bennett, born 21 Jul 1791; Daniel, born about 1799; Sarah, born about 1800. If there are 2 others, their names have not been discovered. The Findagrave entry only identifies Vincent and Bennett as children of Jacob. "Let the Drums Roll- Veterans and Patriots of the Revolutionary War who Settled in Maury County, Tennessee" by Marise Lightfoot, Nashville, 1976 notes that Jacob's second wife was named "Alinar" and says she died before 20 May 1851, presumably in Clinton County, Illinois. No other source has been found to confirm that name. The Findagrave entry says Jacob married 2nd to Elizabeth Hanes in 1805, presumably in Wake County, North Carolina. Interestingly, the heading for the Findagrave entry calls him "Jacob Lewis Seagraves" even though his pictured tombstone reads: "JACOB SEAGRAVES /PVT/ NC/ CONTINENTAL/ LINE/ REV WAR/ 1763/ JUN 7 1835" with no indication of a middle name. Neither do any of the legal documents dealing with his pension or land ownership mention a middle name or initial. That there is confusion over the details of Jacob's life seems to result, surprisingly, from too much information and too many descendants researching his life to claim Revolutionary War descent. For example, his 1822 pension application states that "he enlisted in the County of Granville, North Carolina as a soldier in the North Carolina Line sometime in the month of _____ 1778. That he was at the time of enlisting between the ages of 15 and 16 years." Those dates and ages suggest a birth year of about 1762 or 1763. His 1828 deposition states: "he enlisted in the N. C. Cont. Line when he was about 16, and was enlisted by a man named Rush or Bush at Harrisburg in Granville Co., and was returned to Capt. Goodman's Co., then marched towards Charleston, S. C., and on the way was engaged in battle at Utaw Springs, where Capt. Goodman was killed with many of his men, among whom were Thomas Sanders and Hutson Ray, who he knew very well. Then he was transferred to Capt. Roades Co., First Regt., and there continued until the end of the war" The Findagrave entry gives Jacob's birth as 1762 in Wake County, North Carolina but then says he was born in 1763 which his tombstone shows, reflecting more uncertainty. The entry also claims that Jacob was a son of Robert (presumably, Seagraves) and Mary Stuart Coulter. Research for this analysis and other genealogical studies on the family name has discovered only one Robert who could possibly have been of the generation before Jacob. That Robert is only found in Georgia. He is first recorded in Camden County as a voter in 1788 and after several similar entries, is shown as dying on 23 December 1795 in St. Marys, Camden County, Georgia. This Robert may have been a brother of the James Seagroves who was a federal Indian Agent in St. Marys. James was born around 1747 and died in St Marys, Georgia in 1812. James first appears on 4 January 1787 in a marriage notice as having "married lately in Savannah". There is no indication in the available Georgia records about where either James or Robert was born. If Robert was from North Carolina and had been born about 1750 like James, it is not likely that he would have had a son, Jacob, born in 1763 or earlier. The above analyses seem to suggest that the Findagrave.com entry on Jacob was created without reference to published sources or based on family stories without firm basis in the existing records. The above life timeline reflects the selection of facts and sources currently available. - 1835 - Clinton County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 7 Jun 1835 - Clinton County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Saint Johns United Church of Christ Cemetery, Breese, Clinton County, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S28] North Carolina Roster of Soldiers in the American Revolution.

    2. [S169] Marise Parrish Lightfoot, Let the Drums Roll, (Maury County Historical Society, Nashville,1976).

    3. [S33] Wake County, North Carolina Land Entries, 1778-1846.

    4. [S29] Goodspeed History of Maury County, Tennessee.

    5. [S72] Wake County, North Carolina Court Minutes, 1804-1807 Book VI.

    6. [S81] Maury County Tennessee Wills and Settlements, 1807-1824.

    7. [S1] FindAGrave.com (FAG).

    8. [S75] Pension File #S39067 , (Fold3.com).

    9. [S98] Tennessee Genealogical Records, page 80.

    10. [S99] Ansearchin News Vol 16, #2, ( Tennessee Genealogy Society).