Jacob Mosley Cleveland Sr. (1729 - 1791)

Born 6 May 1729 in Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mildred (White) Cleveland — married 10 Oct 1756 in Albemarle County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 13 Jun 1791 at age 62 in Elberton, Elbert, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Jacob Cleveland Sr. performed Patriotic Service in Virginia in the American Revolution.

Jacob Cleveland

Birth: 6 May 1729, Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia

Death: 13 Jun 1791, Elberton, Elbert, Georgia, United States

Jacob Cleveland was born on May 6, 1729, in Spotsylvania, Virginia, ^[1] to Sarah Mimms, age 26, and Jeremiah Cleveland, age 28.

Jacob Cleveland married Mildred White in Albemarle, Virginia, on October 10, 1756, ^[2]

Jacob was deeded land in Albermarle Co., Va in 1762. ^[3]

Jacob Cleveland died on June 13, 1791,^[4] in Ruckersville, Georgia, ^[1] when he was 62 years old. His head stone was placed in the Ibrah Harris Cleveland Cemetery.^[5]

Marriage & Family

Spouse: Mildred White

Marriage: 10 October 1756, Culpeper Co., Virginia

Children:^[6]

1. Jeremiah Cleveland'b. Aug 12, 1757, culpeper co., near culpeper Court House, VA.
2. Rice Cleveland b. Mar 13, 1760, Culpeper, Co., d. Near Ruckersville as a young man; soldier in Revolution.
3. James Cleveland
4. Wyatt Cleveland b. Feb 25, 1764, Culpeper co., VA near Culpeper Court House, VA.
5. William Clevelandb. Apr 8, 1766, culpeper Co., near Culpeper Court House, VA.
6. Mary Cleveland b. Jan 7, 1768, culpeper Co., VA . M william Jones moved to Tennessee. (So thought); Address: W Cleveland Ward, Goshen, Lincoln Co., Ga., 1884.
7. John Cleveland b. Nov 8, 1769, culpeper co., near culpeper Court House, VA. d. apr 22, 1828, Elbert, GA buried in Cleveland Cemetery, Elbert Co., GA. Married Rhoda Kidd Jan 10, 1796.
8. Jacob Cleveland II b. Jan 25, 1772, culpeper Co., near Culpeper Court House, VA. Died, 10 Jun 1843, Henry, GA. Married Rhoda Martha Lyons . In Elbert, Co GA. Or SC.
9. Martha Cleveland b. 20 Feb 1774, in Culpeper Co., VA. Died supposed in Tuscaloosa, Ala, Married Castleton Lyons. Of Tuscaloosa,.
10. Reuben Cleveland b. 1776, Culpeper, Co., VA. Died 29 DEC 1851 in Elberton, Elbert, GA. Buried in Cleveland Cemetery. Married Mary Alexander 29, Dec 1851 in Elberton, Elbert, GA. Ruckersville GA.
11. Daniel David Cleveland b. 9 Sep 1778, culpeper Co., d. Supposedly in LA. Married and moved to LA. American state papers, public lands, III: 67–ACTUAL SETTLERS ON LAND IN LA, East of Miss. river and island of New Orleans, and W. Of Pearl river, who have no claims thereto derived form the French, British, or Spanish: Daniel Cleveland, for C.S. Ingram, No. 1, Nov, 1810; Daniel Cleveland, No. 1 Nov., 1812.
12. Larkin Cleveland b. Culpeper Co., VA, living in South Carolina till 1780, Abbeville Dist. To 1782, afterward on the old Cleveland homestead, on Vaus or Vans Creek, Elberta Co., N. Elerton; farmer. He is buried in old family cemetery on the farm.
13. Elizabeth Cleveland b. Jan 24, 1782, Abbeville dist., S.C.. d. supposedly in Tenn. Married Nathan Wanslow, of Tenn.

Will

Will executed 4 Apr 1791, recorded 16 May 1791: “Provisions: All 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 named 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 two 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.

Research Notes

accessed 10 November 2018), entry for Jacob /Cleveland/; file (2:2:2:MMSC-K55), submitted 10 May 2011. Name: Jacob Cleveland: Pedigree Resource File: Birth: 6 May 1739, Culpeper Co. Virginia; Death: 13 June 1789, Ruckersville, Elbert Co. Georgia; Marriage: 10 October 1756, Culpeper Co. Virginia; Father: Jeremiah Cleveland; Mother: Sarah Mims; Spouse: Mildred White; Millie; ? Mildred Wiley White; Children: Jeremiah Cleveland, Rice Cleveland, James Cleveland, Wyatt Cleveland, William Cleveland, Mary Cleveland, John Cleveland, Jacob Cleveland II, Martha Cleveland, Reuben Cleveland, Daniel David Cleveland, Larkin Cleveland, Elizabeth Cleveland

• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SG14-P67 : :Jacob Cleveland was born on May 6, 1729, in Spotsylvania, Virginia, ^[1] to Sarah Mimms, age 26, and Jeremiah Cleveland, age 28.

Jacob was born in 1739. He passed away in 1791. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for Jacob Cleveland Sr. (6 May 1729–1791), Find A Grave: Memorial #35873897, citing Cleveland Cemetery, Ruckersville, Elbert County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Eve Cleveland (contributor 46968027) .
2. ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900; Electronic Database; “Data=Name Jacob Cleveland; male: Birth Year: 1739; Spouse Name: Millie White; Spouse Birth Place: GA; Spouse Birth Year: 1739; Marriage year; 1756; Marriage State: VA.”; Ancestry's U.S. and International Marriage Records Ancestry Record 7836 #244591
3. ↑ Georgia Cherokee Land Lottery, 1832; “Data=Name: Jacob M. Cleveland; number 303; District: 12th DISTRICT, FOURTH SECTION, CHEROKEE; Residence: Clark’s; County Elbert; Comment: granted previous to the first day of January, 1838.”; Ancestry's Georgia Cherokee land Lottery Ancestry Record 4242 #17369
4. ↑ Georgia Bible Records;
5. ↑ Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots; Volume: 1; Serial: 10000; Volume: 2. “Data=Name: Jacob Cleveland; Location: Nr Elberton GA 35.; Ancestry's Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary patriots Ancestry Record 4110 #11102
6. ↑ North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000; Book Title: The genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland families. An attempt to trace, in both the male and female lines, the posterity of Moses Cleveland ... [and] of Alexander Cleveland ... with numerous biographical sketches; and containing ancestries; "Decendants of Alexander" (1) cleveland Page 2075 . Ancestry's Noorth America , Family Histories Ancestry Record 61157 #3847711
7. ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to R. Arenz.

See Also:

• From Virginia Histories: Jacob Cleveland, in the North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000: Name: Jacob Cleveland; Gender: Male; Age: 51; Birth Date: 6 May 1739; Birth Place: Culpeper Co; First Marriage Date: 10 Oct 1756; First Marriage Place: Culpeper Co, VA; Death Date: 1790; Death Place: Near Elberton, GA; Father: Jeremiah Cleveland; Mother: Mrs Jeremiah Cleveland; Spouse: Millie White; Child: Jeremiah Cleveland; Rice Cleveland; James Cleveland; Wyatt Cleveland; William Cleveland; Mary Cleveland; Jacob Cleveland; Martha Cleveland; Reuben Cleveland; Daniel Cleveland; Elizabeth Cleveland; Larkin Cleveland; John Cleveland
• http://gracegenes.tripod.com/dcleveland.htm
• https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/k/i/n/John-King-16/GENE2-0040.html#CHILD394499

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of Sheppard_Duncan_Bickham_Stroud.ged on 01 February 2011.
• Thank you to R. Arenz for starting this profile on Thursday, January 29, 2015.