Jacob Holtzclaw (abt. 1743 - aft. 1809)

Born about 1743 in Fauquier, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Millian (Dodson) Holtzclaw — married before 17 Jun 1767 (to before 1790) in Fauquier county, Virginia

Descendants

Died after 1809 after about age 66 in Fauquier, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Jacob Holtzclaw was born about 1743, in Fauquier county, Virginia.

Jacob married Milly Dodson before the 17th of June, 1767.^[1] Together they raised nine children; Susannah Holtzclaw, Alexander Holtzclaw, Winnie Holtzclaw, Elizabeth Holtzclaw, Frances Holtzclaw, William Holtzclaw, Elias Holtzclaw, George Holtzclaw and Catherine Holtzclaw.

Jacob was named, along with his mother-in-law as Executor of the last will and testament of his father-in-law, Abraham Dodson. Jacob's wife Milly is also left bequest in the will of her father. The will of Abraham Dodson reads in part as follows: "In the name of God Amen I Abraham Dodson being sound in sense and memory do make this my last will and testament . . . I lend to my beloved daughter Milly Holtzclaw my negro man Joseph during her life and if she should die without a lawful heir begotten of her own body then return to her brothers and sisters and if she dies and leaves a lawful heir begotton of her own body after her death I give the said negroe Joseph to that heir. . . It is also my will that if any of the negro women breeds that my daughter Milly and my daughter Molly may have the two first young negroes that is born . . . the remainder part of my household goods I leave to be equally divided amongst them all Milly Hollzclaw and Tabitha Dodson and Enoch Dodson and Greenham Dodson and Molly Dodson. I appoint Jacob Holtzclaw and my beloved wife Barbary Dodson lawful Executors as witness my hand this 17th day of June 1767 . . . At a Court continued and held for Fauquier County the 25th day of October, 1768 This will was proved by the oaths of Absalom Cornelius and John Bennett wittnesses thereto ordered to be recorded and on the motion of Jacob Holtzclow and Barbary Dodson who made oath and executed and acknowledged bond as the law directs Certificate is granted them for obtaining a probate thereof in due form"^[2]

Jacob appears in the Fauquier county, Virginia Personal Property Tax Books for the following years and is taxed on the items listed. The tax list includes the number of free males the number of negroes, horses, cattle, wagon's, etc.^[3][4][5]

1782 Personal Property tax list (Image 21 of 857) shows Jacob with 1 free male above 21, and 1 horse,

1783 Personal Property tax list (Image 42 of 857) shows Jacob with with 1 free male above 21, 1 negro, and 1 horse, with no cattle.

1784 Personal Property tax list (Image 69 of 857) shows Jacob with 1 free male above 21, no negroes, no, horses, and no cattle.

Jacob does not appear in the Personal Property Tax List of Fauquier county, Virginia for the years: 1784; 1785; 1786; 1787; 1788; 1792; 1798 and 1805.

1789 Personal Property tax list (Image 271 of 857) with 1 fee male and 1 horse.

1790 Personal Property tax list (Image 338 of 857) with 1 fee male.

1791 Personal Property tax list (Image 411 of 857) with 1 fee male and 1 horse.

1793 Personal Property tax list (Image 574 of 857) with 1 free male and 2 horses.

1794 Personal Property tax list (Image 659 of 857) with 1 fee male and 2 horses.

1795 Personal Property tax list (Image 738 of 857) with 1 fee male and 1 horse.

1796 tax list (Image 816 of 857) with 1 fee male and 1 horse.

1797 tax list (Image 43 of 861) with 1 free male and 1 horse

1799 tax list (Image 170 of 861) Jacob appears with William in household 2 free males tax with 1 horse.*See Research Notes

1800 tax list (Image 250 of 861) Jacob appears with William 2 fee males and 1 horse.

1801 tax list (Image 331 of 861) Jacob and William 2 free males and 1 horse.

1802 tax list (Image 449 of 861) Jacob with William 2 free males and 3 horses.

1803 tax list (Image 532 of 861) Jacob 1 fee male and 1 horse.

1804 tax list (Image 604 of 861) Jacob with Elias 2 fee males and 1 horse and next line down William tax 1 free male with 1 horse.*See Research Notes

1806 tax list (Image 739 of 861) Jacob with Elias 2 free males.

1807 tax list (Image 821 of 861) Jacob 1 fee male and one line down William with 1 free male with 1 horse.

(Image 857 of 861) "The Commonwealth of Virginia did not collect taxes for the year 1808 as the General Assembly did not pass tax collecting Legislation that year."

1809 tax list (Image 70 of 847) Jacob 1 free male no horses.

Jacob does not appear in the 1810 or 1811 tax list.

Jacob entered into a bill of sale for goods to John Waddell. The Bill of Sale reads as follows: "Know all men by these presents that I Jacob Holtzclaw of the county of Fauquier Common Wealth of Virginia have bargained & sold & by these presents do bargain sell & deliver unto John Waddell of the county aforesaid the following goods & chattels (Viz) one chesnut sorrell horse with a balled face branded with two Os four white feet supposed to be ten years old, one feather bed & furniture, seven hogs with a crop & slit in the right ear & also crop in the left, two pots, one oven, one kettle, six plates, one dish, one bason, one woolen wheel, one linen wheel, two chests, one table, one tubb, one pail, one piggon, one trunk, one plow, two hoes, one axe, and all my crop of corn tobacco wheat & oats now in the house & in the field for the consideration of Eleven hundred pounds of next crop tobacco cash to me in hand paid before the sealing and delivery of these presents that receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge & I do by these presents warrant & will for ever defend the said goods & chattels from the claim or claims of any other person or persons whatsoever. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 18th day of May 1784 [signed] Jacob Holsclaw Sealed & delivered in presence of W. Waddell, J. Waddell At a court continued & held for Fauquier county the 25th day of May 1784 This Bill of Sale was acknowledged by the said Jacob Holtzclaw to be his act and deed and ordered to be recorded."^[6]

Jacob and Theodosia's daughter, Anna married on the 5th of December, 1808 Isaac Saffell in Fauquier county, Virginia. The marriage record reads in part: ". . . This is to certify that we have each of us Jacob Holsclaw and Theodosia Holsclaw his wife, in the presence of William Holsclaw given unto Isaac Saffell our free grant and liberty without any kind of reluctance, for him the said Saffell to join in wedlock with our daughter Anna Holsclaw in witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands this 3d day of Decr. 1808 [signed] Jacob Holsclaw Theodosia Holsclaw - Fauquier Co. Teste William Holtzclaw Elious Holtzclaw."^[7]

Research Notes

• Males were not taxed under Virginia law in the 1780's until they reached the of 16 years. There is no personal property tax list for Virginia in 1808 as the Virginia General Assembly did not pass a tax law for that year.

• William Holtzclaw first appears in the 1799 personal property tax records of Fauquier county, Virginia in the tax list of his father, Jacob Holtzclaw. If William Holtzclaw was 16 years of age in 1799 this would give him a birth year of about 1783. William appears in the tax list in Jacob's tax list from 1799 to 1802. In 1804 William appears in the tax list as being on his own and is listed in the line below his father. William would have been about 21 years of age by 1804.

• Elias Holtzclaw first appears in the 1804 personal property tax records of Fauquier county, Virginia in the tax list of his father, Jacob Holtzclaw. If Elias was16 years of age in 1804 this would give him a birth year of about 1788. The tax list for 1805 is incomplete and Jacob Holtzclaw does not appear in the list that exist. Elias does appear in the tax list in Jacob's tax list in 1806.

• Jacob Holtzclaw found on a list of taxpayers for Hamilton Parish, Elk Run & vicinity, 1751. From the account book of Capt. John Crump, Sheriff of Prince William County. After 1759, this area became Fauquier County.^[8]
• 1809 was the last year Jacob appeared on the tax rolls of Fauquier Co. It's not known when Millian died, but Jacob had a wife Theodosia in a record in 1808. Before 1808 Jacob married (2) Theodosia ??? The first four children were definitely Millian's, Anna known to be a child of Theodosia.
• Children: Susannah, Winnie, Alexander, Elizabeth, William, George, Elias, Harden, Anna

Sources

1. ↑ Page 58, The Dodson (Dotson) Family of North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia: A History and Genealogy of Their Descendants Volume One, by Mrs. Sherman Williams, compiler and editor and Reverend Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., publisher, copyright 1988; Southern Historical Press, Inc. Easley, South Carolina.
2. ↑ Fauquier County, Virginia Will Book, Vol 1, 1759-1783, pages 135 & 136; "Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900"
   Fauquier > Of Will Book, Vol 1, 1759-1783 > image 81 of 269
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 9 August 2023)
   Abraham Dodson.
3. ↑ Fauquier County, Virginia Personal Property Tax Books 1782-1807, 1809-1850; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ2-Q3RC-5
4. ↑ Fauquier County Virginia Personal Property Tax List 1797-1808; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ2-W9MD-K
5. ↑ Fauquier County, Virginia Personal Property Tax List 1809-1819; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ2-M2BW
6. ↑ Fauquier county, Virginia Deed Book No. 8 (1783-1785) page 122; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4V-RQ68
7. ↑ "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6JL9-VD9D : Sat Jan 13 20:06:12 UTC 2024), Entry for Issac Saffle and Anna Holtzclaw, 5 Dec 1808.
8. ↑ Published in the Bulletin of the Fauquier Historical Society, June 1923, p.239-242. Reprinted in the Newsletter of the Prince William County Genealogical Society, V.10, No. 6, Dec 1991, pp.43-45

• "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2Q-BXD : accessed 3 March 2019), Jacob Holtzclaw, Madison, Virginia, United States; citing p. 391, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 69; FHL microfilm 181,429.

• Source: S111; Title: B. C. Holtzclaw, Ancestry and Descendants of the Nassau-Siegen Immigrants to Virginia 1714-1750,; Memorial Volume in Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Coming of the First Colony to Germanna, Virginia, in 1714; Page: Holtzclaw Family p.274

• Source: S226; Title: Mrs. Sherman Williams, Compiler & Editor, The Dodson (Dotson) Family of North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia: A History and Genealogy of Their Descendants.; Two Volumes with index in Volume Two; Volume Two contains abstracts & transcripts of documents; (Easley, SC: Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas Jr.; Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1988); Call Number: CS 71 D648; Page: p.58

• Source: S61; The Genealogy of the Holtzclaw Family B. C. Holtzclaw, Ph.D., The Genealogy of the Holtzclaw Family 1540-1935; (Old Dominion Press, In., Richmond, VA c1936); Also in NEHGS Lending Library and on Microfiche at FHC, Montgomery, AL; Page: p.55

• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3H78-HSX : accessed 3 March 2019), entry for Jacob /Holtzclaw/; "Mason/Bell, McCurdy, Timmons and Parsons Ancestors of Laird David Elsworth Mason" file (2:2:2:MMDV-G91)