Joseph Jacob LaFollette (1745 - 1834)

Born 2 May 1745 in Isere, Anjou, Normandy, France

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Carter) LaFollette — married 18 Jan 1761 in Mendham, Mendham Township, Morris, New Jersey

Husband of Phoebe (Gobel) LaFollette — married about 1771 in Morristown, Morris Township, Morris, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 3 Jul 1834 at age 89 in Russell Township, Putnam, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Joseph LaFollette was a Huguenot emigrant (1540-1790).

Joseph LaFollette migrated from France to Colonial America.

Private Joseph LaFollette served with Pulaski's Legion, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Joseph LaFollette is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A067810.

Joseph La Follette, was born in France about 1745. He and his brothers, George and Charles, together with their father and mother, were Huguenots who fled to America during the Reign of Terror in France.

Their father was killed during the Revolutionary war, during which time Joseph La Follette settled in New Jersey, and there he first married Lydia Carter on 18 Jan 1761. They had two children first a boy named Isaac in 1769, who only lived about one year, their second child, Mary was born about 1770. Then Joseph's first wife Lydia, died sometime after Mary's birth and 1771, when he married his second wife, Miss Phoebe Goble. After their marriage, they moved in Kentucky.

The 1810 U.S. Census shows Joseph, age over 45, living in Hardin Co., KY with three females, one over 45 (presumably wife Phoebe), one age 20-44 (Mary or Abigail), and one under 10. No slaves. Son Jesse is listed next to him, next farm over? An Isaac is listed nearby, age 20-44, with three females, two under 10, and one 16-19.^[1]

In the autumn of 1828, Joseph La Follette, Sr., accompanied by his son Jesse, went to Indiana and the following winter stayed with his nephew Joseph La Follette, and later lived with his son Usual La Follette. He died in 1834 and was buried in the family cemetery on grandfather La Follette's old farm in Russell township. Family history also relates they moved to Indiana because it was a free state and Kentucky was a slave state. The 1830 census for Putnam Co., Indiana shows a male, 80-90, living with Joseph LaFollette. Presumably that is Joseph, Sr. ^[2][3]

LaFollette, Joseph Revolutionary War rolls July to Nov 6, 1775 ^[4]

Roster of Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution buried in Indiana (Published 1938 - Indiana D.A.R.), pg. 226, "LA FOLLETTE, JOSEPH" , Putnam County, Born-1745.

Service- Pri. in Capt. Henry Balkins’ Troop of -Light Dragoons in Gen. Count Pulaski Legion. Enlisted May 24, 1779, for 3 yrs., and his name appears on the roll of the troops to April, 1780. Stationed Dec. 13, 1779, at Morristown, N. J., and March 13, 1780, at Westfield, N. J.

Proof- Adjutant General’s Office; History of LaFollette Family in America; Morristown, N. J., First Presbyterian Church History, 1742-1881, and combined Register, 1742-1899. Died-Jan., 1834. Buried Racoon, Franklin Twp. D. A. R. marker. Married-1771, Phoebe Goble, b. 1743. Ch.

1. Usuel, b. 1773, m. Nancy Lee;
2. Robert, b. 1776;
3. Abigal, b. 1779;
4. Jesse, b. 1781;
5. Isaac, b. 1783;
6. Jacob, b. 1785;
7. John, b. 1787.

Acknowledgements

Collected by Miss Mary Hostetter, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YYK-3JF3?cc=1803765&wc=QZZC-117%3A1588180103%2C1588180133%2C1588180648 : 1 December 2015), Kentucky > Hardin > Elizabethtown > image 13 of 25; citing NARA microfilm publication M252, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1830", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH53-82B : Wed Oct 04 23:12:54 UTC 2023), Entry for Joseph Lafollette, 1830.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8113990/joseph-jacob-lafollette : accessed 03 September 2021), memorial page for Joseph Jacob Lafollette (12 May 1745–Jul 1834), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8113990, citing LaFollette Cemetery, Russellville, Putnam County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Velma Dalton (contributor 46592797) .
4. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9WB-SCZX?cc=2068326&wc=M61K-GNG%3A355093401 : 24 January 2018), 116-Continental Troops (jacket 17-25) > image 45 of 660; citing NARA microfilm publication M246 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Re: "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch

• "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YYK-3J8S?cc=1803765&wc=QZZC-117%3A1588180103%2C1588180133%2C1588180648 : 1 December 2015), Kentucky > Hardin > Elizabethtown > image 12 of 25; citing NARA microfilm publication M252, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYYN-97YY?cc=1803958&wc=35Y4-1X7%3A1588469004%2C1588469103%2C1588469601 : 14 August 2015), Indiana > Putnam > Not Stated > image 83 of 110; citing NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8113990/joseph-jacob-la_follette: accessed 13 April 2023), memorial page for Joseph Jacob La Follette (12 May 1745–Jul 1834), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8113990, citing LaFollette Cemetery, Russellville, Putnam County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by S. La Follette (contributor 48249306).

See also:

• LaFollette, John H. History of the LaFollette Family (Iowa, 1898), page 1

• http://bloomfield.lib.in.us/uploads/4/9/0/2/49026837/roster.pdf

• History of the First Presbyterian Church, Morristown, N.J. pg 34; Ancestry.com, microfilm pg 646, shows marriage of Lydia Carter and Joseph LaFollette on 18 Jan 1761.

• Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 150 : 1919; North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 for Joseph La Follette, this document show his second marriage was to Phoebe Gobel in 1771.