Jacob Froman Sr (abt. 1749 - 1820)

Born about 9 Apr 1749 in Cedar Creek, Frederick, Virginia

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Died 1820 at about age 70 in Woodford, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Jacob Froman Sr is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A042813.

Private Jacob Froman Sr served with Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.

Jacob Froman Sr, born in Frederick County, Virginia in 1749^[1]; he was the youngest child of Paul Froman Sr and Elizabeth Hite. In 1770 he marries Barbara and they have nine children, all born before Kentucky’s statehood. Their children are Jacob Jr, Elizabeth, Joseph, Absalom, Susanna, Abraham, Isaac, Sarah, and Elijah. Before migrating to Kentucky in 1779, Jacob Sr is listed as a land owner in Pennsylvania and Maryland and is found on the muster rolls in the Maryland militia commanded by Captain Charles Coulson during the Revolutionary War. Upon his arrival in Kentucky he is found on the militia pay rolls of Captain James Ray’s Company in Lincoln County in 1782. Jacob Sr takes out 18 Virginia Land Warrants in Kentucky from 15 Oct 1779 to 16 April 1784. In 1783 Jacob Sr is the administrator of his father wills in Lincoln County probate records. He is listed as the builder of the first Mercer county Court house which is accepted on 29 July 1789; he is also listed as the builder of frontier stations, owner of flour mills, salt works and iron works, and the distiller of whiskey in Kentucky all before statehood.

In 1791 Jacob Sr is elected to the Virginia House of Delegates for Mercer County, Session 17 Oct 1791 – 20 Dec 1791. In 1792 he is elected as a member of the first Kentucky Legislature and a State Constitutional Convention, held in Danville, Kentucky. A motion is made by Samuel Taylor on 18 Apr 1792 to rescind Article IX, respecting slavery; Jacob Froman voted to put an end to slavery, which fails to pass. During the first session, on 18 Jun 1792, the legislature also set permanent seat of government to Frankfort, Kentucky. In 1792 Jacob Sr also appears as the largest subscriber, paying £3 for the private improvement to the Wilderness Road. On 12 Dec 1794 the Kentucky Legislature pass an Act for the establishing the Kentucky Academy, Jacob Sr is listed as one of the initial Trustees. On 2 Nov 1798, two years after it was first proposed, The Kentucky Academy merged with Transylvania University, the merge takes effect 1 Jan 1799.

In mid 1790s Jacob Sr moves from Mercer County to Woodford County, where he builds an iron works business and another mill on Brush Run Creek. "The History of the Clover Bottom Church", located in Woodford County, states that the church was organized at his home on 22 Aug 1801. The 1802 Act of the General Assembly of Kentucky: lists Jacob Sr twice for the inspection of Tobacco/Hemp and for Flour Mill operations at his Mill on Brushy Run Creek, Woodford County, Kentucky. Woodford County court documents records that he builds the counties first tobacco warehouse near the Kentucky River.

His death in 1820 is proven by the Administrative bond for the deceased Jacob Fro(w)man, that is signed by sons Elijah and Isaac (administrator) on 3 Jul 1820, and found in the probate records of Woodford County, Kentucky. On 25 Jul 1820, there is an appraisal for the estate of Jacob Sr deceased in the Woodford County, Kentucky Probate book F page 208-209. Jacob Sr. is also listed as deceased in the Woodford County Orders Book 1794-1821, page 401-402, there a motion by his son Isaac to be the administrator of the estate, and that an appraisal be performed. Also, on 3 Jul 1820, wife Barbara grants a power of attorney to son Elijah Froman, Barbara who is listed as a "widow", Woodford County Deed Book H page 270. Jacob Sr is buried at the Clover Bottom Baptist Church, where he was a founding member, the church cemetery is located near his home in Woodford County, Kentucky.

Jacob was a Kentucky Revolutionary soldier and then became a member of the first Constitutional Convention of the State of Kentucky. He served on the committee that fixed Frankfort as the permanent seat of government.

Jacob represented Mercer County in the first Kentucky Legislature. He also served in the Wabash Indian War.

Jacob Froman married Barbara (surname unknown; it is not Mercer) they had the following children

Children

1. Jacob Froman Jr - married to Mary
2. Elizabeth Froman - married to Richard Moore Thomas
3. Joseph Froman - married to Christena McGee
4. Absalom Froman - married to Eleanor Briscoe
5. Susanna Froman - never married
6. Abraham Froman - married to Elizabeth Elkin and Hannah Rust
7. Isaac Froman - married to Elizbeth Berryman
8. Sarah Froman - married to Martin Elijah Fry(e)
9. Elijah Washington Froman - married to Mary Ferguson

On 3 April 1792 at the Kentucky Constitutional Convention, page 80, Jacob Froman voted for an amendment against Slavery, which was defeated.

0n 28 April 1794, was a Trustee for the establishment of the Kentucky Academy, which later became Transylvania University

1785, 1787, Tax list for Nelson County

1795, 1796, Tax list for Mercer County

1805, 1806, 1807, 1808, 1810, 1811, 1812, 1813, 1814, 1815, 1816, 1819 Tax list for Woodford County

Jacob Froman Mill site grid 37.885252 -84.747453

House site 37.8852422 -84.747608 original Clover Bottom Church, Cemetery 37.888393 -84.737885

Jacob Froman's Iron Works

4 Feb 1797 • Woodford County, Kentucky, USA

Missing horse near Jacob Froman's iron works 4 Feb 1797 Woodford County, Kentucky

17 Aug 1797 • Bullitt County, Kentucky, USA

Land grant that was transferred from Paul Froman to Jacob Froman, on the Salt River, Bullitt County, KY Deed 12 Sep 1797, Nelson County Orders book page 249 -- this the land that his sons would operate a mill at the town of Pitts Point

Statute of law of Kentucky, 1798-1801, 12 Dec 1799, page 278 Inspection of tobacco, hemp, and flour at Brushy Run of Jacob Froman's Mill - Woodford County.

Organizational meeting of the Clover Bottom Church held at the house of Jacob Froman House on 22 Aug 1801. Source is the "History of Clover Bottom Church" by Robert Hill and Eugene I. Enlow, page 4-5

Acts of General Assembly of Kentucky, Sundry Act 1802, by Harry Toulmin

Table of Inspection of Flour - page 432

Table of inspections Inspection of Tobacco -page 445

19 Apr 1820 • Woodford County, Kentucky, USA

Property transfer from Jacob Froman to son Elijah Froman, Woodford County, Kentucky, Book H page 327-328

3 July 1820

Property transfer from Barbara Froman, widow of Jacob Froman, to son Elijah Froman, Deed book H page 270

3 July 1820 - Woodford County, KY - Probate

Administrative bond for Jacob (deceased), signed by sons Isaac and Elijah Froman, with son Isaac as the Administrator

25 July 1820 - Woodford County, KY - Probate

Jacob Froman - appraisal will book F page 208 Wood County, Kentucky

Burial - Jacob Froman - was a member of the Clover Bottom Church, Woodford County, Kentucky. Church was located on what used to be his land on Brushy Creek in Southern Woodford County, near his home and mill that he operated.

1783-1792 Court Order Books for KY [Supreme Court of Dist of KY while still part of VA]:

p.11 Order Book A 4 Mar 1783, p.5

Jacob Froman was one of those appointed to appraise the personal estate of deceased Stephen Trigg. Other appointees were Gabriel Madison, Abraham Bowman, John Smith, and Alexander Robertson. Trigg's Will having been presented by Mary Trigg, widow & relict, and proved by one of the witnesses, Samuel McGehee. Mary's 2000£ bond with Benjamin Logan, George May and Levi Todd as securites.

p.26 Order Book A, 9 Mar 1785, p.49

Grand Jury indictments included one against Jacob Froman for retailing whiskey without a license.

p.119 Order Book A, 5 Jun 1786, p.379

Commonwealth v. Jacob Froman for retailing liquors without a license. Ordered dismissed.

p.268 Order Book D, 8 Mar 1790, p.365

Deed from Edward Cathers & Elizabeth his wife to Jacob Froman, proved by Hanniah Davis, John Crooks & Zachariah, witnesses thereto, and ordered recorded.

Sources

1. ↑ Text: Family Group Sheets of the Froman family received at visit of 16 Feb 1999

• Source: Abbreviation: Frye - Hank Adams Title: Henderson L. "Hank" Adams, correspondence and copies of his Frey and Spears family record. Repository: R1
• Source: Abbreviation: Palatine Families of New York Title: Henry Z. Jones, Jr., The Palatine Families of New York: A Study of the German Immigrants Who Arrived in Colonial New York in 1710 (Universal City, CA 1985) Note: Copies in my file sent by Hunterdon NJ Historical Society. Also in Birmingham Library. Repository: #R1 Call Number: F130 .P2 J66
• Source: Abbreviation: Kentucky - VA Supreme Court Dist Title: Michael L. Cook, C. G., Virginia Supreme Court District of Kentucky; Order Books 1783-1792 Vol 28 of Kentucky Records Series. (Cook Publications, Evansville IN) Repository: #R9 Repository: R9 Name: Samford University Library Address: Birmingham, Alabama City: Birmingham State: Alabama

• Morton, Jennie C, and H V McChesney, editors. Kentucky State Historical Society. Vol. 11, ser. 31, The State Journal Company, 1913. Page 106

See Also:

• TRACING THE HISTORY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF PAUL FROMAN Sr. AND ELIZABETH HITE Private Published by Prepared by Christopher L. Coleman (1 June 2020).
• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 17 March 2021), "Record of Jacob Froman", Ancestor # A042813.