Jacob Swiger Sr. (abt. 1771 - 1849)

Born about 1771 in Loudoun, Virginia, Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy (Backus) Swiger — married 6 Aug 1793 in Harrison, Clay, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 16 Jan 1849 at about age 78 in Clarksburg, Harrison, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Jacob Swiger was born about 1771 in Loudoun, Virginia, Colony. He was the son of John Swiger and Mary Duval. Jacob Swiger married Nancy Backus on 6 Aug 1793 in Harrison, Clay County, Virginia. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900"
   Source number: 22020.003; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1
   Ancestry Record 7836 #1190620 (accessed 2 October 2021)
   Name: Jacob Swiger; Gender: Male; Birth Place: VA; Birth Year: 1770; Spouse Name: Nancy Bacus; Marriage Year: 1793; Number Pages: 1.

• 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Harrison, Virginia; Page: 109; NARA Roll: M33_138; Image: 123
  

Ancestry Sharing Link Ancestry Record 7734 #1094307 (accessed 2 October 2021)
John Swiger.

• "1830 United States Federal Census"
  

Year: 1830; Census Place: Eastern District, Harrison, Virginia; Series: M19; Roll: 190; Page: 337; Family History Library Film: 0029669
Ancestry Sharing Link Ancestry Record 8058 #838210 (accessed 2 October 2021)
Jacob Swiger.

• "1840 United States Federal Census"
  

Year: 1840; Census Place: Harrison, Virginia; Roll: 562; Page: 50; Family History Library Film: 0029687
Ancestry Sharing Link Ancestry Record 8057 #3501573 (accessed 2 October 2021)
Jacob Swiger.

• "Family Data Collection - Individual Records"
  

Birth year: 1771; Birth city: Loudoun Co; Birth state: VA
Ancestry Record 4725 #5114914 (accessed 2 October 2021)
Name: Jacob Swiger; Spouse: Swiger Nanc; Parents: W John Mary; Birth Place: Loudoun Co, VA; Birth Date: 1771; Marriage Date: 11 Sep 1833; Death Date: 16 Jan 1849.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #47842283, citing Ash Cemetery, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by Darlina Shaw (contributor 46596730) .

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Reference Notes

Jacob, third son of John William and Mary Swiger, of Germany, was born in Loudonn County, Virginia, about the year 1770. He emigrated to Pennsylvania with his father and mother, where he remained until the Swiger family removed from there back to Virginia, locating in Harrison county. By this time, Jacob had grown into manhood, and we see by the marriage records of the Commonwealth of Virginia that he was married, August 6 1793 to Nancy "BacKus." His first wife's father came from Pennsylvania and settled near Brown, Harrison County, Virginia about the same time the Swiger family returned to Virginia.

Soon after marriage, he settled on what is now known as the old Swiger farm, near the mouth of Gregory's Run, in a cabin, the main part of which is still standing; acquired several hundred acres of land and considerable tangible property, as the appraisement bill of his property will show. (See Swiger Family History in New Martinsville, WV Public Library).

In a very old volume, "A Reminiscent History of Northern West Virginia," which is in possession of a member of the Swiger family, we find the following reference to Jacob Swiger:

"Jacob Swiger came thither from Pennsylvania in a very early day and located in the woods near Sardis, where he improved a farm on which the remainder of his life was spent. He was of German-Dutch descent: was a man of fine physique and vigorous contstitutiom, and his children inherited these qualities, seven of whom lived to be over eighty years of age. He became quite a noted Nimrod and many of the wild animals that roamed the woods of West Virginia at that time fell victims to his unerring aim. His wife's father was a Pennsylvanian, and on coming to this section located and spent the rest of his life on Tenmile Creek."

His first wife having died, he married for his second wife, September 11, 1833 Nancy Richardson, a widow, by whom he had no children. He was a consistent reader of and believer in the Bible, having read it through more than fifteen times. He was a very large man, having weighed more than three hundred pounds. He rode to Clarksburg one very hot day, was overcome by the heat, and died the same day in Clarksburg at an advanced age.^[3]