Jacob is buried in Bethesday Cemetery, near Morrow, Arkansas, Washington County, Arkansas.
The Sextons were living in Gallatin, Illinois in 1820 and were living in Washington Co., Arkansas in 1830.
Jacob was a Methodist Minister and one of the first preachers around McClaines Bottom. He was named as one of the members of the first board of directors of Cane Hill College at Cane Hill, Washington Co., Arkansas, which was established by the Cumberland Presbyterians, Ot 28, 1834.
He was a circuit rider for the White River Circuit in the 1840s. The Sexton's lived in a community of Sexton (which was named for the family and lies about 2-1/2 miles north of Dutch Mills, Washington Co., Arkansas.
Sexton community was the largest Indian Trading Post on the Arkansas-Oklahoma Territory line. William H. Sexton, son of Jacob Sr., named the Post Office, plotted a town site, and old lots to the settlers. The name was later changed to Salem Springs.
After Dorthia (Dorothy) died, Jacob Sr., married Amanda (unknown last name).
www.luginbuel.com Genealogy Section, Luginbuel Funeral Home, Prairie Grove, Arkansas
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