Bartholomew Jacoby (James)
Bartholomew (James) Jacoby , Revolutionary Soldier, was born
1747 inSchuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He married in
Pennsylvania 1770 with Katherine Mayer, born December 17, 1749.
She was the daughter of Edigius Mayer. They resided first in
Berks County, Pennsylvania. They had five children (all born in
Berks County): John, Nov 1, 1771; Sofia, about 1780; Christianna
(Anna), Oct 13, 1786; Peter, Sep 23, 1789; and Barbara, birthdate
unknown, although in 1802 she married Simon Hook in Natchez,
Adams County, Mississippi.
Bartholomew "Jacoby" served during the Revolutionary
War signing the Oath of Allegiance before Justice Peter Spycker
of Tulpehochen Township on May 29, 1778 (Berks Co. Records Vol.
1, Book K, page 29). The Jacoby name is recorded in the Berks
County record and history books dating to the 1600s. It is not
known where this Jacoby originated, although it is recorded that
some Jacoby of German or Swiss origin arrived in Berks County in
the 1600s.
In the Morman Church records, Bartholomew is listed with the last
name Jacoby. In Mississippi, marriage record on Sofia's marriage
to Jessie King January 18, 1801, listed Sofia's name as
"Sofia James".
In 1799, "Jacoby" moved to West Virginia near the Ohio
River. The next year he and his family made the trip by flat boat
to Natchez, Mississippi. He was in Pike County from 1810 to 1824
when the family moved to Copiah County. They went to Yazoo County
about 1833, and he died there about 1835.
Of their children, John died near Waldo, Ohio, April 1844.
Christianna (Anna) married twice and died the wife of Thomas
Rule, Holmes County, Mississippi April 19, 1853. Peter, was a
young man when they arrived in Mississippi, and he helped his
father operate a farm on the Boque Chitto River for a few years.
He later became an ordained minister in the Methodist church in
Mississippi. He died March 16, 1869 near Pickens, Yazoo County ,
Mississippi. Barbara Married Simon Hook in Natchez and her date
of death is unknown.
Our Sofey, or Sofia, married (1st) June 17, 1800 to John McGinty
one month after arriving Natchez. John was the owner of the boat
on which they came down the river. One month later, he died, and
on January 18, 1801, Sofia married Jessie King. These marriage
records are on file and can be seen in the Adams County
Courthouse records in Natchez.
The references listed below appear in the book, "Family
Records - Mississippi Revolutionary Soldiers"
Annals of Berks Co. Montgomery, 1909, p. 9
History of Schuylkill Co. Schalk and Henning, p. 319
History of Schuylkill Co. Munsell 1881, p. 360
Rupps 30,000 names, p. 136
History of Berks Co. in the Revolution, Montgomery, p. 62.
Pa. Archives 2nd Series Vol. 17, P. 190
Pa. Archives 2nd Series, Cols. 26 & 28
Pa Archives 5th Series, Vol 5, p. 190
Cemetery Records and Wills, Mr. L. L. McNees, Lexington, Miss.
Family Records and Research. Mrs H. W. Dickes, East Chicago,
Indiana
McBees Collection, Vol II, p. 464
D. A. R. National Numbers 185 749, 204 976
D. A. R. Patriot Index, Centennial Edition, Part II