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Jacob (Mercer) Messer 1777 – 1850 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1777

Birth Location: Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, USA

Death Date: 1850

Death Location: Carter County, Kentucky, USA

Father: James Sr.

Mother: Margaret Taylor

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In 1777, Jacob (Mercer) Messer entered the world in Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, USA, born to James Franklin Messer Sr. and Margaret Agnes Taylor. Jacob (Mercer) Messer passed away in 1850 in Carter County, Kentucky, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1777, Jacob (Mercer) Messer entered the world in Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, USA, born to James Franklin Messer Sr. and Margaret Agnes Taylor.
  • Jacob (Mercer) Messer passed away in 1850 in Carter County, Kentucky, USA.

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Jacob Messer's Ancestors

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Jacob Messer
1777 – 1850
Birth Place: Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, USA
Parents
James Franklin Messer Sr.
1735 – 1784
Edgefield County, South Carolina, USA
Margaret (Agnes) Taylor
1735 – 1784
Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, United States
Grandparents
Johann (Georg) MOSER
1684 – 1744
Rheinbischofsheim, Ortenaukreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Omia Bennett
1702 – 1775
Bell, Kentucky, United States
Col. (John Powell) Taylor
1696 – 1780
Hare Forest Plantation, Caroline Co., Virginia
Catherine (Isabella) Pendleton
1699 – 1774
King and Queen County, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Omia Bennett
1680 – 1750
Mary Gregory
1665 – 1747
Phillip Pendleton
1654 – 1721
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Captain (Roger)
1623 – 1676
Elizabeth Douglass
1623 – 1708

Jacob Messer's Timeline

2 Records

1777
1777
Birth of Jacob (Mercer) Messer in Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, USA
Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, USA
1850
1850
Age 73
Death of Jacob (Mercer) Messer in Carter County, Kentucky, USA
Carter County, Kentucky, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1777
    Event Place: Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1850
    Event Place: Carter County, Kentucky, USA

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