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Jacob Messer 1789–1870 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1789

Birth Location: Edgefield County, South Carolina, USA

Death Date: 1870

Death Location: Carter County, Kentucky, USA

Father: John Sr

Mother: Margaret Dillard

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Jacob Messer was born in 1789 in Edgefield County, South Carolina, USA, the child of John James Messer Sr And Margaret Agnes Cain Dillard. Jacob Messer passed away in 1870 in Carter County, Kentucky, USA.

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Biography

  • Jacob Messer was born in 1789 in Edgefield County, South Carolina, USA, the child of John James Messer Sr And Margaret Agnes Cain Dillard.
  • Jacob Messer passed away in 1870 in Carter County, Kentucky, USA.

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Jacob Messer's Ancestors

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Jacob Messer
1789–1870
Birth Place: Edgefield County, South Carolina, USA
Parents
John James Messer Sr
1755–1815
Edgefield County, South Carolina, USA
Margaret (Agnes Cain) Dillard
1755–1802
Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, USA
Grandparents
James (Franklin) MESSER
1735–1784
Edgefield County, South Carolina, USA
Sarah Long
1730–1762
Newbury, Massachusetts
James (Augustus) Cain
1739–1836
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Mary Custer
1752–1818
Brocks Gap, Augusta, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Johann Messer
1690–1744
John Long
1701–1752
Sarah Rawlings
1709–1753
Nicholas CAIN
1714–1787
Catharina Mann
1717–1785
Arnold Custer
1718–1759
Bridget Strauder
1722–1759
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Johann Meiser
1658–1717
Eva Mittelmeyer
1664–1693
Samuel LONG
1661–1731
Hannah Merrill
1671–1712
Daniel Rawlings
1681–1740
Sarah Barton
1685–1713
Daniel Cain
1685–1750
Margaret McBooy
1685–1745
Johann Mann
1689–1772
Maria Goss
1690–
George Strauder
1694–
Mrs Strauder
1695–

Jacob Messer's Timeline

2 Records

1789
1789
Birth of Jacob Messer in Edgefield County, South Carolina, USA
Edgefield County, South Carolina, USA
1870
1870
Age 81
Death of Jacob Messer in Carter County, Kentucky, USA
Carter County, Kentucky, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1789
    Event Place: Edgefield County, South Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Carter County, Kentucky, USA

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