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Johann Jacob Shook

Male 1749 - 1839  (90 years)


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  • Name Johann Jacob Shook 
    Born 17-19 Apr 1749  Williams Township, Northampton Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    _UID 7D672A734D085B4FB9BD96D59B4D8A32057E 
    Died 1 Sep-Dec 1839  Clyde, Haywood Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Haywood, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Person ID I213  Barnett-Farrar-160716
    Last Modified 16 Jul 2016 

    Father Johannes Georg Schuck (Shook),   b. 1724, Germany or the Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1813, Lyle's Creek, Then Lincoln Co, NC (Catawba now) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Grubb (Greeb),   b. Abt 1730, Williams Township, Northampton Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1813, Then Lincoln Co, NC (Catawba now) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 84 years) 
    Married 8 Aug 1748  Northampton Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    • UID 1CAC9F68D21F1D499F7CF477B734EFC94F34
    Family ID F87  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Isabella Weitzell 
    Married
    • UID 5A8BEEA14A441D41AB46A006B02A3F7D8D1E
    Children 
     1. Abraham Shook,   b. 1783-1785, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Dec 1814, Bedford Cty, TN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years)
    Last Modified 16 Jul 2016 
    Family ID F86  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Revolutionary War veteran;

      Jacob Shook The life and legacy of an Appalachian pioneer By MichaelBeadle
      "According to family records, Jacob Shook was born on April 19, 1749, thefirst son out of nine children. His ancestors were German Lutherans whofled religious persecution from French Catholics in the 18th Century.Many of these German refugees fled to Holland, then to England and thento Pennsylvania
      Jacob Shook ? also known as ?Schuck? or ?Shuck,? but Anglicized as?Shook? by British census takers ? grew up in the Piedmont region ofNorth Carolina around what is now Salisbury, according to the Shookfamily history?s Web site.
      When the Revolutionary War broke out, Jacob and his brother Andrew joinedup with a Patriot regiment. The Colonial Army received reports that theBritish were trying to incite Cherokees to attack Colonials from thewest. If Indian tribes pushed in from the west and the British came infrom the east, Patriot forces would get squeezed in the middle.
      After the war, according to family records, Shook served on a few juriesagainst Tory supporters who had sided with the British during theRevolutionary War. In 1786, there?s a record of a marriage between JacobShook and Isabella Weitzel. Jacob would have been around 37 years old atthe time ? the same age as his wife ? a late marriage for both even bytoday?s standards. Just after that, family records state that Jacob andhis new wife settled in what is now present-day Clyde along the PigeonRiver. During the Rutherford Trace expedition, Shook most likely passedthrough Haywood County along the Pigeon River, so there?s reason tobelieve he remembered the area and went to stake his claim there.
      Sometime around 1795, Shook built a three-story cabin dedicated to hisson Peter, who was only 5 years old at the time. We know this house todayas the Shook-Smathers House in Clyde.
      It is widely known that the Shook House hosted regular worship servicesand singing and music lessons in the third-floor attic before a churchwas built nearby. Shook donated land adjacent to his home to be the siteof revival camp meetings and also set aside land for the Louisa ChapelUnited Methodist Church and Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Clyde.
      With all that Jacob Shook did for the area, one wonders why the Town ofClyde isn?t called ?Shookville.?
      Jacob Shook died Sept. 1, 1839 and was buried along with his wife,Isabella, in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, a short drive from theShook-Smathers House."

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      FROM http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tree_hugger&id=I1945

      During the Revolutionary War, Jacob served as a private for threeperiods: from March 1770 with Captain William Bateman and ColonelChristopher Bateman; August 1776 with Captain Rudolf Conrad and ColonelChristopher Bateman; and May 1781 with Captain Daniel Smith and ColonelChristopher Bateman. He enlisted in Lincoln County, North Carolina. Afterthe war, he married and about 1786 moved to Haywood County, settling onPigeon River. He built the first frame house in Haywood County, a sturdystructure with nails which he made by hand. Bishop Asbury, the first ofthe rank to be consecrated in America, in some of this trips throughwestern North Carolina held meetings in the chapel room that Jacob hadfitted up in the third story for divine services. The first Methodistchurch in Haywood County was organized in that room.
      At the age of 84 on October 3, 1833, Jacob was granted a pension. Hisresidence was near the town of Clyde, Haywood County, North Carolina. Hisname is inscribed with that of all Revolutionary soldiered buried inHaywood County on a monument erected by The Dorcas Bell Love Chapter ofthe Daughters of the American Revolution in the courthouse square atWaynesville, the county seat of Haywood ounty.
      His will is on record in Waynesville. He made disposition of his estate,naming his wife, Isabella and his children.
      Sources:

      1. Abbrev: The Heritage of Catawba County North Carolina Volu
      Title: The Heritage of Catawba County North Carolina Volume VI
      2. Abbrev: The Annals of Haywood County North Carolina
      Title: The Annals of Haywood County North Carolina
      3. Abbrev: Texas Society Daughters of the American Revolution
      Title: Texas Society Daughters of the American Revolution RosterRevolutionary Ancestors Vol IVncestors Vol IVncestors Vol IV.
      4. Abbrev: Clark's State Records of North Caolina Vol. 22
      Title: Clark's State Records of North Caolina Vol. 22

  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Shookhistory.org, http://shookhistory.org/HTML/fam00651.htm (Reliability: 3), 15 Oct 0008.

    2. [S64] Shookhistory.org, http://shookhistory.org/HTML/fam00651.htm (Reliability: 3), 15 Oct 0008.

    3. [S8] RootsWeb.com, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dldana&id=I7403 (Reliability: 3), 16 Oct 0008.
      Birth: 17 Apr 1749 in Northampton, Pennsylvania
      Death: 1 Dec 1839 in Haywood County, North Carolina
      Burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Haywood, North Carolina

    4. [S69] RootsWeb.com, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dldana&id=I7403 (Reliability: 3), 16 Oct 0008.
      Birth: 17 Apr 1749 in Northampton, Pennsylvania Death: 1 Dec 1839 in Haywood County, North CarolinaBurial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Haywood, North Carolina

    5. [S14] Shookhistory.org, http://shookhistory.org/HTML/fam00638.htm (Reliability: 3), 15 Oct 0008.

    6. [S64] Shookhistory.org, http://shookhistory.org/HTML/fam00638.htm (Reliability: 3), 15 Oct 0008.


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