Person Sheet


Name Jacob GOOD
Death 1 Apr 1830, Washington County, Pennsylvania3490
Spouses
1 Eve MOSSER
Birth 1774, York County, Pennsylvania2823
Death 2 May 1843, Canton Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania3489
Father Abraham MOSSER (~1751-1822)
Mother Barbara SHEELY (-1806)
Marriage York County, Pennsylvania2911
Children Maria Barbara (1799-)
Notes for Jacob GOOD

Family Remembrance:2823 "Jacob Good's will (living in Washington County) to Eve, wife - property in Chartiers, Washington County and Tuscarawas County, Ohio."

1800 U.S. Census:2911
Pennsylvania, York County, Windsor Township
Head of Family••Jacob Good
Males 26-45••1 << Jacob
Females under 10••4 << 4 daughters
Females 26-45••1 << Eve, age 26
Household of Abraham Mosser2837 is adjacent.

1800 Land Patent:2838 "The first quarter township, Township 10, Range 2, of this township was entered by General Thomas Boude and Abraham Mosser, in 1800. Some of the purchasers from them were John and Christian Keller, five hundred and thirty-three acres; J. M. Bimeler, twelve hundred and seventy-five acres; and Samuel Moser, Jacob Good, Mary Taylor, Henry Hydegrass, William Christmas, John Shorb, and John Machan."

1807 Tavern License, Muskingum County, Ohio:2914 Abram Mosser one of thirty-seven signatories to a petition for the license of tavern keepers, store keepers, and ferries, submitted to the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Muskingum, Ohio. Robert Taylor and James Taylor were also signatories. Jacob Good was one of the persons recommended to "keep public houses of entertainment."

1808 Marriage of daughter Elizabeth:3497 "The first marriage recorded was that of Conrad Reghart and Elizabeth Good, on the 17th of July, 1808. The rites were performed by Abraham Mosser, Justice of the Peace of Lawrence Township."

1809 Taxes, Lawrence Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio:2922 Jacob Good taxed on "1 house & chattel" in Lawrence Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio." Chattel consisted of horses and cattle. Horses were appraised at $30 and cattle at $10, and were taxed at 1%, while real estate was taxed only 1/2%." [Note: A Peter Good was also taxed on chattel in Oxford Township, Tuscarawas County.]

1810 Tax List, Lawrence Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio:2923,2924 Jacob Good appears on 1810 tax list.

1811 Tax List, Lawrence Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio:3498 Jacob Good appears on 1811 tax list.

1816 Tax List, Lawrence Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio:2931,3499 Jacob Good appears on 1816 tax list as owning 250 acres with moderate improvements, located in Tuscarawas County and the Zanesville Land Office District, with Boude and Mosser listed as the original owners. Total tax due was $5.62.

1819 Marriage of daughter Catherine:3500 In Washington County, Pennsylvania, "married on the same evening [i.e., 3 June 1819] by the Rev. Charles Wheeler, Samuel Kimmel to Miss Catherine Good, daughter of Jacob Good of Canton Twp."

1823 Land Sale:3501 On 18 April 1823, "Jacob Good and Eve Good, wife of the said Jacob Good, Christian Hornish and Elizabeth his wife, all of the Town of Washington, State of Pennsylvania" sold sixty-one acres of land to John Machin, which was "formerly the property of Abraham Mosser, deceased." Jacob Good, Eve Good, and Christian Hornish signed the deed; Elizabeth Hornish signed with her mark.

1830 Death Mention:3490 In Washington County, Pennsylvania, "died on Thursday last [i.e., 1 April 1830] of dropsy, Jacob Good, Sen. of this place."
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