Jacob Yoho
6th great grand uncle
| Johannes Yoho & Susannah Catherine Lau | |
| Jacob Yoho-1765 | Eva Catrina Yoho-1741 |
| George Lemley-1768 | |
| Catherine Lemley-1793 | |
| Hannah Okey-1819 | |
| Edward Brown-1838 | |
| John Waggonfield Brown-1860 | |
Ira Edward Brown-1894
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Elisha Kane Brown-1921
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Kathleen Elizabeth Brown Hill – 1947
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Jacob Yoho was born on 8 Jul 1765 in Beaver Co, PA. He died on 24 Aug 1851 in Guernsey Co, OH. He was buried in Yoho Cemetery, Batesville, Independence county, OH.
It is reported that he served in the Revolutionary War and that a pension claim was denied. Problem:
It has not been proved that Jacob Yoho is the son of Johannes Yoho. Denver Clayton Yoho wrote: “Family tradition for Jacob Yoho, b. 1765, is that he brought his family from Vinton Co., PA (probably Vintondale Boro of Cambria Co., PA.” Note per Clarice V. Stanley: As we have never found a Vinton Co., PA) in a covered wagon to Fort Henry, then went to Noble Co., OH (now Guernsey Co., OH) where he settled on Wills Creek about 1808.” Jacob died in Guernsey Co., OH. (22 Apr 1988).
“The Indian Wars” by Denver Yoho April 1995. “We have records of at least four, and possibly five, Yoho ancestors who served as soldiers during the Indian Wars and the American Revolution, including George Yoho, Peter Yoho, John Yoho, Henry Yoho and Jacob Yoho. These five men are believed to be five of the sons of Johannes Yoho (born 1712 and died circa 1795) and Susanne Catherine (Lau) Yoho (born circa 1714). Following is information and records evidencing my conclusions relating to the service of these men in the Indian Wars:
Jacob Yoho was born on July 8, 1765, in Pennsylvania and died on August 24, 1851, in Guernsey County, Ohio. Jacob also took part in the Indian Wars and made a request for a pension. He enlisted at West Liberty, Virginia (West Virginia) and served five years under Captain McMahon and John McCulloch, was honorably discharged at Dillys Ferry, Ohio (now known as Grave Creek), and appeared on the muster roll of said company. Jacob's pension request was denied on the grounds that neither his name, nor the names of the officers mentioned, could be found on the army rolls. He made his request on November 11, 1850, at the age of eighty-six, when he was a resident of Guernsey County, Ohio. He stated that he was a soldier in the company of a Captain McMahon in the regiment commanded by Benjamin Biggs. His pension rejection does not necessarily mean that Jacob Yoho did not serve, due to the fact that by the time the pension legislation was passed many years had elapsed since the wars and many of the men who had served were well advanced in age, making proof of service difficult to ascertain.” (Source: The Yoho Newsletter, April 1995, Vol. 4, No. 1).
James Robert Yoho wrote: “Jacob Yoho, Sr. was one of the first settlers in the new state of Ohio. He settled on the forks of Beaver and Wills Creeks, that is to say, where they joined, Section 8, Range 8, Twp. 8. He purchased 160 acres of government land and built a log cabin, in 1805, that was still standing in 1887. The brick chimney remained standing long after the house was torn down. He also built a long barn in 1805.” (See Noble County History by Watkins - 1887)
Land records in Guernsey Co., OH reveal that Jacob Yoho obtained a land grant there in 1811, Vol. B, p. 169. There is also a Jacob Yoho on the 1810 Ohio Co., VA census. Jacob Yoho removed from Pennsylvania to Wills Creek, Noble Co., OH. Later, about 1805, he moved to Guernsey Co., OH. Census: 1820, in Guernsey Co., OH, Richland Twp. Jacob Yoho with two sons [Note: He was the only Yoho in Guernsey Co., OH for this census.] (Source: Census information from Catharine Fedorchak column, 29 Jan 1974).
Census: 1850, in Guernsey Co., OH Jacob Yoho, 85, living with his son, William H. Yoho William lived next to Reuben Wilson, the son-in-law of Jacob Yoho.
Jacob Yoho and Margaret Dailey had the following children:
- Mary Yoho (Abt 1789 - 1840)
- Elizabeth Yoho (1794 - 1851)
- Ellen Yoho (1794 - 1851)
- James Yoho (1802 - 1873)
- Jacob Yoho Jr. (Abt 1804 - 1884)
- John Yoho (1807 - 1880)
- Barbara Yoho (1809 -1905)
- Sarah Yoho (1811 - 1851)
- Nancy Yoho (1812 - 1893)
- Margaret Yoho (1813 - ?)
- Peter Yoho (1815 - 1845)
- William Henry Yoho (1818 - 1893