West Virginia Pioneers
Jacob H Bonnett
1802 - 1881 (78 years)-
Name Jacob H Bonnett Born 28 Dec 1802 Lewis County, West Virginia, USA [1, 2] Gender Male Died 6 Jul 1881 Roane County, West Virginia, USA [2] Notes - RCDR
Jacob H Bonnett, 7/6/1881, age 78y6m8d, [p] Jacob & Martha [b] Lewis Co [i] WG Bonnett (son), wife Charlotte
Person ID I13910 WVPioneers Last Modified 22 Feb 2006
Father Jacob Bonnett, b. 1761, Frederick Co, VA , d. Abt 1847 (Age 86 years) Mother Martha Hughes, b. Dec 1773, d. Dec 1834 (Age ~ 61 years) Married 6 Mar 1791 Harrison County, West Virginia, USA [3] Notes
Harrison Co Marriages 1785-1894:
James Bonnet & Martha Hughes, d/o Jesse, 3/6/1791
Bob Tanner says the marriage was 21 Feb 1791
Elizabeth is linked as a daughter because of the obit of her daughter Elizabeth Wolfe
L. V. McWhorter's "Border Settler's of Northwestern Virginia":
MARTHA, born in December, 1773, captured by the Indians,
December, 1787; returned from captivity, December, 1790; married
Jacob Bonnett in 1792, a brother to John Bonnett who was killed
on the Little Kanawha, and lived all her life near West's Fort,
now Jane Lew, just below the main road and opposite the present
Methodist Episcopal Church, where she died in December, 1834, and
was buried at the old Harmony Church Cemetery on Hacker's Creek.
Her grave is marked by a plain sandstone slab, on which is the
following inscription:
MARTHA, DAUGHTER OF JESSE HUGHES
BORN DECEMBER, 1773
MADE PRISONER BY THE INDIANS DEC., 1787
RETURNED FROM CAPTIVITY, 1790
MARRIED JACOB BONNETT, 1792
DIED DEC., 1834
AGED 61 YEARS.
Family ID F1410 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Charlotte L Hyde, b. Abt 1807, Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown Married 21 Nov 1826 Lewis County, West Virginia, USA [4] Notes
Marriage Record
Date: 11/21/1826
Place: Lewis Co, VA
Jacob Bonnet to Charlett Nov 21st
1850 Jackson, VA # 94-98
Bonnett Jacob 48 M Farmer Va
Bonnett Charlotte 43 F Va
Bonnett Samul 18 M Farmer
Bonnett Sarah 15 F Va
Bonnett Harriet 8 F Va
Bonnett Peargine 7 M Va
Bonnett Elizabeth 4 F Va
Bonnett Willliam 3 M Va
Bonnett Nathan 1 M Va
Children 1. Samuel Bonnett, b. Abt 1832, Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown 2. Sarah Bonnett, b. Oct 1835, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown 3. Harriet Bonnett, b. 1841, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown 4. Peregrin Bonnett, b. Abt 1843, Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown 5. Elizabeth Bonnett, b. Abt 1846, Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown 6. William B Bonnett, b. Abt 1847, Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown 7. Nathan S Bonnett, b. 27 Jun 1849, Roane County, West Virginia, USA , d. 14 Sep 1927, Roane County, West Virginia, USA (Age 78 years) Family ID F4751 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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