West Virginia Pioneers

Jacob H Bonnett

Male 1802 - 1881  (78 years)


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  • Name Jacob H Bonnett 
    Born 28 Dec 1802  Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died 6 Jul 1881  Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 21 Nov 1826  Lewis County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Sarah Bonnett,   b. Oct 1835, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Harriet Bonnett,   b. 1841, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Peregrin Bonnett,   b. Abt 1843, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Elizabeth Bonnett,   b. Abt 1846, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. William B Bonnett,   b. Abt 1847, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Nathan S Bonnett,   b. 27 Jun 1849, Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Sep 1927, Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F4751  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1205] Census.

    2. [S64] Death Records, Roane Co, WV.

    3. [S72] Marriage Records, Harrison Co, WV.

    4. [S73] Marriage Records, Lewis Co, WV.