When Jacob Counts was born on 3 January 1863, in South Carolina, United States, his father, Andrew Jackson Counts, was 47 and his mother, Anna Christena Bright, was 43. He married Mary Jeanette Stoudemire on 21 March 1893, in Columbus Township, Polk, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Olympia, Richland, South Carolina, United States in 1930 and Eau Claire, Richland, South Carolina, United States in 1944. He died on 12 December 1944, in South Carolina, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Capers Chapel, Newberry, South Carolina, United States.
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