Jacob Counts

Brief Life History of Jacob

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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Family Time Line

Jacob Counts
1863–1944
Mary Jeanette Stoudemire
1873–1951
Marriage: 21 March 1893
Winifred Clara Counts
1894–1963
C J Counts
Winfield Counts
Lola M Counts
1897–1961
William Brawley Counts
1899–1969
Mary Viola Counts
1902–1985
Cornell Jackson Counts
1908–1978
Andrew L Counts
1910–1988
Ethel Virginia Counts
1916–1997

Sources (25)

  • Jackson Counts, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Jackson Counts - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Jackson Counts
  • Jackson Counts, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "

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World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1871 · KKK Supression

In March of 1871, in an attempt to supress the Ku Klux Klan in South Carolina, President Grant sends troops in. Later that year in October, the KKK are told to disarm and break up. They do not do this and later many are arrested by the US marshals.

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Kuntz or Kunz .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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