Brief Life History of Jacob
When Jacob Tarwater Sr was born on 13 April 1745, in Hesse, Germany, his father, Johann Peter Dürwächter, was 51 and his mother, Anna Catharina Hummel, was 45. He married MODELENA Kate Wolford in 1765. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 1 November 1798, in Neubert Springs, Knox, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Knox, Tennessee, United States.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Jacob Tarwater, Sr. - Individual or family possessions: birth: 1740; Baden, Germany
- Jacob Tarwater, "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949"
- Jacob Tarwater, "Find A Grave Index"
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
1788 · The First Presidential Election
The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Thürwächter ‘door (or gate) watchman’. Compare Deerwester , Wachter .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Jacob Tarwater
Jacob was probably born in Germany about *1740. The first record found of him shows that he sailed on the Ship Polly from Rotterdam, Holland. He landed at Philadelphia on 25 Aug 1765. His name appe …
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