When Jacob Carroll Arant was born on 2 January 1921, in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States, his father, Jacob Cook Arant, was 23 and his mother, Sallie Amaker, was 20. He married Ruth Ometa Amaker on 12 May 1940. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Elizabeth Township, Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1944. He died on 28 June 1981, in North, Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in North, Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States.