Jacob Link ¹

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Jacob Link

Will of father, Jacob Link, Shelby Co., Ky. 10 May1805 Book No. 2, Page 35 (film 0259250). Names Nancy Link as wife; daughters - Ann Link, Betsy Link, Katy Link, Sally Link -and as sons; Henry Fullenwider and Jacob Fullenwider.

Will Records of Shelby County, Kentucky 1794-March, 1817
Will Records Shelby County, Kentucky Book 2 Page: 35 Name: Jacob Link "My wife, Nancy My four children, towit, Anne Link, Betsy Link, Katy Link, and Sally Link My son, Henry Fullinweder and Jacob Fullinweder,..." Exe. Witnesses: William Ford, James Greene, and James R. Dunbar Written: May 10, 1804 Probated October 1805

Will of Jacob' Link's wife, Nancy Link, Shelby Co., Ky.5 May 1843, lists married sisters, Elizabeth Pence, CatherineCooper, Sarah Thompson, and Mary Galey and two sons; HenryFullenwider and Abraham Fullenwider. Bk. 15, p. 198 - Film0183137.

Tax lists;

Bedford Co., Pa., Assessment Rolls of 1772 and 1773 lists a Jacob Link in Springhill Township (apparently as a head of family) and an Andrew Link (apparently not head of a family) in Tyrone Township. ........ ( In 1772, all of present Fayette county PA consisted of two townships - Springhill and Tyrone.... All of present Greene county was included as part of Springhill Township, a subdivision of Bedford county. Bedford county was formed out of Cumberland county, PA on 9 March 1771. Westmoreland county PA was formed from Bedford County on 26 Feb 1773. Washington county PA was formed out of Westmoreland coujnty on 28 March 1781 and included 13 townships. Donegal, Cumberland, Morgan, and Green Townships composed portion which is now Greene county. Finley Township was taken from Donegal Township in Jan 1788; and in March 1792, Richhill Township was erected out of Finley.)


Shelby Co., KY Tax lists: (1797-1815, Film 0008227; 1821, Film 0008228;1830, Film 0008229). show Jacob Link in Shelby Co. in 1797,1799-1802, and 1804.

Shelby county KY tax lists then show Nancy Link in ShelbyCo. in 1811, 1814, 1815, 1821, 1824, 1825, 1828, and 1830.


"Heads ofFamilies - 1790, Washington Co., Pa. lists the "Widow Fullenwider with 2 m. under 10 & 2 fem. including head ofhousehold.

Will of Henry Fullenwider, Washington Co., Pa. 1Dec. 1789 (Prob. 21 Jan 90). "Wash. Co. Wills pp.1-115) lists wife as Ann; daughter - Mary; sons- Henry & Abrahan. WitnessesJacob Rice Joanne Micael, & __ Zolton. Executors: Abr. Rice &Joseph Alexander.

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West Virginia History


Virginia Frontier Defenses 1719-1795
By Roy Bird Cook
Volume I, Number 2 (January 1940), pp. 119-130

LINK
A blockhouse erected by Jacob Link In 1780, near the site of Triadelphia, Ohio County. Scene of an important Indian attack In 1781.

Jacob married Nancy Ann Rice, daughter of Jacob Rice and Anna Margaretha Schneider, in 1789-1792. (Nancy Ann Rice was born in 1760 and died in 1830 in Shelby County, Kentucky, USA.)