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Born: about 1791 in Virginia
Died: between 1870-1874 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky
The most prolific of the early Renners, Jacob Jr sired at least 17 children by
two wives. His first wife's name is unknown, but the census data shows he had
at least three children by her. There is an old family story that says two
Renner brothers married two sisters from NC. We know
John Renner married
Martha Linville from NC; Jacob Jr's first wife may have also have been a
Linville. Westerfield Renner (b. 1816) is probably the oldest son of Jacob Jr,
but this cannot be proven conclusively. But if Westerfield is indeed Jacob's
son by his first wife, this Linville connection becomes perhaps more likely,
since Westerfield says his father was born in VA and mother in NC. We can infer
from the age of the oldest female in Jacob's 1820 census household that this
first wife was yet living.
After her death Jacob married Abigail Parsons. This marriage produced at least
14 children born from 1822 (Vincent) to 1845 (Campbell). Many of Jacob's
descendents still live in the area today.
Family tradition has it that Jacob served in the War of 1812.
The Rockcastle County
tax lists data for
Jacob is plentiful, but often confusing and contradictory. He lived his adult
life on or very near
Long Branch.
Jacob received a 100-acre grant on Skeggs Creek in 1847. John Baker received a
50-acre grant 19 Mar 1825 with the following description: "...lying in
Rockcastle County on the waters of the Long Branch of Skeggs Creek and to
include the place where Jacob Renner now lives...Beginning at two beeches and a
sugar tree close to Renner's spring, thence..." Most likely, this land was
purchased by Jacob from Baker, since in the late 1860s Jacob was still living
on similar land on Long Branch. Jacob and
Elisha Renner
served as chainmen for the 1847 survey.
In 1864 Jacob owned 150 acres of land on Long Branch, which probably consisted
of the above-mentioned grants.
In 1865 Holbert and Rebecca McClure sold Jacob another piece of property which
was originally part of the Houston survey. The deed says it was on Skeggs
Creek, but it was actually on the north side of Long Branch. Also in 1865,
Holbert gave James Smith of OH the coal mining rights of some land he owned in
Rockcastle County. The pertinent part of the description is: "...on Skeggs
Creek, near the mouth of Long Branch, bounded by the lands of Joseph Cromer,
Holbert McClure and Jacob Renner..."
No gravestones exist for Jacob or Abigail (she died before 1870), but they are
probably buried in either the
Walnut Grove
Cemetery or in an unknown cemetery somewhere up Long Branch.
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