Jacob Susong1

b. 18 October 1767, d. 18 October 1831
FatherAndrew Susong2 b. 1732
Birth18 Oct 1767 Jacob Susong was born on 18 Oct 1767 in Alsace-Lorraine according to various Ancestry.com trees. 
Marr Bond17 Mar 1792 He and Margaret Beggs were issued a marriage bond on 17 Mar 1792 in Rockbridge County, Virginia.3 
  Peggy's surname also appears in records as Baggs. Her mother was Sarah.4 
Residence  Jacob owned land in the vicinity of Euclid Ave. in present day Bristol. The original Susong house, where Jacob's children were born, was torn down in 1917. However, Estelle Susong Bonham (b. 1896), a great granddaughter of Jacob, described it as a 2 story log and weatherboarded house.2 
Religion He was one of the early elders in the Paperville Presbyterian Church. At the time Paperville was a thriving community and Bristol was just meadow land.2 
Children  Besides 5 sons, Jacob had the following daughters: Rebecca (marr Jacob Thomas), Nancy (marr William Cowan), Sarah (marr Jacob Marchant), Louisa (marr William Rader), Patsy (marr Cornelius Carmack) and Ann Barbara (marr Conrad Stevens).2 
Will18 Jul 1831 Jacob wrote his will on 18 Jul 1831. He left his residence and the surrounding 242 acres to his son Jacob. Sons Andrew, James and Mahlon also received land. Jacob also remembered daughters Rebecca, Louisa, Patsy Carmack, Anna Stevens and Nancy Cowan. A codicil added the following September instructed sons Andrew and James to pay Alexander Susong $75 in goods and allowed a share of his estate to Sarah Merchant. For specific details of the will see the abstract linked below.5 
Death18 Oct 1831 Jacob died on 18 Oct 1831 at age 64.6 
Burial He was buried at Susong Cemetery in Washington County, Virginia.6 

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Other interments in Susong Cemetery

Family 1
Children
  • Ann Susong2
  • Alexander Susong7 (19 Mar 1795 - 2 Apr 1875)
  • Sarah Susong8 (25 Sep 1799 - 1891)
  • Nancy Susong2 (19 Oct 1801 - )
  • Andrew Susong2
  • Martha Susong9 (17 Dec 1805 - 2 Jul 1887)
  • James B. Susong2
  • Mahlon S. Susong+1 (13 Mar 1812 - 1 Dec 1896)
  • Jacob H. Susong8 (28 Feb 1815 - 22 Jul 1894)

Family 2

Margaret Beggs
Children
  • Rebecca Susong
  • Louisa Susong
Last Edited5 Nov 2013

Citations

  1. [S1198] Virgil Lewis, "Residents of Washington County," in Virginia and Virginians, p. 754.
  2. [S1341] "Susong Family Came Here In A Caravan", Bristol Herald-Courier, March 4, 1962. Article contains information from an old History of the Susongs in the possession of descendants.
  3. [S962] "Rockbridge Co., Virginia Marriage Bonds 1778-1801", USGenweb Archives: Virginia, Rockbridge County (http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/rockbridge/marinx.html). Bond posted by Jacob Susong and Jacob Hickman on 17 March 1792 for £50... a marriage intended to be solemized between Jacob Susong and Peggy Beggs, daughter of Sarah Beggs."
  4. [S962] "Rockbridge Co., Virginia Marriage Bonds 1778-1801", USGenweb Archives: Virginia, Rockbridge County (http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/rockbridge/marinx.html). Bond posted by Jacob Susong and Jacob Hickman on 17 March 1792 for £50... a marriage intended to be solemized between Jacob Susong and Peggy Beggs, daughter of Sarah Beggs." [Note: the Aug 1786 bond for the marriage of Sarah's daughter Sarah to Samuel Whitley spelled the name Baggs as well as Beggs]
  5. [S694] Jacob Susong will (1831), Washington Co., Virginia Will Book 6: 218.
  6. [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 398. Stone reported to read: Jacob Susong, d. 18 Oct. 1831, age 64, "Father."
  7. [S706] Alexander Susong will and codicil (recorded 1875), Washington Co., Virginia Will Book 18: 435. Alexander's will was dated 8 Feb. 1873. The codicil was dated Dec. 1874. He appointed his brother Jacob Susong and his nephew Andrew Galliher as his executors.
  8. [S162] Malong Susong household, 1880 U.S. Census, Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., town of Goodson, ED 85, page 35 (97C stamped), dwelling 195, family 231, viewed online at www.Ancestry.com, April 2003, image 35 of 66. Malong Susong, 68, farmer, father b. PA; Mary E. 58, wife; Nancy 30, dau; James 28, son; Lois 26, dau; Amanda 24, dau; Mannerva 22, dau; Martha E. 18, dau; Jacob 16, son; Jacob H., 65, brother, maimed or crippled; Sarah Merchant, 80, sister, father b. PA; all b. VA; all parents b. VA except as noted.
  9. [S695] Jacob Susong settlement (23 Nov. 1835), Washington Co., Virginia Will Book 7: 138. A note added to the settlement record by the commissioner referenced "Cornelius Carmack, the husband of Patsy Carmack one of the legatees of Jacob Susong."