Jacob VAN METER
age 88, living with son John and his family Description: Site of fort, erected 1780, by Jacob Van Meter, Sr., who led a party of 100 sett lers from Va. to "the Falls of the Ohio." They made their journey on 27 flatboats and suffere d many hardships during their trip. One member of group, John Swan, was killed by Indians. Va n Meter built his fort by the spring which supplied water for Elizabethtown for many years. O ver. (Reverse) Van Meter Fort - Van Meter brought seed wheat from Virginia; built a grist m ill. The fort, October, 1790, was scene of an Indian skirmish. Van Meter was a founder of Eli zabethtown and Hardin County. Helped organize Severn's Valley Baptist Church, 1781; served i n Revolutionary War as Captain in Clark's Northwest expedition. Buried at fort; remains late r moved to Elizabethtown Cemetery. "ENSIGN 12th VIRGINIA REGT.IN FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAPTAIN, ILLINOIS REGIMENT, VIRGINIA STAT E AMERICAN PATRIOT-SOLDIER KENTUCKY PIONEER TROOPS IN AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND SERVED ON COMMI TTEE OF OBSERVATION AT PITTSBURG. COMMANDED 'A' COMPANY IN GEORGE ROGERS CLARK'S EXPEDITION T O TAKE NORTHWEST TERRITORY. LEAD BAND OF 100 PERSONS FROM VIRGINA TO KENTUCKY DOWN THE OHIO R IVER ON 27 FLATBOATS TO SEVERNS VALLEY IN 1779-1780. BUILT ONE OF THE FIRST FORTS IN KENTUCK Y AND HELPED ESTABLISH THE FIRST PERMANENT SETTLEMENT BETWEEN THE FALLS OF OHIO AND GREEN RIV ER AT ELIZABETHTOWN. PROMINENT IN FOUNDING HARDIN COUNTY. ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS OF SEVERNS VA LLEY BAPTIST CHURCH,1781, OLDEST CHURCH WEST OF ALLEGHENY MOUNTAINS. CAPTAIN JACOB VAN METE R CHAPTER D.A.R.NAMED IN HIS HONOR."
or 12th age 88, living with son John and his family
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or the 10th T. R. Van Mater, age 54
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Van Metre, age 43
He married Elizabeth Rhoads 16 Nov 1786 at Hartford, Ohio co, Ky, Usa . Elizabeth Rhoads was born at Fort Pitt (Pittsburgh), Allegheny co, Pa, Usa 6 Oct 1770 daughter of Henry Rhoads and Elizabeth Stoner .
They were the parents of 16
children:
Strode Van Meter
born Abt 1787.
Sarah ÒSallyÓ B. Van Meter
born 2 Feb 1788.
Abraham Wickliffe Van Meter
born 1 Apr 1789.
John Van Meter
born 20 Jan 1791.
Joseph Harrison Van Meter
born 29 Sep 1792.
Thomas Rhoads Van Meter
born 8 May 1794.
Susan Newmire Van Meter
born 9 Apr 1796.
Jacob V. Van Meter
born 15 Jan 1798.
Henry Rhoads Van Meter
born 3 Jun 1800.
Daniel Boone Van Meter
born 6 May 1802.
Nathaniel Wycliff Van Meter
born 8 Mar 1804.
Miles Chenoweth Van Meter
born 15 Nov 1806.
Elizabeth Van Meter
born 23 Dec 1808.
Mary Jane Van Meter
born 11 Oct 1811.
David Rhoads Van Meter
born 17 Nov 1813.
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Jacob Van Meter died 27 Feb 1852 at Meade co, Ky, Usa .
Elizabeth Rhoads died 29 Feb 1852 at Meade co, Ky, Usa .