Harter, Jacob 
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Born: May 16, 1745 (Wurttemberg, Germany)
- birth record
Died: aft Apr 10, 1815
Father
Mother
Biographical Sketch:
His wife (
ca 1769 -
af 1810) is
unknown. One son was
Absalom
Harter. Jacob had three other sons:
-
George
(Aug 9 1786 - Apr 27 1818) + Margaret Platts (Apr 9 1786 - Sep 22 1860)
- Andrew (1795 - af 1860) -- He is said to
have
died with no offspring. Andrew, who was living near Absalom in 1850.
Living with Andrew in 1850 was a similar-aged woman named Sarah
Prescott.
- John Jacob (ca 1795 - af May 2 1812)
Census Data:
1790 -- "Jacob Herter", 2 males under age 16, 2 females
1800
-- 1 male age 16-25, 3 males under 10, 1 female age 10-15, 1 female under 10
1810
-- 1 male age 45 or over, 2 males ages 16-25, 1 male under 10, 1 female 26-44, 1 female 10-15
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Notes:
Jacob Harter was the youngest of 16 children born to
Andreas and Cathrina
Harter of Wurttemberg, Germany. The Wurttemberg church records
list
his birth as May 16, 1745. Nine of his brothers and sisters died
soon after birth. Andreas, Cathrina and their 7 remaining
children
immigrated to America in 1750, sailing from England to Pennsylvania
aboard
the ship Osgood. Jacob Harter was only five at the time.
Jacob was probably raised in a Quaker home in
Pennsylvania. His
memories of Germany were probably scarce because of his young age, but
he might have likely spoken German in addition to English, since the
early
Quaker settlements in PA retained much of their German heritage.
Jacob Harter was a resident of South Carolina by the
end of the American
Revolution. It is not known if he fought in the war; nor is it known
when
he migrated from Pennsylvania to South Carolina. He had several
children
with an unknown wife; the first child was born in 1786 in SC.
Jacob died in 1812. He and several other
relatives and descendants
are buried in the Harter Family Cemetery in Barnwell County, SC.
A granddaughter of Jacob Harter named Miley Ann
Harter married Preston
L. Williams. Rebecca Ann Williams was their daughter.
