1. | Jacob Tarwater, Jr. was born Abt 1767, Bedford County, Pennsylvania; died Richmond, Ray County, Missouri. Notes:
With Frank McGuiere and Mathew Rollen, all having families with them, came
in wagons to Ray County, and settled in the Missouri River Bottoms, near the
present site of Orrick.
Jacob Tarwater bought a large tract of land and owned 15 slaves.
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record says Jacob Tarwater was a native of
Germany and emigrated to America at an early age.
Notes for SARAH "SALLIE OR SALLY" ROWLAND:
Buried in Riffe Cemetery (no stone)
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Reference:
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 348, 349.
Curtis Tucker, cutucker@earthlink.net, 24 February 2000.
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