| JACOB SLOVER b. about 1731 AND ELIZABETH |
| John Slover was the son of: Jacob Slover, s/o Abraham and Sophia Schermerhorn Slover b. about 1731 Harlingen, New Jersey d. about 8-1764 nr. the New River, Augusta Dist. of VA m. Elizabeth Unknown Ch. 1. Abraham Slover, s/o Jacob and Elizabeth Slover b. 1753 nr. the New River, Augusta Dist. of VA d. 1834 Jefferson Co., TN m. about 1774 PA Martha Anderson, d/o James Anderson and Jane Ellison or Allison b. 1750 Ch. 1. Aaron Slover b. 1775 PA m. Elizabeth Hill 2. Abraham Slover b. 1777 PA m. Mary White 3. Jacob Slover b. @ 1780 PA m. Martha "Patty" Moore Note: Jacob Slover is my ancestor, Catherine Wright Jendeski 4. Isaac Slover b. 1784 TN m. Mary "Polly" Layman 5. John Slover b. 1789 TN m. Rachel Taff 2. John Slover (see former email) 3. Jean Slover b. 1757 m. John Points b. 1752 Ireland; d. before June 1818 Boone Co., KY 4. Elizabeth Slover May have married Charles Morgan 6-11-1785 Jefferson Co., KY There were more children but they were killed or died on the march north after they were captured by Indians. Notes: Moved to Virginia or Penn. with his Schermerhorn relatives. Probably married either in NJ or VA. Killed by Indians August, 1764 in the New River area of Augusta County, VA. Chalkleys Chronicles of Scotch-Irish in Virginia. Augusta Co. August 21, 1764 (68) Jacob Slovers Estate---John Bowen administrator (84) Abraham Slover, orphan, to be bound to John Bowen.) By family tradition, Jacob served in the Colonial Army at Braddock's Defeat, 1756, but no proof has been found. A pamphlet "Narrative of the Perils and Sufferings of Dr. Knight and John Slover Among the Indians During the Revolutionary War" by Hugh Brackenridge was published in Pittsburgh, 1782 to request help from the Federal Government for the settlers of the frontier. A second edition was printed in Nashville, 1843 and a third printing in Cincinnati, 1867. This pamphlet contains John Slover's account of his scouting under General Crawfrod and a memoir of John Slover, given by his brother, Abraham in which is told the story of the massacre of the family in 1764 as follows: "The circumstances that took place previous to his (John's) being taken a prisoner by the Indians the first time, when he was only eight years old, as related by his older brother, Abraham. My father's residence was on New River in Virginia. The Indians came to my father's house, he being absent; we were a short distance from the house; on discovering the Indians there, the smaller children all ran into the house; while I turned my course through a meadow to a thick place in the woods; when I came near the woods I turned my eyes and saw two Indians pursuing me. I escaped and returned to the house. They took my mother, brother and sisters prisoners, plundered the house and took all they could carry; then they took up the line of march. But they had not gone far before my father came home and seeing the devastation about the house, his family all gone, being well-assured it was the work of the savages it was too much for human natured to bear. He hallooed; the Indians hearing him, they all stopped; two warriors went back with their guns, and in a short time, my mother heard the report of a gun; in a few minutes they returned with the horse and saddle my father was riding; my mother knew her husband was killed. They then went on their journey towards the Indian towns, having nothing to eat but wild meats; through the fatigue of the journey, the two youngest children died in the wilderness. Our mother was exchanged after a number of years and returned and lived with her children; she died shortly afterwards. From Pennsylvania Magazine, Vol. 20:570. List of Captives taken by the Indians and delivered to Col. Bouquet by the Mingoes, Delawares, Shawanese, Wyandots and Mohickons at Tuscararas and Muskingum, Nov. 1764. From Southern District: Elizabeth Slover, Elizabeth Slover, Jr. Elizabeth, Sr. evidently was Jacob's wife. |